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One afternoon in 1999, when the designer Shayne Oliver was in the sixth grade, he came across a magazine ad for Dirty Denim, a line of “pre-soiled” jeans by Diesel. The ad featured a collage of faux paparazzi photographs documenting the meltdown of a fictional rock star. Oliver was struck by the campaign’s tagline: “The Luxury of Dirt.” “That blew my mind,” he told me recently. “Spending money on something that looks dirty? I was, like, ‘This is genius.’ ” He informed his mother, a schoolteacher from Trinidad named Anne-Marie, that he needed a pair immediately.

Oliver’s father had abandoned Anne-Marie before Shayne was born, and she had struggled to raise him on her own. They lived in a tiny apartment on Halsey Street, in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Oliver, who attended some rough schools—he witnessed knife fights in the halls—was highly intelligent, and Anne-Marie was determined to nurture his gifts. She stood up to people on the street who heckled him because he was effeminate, and fought with school officials who wrote him off as a rowdy black kid. She didn’t have the money for the jeans, which cost three hundred and seventy-five dollars, but she respected Shayne’s sense of urgency. “How are we going to afford Diesel clothes?” she asked herself. She soon began working evenings at the Diesel store at the corner of Sixtieth and Lexington. She got an employee discount, and her kid got his jeans.

Oliver began accompanying Anne-Marie on her shifts at Diesel, folding shirts, examining seams, and offering customers unsolicited style advice. Although his suggestions were impeccable, after a few weeks the management told him to stay home, noting that it was illegal for twelve-year-olds to work in retail. Undaunted, Oliver walked a few blocks to a Roberto Cavalli store. Employees there were so charmed that they offered him an unpaid internship. He didn’t take it, but he continued to visit the store—and pester the staff. “I would just be in the shop, hanging out all the time and talking shit,” he recalls. “It was fun.”

Oliver was a recent arrival in New York. He was born in 1987 in Minnesota, where Anne-Marie had immigrated to pursue a teaching degree, and he had spent his childhood shuttling among female relatives in St. Paul, St. Croix, and Trinidad, before settling with his mother in Brooklyn, in 1998. In St. Croix, at the age of five, he had begun making his own fashions out of scraps of fabric scavenged from his grandmother, a dressmaker. After moving to the United States, he started cutting up items in Anne-Marie’s wardrobe. In an effort to discourage this practice, she took him on regular trips to Jo-Ann Fabrics. He kept looting her closet.

When Anne-Marie rode the subway with Oliver, she noticed him staring at men who were wearing streetwear brands like Mecca and FUBU. “Why are you looking at all of these guys?” Anne-Marie asked him. “You’re all up in their Kool-Aid!” Oliver protested that he was inspecting them for their clothes, which was only half a lie. He began cutting up his jeans and ripping out the crotch, which made him a target at the Pentecostal church that he and his mother attended. “I was being expressive!” he recalls, adding that other parishioners expressed themselves by speaking in tongues. At thirteen, he quit the church.

That year, Anne-Marie sent Oliver to a public school in Long Island City which focusses on the arts. For weeks, he came to class wearing a head scarf, and was often mistaken for a Muslim girl. (“I should’ve played that up a little bit,” Oliver told me. “Muslim girls get a lot of attention.”) Shortly after he enrolled, Anne-Marie rented for him a videocassette of “Paris Is Burning,” the 1990 documentary about voguing competitions in New York. A year later, he became a member of the House of Ninja, one of the groups featured in the film. “The Ninja people were all offbeat and not glamour kids,” he recalls. They encouraged him to explore various looks, and in competitions, he said, he “swayed between ‘vogue femme’ and ‘runway.’ ”

As a teen-ager, Oliver began applying his ingenuity to his hair: “There was one point where I was mixing textures—it was, like, a mullet of dreads and then permed on the sides. I’m sorry, that hairstyle was so nasty! It was ridiculous. It was so good.” He went out most nights, commuting between the largely white electroclash scene centered on Club Luxx, in Williamsburg, and the mostly black and Latino scene on Christopher Street, where he liked to “smoke, go to the pier, and then vogue.”

Before entering the tenth grade, he transferred to Harvey Milk, the country’s first high school for L.G.B.T. youths. Many of the students there wore three outfits a day: one for their neighborhood, one for school, and one for going out. It could be dangerous to wear the wrong thing in the wrong place, so kids kept outré clothes in their backpacks and changed on the subway platform. Oliver, though, prided himself on assembling outfits that worked in all three environments: butch enough for Bed-Stuy, smart enough for school, glam enough for the club. He devised subtle, colorless ensembles, the drape and shape of which sent coded messages to the educated eye. “If you have on all-black, you can go unnoticed on the block,” Oliver explained. “Then you go intothe city, and someone who’s thinking about clothing in a different way notices all the cuts and layering.” Styling choices helped him adapt his look to different contexts. Oliver liked wearing tight poom-poom shorts, but on his way to school he pulled them low, so that they sagged “in a masculine way.”

At Harvey Milk, Oliver made friends with another boy who was obsessed with fashion, James Garland. Each was an only child, raised by an indulgent single mother who had given her son the master bedroom. They recorded television broadcasts of runway shows and pored over the designs. Garland liked the debonair luxury of Tom Ford; Oliver preferred the forbidding moodiness of Rick Owens. Before long, the boys began making clothes, conducting photo shoots in Fort Greene Park, and staging runway shows at school. They generated new pieces through collage, stitching together items from vintage shops, children’s jackets from thrift stores, and treasures from their mothers’ closets.

After creating their first line of T-shirts, named Ammo, and their first collection, Cazzy Calore, Garland and Oliver graduated from Harvey Milk and enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Garland flourished there, but Oliver chafed against the curricular constraints and dropped out in his freshman year. In 2006, he diverted the tuition money that Anne-Marie had saved for him, and launched a fashion line with his friend Raul López, who also hung out on Christopher Street. Oliver called the new line Hood By Air. The phrase suggested a style that was proudly ghetto and proudly élite (“putting on airs”). Within a few years, the label had become the most prominent high-fashion brand to have emerged authentically from street culture.

Oliver’s original mission with the label was to bring to fine menswear what he calls the “thug silhouette”: the shape created by a long T-shirt paired with saggy pants, as if the wearer had a very long torso and very short legs. He also believed that he could turn streetwear basics such as oversized hoodies and multipocketed jackets into high-concept luxury items.

By 2007, Hood By Air clothes had begun showing up in boutiques in downtown Manhattan. The collections cannily combined the audacious (trousers with a dozen pleats) and the accessible (silk-screened T-shirts). The first Hood By Air T-shirts featured bold graphics and slogans like “Back to the Hood.” Oliver and López had the shirts custom-made by Dominican tailors, and they were expensive: two hundred dollars apiece. From the start, they sold well.

In the aughts, Manhattan boutiques were awash in designer hoodies (many of them by Jeremy Scott and Raf Simons). Oliver judged their stitch too fine, their length too short, their colors too bright, their patterns too busy. He felt that designers who appropriated streetwear had a fascination with urban men but were also afraid of them—he considered their skittish engagement to be “peckish,” “gross,” and “disconnected from the real masculinity” driving street culture. He told me, “It’s, like, ‘I think that guy is really hot, but I don’t know how to approach him, so I’m going to put elements of myself in him.’ There’s a power play where you’re inspired by something but you don’t want to give it credit.” Turned off by these “fey” imitations of streetwear, Oliver made clothes that were aggressively harsh and masculine. The graphics on his T-shirts often played with urban-horror imagery: a panorama of a prison yard, red marks evoking blood spattered by gunfire. At the same time, instead of hinting at homoeroticism, he foregrounded it. The first Hood By Air editorial video, uploaded to YouTube in September, 2007, featured a model repeatedly grabbing his crotch.

