Horoscopes based on Sun signs are a fun way to examine the day-to-day and perhaps glimpse into the future, but they are only a small part of the astrological houses. Enter The Moon Sign Guide by Annabel Gat (The Astrology of Love & Sex), an astrologer certified by the International Society for Astrological Research. Gat, who has been writing the daily and monthly horoscope column at Vice since 2015, offers The Moon Sign Guide as a way of exploring one's inner life. "While our Sun sign symbolizes our ego and will," Gat writes, "and is an outward-facing part of our personality, the Moon sign represents our internal environment--our emotions, memories, and subconscious... all our wants and worries are touched by our Moon sign." Her exploration of where someone's Moon sign was at birth (readers will have to discover that through an astrologer or online birth chart calculator) provides insights into "what those who fall under that sign may need to feel comforted and secure."
Each Moon sign is explored in multiple sections: an overview, a deeper examination, and insights relating to home and family life, work, friendships and love and compatibility. The latter section also highlights how each Moon sign interacts with the others. Gat also includes a section on the "progressed moon," as a person's Moon sign will shift throughout their lives. Those with an interest in alternative forms of self-examination will find The Moon Sign Guide an engaging way to better understand themselves and others in their lives. --Michelle Anya Anjirbag, freelance reviewer