Moon in the 4th House: Meaning by Rising Sign
The short answer
With whole-sign houses, Moon is in your 4th house when it is in the sign 3 signs on from your rising sign: Moon in Cancer for Aries rising, Moon in Capricorn for Libra rising, and so on for all twelve rising signs.
What the Moon in the 4th house means
The Moon describes your mood and what you need to feel settled. In the 4th house of home and family, that plays out through home, family, where you are from, and your private life.
The 4th is one of the four angular houses, the corners of the chart, where planets tend to show as events other people notice. Its natural sign is Cancer, so the Moon here takes on some of Cancer's concerns whatever sign it is actually in.
With whole-sign houses, the Moon sits in your 4th house when it is in the sign 3 signs on from your rising sign: for Aries rising that means the Moon in Cancer. A transit of the Moon through one house lasts about 2.3 days, because that is how long the Moon usually stays in one sign.
Which sign puts Moon in your 4th house
Find your rising sign in the left column. If your Moon is in the sign beside it, your Moon is in the 4th house.
| Your rising sign | Moon in the 4th house |
|---|---|
| Aries rising | Moon in Cancer |
| Taurus rising | Moon in Leo |
| Gemini rising | Moon in Virgo |
| Cancer rising | Moon in Libra |
| Leo rising | Moon in Scorpio |
| Virgo rising | Moon in Sagittarius |
| Libra rising | Moon in Capricorn |
| Scorpio rising | Moon in Aquarius |
| Sagittarius rising | Moon in Pisces |
| Capricorn rising | Moon in Aries |
| Aquarius rising | Moon in Taurus |
| Pisces rising | Moon in Gemini |
How long a Moon transit of the 4th house lasts
Moon stays in one sign for about 2.3 days on average, so a transit of Moon through your 4th house lasts about that long: as little as about 2.0 days and as much as about 2.5 days across the charted years.
About the 4th house
The 4th house of home and family: home, family, where you are from, and your private life. Its natural sign is Cancer.
How the houses are counted
Houses here use whole-sign counting: your rising sign is the whole 1st house, the next sign the 2nd, and so on around the zodiac. Many astrologers use Placidus or another quadrant system instead, which can move a planet close to a sign boundary into the neighbouring house. Either way you need an accurate birth time, because the rising sign changes about every two hours.
Moon in the other houses
Moon in the 1st house · Moon in the 2nd house · Moon in the 3rd house · Moon in the 5th house · Moon in the 6th house · Moon in the 7th house · Moon in the 8th house · Moon in the 9th house · Moon in the 10th house · Moon in the 11th house · Moon in the 12th house
Other planets in the 4th house: Sun · Mercury · Venus · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune · Pluto
Is your Moon in the 4th house? Vera reads it with the rest of your chart.
House placements need a birth time. Vera casts your chart from your birth details and reads your Moon in its real house, sign and aspects.