Oliver also embarked on a conceptual exploration that he calls “formalizing sloppiness”—highlighting the transitional phases between dressed and undressed. “It’s like when someone is horny and in a T-shirt, and it’s dropping off the shoulder,” Oliver explained. He liked conjuring those alluringly awkward moments when an amorous couple still has a few items of clothing on: “The idea of that being so open and so vulnerable—it’s, like, ‘Where’s my pants? Where’s my underwear?’ ”

By the end of 2009, López and Oliver had put Hood By Air on hiatus. López founded his own clothing line, and Oliver focussed on hosting a new dance party called GHE20G0TH1K (Ghetto Gothic). Held in various spaces in Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, the gatherings united disparate musical tribes—urban, goth, queer, punk. Oliver ran GHE20G0TH1K with his friends Jazmin Soto (a pansexual Latina) and Daniel Fisher (a straight white Jew). Soto was in charge, but Oliver sometimes took a turn as d.j., and he favored a dark sound. “At the time, no one was playing Marilyn Manson, and I was playing records that resonated that way—the idea of, like, fear of the world,” he recalls. “I was prying into my past—all my history of being provoked.” Many of the party’s charismatic attendees wore Hood By Air T-shirts. Interest in the brand was so strong that Oliver decided to relaunch it.

This time, he had crucial help from Leilah Weinraub, a filmmaker who was working on a documentary about a lesbian strip club in South Central Los Angeles. (The film, which she plans to release in 2017, comes off as a female-focussed update of “Paris Is Burning.”) Weinraub, who was Soto’s girlfriend at the time, began doing projects with Oliver, and one day they shot a look book for the designer Telfar, a mutual friend. Oliver was among the people cast, and Weinraub was unafraid of challenging him. She recalls, “He was wearing the wrong piece—a shawl—and he refused to be styled. He said, ‘Style me like a lady’—he had on this I’m-a-demure-woman voice. I asked, ‘Can you stand a little more like a man?’ The room stopped.”

In 2012, Oliver asked Weinraub to work alongside him on the relaunch of Hood By Air. (The partnership with López was completely dissolved.) She said yes. Weinraub, who is eight years older than Oliver, told me that she felt protective of Hood By Air. “It was at the point where other people started seeing it as a success,” she said. “And at that point people start to rob you—blind. They start to trick you.” She was wary of mainstream cultural figures looking for a quick way to acquire edge—of invitations to, say, “work on Katy Perry’s team.” Shortly after Weinraub became Oliver’s partner, investors offered to buy Hood By Air and put Oliver and Weinraub on fixed salaries. She was appalled. “This isn’t fucking Motown!” she said. Hood By Air, she declared, would remain closed to outside investors while it was in its “incubation period.” (To date, the company hasn’t accepted any outside investments—an arrangement that is virtually unheard of in the fashion industry.)

In order for Hood By Air to maintain control of its intellectual property, Weinraub believed, it had to grow quickly and attract media attention. Otherwise, the company’s designs would be pirated by bigger labels, which treated avant-garde street culture as a resource to be plundered. In a 2013 article in the Times, Guy Trebay suggested that Riccardo Tisci, the creative director of Givenchy, had referenced Hood By Air designs “without crediting them.” (A spokesperson for Givenchy said, “Hood By Air has never been a reference for our brand.”)

Around the time that Weinraub joined Hood By Air, it presented a runway show at Milk Studios, on Fifteenth Street. One of the models cast for the show was the rapper A$AP Rocky, a friend of Oliver’s at the time. Rocky’s participation helped the brand reach a wider audience, affording it a measure of protection against fashion-world vultures. Rocky also boosted Hood By Air’s reputation by incorporating endorsements of the label into his lyrics. His devotion eventually cooled, though, and in 2014 he released a diss track that included criticisms of the brand. He gloated to a reporter, “I birthed it, so I can kill it.” But Rocky was too late. Hood By Air had established a cult following among affluent teen-agers, avant-garde adults, and pop stars like Rihanna, Justin Bieber, and Kanye West. The label was critically acclaimed, too, winning the Swarovski Award for Menswear, from the Council of Fashion Designers of America, and a six-figure prize from L.V.M.H. Although Hood By Air remained rigorously experimental, it also became profitable, as fans lined up to buy T-shirts with the H.B.A. logo, which cost as much as six hundred dollars each. According to Hood By Air, its sales have doubled every season since 2013. The brand’s reach remains unimpressive by Gucci standards, but business has been good enough to give Oliver “the ability to do whatever the hell I want” in the studio. (He still shares an apartment with his mother, in Prospect Heights.)

Last September, I visited a cramped office that Hood By Air was renting on Hester Street, on the Lower East Side. The space, crowded with garment racks, could have been mistaken for a costume shop, were it not for the giant poster boards propped against the walls, which were covered in mini-Polaroids of harsh, alluring faces. Attached to each photograph was a Post-it scrawled with a concept: “spanish hustlers,” “obscure fetish.”

A dozen men and women, including Leilah Weinraub, sat in a circle, with only one subtle sign of hierarchy: Oliver was the only person not taking notes. Since 2012, Hood By Air had grown into a small collective, and its members were meeting to finalize plans for the Spring/Summer 2016 runway show. They had been joined by an outsider, Rich Aybar, a freelance stylist. Born on the Upper West Side to Dominican parents, he looked like a cross between a Rastafarian and Rasputin.

Oliver was dressed in jeans, a black vest, and a Hood By Air necklace—a chunky chain and a padlock—that he never removes. “Ooooooh!” he said. He had just received a text. “Connie just got confirmed for the door.” He was referring to Connie Girl, a doorwoman who was famous for being impossible to get past and impossible to book. “Taste that,” he said. “Ta-a-a-aste.”

“What’s the lighting like at the space?” Akeem Smith, Hood By Air’s chief stylist, asked. His hair was in small braids gathered into pigtails, and he wore a T-shirt bearing the words “The Black Genius.”

“Bright,” Weinraub replied. “White-blue.”

“Clinical,” Oliver said, approvingly. The show was being held at Penn Plaza Pavilion, a cavernous, fluorescent-lit building, opposite Madison Square Garden, that was slated for demolition. Hood By Air shows are traditionally held in unglamorous spaces.

Several people got up to leave, and a smaller group began discussing the casting of models. Each season, labels compete to book them, and Cathy Horyn, a critic at large at New York, told me that Hood By Air had some of “the best casting of the season, and I mean anywhere.” The brand is known for “streetcasting”—enlisting people who aren’t professional models.

The group stood and went over to a casting board, which was crammed with photographs of prospects. “We have to edit,” Oliver declared, inspecting the images. “We have to be really hard right now.”

“I think your story up there is really strong,” Aybar said. “It’s, like, Undernourished Retards—in a beautiful way.” He liked the “living-under-the-bridge vibe.” Then Aybar started ripping photos off the board. One boy, a Ryan Lochte type, was deemed “too dopey—a white guy in the most boring way.” Oliver asked that another male model be removed for having a swishy walk that struck him as off-brand. “It’s gay-y-y-y-y,” he said. After thirty minutes, a dozen pictures had been taken off the board.

The designing of clothes follows a similar group dynamic. Paul Cupo, the brand’s fashion director, told me, “The top concept is Shayne’s concept, and there’s a very select group of people that are allowed to contribute to this concept. Shayne then comes up with some shapes and silhouettes he wants to show, and then I plug in fabrics and colors.”

Cupo, an Italian-American from Bensonhurst who favors loose tank tops and sneakers, showed me a creation for the upcoming show. “The basic idea is a bomber,” he said. Instead of using nylon for the shell, however, he had used taffeta—a material often fashioned into ball gowns and wedding dresses. It was a surprising choice, he acknowledged with a smile: “It’s sort of a weird fabric for ‘young edgy cool designers’ to be using.” A Hood By Air bomber jacket sells for nearly a thousand dollars.

few days later, at Penn Plaza Pavilion, Hood By Air sent a male model down the runway in a tight bun, a shirtdress, and black heels. The shirtdress, made with black silk, was divided into sections, which had been loosely lashed together with chainlike zippers. The bottom had a feminine band of ruffles, as one might find on a dress worn by Michelle Obama to a state dinner. The middle was a wraparound panel of fabric that, from a distance, resembled high-waisted athletic shorts. The top was a button-down shirt with a crisp collar and oversized chiffon sleeves. Like a chimera, the shirtdress was incongruous but beautiful.

