Draft:The Moon square Neptune
From Astrology In Depth
With a Moon - Neptune square, dependant on the signs and houses of residence, the individual can be caught in a cycle of guilt and compensation, the Moon can nurture through addictions, demonstrate lack of boundaries or aim to dissolve them, aim for fusion in a manner that fails to recognise other individuals' wants and needs.The native's mother might have been perceived as weak, unstable, needy, helpless, reluctant to sever the umbilical cord, or if these attitudes were not overtly expressed, they could have been implied through sacrificial attitudes, martyrdom and manipulation, creating guilt and then granting forgiveness, or by withdrawing and withholding affection and thereby forcing complete capitulation. To work positively with this square, the native can use their long emotional tentacles, profound emotional empathy and intuition to serve rather than manipulate, service best expressed through the intermediary of house/sign positions. For example an individual with Moon in Pisces in the 4th house square Neptune in Sagittarius in the 2nd, might be the perfect host in a rehabilitation centre, where he or she would be allowed insight into the emotional life of others, and also have an appropriate/regulated outlet for the need to serve, care, give freely and so on.
Another caracteristic of this square is a propensity to evade the truth, escape into the undiferentiated world of feelings, in situations that would also require a factual evaluation. Although 'truth' is indeed an echivocal term, and it can greatly help to have complete awareness of the emotional status, some pragmatism can help float one back to the surface if we get too deep in Neptunian waters. Here the Moon by sign and aspects, and the general elemental weight of the chart, will have much to say: a Moon in Taurus or other Earth signs might resist and pull itself up from the depths easier than a Cancer Moon for example. Yet, like with all squares, both ends need to be integrated into the individuality, if we remain scared of experiencing emotional depth, other people in our life (Moon and Neptune by House) will act it out for us.
