When you’re born with the Moon in Libra, you’re equipped with a unique array of blessings: you’re charming, strategically clever, a natural entrepreneur and good at symbiosis.
Your problems are equally niche – for example:
Hyperosmia – their exquisite sensitivity to scent means many Libra Moons could qualify as top nose for a perfume house. Yet this also means you’re forever asking what the weird smell is? It’s a bit like how Aquarian Moon people get sick of being blanked when they ask who else can hear the low-volt humming.
Euphemism Collapse – You’re an expert at softening sharp edges and giving harsh facts a more melodic spin. But if this skill is called upon too often or belittled by coarse characters, it subsides. Your sought-after opinions become bitingly acute, the Libran objectivity turns to eloquently pitiless appraisal.
Unfair Accusations – For some weird reason Libra Moon people often end up being informally appointed as a confidante for both the individuals involved in a skittish or all-out warring couple scenario. Even if you’re the epitome of discretion – a paragon of tact – it goes to merde one way or another.
Cultural Clash – Dealing with people who don’t understand how you could have prioritized perfume over the power bill or left a venue because the design felt off. Similarly, trying to explain to your accountant that yes, actually contour, seasonal colors and Immortelle essential oil are vital to business productivity and wellbeing.
Misinterpretations – all the fuqing time. You conceal dislike or boredom by being extraordinarily pleasant and then voila, the person thinks you’ve a thing for them. Your “method matchmaking” can also be taken entirely the wrong way because for it to work, you must be vicariously immersed.
Disloyalty Allegations – Because you strive for balance and “arguably” is one of your favorite words, some deem you disloyal. They expect you to be “on their side” but you’re not. Your advice is only brilliant when you’re able to be impartial. Libra Moons intuitively follow the guidance of the renowned diplomat Charles Talleyrand: “Above all, avoid zeal.”
Thoughts?
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Yes, Libra Moon, Venus & Jupiter. I am rather ruled by my nose. I love the change of seasons and the relative scents that come with it and I am turned off by day old cooking smells that permeate a home or working space. I adore the scent of white flowers in oils and nature. Yes, I can be diplomatic with strangers venting their dilemmas and even empathetic but do tire easily when I realise most are energy vampires seeking the answers they require…..cynical ! (Virgo Sun)
I don’t have my moon there but there’s other things and the euphemism collapse is real. I’ve watched people literally splutter and gasp like cartoon characters when I am weary and they have not picked up on the polite signals that I don’t have tickets on whatever their latest bandwagon is by default.
also: method matchmaking? like method acting? former beaus (beaux? breaux? bro’s. geddit) are then distributed according to your file notes – their likes, dislikes, style of humour, whether they prefer a more sportif habitat vs 2am Manhattans across town?
there’s something to be said for refraining from sharing an opinion when the world is awash with them already. and at the same time, how can the world shape itself to our preferences if we never announce what they are? whether having a sense of self-direction was disallowed as a kid, or being sensitive to unfairness, or simply being a people-person, I have found that consciously engaging with Libra energy has been one of my strongest learning curves in this lifetime (to date).
Sam have a crush on you… the way you think.
Pegasus!! goodness me I’m utterly surprised and you’d better know it’s mutual. you’re one of my wise woman idols, a long term comments-section sage whose worldly (but not weary!) take often opens a door to a cooler, wilder, and classier place for this fretful Pisces. I appreciate your appreciation & send it back tenfold 🪷⭐💐xo
Is anyone here a long-time reader? I remember a post, must have been more than 10 years ago now, about peach blossom remedy. It mentioned that you shouldn’t mix feng shui remedies and voodoo type spells – does anyone remember this? It’s gone from the archive ;(
Random, but I do! It was for romance yeah? I think I had a conversation with someone about voudou in that thread. That human was lovely I wish I knew who they were.
I think it might’ve been 2011-13 if that helps
haa i’m so glad someone else remembers this! yes it was for romance! i loved the mystic/astro/feng shui/voudou cross-over! still can’t find it though :/
Really? I am sure its still there – I will see if can locate it.