The model, who had been spotted on Instagram, was a twenty-seven-year-old from West Harlem named Mello Santos. He had a thin mustache and a goatee, and as he walked down the runway he allowed the zippers holding the outfit together to start coming undone. Dark silk was peeling off his torso like a rotten-banana peel, and the garment threatened to self-destruct at any moment, revealing Santos’s many tattoos (and parts of his anatomy). From some angles, Santos looked like a cross-dressing gangster; from others, like a futuristic pop star.

Subsequent models showed off equally mongrel creations: bomber jackets recut into togas, backpacks made from tufted sofa pillows. Some models looked like bullies, others like prey. A recording of the Jamaican dancehall performer Buju Banton roared over glitchy speakers. “Circumstances made me what I am,” he sang. “Was I born a violent man?” For the finale, each model took a seat on a raised platform, as if posing for a class picture. Together, they looked scary but sexy, butch yet femme.

The collection was called Galvanize, and the idea for the runway show was to evoke the ramshackle school that Oliver briefly attended as a youth in Trinidad. To galvanize is to electrify—to shock and inspire. But it also means to coat scrap metal with a layer of zinc; it’s the poor man’s version of gilding. Galvanized steel is a common roofing material in Trinidad, and the show’s name suggested a duality about growing up in the West Indies: Oliver claimed that the education he received at the school was exceptional—“college-level English in fourth grade,” he said—but the building was decrepit. This duality extended to the students’ clothing. Oliver and his classmates modified tattered, hand-me-down uniforms so that they became fashionable looks. The Galvanize collection—manufactured in Italy from sumptuous materials but with roots in a Caribbean schoolyard—was gilded streetwear whose aim was to electrify the audience and inspire a new generation to carry the countercultural torch.

The show impressed many critics. Sally Singer, the creative digital director of Vogue, told me that Hood By Air had presented one of the season’s top collections. Cathy Horyn, the New York critic, who was seeing a Hood By Air show for the first time, wrote that the clothes represented a “shock from the future” and a “fist in your face.” She told me that Hood By Air’s startling designs were welcome mutations in an era in which high fashion is controlled by bland international conglomerates.

Several critics described the clothes in the Galvanize collection as “deconstructed.” Deconstruction—whether of a novel, a soufflé, or a shirt—means breaking down a concept into its constituent parts, often with an eye toward destabilizing our vision of the whole. In fashion, it’s traditionally associated with accentuating raw edges and functional elements like seams. Hood By Air’s collection, however, riffed on the modifications that wearersmake to those designs—details like slashing, cropping, and sagging, which typically define a look only after professionals have finished their work.

Galvanize was an homage to the expanding cohort of shoppers who use clothing to revise standard images of race and gender. (Weinraub calls such consumers “modern people.”) In blunt terms, a rich white woman can wear a Hood By Air garment and feel modern because it makes her look like a poor black man; a poor black man can wear it and feel modern because it makes him look like a rich white woman. Whereas other labels had merely broken down design, Hood By Air was breaking down identity.

A classic deconstructionist turns garments into sculptures and models into scaffolding; Martin Margiela often covered his models’ faces. In the show for the Galvanize collection, the models’ faces—adorned with splotchy, wraith-like makeup—were key visual elements. The splotches paid homage to YouTube makeup-contouring tutorials, evoking the moment just before blending tools transform a painted monster into a Kardashian.

Despite the show’s triumphant reception, it did not unfold without flaws. There was a monumental error in the execution of the choreography: the models failed to crisscross, as directed, along the venue’s multiple catwalks, with the result that much of the audience saw only half the collection. It was a mistake that might have sent a tyrant like Coco Chanel or Alexander McQueen into a rage. Oliver, though, was unfazed. After the show, he appeared briefly at a bar on the Lower East Side, and spent only fifteen seconds conferring with Weinraub about the mistake before moving on to a more vexing problem: someone had given Oliver’s mother the address of a rented penthouse where the Galvanize collection had been put together, and where a post-show gathering would be held. (The Hester Street office was too small to accommodate dozens of models.) Anne-Marie had just arrived at the penthouse with pink hair and an entourage of younger Afro-Caribbean women. Oliver was forlorn. “This is exactly the moment I want to turn up!” he moaned, rubbing his cherubic head, which was shaved, and clutching at a floor-length sweater-dress of his own design. “Now my mother is there with her friends!”

I happened to know the identity of the culprit who had supplied Anne-Marie with the party’s address. It was Weinraub, who enjoys seeing Anne-Marie at every runway show. Her own parents have never come to one.

In late March, items from the Galvanize collection began to arrive in stores. Barneys New York installed life-size silicon replicas of six Hood By Air models in its four windows on Madison Avenue. Two of the models were Hood By Air regulars named Chucky and Sunny—Angelenos whose bodies (and faces) are covered in tattoos. In the window, the fake Sunny wore a pleated pant-dress, and his mouth was held open by a guard typically used in dental surgery. Chucky wore a padlocked baby pacifier and a purple leather shroud that might look good on a Jedi. It was the first time that the windows had featured mannequins in menswear. When I stopped by to see the display, in April, crowds of tourists, joined by local one-per-centers, had gathered to gawk. Many observers reacted with baffled revulsion. Inside the store, meanwhile, none of the radical clothes worn by the mannequins were for sale. The Hood By Air racks were instead filled with logo tees. The runway pieces may have blown fashion critics’ minds, but it was the T-shirts that had changed the way people dressed.

Leilah Weinraub studied film as a graduate student at Bard. Before joining Hood By Air, she had no experience in business. Her official title is C.E.O., but she told me that the designation is “fictional.” She recoils at any suggestion that she is Oliver’s Pierre Bergé—the commanding executive who helped Yves Saint Laurent become an international brand. She took the title of C.E.O. in part so that she would be taken as seriously as a man would be: “If I were just Shayne’s friend, and a woman, and me, people would just be, like, ‘O.K., bitch, get the fuck out of the way.’ ”

As Hood By Air has expanded into a collective, she explained, everyone with authority is essentially a creative director—even if, like her, they don’t literally design clothes. The early phases of the label’s design process take place in group texts that unfurl over weeks. For the Galvanize collection, eight employees contributed to what she calls a “running personal diary.” In addition, the label has an iCloud folder for sharing found images—Hood By Air’s equivalent of a mood board. Weinraub wouldn’t let me examine the entire folder for the collection, but she sent me a selection of the materials. There were photographs of Ike and Tina Turner, a jpeg of Aunt Viv, from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” and a picture of a Chinese acupuncturist who stuck two thousand and eight needles in his head, in honor of the 2008 Summer Olympics. “It’s memes,” Paul Cupo, the fashion director, explained to me. “It’s never really literal—you’ll never see a jacket on our reference board.” In 2015, when Women’s Wear Dailyasked Hood By Air for an “inspiration photo,” the label sent back a screenshot of porn.

Weinraub is one of only a few lesbians in high fashion. (Others include Patricia Field and J. Crew’s Jenna Lyons.) She grew up in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles, the daughter of an African-American textile designer from Compton and a Jewish pediatrician from Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is small with squinty eyes, broad shoulders, and an almond-shaped face. The skin around her eyes is darker in tone; these raccoon-like circles are so formidable and stylish, and presented with such aplomb, that strangers often can’t decide whether the coloring is congenital or cosmetic.

Rebellious from the start, Weinraub ran away from home several times as a teen-ager. In response, she claims, her parents threatened to put her in foster care. (Her parents deny this.) As a compromise, Weinraub went to high school in Israel, through an exchange program.

After a year, Weinraub returned to L.A., legally emancipated herself, and looked for a job. Her uncle knew a buyer at Ron Herman, an upscale clothing store, and helped Weinraub secure a shopgirl position. “It was in Brentwood,” she recalls. “There would be kids shopping there that were my same age. I hated it.” She soon took a job at Maxfield, a boutique with a more progressive bent. Its owner asked her to help oversee the books section, where she befriended a regular who liked to linger in the store and discuss topics such as slavery, America, and Judaism. It was the director Tony Kaye, who had just made a film about a white supremacist, “American History X.”

