Aspects in Astrology: Sun Trine Moon

The Meaning of a Trine Aspect Between Sun and Moon

You may live with a sense of ease. Your ego and your instincts are naturally aligned so that what you expect from life is matched by your unconscious reactions. 

You respond to events with a sense of internal congruence and an expectation of comfort. Because you meet new challenges with a degree of certainty this helps you learn and grow.

For example, you may have been born under an Air trine. You therefore tend to be logical or analytical, and will enjoy gathering the information you need to communicate with others. Naturally inclined to socialise, you are interested in people, enjoy conversation and have lots to offer in return. 

If born with a Sun Moon trine in the Fire element, you may be passionate and dramatic with a love of self-expression. For you a sense of meaning comes from living life to the full. You have flair for drama (as well as bravado) that will always draw an audience.  

With the Sun Moon trine your biggest challenge is to not take things for granted. You can tend toward laziness and will “rest on your laurels” if not pushed enough. You need to assert and challenge yourself, rather than relying on “luck”.

Because your will (Sun Sign/House) and emotions (Moon sign/house) are aligned you understand how others will react when you tell them what you expect. This helps you rise to positions of prominence. You are an expert in your chosen field.

Your capacity to understand people comes from your ability to understand yourself. Don’t underestimate how helpful the ease with which you integrate new things is. Try to find ways to express yourself in the world that really align with your birth chart. 

The most practical thing to do is think about the house in which the Sun was placed when you were born, then consider how you can develop or even excel in these fields. The house position of your Moon adds further detail, showing the areas of life in which you are innately gifted.

Most astrologers agree that the trine aspect between the Sun and Moon is generally fortunate. This aspect is often interpreted as representing a kind of harmony within your nature that will help you identity your strengths as you relate to others. 

Robert Pelletier (Planets in Aspect, 1974) described it like this:

You have the opportunity to rise to prominence if you want to. There is a luck factor in your favour, but you also have the temperament to feel completely at ease in positions of authority. You always exercise your will with an understanding of how people will react to it. Persuasive but not offensive, you have a knack for getting people to do what you want without appearing domineering. Your refined nature is a decided asset if you choose to pursue a professional career

Just remember, focussing on only one aspect of your birth chart fails to account for other equally important qualities within the chart. 

It is essential that you do not try to interpret each aspect in your chart on its own, but instead consider the chart as a whole 

More broadly, it can be said that if you are born with the Sun and Moon in trine aspect then the inner voice which is urging you toward progress (Your Sun sign and house) works well with your emotional needs (Moon sign and house). 

This helps you in all your relationships because you can understand and accept yourself quite well.

The Sun, Moon and Family Story.

One of the greatest and most fascinating mysteries in astrology involves how the relationship between the Sun and Moon at the time of your birth can reflect the nature of the relationship between your parents. 

Maybe not so much who they were as an objective couple, but more who you understood them to be. 

How and why this works is beyond anyone’s knowledge. The simple fact is – it very often does. The way you saw your parents when you were young is often accurately described by the position of the Sun and Moon in your birth chart. 

“Easy” or flowing aspects (like the trine, conjunction and sextile) are often found in the charts of people who see their parents as pretty much on the same page. 

“Hard” or challenging aspects (like the square, quincunx or opposition) are often found in the charts of people who sensed a level of tension between their parents, or who see their parents as very different people somehow. 

The fact that this occurs with such constancy is one of the features of astrology which suggests the Universe is far more complex than we currently imagine. 

Because you were born under a Sun Moon trine, you may have grown up with a sense that your parents were very similar people or at least shared the same values. You may have seen them as a combined force who together gave you a strong impression of how to be in the world. 

This helps you to accept yourself. You can more easily integrate the different parts of your personality because you grew up in an environment that was largely accepting or aligned somehow. Even if you disagree with your parents, you know how to be yourself.

In most (though not all) circumstances your relationship with your parents was probably helpful to your growth. Because they allowed you to find and express your individuality you can accept yourself for who you are, rather than trying to be something that you are not.

In short, you are likely to find that you enjoy an easy or comfortable relationship with parents and family as you grow older, based on the general level of harmony you noticed within your childhood home.

More Sun Moon Aspects

• Sun Square Moon
• Sun Opposite Moon
• Sun Sextile Moon
• Sun Conjunct Moon

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