Wooo! This is why you’re awesome. If you’re trawling your back catalogue, I still mourn the loss of astro hacks, is that what that thing was called? The one that you and kim did together. Loved that.
oh wow! I’ve tried every keyword search and nothing comes up!? so strange!
did you have the same handle then and can you search for your old comments? That’s probably a time suck if you’re a regular in these parts. I’ve looked and I can’t find it either but I have a strong feeling it was when I was living in a particular house which is how I got the dates. I drove past that house for the first time in years the day you posted about the peach blossom. It’s odd, I never read the comments but that day I did. Good luck on your quest – I loved the hybrid posts too
I appreciate how you bring wisdom and heart when shining a light on traits many deem negative or “a problem.” It’s often only such in the view of our patriarchal prioritized world. I don’t have this sign, but now can have another take on this to help them be their best self. As an astrologer and journalist thank you for always informing in a myriad of ways! I don’t have a NY Times subscription anymore cuz not as useful as this for my work, helping birth a wholistic way in how we discuss issues 😉 Bisous!
Its not a joke. I would never not be subscribed to MM. This is the only media – paid or free, that I visit EVERY SINGLE DAY. Mystic has helped me in life, love, business and war. Forever grateful.
Loving this post and the comments. I don’t have a Libra Moon but I was recently contacted by a long ago former colleague and on-off lover who DOES have a Moon in Libra. He wanted to know what perfume I wore when we were (ahem) more intimate. It wasn’t even a ploy to get back with me. He wanted to get something “classy” for a much younger woman he was hoping to impress. I refrained from saying that at his age he’d have to buy her a car and told him the truth, that it was Jardins de Bagatelle.
And when my everything in Libra aunt died, I knew before I got the phone call because I could suddenly smell her signature scent (Oscar de la Renta) all around.
Double Libran here – Moon & Rising and yes most of my earlier life was spent in service of others above myself. We can trace that trait all the way back to the divine feminine figures. It’s an extreme polarity that can cause ripples of imbalance.
Call it people pleasing or martyrdom but before we are all quick with the judgements, (is Libra slander the new Leo? lol) sometimes we need to understand what drives someone to only want peace around them. It usually comes from an extremely unstable and dysfunctional beginning. Being ruled by Venus the more I’ve leaned into scent creation (which I just started during the new moon Libran eclipse with the Lilith linkup) and rebuilding my own self worth the less I default to ensuring everyone around me is happy above myself.
The scales on one hand is outside influences and the other half has to be self.
thanks for this comment CR.
Hi Sam – anytime! Sometimes awareness is all we need ✨
Libra Moon here- stellium really. Best summer ever was as a lab apprentice in a Grasse perfume house- and an offer to train as a perfumer. I skipped a term at uni – but came home for Christmas.
that would be a fabulous gig…
I’m a Taurus Moon and I shared with a Libran Moon. It wasn’t a match made in heaven. I remember making fish one night when she was away. She returned the next day 😱 screaming blue murder.
Shared a house.
She didn’t like the smell of fish?? What’s wrong with the woman 🙂
So I get the sarcasm 🤨.
But this was a woman with low hygiene standards. 😩 I really didn’t understand her at all. It was a 2 way street.
No sarcasm Star……l LOVE fish! And yes saw your message & received with thanx & appreciation….xxx
My pleasure. I think I was having a moment the other day when I wrote that sarcasm thing. I was definitely feeling bitchy. I will blame it on Merc in Scorpio. Sorry 😔.
I just came home from a massage from a new masseur. She is strong and has magic hands. I really needed it. Carrying way too much tension. 😊 Smiling again. I notice that it’s out with the old and in with the new when it comes to therapists and friends.
Going through a transition.
MASSAGE? How i need one but won’t allow anyone to touch my body because the one that was proud has gone.So self massage along with self love is on the healing agenda menu :-).
Friends are for your mental health so choose wisely as the ones you make now will be for life.
Always thought of friends as precious gems kept in a beautiful chamoise bag…..bring them out admire them polish them then put them away until next time. xx
Yes to self love.
Wisdom in making friends, I need to take that on board.
p.s. I sent a reply to you in When Mars kicks in. I hope it cheers you up?🙂
Laughing at how often my 3year old Libra Moon asks “What’s that weird smell?”, with her nose scrunched up…..