One day, Weinraub saw Kaye’s face on the cover of a magazine. She read an interview inside and noticed something: many of Kaye’s answers borrowed language that she remembered using during their conversations at Maxfield. Weinraub sensed an opportunity. She called Kaye and said, “I want to do this for you full time. I’ll be your voice, I’ll answer all your questions, I’ll do your research.” There was a catch: Weinraub was feuding with her family again, and she needed money to pursue higher education. She told Kaye, “If you send me to college, I’ll be your professional student, and you can own all my papers.” Kaye agreed, and began paying her tuition when she enrolled at Antioch College, in Ohio. When Weinraub returned to L.A. for breaks, she assisted Kaye on commercial shoots and chauffeured him around the city. The arrangement lasted until Kaye got a girlfriend who demanded an end to the tuition payments.

Kaye famously lost control of “American History X” in the editing suite, when New Line Cinema allowed Ed Norton, the film’s lead actor, to do the final cut. (Kaye disavowed the version that was released.) The incident left a lasting impression on Weinraub: if you don’t control celebrities, they’ll end up controlling you. She was happy to leave people like A$AP Rocky behind. As she put it, she preferred to go it alone and make Hood By Air’s “own world happen.” She was adamant that she would not temper the label’s provocations. “People are into high concepts and respond well to them,” she assured me. “People want drama. They love it.”

The penthouse that Hood By Air rented in the weeks before the Galvanize show had cathedral ceilings, a vast terrace, and an eight-person hot tub overlooking the Lower East Side. An apparent extravagance, the penthouse was leased in order to save money on hotel rooms by providing a live-and-work space for collaborators flying to New York. This frugal-luxury strategy would succeed, though, only if the palatial digs survived the week intact. (The label has a history of losing hotel damage deposits.) To keep the proceedings professional, alcohol was banned from the penthouse until the work was finished.

Five days before the Penn Plaza Pavilion show, I visited the penthouse, which was fragrant with expensive leathers and gleaming with racks of lustrous silks. Models began to arrive, lining up like supplicants to be dressed by the label’s clergy. Hirakish, a twenty-two-year-old African-American artist and musician from New Orleans, was one of the season’s most charismatic new models. He was walleyed and skeletal—you could see every bone in his cranium. For the show, he was to be dressed in a slashed wedding gown and accessorized with a strip of gauze affixed to his forehead, as if he had just survived a street fight. He was in drag, but the effect wasn’t campy: he looked mutilated but threatening, like a zombie. Hirakish had moved to New York a month earlier, after breaking up with his girlfriend, and this was his first fashion show. “This is what I dreamed of,” he confided, gazing at the penthouse’s occupants, who included several d.j.s whom he followed on Instagram. “This is the modern-day Andy Warhol.” (I never heard the principals of Hood By Air compare their workplace to the Factory. Instead, they referred to the label as a “family company.”)

As evening fell, I spoke with Ian Isiah, Hood By Air’s “global brand ambassador” and an in-house muse. Isiah can pull off the label’s clothes with confidence—or, as Oliver puts it, with “a lot of swag.” Isiah wears the brand exclusively, and between runway shows one of his responsibilities is to attend events where he will be photographed. He also coaches celebrities on how to wear Hood By Air properly. Six feet tall, he shaves slits in his eyebrows and styles his hair in tendril-like dreads.

Isiah went out to the terrace. Disrobing and getting into the hot tub, he said, “Now, this is a fashion interview.”

Isiah had been helping to recruit other models for the Galvanize show. The label, he said, had sought to create a unique tableau: “Black doll-babies. Transgender babies. Little skater boyish-boys. Boys with rashes on their face—less albino, more scabs everywhere. Braces! There’s a braces girl on the board.”

Isiah told me that the more established fashion brands were trying to keep current by copying Hood By Air’s streetcasting (and, sometimes, by poaching models with the promise of more money). But he wasn’t worried about the competition. “All the grannies of the ten-year anniversaries”—he was disparaging Alexander Wang, who was celebrating his label’s decennial—“are trying to latch on to what’s happening now, which you can’t do by getting a random model. You need a culture behind it.”

Oliver appeared, and Isiah urged him to get in the tub.

“What, you want me to do Mariah?” Oliver asked, alluding to Mariah Carey’s passion for swimming fully clothed.

“Yas!” Isiah squealed. “We got a dryer.”

Oliver decided to forgo clothes. A casting associate named Walter Pearce walked onto the terrace. A frenetic twenty-year-old with sixteen thousand Instagram followers, Pearce looked like a member of the cast of “Kids,” but he had come to the Lower East Side by way of Chappaqua, where he graduated from Horace Greeley High School. Like Oliver, he had dropped out of F.I.T.

“I started interning for Shayne when I was fifteen,” Pearce said. “They literally raised me.” A gifted streetcaster, Pearce was responsible for bringing on Hirakish, the New Orleans model. “He’s a legend,” Pearce declared. “And it’s not only because his look is unreal; it’s because he lives the life—he’s a maniac.”

Oliver confirmed that Hirakish was “extremely H.B.A.” He grabbed a towel and took a seat on a nearby bench. “I have conversations with him, and I’m, like, ‘Whoa, his mind is so insane—I want to work with this person.’ ” Hirakish’s mind was so insane that, later that night, he urinated inside the penthouse elevator. The mishap panicked Oliver until he discovered that there were no security cameras to record the violation. Oliver admired Hirakish’s uninhibited spirit, and felt a duty to place people like him under Hood By Air’s wing: “It’s almost, like, not orphanage-y, but I want to see these energies succeed.” (Later, he added, “New energy is very intimidating—it rewrites what has been created. We all get jaded by experiences in life, but I try to create environments for younger kids.”)

Pearce, who is gaunt and pale, got into the hot tub, and Isiah cooed, “Oooh, we got trade in the water.”

Cupo and Akeem Smith, the stylist, joined the group, along with several interns. Weinraub eventually got in, too. Many of the people in the hot tub, if viewed from behind, would be hard to identify in terms of race and gender. Oliver and Weinraub had complained to me that fashion critics often described their work with terms like “unisex” and “gender-fluid,” which evoked shapeless androgynes. Oliver hated “unisex,” because the word was unsexy. Weinraub had a similar problem with “gender-fluid”—in her estimation, it was “not hot.” She had come up with a syntactical solution, though. “You can say it differently, and it could be hot,” she said. “Like, ‘Wait, I smell gender fluid.’ ‘I’d like a little gender for my coffee.’ ”

By now, more than a dozen Hood By Air employees were in the hot tub, and the gathering looked at once absurd and utopian: creative directors splashing and laughing alongside their junior associates. At one point, Weinraub spoke ruefully of how Hood By Air was perceived by outsiders. She said, “People are, like, ‘The super-gender-bending, nonconforming, all-day-all-night party that’s coming at you so windy! Who’s a boy? Who’s a girl?’ Then you’re embarrassed by your own life.” ♦

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Verdant Vittles Gourmet Plaza

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If you thought that Appaloosa Plains was a backwater town, think again! Rich in culture and thoroughly authentic, its international district has a lot to offer. Have a drink at Irina’s Irish Pub, grab a bite at Pete’s Pizzeria and round it all off with a nibble at Babette’s Baguettes. You won’t be disappointed!

This was the first lot I made for my Appaloosa Plains project. It’s meant to sit across the street from SIMplicity’s Appaloosa Plains Strip Mall, which is the beautiful build that was my inspiration for sprucing up AP in the first place, so be sure to check that out!

Verdant Vittles Gourmet Plaza is designed to look pretty enough for screenshots, but without too many bells and whistles that lag your game if you just want to play. (SIMplicity’s lot is INCREDIBLE, but my computer wouldn’t be able to handle a town full of elaborately decorated places like that one.)

I’ve playtested this lot and everything should be accessible, except for the booths in the bar, which are there for decorative purposes only.

