Moon in Taurus

The reasoning behind this exaltation is astronomical and rather lovely. Ptolemy (Ashmand's 1822 translation) imagines the new Moon in Aries, where the Sun is exalted, and then watches her thin crescent appear in the next sign. Taurus, the first place she shows her growing light, became her exaltation.

Lilly 1659 fixes the point at the third degree and adds that the Moon governs the earth signs by night, so a birth after dark combines two claims in one sign. He also gives her a face in the middle ten degrees. Few placements collect so many entries in his tables.

Raphael's Guide of 1877 describes a mild, obliging temper and a person generally respected. Heindel 1918 ties the exaltation to the fruitfulness of the sign and goes on to claims about families, which belong to that period and are left out here. Modern writers usually speak of comfort and steadiness.