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I can visualise all of these for my Libran high school BF. We would wander through David Jones as 16yo and she would “tell” me to try the perfume on so she wouldn’t be plastered by anything horrendous by mistake. She liked the clothes (expensive and almost Parisian) and I the ceramic plates and colourful bedding (Taurus?). Her sense of style has always been important and her stylish look was simple (not basic but uncomplicated by pattern or conflicting colours), me on the other hand, displaying a riot of colour and patterns and shoes that never quite match the outfit, but yes they are practical, comfortable and bloody well made. Once she went quiet, and as I gabbled on to fill the silence and she turned and said, “what are you even doing here?” Ouch! She loved her Taurean mothers music, expensive hair products but not the over flowing ash trays or garbage bin. Everything was always zhuzhed.
Hmm – quite a few moon in libra peeps in my orbit (I have mars and north node in Libra). I find moon in libra people can be very “stuck” and they can pile on the euphemism and charm but be opportunistic underneath. Maybe it’s my mars in Libra, which I have taken quite a while to pivot from pass-agg to good mediator/leader, that brings out these traits…
Wouldn’t Libran Moon call it diplomacy 🙂
Personally think Libran Moon can be annoying at times & agree with Mystic on most of those traits.
Have started & stopped romantic relationships purely on my sense of smell. It tells much about a person’s health & mental wellbeing to me, greeting a person with ‘ you smell wonderful’ to avoiding hugs from them.
When living in Sydney friends used to have me check their potential new abode by going from room to room & breathing deeply. That city does have a mold problem due to being semi-tropical in the inner city burbs.
My home has an essential oil water spray in every room used frequently & a diffuser going 8 hours a day. Excessive? No necessary to mental health.
To be a true Aromatherapist one needs chemistry, physiology & anatomy plus botany studies & a strong sense of intuition so called it ‘Aromacology’ on biz cards.
Led by the nose & harmony a requisite in friendships places & home along with background soothing music playing most of the day.
‘Avoiding zeal’ absolutely due to seniority…lol.
the music of the spheres, …and the wisdom of the seniors 😎
Oh wow. Libra moon here. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve simply been pleasant when meeting someone new (a man) and had them pointedly tell me they were married because they assumed I was hitting on them just because I was being nice 🤪🙃
And yes, people tell me things and presume that I’m on their side when I can always see both sides.
And don’t start me on being downwind from people who spray tonnes of the horrible new petrochemical-laden perfumes – instant headache, can’t be near them (and I irrationally hate them for being so oblivious to how awful they smell and inflicting it on the rest of us)
LOL. Exactly this Gem. Like seriously sir … I was just being nice.
My Libra Moon & Scorp Rising create a level of intensity that I realize made people (often men and their female partners) feel like I was far more interested in them than I actually was. Especially when I was younger and not really aware of it.
I appreciate attractiveness, I’m charming and have no qualms with complimenting someone on something (respectfully) like a great suit, nail polish choice, etc. (And while I love a good scent, commenting on that always felt a little too intimate). Pleasantries make the day … well, more pleasant!
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to read the room a bit and tone it down if the person (or persons) seems like they’re getting the wrong idea — but I’ve also gotten far more comfortable with myself (and my intentions), so I don’t let it bother me as much.
And … I am a sucker for home sprays and candles and even the cinnamon-scented pine cone things that signal the coming of fall/Thanksgiving/holidays here in the US. I will say that the desire for more organic fragrances has evolved over time. Like I love a good sandalwood / myrrh / oud / [insert other earthy, woody, sensual and maybe a bit of spicy fragrance note here] scent to permeate the house. It’s so grounding and comforting.
love those amber-y / woody / oriental scents. they’re… oud of this world 🤪
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The right scent is key.
Have been known to follow the direction of a man in a beautiful cologne.
My Libra moon pairs well with my Taurus sun.
Indeed. A well-fragranced, average-looking man can even be more of a head-turner than someone “conventionally” attractive who smells meh, to me.
Goodness me. How true. I need to add a caveat though. I have lived with a mars conjunct moon in Libra for 15 years and they tick nearly all of the above boxes but only once they have come out of the rafters!
Actually all of the above boxes! How often have we left a venue or restaurant because the decor wasn’t right!
Can you imagine this hungry Taurus moon. Hahaha 🤣
Haha this is how I choose restaurants. If they can’t get the decor and vibe right, it’s unlikely they have a clue about the food (is what I tell myself) 😂
Not a Libra moon, but I am a Pisces with Libra Rising – and all of the amusing and simultaneously vexing niche problems ring the doorbell.
Fab my prog moon moved into Libra yesterday so I’ll take the hot tip… here’s to my popular/unpopular era haha