for some reason i seem to be "extr-influenced" by the moon... so ive been doing some work on the quick Lunar transits and have to say that those couple of days when the moon is in Sag. and Gem (and for that matter Aqur. also) it is more like escapism than "not feeling"... they have an easy out... Sag. uses mind expansion to temporarily transcend emotions in order to philosophize about them and Gem. can think there way into ambiguity and chatter away bad feeling for awhile... AquaLuna seems to project their powerful emotions onto humanity and then tries to liberate them...

so i dont think they "FEEL LESS" they just are good at being evasive...

The water moons take things REALLY personally. They, like, "become" whatever is in front of them (particularly Scorpio which is a social sign).

The air or fire moons don't do that. They are "detached". They don't go into the deep nether worlds (heavy emotional stuff), and if you find one who does, it is more as an OBSERVER than anything else.

It IS difficult to understand how someone is feeling less than you, when the Moon in Scorpio is so damn overwhelming. In fact, Scorpio's test is to "let go" and "detach". So they still feel all that stuff, but they don't become attached to it. They let flow down the river. :-)

i'm not sure, one thing i know, i am overwhelmed all the time with feelings, without stopping or taking a break.
well, i think exaggeration is part of me. but my moon is libra. and as you said LeeLee, it is conjunct to pluto.
somehow i completely feel like what people write about scorpio moons suits me.

i know this isn't egsactly the topic, but my mom is a sag.sun/ gem rising, and i have no clue, how can she just shrug her shoulder, and
move on with her thoughts, when something bad happens. it is like she is numbed, and she never in her life got offended. but let me tell you, she can be offending in a funny way, she laughs at people, not obnoxiously, but she has a very sharp irony.

the reason why i write about her, is, that since i was a little girl she kept bugging me, that i am so overly sensitive, and that it is something that is wrong in me.
she says things like "are you still thinking about THAT?" and when i have a heartbreak for example, her advice is "just think about something else, you will feel better"
her moon is aquarious. she is very intellectual, interested in everything, in cultures in travel, reads a lot, loves the news, and soooo many people love her. and she is way prettyer than i ever could be. but what i think is, that she can be very cold, and if she saw that i write this about her, she wouldn't understand me. she wouldn't even consider it worthy to think about it maybe.
i remember, she gave me evrything i wanted in my life, but she has never been a big hugger...i didn't like that, i think that is why i am so needy of that. but even with my libra moon, i would love to feel less. i could proceed in my life much easier.

Everybody has feelings. Maybe it has more to do with one's ability to channel and express one's feelings in a constructive way. Scorpio is traditionally the sign of the Moon's debilitation, which means the Moon has a bigger challenge expressing itself in Scorpio. Feelings get stuck inside and don't know where to go.

Dave

I don't think they feel less, but they do tend to intellectualize problems. For example, they read everything they can about the subject that's obsessing them. This is not too difficult to understand, since most people with the Moon in those placements had parents who emphasized education.

The Moon's aspects, too, can amplify how someone feels about things. A Moon/Pluto conjunction in Sagittarius will function very much as a Scorpio Moon, for example. If it's in one of the water houses--4, 8, 12--even more so. A Moon/Saturn opposition in Gemini/Sag will probably have a remarkable capacity for endurance, and be able to outlast problems or adversaries.

Also, a great deal depends on things other than the Moon. A romantic obsession might come from a Venus placement and its aspects. Anger might be illustrated much more from the Mars placement and aspects than the Moon.

You get the planetary placements you need for the life you have chosen to live.

Michele Adler
www.micheleadler.com