This lot is zoned as a Local Watering Hole and is meant to be placed at 198 East Appaloosa Avenue, which means you’ll have to bulldoze the gym that is there in a vanilla AP. (So, next up: the new gym :D)

This lot was made with all EPs and SPs (except Katy Perry and Diesel Stuff) installed. Since I didn’t build this with sharing in mind, it uses a ridiculous amount of store content, so please be sure to take a look at the enormous list below.

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Found Art (Loud, Fast, Clash! - Bedroom)

Up Against The Wall (Loud, Fast, Clash! - Bedroom)

Rock the End Table (Loud, Fast, Clash! - Bedroom)

Doorway to Trouble (Loud, Fast, Clash! - Bedroom)

Clustered Electric Firefly Jars (Brunch at the Old Mill)

String of Inspiration (Bohemian Garden)

Fully Non-functional Vent (The Coffee Bean Hipster Loft)

The Vaindenburger Sofa (Club Vaindenburger Den, The Gentlemen’s Lounge Collection)

Frost-Bite Pro Ice Cream Machine (Fabulous Fiesta, April 2012 Compilation Set)

Current Offerings Sign (Le Cinema Plumbob) (set ONLY)

Wedding Cake Replica (Live, Laugh, Love)

Today’s Special Wall Sign (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

The Perfect Plastic Pie (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

Handy Cookie Jar (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

Flour Sack (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

Today’s Special Street Sign (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

Half Baked Awning (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

Vision de Dessert Window (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

Decadent Dessert Poster in a Window (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

Single Vision de Dessert Window (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

Rustic Bakery Rack (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery OR Baker’s Bazaar Collection) (set ONLY)

Delightful Dessert Display (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery OR Baker’s Bazaar Collection) (set ONLY)

Faux Bread in a Bucket (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

La Petite Baker’s Signe (Deliciously Indulgent Bakery) (set ONLY)

Dynamic Duo Love Seat (The Boardwalk) (set ONLY)

Classic Awning Center (The Boardwalk) (set ONLY)

Vintage Finds, Lots of Signs! (Stones Throw Greenhouse) (set ONLY)

Farm Fresh Flowers (Stones Throw Greenhouse) (set ONLY)

The Bravo Bistro Table (Monte Vista) (set ONLY)

The Bravo Bistro Dining Chair (Monte Vista) (set ONLY)

Wood Fire Oven (Monte Vista) (set ONLY)

Fancy Floral Box (Al Fresco Street Market) (set ONLY)

Ornate Padua/Milan/Roman/Tuscan/Verona Wall Set (Monte Vista, probably) (If anyone knows how to find out which store set/world a wallpaper is from, please enlighten me. They don’t seem to be listed on the site!)

Mmmmmm! Cupcakes! (Romanza Ceremony + Reception)

Deathly Decadence (Happy Halloween: Gory Goodies) (set ONLY, FREE)

Le Petit Eiffel (Explorer’s Loot) (set ONLY, REGISTRATION REWARD)

Edwardian Expression Kitchen - Graceful Gelatin Taste and Style Sculpture (Edwardian Expression Kitchen Set)

Rustic Loaf Box (Provence)

Grove Cone Ceiling Lamp (Ultra Lounge Dining Set)

Big Time Big Flag (World of Wonder Carousel Collection) (set ONLY)

Jars of Spirits Lighting (Drifter’s Desire)

Cherub’s Inn (Hidden Springs) (set ONLY)

A lot of the ‘set only’ items are used only once during the entire build, so it’s up to you discretion if it’s worth getting the entire set for that (probably not!)

The Deliciously Indulgent Bakery stuff is used all over the bakery. If you don’t have that set, the bakery will need a lot of remodeling, unfortunately!

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Personal Radio Station

For the longest time, at least 14 years that I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a radio personality. The problem with this is that I never knew how to get into it without being an unpaid/low-paid grunt doing work I don’t want to do.

Now, with the help of an insanely updated internet, I can do just that for free/very little money per month! However, I don’t want to start up a radio station without knowing that I’ll have at least a few people who will listen.

Just to give you an idea of what the station would be playing, I will show you a comprehensive list of just the music in my personal collection. Quite a few of these are actually from compilation albums, and thus I only have a few songs (maximum) for them. Others, however, I have full/nearly-full collections of.

If you are interested, please Like, Reblog, and/or Comment

ABC; Aborted; Ace of Base; Adiemus Singers; Adrenaline Mob; After the Fire; The Agonist; Alice in Chains; Alien Weaponry; All Out Mutiny (local); All Saints; All Shall Perish; All That Remains; Arch Enemy; Architects; Arsis; Arsonists Get All the Girls; The Art of Noise; As I Lay Dying; Atreus; Aurelio Voltaire; Austrian Death Machine; Avenged Sevenfold; Axewound

Behemoth; The Beloved; Belphegor; Benga; Betrayal; Between the Buried and Me; Beyond Atlas (local); Beyond Threshold; Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; The Birthday Massacre; The Black Dahlia Murder; Black Sabbath; Black Sun Empire; Black Veil Brides; Blood Stands Still; Blue Oyster Cult; Borgore; Born of Osiris; Breaking Benjamin; Bullet For My Valentine; Burning the Masses

C+C Music Factory; Cannibal Corpse; Ce Ce Peniston; Chase & Status; Chasing Shadows; Children of Bodom; Chrispy; CKY; Clannad; The Clash; Coal Chamber; Coheed and Cambria; Coki; Constance (local); Converge; Cookie Monsta; Creature Feature; The Crystal Method; Culture Club; Cusco; Cyberoptics

Daft Punk; Daladubs; Dansette Junior; Datsik; Dave Koz; David A. Stewart and Candy Dulfer; David Byrne; Death Angel; Deep Forest; Deftones; The Demonstration; Despised Icon; Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows; Dethklok; Devil Driver; Devo; Diablo Swing Orchestra; Diesel; The Dillinger Escape Plan; Disturbed; DJ Dado; Doctor P; Dog Traders; Downlink; Dr. Acula; Dr. Dre; Dr. Philth; The Dream Academy; Dropkick Murphys; Dubba Johnny; Duran Duran; Dwarves; Eluveitie; Embrace the End; Eminem; Endwell; Enigma; Ennio Morricone; Ensiferum; Enslaved; Enter Shikari; Entertainment System & The Megas; Enya; Everything But the Girl; Excision

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Impending Doom; In Light Of Us (local); In This Moment; Insane Clown Posse; Into Eternity; Intronaut; Iron Maiden; Isis; Isis & Aerogramme

Jan Hammer; Jean Michel Jarre; Jeff Loomis; Jeffrey Nothing; Jethro Tull; Jimi Hendrix; Jose Padilla; Journey; Julee Cruise; Juno Reactor

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A Case Study in the Limitations of Worldbuilding (my books)

I’ve mentioned before that I wrote the Lone Prospect specifically as a reaction against certain werewolf tropes and to push science fiction and fantasy genre conventions which means that I fail spectacularly at writing to a traditional publishing market. Here we are almost at 2020 and man, they’re making another Dune movie and Asimov is going to get a Foundation series television show.

I’ll be honest here, when I conceived The Heaven’s Heathens as a concept, I envisioned it as a movie or a television series as well as a book series. I wanted it to appeal to someone like Vin Diesel, an action star who is also a producer. There is even a Vin Diesel based character in the books. I’m sure you can find him if you look close enough. I also wrote Gideon for another very specific actor who shall remain currently nameless because I wanted that actor to have a fun part to play that wasn’t horrible.

This did end up snowballing until almost every major character has an actor or actress as a face cast. (Given the huge amount of characters in this series, believe me, this helps me. You have no idea how much it helps me. Gah. It’s the only way I can keep physical descriptions straight!)

I wrote the world in such a way that the technology and special effects (such as werewolf transformations) would fit into a $65 million price point. I’m a firm believer that a good science fiction/fantasy movie doesn’t need a tent pole budget in order to be a good film. For reference, Riddick and Serenity were $65 million budget movies. The latest Keanu Reeves movie, Replicas, had a $30 Million budget movie and was roughly the same level tech as I have in the Heathens universe.

Because, since Serenity and Riddick came out the people at Unreal Engine have made advanced leaps in technology that special effects can be rendered faster and better than they used to be and thus are cheaper.

