Sun opposite Moon natal is the second-most crucial aspect in astrology, behind Sun conjunct Moon. The reason is that the Sun and Moon are the two most important bodies in the heavens, and the opposition comes just behind the conjunction in strength. Life on Earth depends on the relationships between the Sun and the Moon, as seen and felt from Earth. When Theia collided with Earth, it tilted our planet to allow the seasons.

The formation of the Moon from the debris of the giant impact was, and remains, essential to keeping our planet from hurtling into space. The earliest records in stone point to the obsession with understanding this cosmic relationship, with the prediction of full and new moons and lunar and solar eclipses becoming an exact science.

Sun opposite Moon in the natal chart creates a competitive, sometimes confrontational nature. The major themes in life are polarities, extremes, and understanding. Pitting oneself against the other attains greater self-understanding. This process involves much stress and tension, a constant battle against the adversary.

As if looking in a mirror, the understanding of the subconscious self comes through conscious questioning of the other. You investigate your inner nature and behavior by examining the reactions they provoke in others and the events around you. This gives you a different perspective, evolving your sometimes blinkered nature over time.

Gaining knowledge of the facts, or conscious reality, is the path to trusting your subconscious, intuition and instincts. When young, you may be more of a scientist and skeptic, but with age, you learn to balance the conscious and the facts of the Sun with the subconscious and the mysteries of the Moon. Compromise and negotiation will be mastered.

Sun Opposite Moon Transit

Sun opposite Moon transit creates a tense, confrontational environment. Personal conflict and crises may drain your energy. To overcome any opposition or tests of character, you must draw on your emotional strength and instincts to overcome these challenges to your ego. Others may try to bring you down by attacking your personal life, or you may have to juggle the polarity of home and work or your needs and responsibilities. It will feel like you are against the world.

In your personal life, there may be increased tension between you and your family members, with extra emotional burdens being placed on you. The external pressures can leave you feeling out of sorts or with butterflies in your stomach. The key is to balance emotions and conscious intention. Despite these challenges, or because of them, you can achieve much progress in your personal and professional life now.

Many powerfull men are provoked against the Native, afflicting him with many things; he is unhappy in his travels, a various sloting time, losing his Estate, thriving little. It seperates the Parents, as also man and wife, or raises many wranglings betwixt them: inclines the Native to idle drunken couses, or equivalent unto them; dangerous infirmities in the eyes, and sicknesse in the other parts of the body. The Native inclines to accompany loose Women; it produces the small-Pox, Measels, Wormes, &c. and many times sore-eyes, and a violent Feaver. [Christian Astrology, William Lilly, 1647, p.686-687.]

This interpretation for the Sun opposite Moon transit can also be applied to a Solar Eclipse and a New Moon opposite Moon.

Sun Opposite Moon Celebrities

Margot Adler 0°02′, Paul I of Russia 0°04′, William Henry Drummond 0°08′, Kamala Harris 0°09′, Kevin Jonas 0°12′, Mary I of England 0°12′, Alicia Witt 0°22′, Michael Crichton 0°24′, Alexis Arquette 0°26′, J.J. Watt 0°27′, Demi Moore 0°27′, Evan Rachel Wood 0°28′, Catherine, Princess of Wales 0°30′, Joan Rivers 0°33′, Henry Ford 0°35′, Gloria Vanderbilt 0°37′, Ebenezer Sibly 0°40′, Francisco Franco 0°43′, Lady Louise Windsor 0°45′, Stephanie Cole 1°08′, Kirk Douglas 1°11′, Susan Boyle 1°29′, Chelsea Handler 1°35′, Donald Trump 1°43.