But I was doing this back around 2013, so $65 Million seemed like a good price point to aspire to for a science fantasy type movie that involves werewolves, floating vehicles and explosions. I chose a price point in order to limit what I could do in the world instead of going hog wild with super advanced tech and crazy vehicle and space ship designs. I wanted to push my money towards specific things like floating vehicles with the motorcycles having decorative holograms instead of wheels, data to mass technology where it is assembled out of a computer by “lasers,” werewolf transformations and if they are in armor (think Ratchet and Clank style body armor but with more rockets,) armor that changed with the transformation and depending on where the story was set, Dredd like cityscapes.

Oh and explosions. Don’t forget the explosions. Gunfire. Explosions. Okay. Moving on.

At a $65 million budget, I could even reach for short space scenes if necessary depending on story.

Now, I normally do not do this for my books and I will be honest, I haven’t done it this way since. Most of my book ideas I do not see as applicable to television or movies. Heathens is different to me because it is so firmly rooted into that action genre that it made it worthwhile for me to go, “okay, if I was to get a movie deal, Lord willing, how would I want them to spend their money.” I mean, for cast, I have no control so I cast who I like and make raspberries. There are a lot of action movie stories and a lot of science fiction action movie stories. So, it made sense to do this for me. (It may not make sense for you.)

And if I was going to write it relatively to market, I could have kept it in the contemporary time frame that most urban fantasy is set in and appeal to those that read that type of thing. There is a more important reason than “I want to be different” to why I chose not to do this.

The Heathen’s universe could be summed up as the Sons of Anarchy/Expendables of Urban Fantasy. Which is totally ignoring the science fiction aspect of it, but those are the two major influences that sparked me into writing the story. (And my university English professor going “no vampires!”) The Expendables is a motorcycle club (Second) that does mercenary work (first.)

The Expendable movies are focused on the jobs that the Expendables take as a mercenary unit. Whereas Sons of Anarchy is exclusively about a motorcycle club that runs guns, does porn and a couple of the smaller charters make drugs and they run into trouble with other gangs, the federal government and the terrorist groups they’re supplying guns to in the first place. The large plot being about the troubled history of the main gang leadership and what they were trying to accomplish (and ended up failing miserably at because people.) They are a depiction of an “outlaw motorcycle gang” or the 1%ers culture. Sons was written by Kurt Sutter as a tragedy with Hamlet being an influence.

When I started delving into the world of motorcycle clubs and what type of legitimate work those classified as motorcycle gangs by the federal government did, I kept running across security work. I decided that action, adventure suited my style of writing so I’d combine the two concepts to give me more conflicts to work with other than “this werewolf pack is going after that werewolf pack” or “there’s a murderer in this werewolf pack and we must solve the mystery.”

And I’m very insistent on my books being about what it says on the tin. If my werewolves are a motorcycle club that does security, then the books are going to be about them defending their turf, inner club squabbles, getting into trouble with the government(s), gang wars and security jobs big and small. Werewolves, biker clubs and gangs share one major thing in common, the concept of “territory.” That was my major tying thread. (I also was big on making this series at least not kitchen sink every single type of supernatural possible and to focus it on werewolves.)

But! I needed to be able to do this without referencing current biker clubs, federally classed gangs or anything that could be construed as disrespect. I am a small white woman. And, I take my safety very seriously. Sons of Anarchy got away without referencing real gangs because for the most part they kept their story very focused to the town of Charming and to nearby Oakland. Sons stood in for a very prominent white motorcycle club and the Mayans stood in for very prominent Latino motorcycle club and the Niner’s for one of the big black street gangs. There was also a neo-nazi group and an upper middle class almost illuminati group. (I don’t remember, it was season 2 or 3 and the storyline pissed me off so much I’ve tried to block it out.)

In a television series, I feel like you can get away with this. In a book, for the sake of authenticity, I don’t feel like you can so much. Thus, I needed to move my story into the future somehow and have a reason for why these organizations no longer existed. And the best and I’ll admit easiest way is to go “oh, there was a huge war that literally redefined the shape of Earth and all the countries in it.”

This expanded my story even more, because I had to decide what happened to other continents. What survived this war? What didn’t survive? How did our technology and our way of life change? What new stuff are we building out of the ruins of the old stuff? Suddenly, I had this huge fascinating playground to run around in that didn’t need to be 100% accurate to today’s cities or technology or even country boundaries.

I couldn’t encompass it into one book. Yes, the fictional town of Jasper in what would be current day South Dakota is home base. But, they are going out on jobs or forming new charters or people are coming to them going ‘help’ and this shows this new changed world. And depending on the story, and how I feel, the storylines might lean a bit more “Western” gun slinger or horror or family drama. I mean, there can be bounty hunters and super soldiers and pirates and North American wolf monsters.

I’m not going to say that this way will work for anyone. (One of my friends on twitter just thought this was fascinating so I thought I’d blog about it.) In this specific instance, because my influences were so defined, this method of world building and setting rules/limitations through a budget made sense to me in the moment while I was watching hours of Ganglands episodes/motorcycle gang documentaries and reading up on modern wolf science. (In fact, I usually find this whole face casting thing rather self-indulgent and feel some second hand embarrassment cringe. But that’s usually associated with anything to do with 50 Shades of Grey or Cassie Claire.)

This is one way to do things. YMMV. There's no right way of doing things and as long as your world remains consistent no one should care how you came up with it. (Maybe I should apply this to a few other of my ideas. It might help. Ah well.)

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It's Neymar's Time to Complete His Rise to Royalty

If Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi has anything in common with Crash Davis—if there’s any sort of cultural crossover between the archetypes of global sports glitz and minor league baseball grime—it’ll show itself when the tape recorder starts rolling. That’s when the icons in their posh private jets heed the wisdom Davis imparted on a bumpy bus, whether they’ve seen Bull Durham or not. “You’re gonna have to learn your clichés,” Crash says in the 1988 classic. “They’re your friends.”

The galácticos have little choice but to follow this advice. Combine the fanaticism surrounding global soccer with the minimal access afforded the media covering it, and you have an environment where every crumb becomes content, where innuendo is louder than insight, where the tiniest spark can become a bombshell. In short: The less said the better; be safe, not sorry. So it’s significant, then, that in the middle of what should be the most relaxing summer of his adult life, Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. is willing to let you in, share his concerns and maybe even make a headline. He can’t hide from who he is, nor from the momentous, legacy-defining season to come.

The quiet but charismatic 25-year-old Brazilian forward has never won a World Cup. He has never been named FIFA’s player of the year. And if he remains at FC Barcelona (which was up in the air as of Monday; if he’s not in Paris a week from now, it will be a surprise), he will have to wait a bit longer until he’s even considered his own team’s centerpiece. But he’s universally deemed soccer’s best player after Ronaldo and Messi, and he’s beloved in a way that neither of them ever will be. And a big reason for that is his indifference to the Book of Crash.

Neymar can’t fake it. He’s not packaged, and he’s not a product—and as a result, he sells lots of them: Nike, Gillette, Panasonic, Beats by Dre. In 2013 he was named the most marketable athlete in the world by SportsPro and Eurosport. In January he was ranked the most valuable player on the European transfer market by Switzerland’s CIES Football Observatory. And in April he was the only footballer on TIME’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people. (“I’ve always been struck by his humility,” David Beckham wrote for TIME. “He’s respectful and wants to learn...He lives to play the game, and I imagine he approaches it now the same way he did as a boy.”)

Neymar says he can’t explain his inclusion on that list—and then he tries to do just that: “Maybe because I’m an athlete or maybe because I do a lot of things on social media. But I don’t know. I don’t like to talk about myself. I try to be a good role model for my son, my family, my friends, and then I try to be a good role model for the rest of the people, too. ... I try to be myself without being anything different. I’m only one Neymar—for my family, for the public. I’m always the same person.”

When Neymar acknowledges that, yes, the next 12 months, climaxing with the World Cup in Russia, will probably be “the toughest season of my life,” he believes it. The world will read those words and discuss and dissect them, and then they’ll become even more true. The spotlight is about to get even brighter, and Neymar, who’s been soccer’s next big thing for nearly a decade, will have to confront his destiny.

This was Neymar’s first summer without a national-team commitment since 2010, when his exclusion from Brazil’s ill-fated World Cup squad caused an uproar at home. Brazil has already qualified for Russia, so he’s had the chance to indulge. He hit Oracle Arena for Game 2 of the NBA Finals, sitting courtside with Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton and posing afterward with Odell Beckham Jr. and Kevin Durant. Neymar wasn’t at all concerned about whether the Warriors’ megastar was a fan; this was no ego trip. “I don’t know if he’s seen me play,” Neymar told SI, “but I had the pleasure to meet him.”

In another photo the 5' 9" Brazilian stood on a chair and playfully lorded over 6' 7" Draymond Green. Neymar enjoys being around famous and accomplished people—he reunited with Green in Ibiza last month—not because of how it reflects on him but because he’s a fan, genuinely in awe of what they can do.

In the last year he performed a short, silly scene in which he juggles a napkin holder in Vin Diesel’s most recent Xander Cage movie—a role only for the athlete who doesn’t take himself too seriously—and kicked a ball across Hollywood Boulevard on Jimmy Kimmel Live! He’s joined musicians onstage, singing and dancing at concerts back home.

Neymar has a piano at his house in Spain—it was there when he moved in, he says, and he has been teaching himself to play with YouTube videos—but at an L.A. photo shoot for this story it takes some convincing to get the man watched by tens of millions every weekend to tap out even a simple a tune on a rented grand. He sits, gets up and wanders a bit before settling back in. Songs are suggested. How about Barcelona’s club anthem, “El Cant del Barça”? A Nike marketing rep asks that the studio’s ambient music be turned up, not down, so Neymar might feel a bit less scrutinized. He’s not an action figure to be played with. He’s human; he gets nervous. He says he felt it when he met Michael Jordan in Las Vegas and when he lined up to take what would be the winning penalty kick in the Olympic gold medal game last summer in Rio. Before the confidence bubbled up at the penalty spot, he admits, he endured the “worst sensation—all of the responsibility is on you.”

The Olympics play a distant second fiddle to the World Cup, but that U-23 tournament stubbornly remained the one international competition Brazil hadn’t won. And with the 2016 Games being contested on home soil two years after World Cup humiliation (also at home), Brazil named Neymar one of its three over-age players. He delivered, scoring four goals in six matches and converting that gilded penalty against Germany. Neymar was in tears almost immediately. For him, delivering the final piece of Brazil’s trophy puzzle was an immense achievement. For the public that adores him, however, it’s still not enough.

“It was like the Yankees finishing with the best record in the regular season: O.K., that’s kind of cool, but they measure everything around here by World Cup championships,” says Brian Winter, a Texan who co-wrote Pelé’s 2014 autobiography and who now runs Americas Quarterly, a political, business and cultural journal covering Latin America. As Reuters’ chief correspondent in Brazil for five years, he knows well how the nation’s sports, economics and politics intersect; he was living in São Paulo when Germany dismantled the hosts 7–1 in the ’14 Cup semifinals. That game in Belo Horizonte, he says, marked “the start of a long descent into hell for Brazil,” which has been reeling from financial and political crises since.

Neymar’s penalty and Olympic gold offered only temporary respite. “It was cool for, like, a day,” says Winter. “It created the sensation that hosting the Games hadn’t been a total waste. But once the lights went off, it was so clear that all of the promises linked to the Olympics—improved policing, infrastructure—had fallen short.” Brazilians, he says, are “desperately hoping for a reason to be happy in 2018. And so often—maybe too often—Brazilian soccer and politics mix.”

So the nation turns to Neymar. Four years after the misery of the so-called Mineirazodrubbing by Germany, which Neymar missed with a fractured vertebra suffered in a quarterfinal Thunderdome match against Colombia, Brazil has a viable shot at redemption in Russia. The 7–1 stain will never go away, but this World Cup will feature Neymar in his prime, shouldering the hopes of a country desperate for a reversal in fortune. This is the season in which it all could turn around. The season in which Neymar might finally fulfill his promise.

"Everybody wants that Neymar be the protagonist in the World Cup,” says Ricardo Kaká, the Orlando City midfielder who was part of Brazil’s 2002 title-winning team (and who, incredibly, is the last man other than Ronaldo or Messi to be crowned world player of the year—10 years ago). “This is unfair sometimes, but it’s also because of who he is as a player, for his potential, how he can decide a game, how he’s a protagonist in Barcelona. There is going to be pressure on him.”

Kaká is certainly familiar with scrutiny, but as good as he was, he never became the long-term, tactical focal point of the Seleção. Nevertheless, Neymar looks up to the former Brazil number 10, who’s 10 years his elder. Neymar admires Kaká’s piety, and Kaká appreciates Neymar’s willingness to listen and learn. They’re both part of a text-message group reserved for Brazilian national team veterans, making it one of the most exclusive clubs in the world: Kaká, Roberto Carlos, Denílson, Elano...–Neymar joined recently, and he employed the group’s advice during the Olympics.

Kaká explains: “The first games, Brazil didn’t play so good, everyone was criticizing Brazil—and he was the most important player. He tried speaking with the press, and then I said to him, ‘Now as a player we have a very good opportunity to answer without saying; we have the field to [show that] we care and that the situation is important to us.’ In the end he won the Olympics, and that was the best answer he could give.”

The members of the group, Kaká says, believe Neymar is “very smart to understand that these guys can give him something different, something that could help.”

Brazil needs Neymar because, increasingly, Brazil is Neymar. Though rocked by recessions and political scandals, the nation has seen massive gains made by the nascent middle class over the past couple of decades. For years, socioeconomic classes “often resembled castes,” Winter says. There were five—A through E—and it’s the C that’s been on the rise.

C is roughly where you would have found a young Neymar. The son of a journeyman pro player, he wasn’t impoverished growing up on the southern fringe of the São Paulo megalopolis, but his family didn’t have much either, and making ends meet was a chore. Now Neymar takes in some $37 million per year (more of it from endorsement deals than from Barcelona), according to Forbes. He’s living the modern Brazilian dream.

“Neymar has the deepest connection with the people of Brazil of any soccer player of this generation, particularly with the rising middle class,” Winter says. “The way he talks, his street-wise charm—he appeals to that segment. He’s the best pitchman in a generation.”

That appeal also dovetails with the millennial generation. Neymar is a master of social media. His image isn’t meticulously crafted or self-celebratory like Ronaldo’s; it’s not homey or reticent like Messi’s. That video of Neymar playing soccer in a backyard with Justin Bieber is more effective than anything a consultant might stage. It’s organic and honest, a window into Neymar’s effortless cool.

He’s fashionable. And he’s got a wonderfully wry sense of humor. “Social media tends to ferret out the phonies,” Winter says. “People love watching for their idols to show a glimpse of insincere behavior—but you really don’t see it from him.”

There’s a 2011 video of a 19-year-old Neymar in the locker room at his old Brazilian club, Santos, in which he dances and sings and thrusts along to Michel Teló’s cover of “Ai Se Eu Te Pego.” The more sighs and eye rolls Neymar gets from teammates in the video, the more committed he becomes.

He’s comfortable, unvarnished and fearless in the moment—the sort of person anyone with spunk or spirit would like to be around. The clip has more than 25 million views, and Neymar has 78 million followers on Instagram, making his account the 14th-most popular in the world, a hair above Messi’s.

Ronaldo has more, but Google “CR7 dancing” and among the first few hits are clips of the Portuguese star gyrating in a pink bathing suit in front of a crowd in Ibiza and another of him cavorting on a private plane. Search “Messi dancing” and you’ll find videos of the Argentine and his wife. There’s no better illustration of the differences among the three men.

Kaká certainly sees it. “Neymar just tries to be himself,” he says. “What’s in your character [takes] you where you want to go. Messi is a little bit shy, so he wants to be more out of the light. Cristiano wants to be not just a soccer player, but also a celebrity. There’s not a rightway, it’s just a choice. Neymar is the nice guy who wants to be everywhere, but he’s humble and simple. When he takes a picture with Kevin Durant, it’s: ‘This is the man, not me.’”

The soccer-loving world may worship now at the feet of Messi and Ronaldo, but that’s humanity’s appreciation for the divine and incomprehensible. Messi plays as if there are fireworks attached to his boots—the ball moves so quickly from one side of his foot to the other that it seems to occupy two places simultaneously. He’s all controlled chaos, staccato soccer. He is a savant, essentially, who doesn’t seem to be truly comfortable anywhere but on a field, and he’s been the driving force behind a three-time European champion that’s arguably the greatest side the sport has ever seen.

If Messi is from Mars, then Ronaldo hails from Mount Olympus. He’s like one of us but better, perfected. He plays like the physical specimen he is: with strength, power and panache. He’s more attractive than the statues of him. If Neymar markets to the C class, Ronaldo aims his CR7 brand, with its underwear and fragrances, at those in the A+. The guy has not only an airport but a galaxy named after him.

Yet for all their supernatural prowess, neither Messi nor Ronaldo is as adored in his homeland as Neymar is in Brazil. Argentines and Portuguese may look up to their respective icons, but Neymar prefers to look you in the eye.

Asked if he’s a little bit Ronaldo and a little bit Messi, Neymar says, “I think I’m like that. Sometimes I’m a little flamboyant, an extrovert. Sometimes I’m quiet.”

Whether he’s their peer is less important to the soccer world than whether he’s their successor. The Messi-Ronaldo duopoly has combined to win six FIFA Club World Cups, eight Champions League titles and a boatload of other honors. But Messi is 30, Ronaldo 32. Next summer’s World Cup will be the last for each man in his prime. At some point, it must be Neymar’s turn.

The Brazilian says that FIFA’s player of the year award is “very important” (Crash Davis wouldn’t like that answer), but he shrugs when asked if and when he’ll break through. “Everything happens in the right time,” he says. “The main focus is to keep playing well, keep winning games, and when the time is right, I’ll get mine.” (I’ll get mine—that wouldn’t pass the Crash test either.)

Back in June, when Ronaldo celebrated Real Madrid’s second consecutive Champions League crown with fans at the Plaza de Cibeles, he made his case for a second straight world player of the year award with a microphone and a chant. The thought of it—of using a team event to tout his case for an individual honor—makes Neymar squirm. “No, I wouldn’t do that,” he says.

He attracts attention in other ways. His play, like his demeanor, borrows a bit from both Messi and Ronaldo. But whereas Messi slices and Ronaldo surges, Neymar glides. He’s smoother and more efficient than either, outstanding with both feet and blessed with the creativity and vision of his great Brazilian predecessors. But his game, like his personality, is more accessible. Train long enough and hard enough, and maybe you, too, could play like Neymar. He’s human, mortal, and he speaks with a voice the next generation understands.

This is where Paris Saint-Germain enters the picture. The powerhouse French club was always going to feature in Neymar’s story, thanks to an astonishing Champions League round-of-16 series that will live forever in the lore of both PSG and FCB. Last season was a tough one by Barcelona’s standards, and its puzzling lack of ruthlessness was exposed in a 4–0 first-leg Valentine’s Day massacre at the Parc des Princes. Neymar says he was embarrassed by the performance, and he corroborates the story that he promised friends he’d net two goals in the March 8 decider at the Camp Nou—which he ultimately did, in the 88th and 91st minutes, before setting up Sergi Roberto’s clincher in a 6–1 thriller.

On a team as loaded as Barça, there aren’t many moments when a player can and must take command. But with his European season on the line Neymar was unstoppable, and for many it seemed like a turning point on his climb to soccer’s summit. In TIME, Beckham wrote that it would “be remembered as the moment he stepped up to take on the mantle of best player in the world. Neymar is ready to make his move.

But as July came to a close, it appeared more and more likely that move might take him away from Messi and back to Paris, where PSG was looking for a way to finance the payment of his record $261 million release clause. Yes, Neymar would have to wait for Barcelona to become his team—but if and when it did, then his team would be Barcelona. If he leaves for PSG, he will join a lesser league and a club that has the cash but not the chemistry to make a deep Champions League run. In NBA terms he’d be moving from the Warriors to the Clippers. And instead of Durant, whose desire to win trumped his need to be the man—as Neymar’s did when he left Santos for Barcelona in 2013—the Brazilian would be channeling Kyrie Irving, itching to get out from under LeBron James’s shadow.

Asked which of his two favorite NBA players he identifies with more—James, who was raised in the spotlight, or Steph Curry, who came up quietly at Davidson, mirroring Neymar’s lower-profile beginnings—Neymar chooses LeBron. Let us not forget, then, James’s ultimate decision to break from the Big Three after winning superteam trophies in Miami. In order to be soccer’s biggest name, perhaps Neymar has to shine further away from Messi, Luis Suárez and Barcelona’s band of superstars.

If he ultimately stays in Spain, Neymar must launch his assault on Messi and Ronaldo while improving on his own 13-goal La Liga campaign and helping steer Barça back to the top under new coach Ernesto Valverde. Last season’s results and the upcoming World Cup apply pressure from both sides. But Messi and Suárez relieve it, at least on the club side. Neymar doesn’t have to be the best player every time he steps onto the Camp Nou field. He’ll have to be more impactful, but he can do so while remaining true to himself. He’ll have some leeway.

If he goes to PSG, he’ll be paid like a king and expected to inspire a desperate club that hasn’t advanced beyond the Champions League quarterfinals since 1995. He’ll have the headlines and the billboards to himself. When those are shared, knocking a ball around with Bieber endears you to fans. When they’re yours alone, a Bieber moment may raise questions of focus, maturity or leadership. There will be no outlets at PSG, no excuses. Either way, he’ll also have to prepare mentally and physically for the rigors of a must-win World Cup.

But it’s all manageable. It always has been—so believes the man with LIFE IS A JOKE tattooed across his left biceps. He was Brazil’s Olympic talisman, and he was thriving at the 2014 World Cup before getting hurt. “We only have one life, so we have to figure out a way to be happy,” Neymar says. “Don’t take it so seriously. That’s pretty much it. Enjoy your life.”

Neymar’s relationship with his homeland remains strong. Not even the court cases concerning his controversial 2013 transfer to Barcelona have dented his reputation. In July, he was cleared of tax evasion in Brazil; a Spanish investigation is ongoing. (“Tax evasion,” Winter points out, “is next to soccer as the national sport in Brazil.”) Neymar’s countrymen, meanwhile, remain grateful for the gold medal and for his staying with Santos as long as he did. His Q rating is unscathed.

The only thing that could hurt him at home is, of course, failure to win in Russia. After he was forced to watch the semifinal rout by Germany while recuperating, Neymar told his fellow Brazilians, “We are going to do all we can so that I can fulfill my dream. My dream is to be the champion of the world.”

Three years later he’s asking for help. “I want to win a World Cup,” he says, “but it’s not only me, you know? There are other factors. There are teammates. There are a lot of things going on.” He’s certainly right, if the Mineirazo was any indication. But then he concludes, “I think you can be a legend without winning a World Cup.”

Maybe, but not in Brazil. Sócrates and Zico, for example, were great players and remain well respected. Many pundits think their 1982 squad, which lost to eventual champion Italy in the second round, was better than the ’94 side, which won it all. But on a team with five stars on its jersey, the bar is so much higher. “If Neymar doesn’t win at least one World Cup, as much as people love him today, he will be forgotten,” says Winter. “Brazil isn’t short of epic personalities who’ve won World Cups.”

Neymar tries to make light of the pressure. “It’s very normal,” he says. “The thing is, if you win a World Cup, they’ll tell you that if you want to be the best, you have to win anotherWorld Cup! When you’re one of the top players, this is going to happen all the time.”

Perhaps it has all felt routine until now. But the next 12 months, whether he’s in Barcelona or Paris, will be anything but ordinary. A new chapter is beginning, and while the end is uncertain, it’s sure to be blessedly free of clichés.

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Moon Signs of the Riverdale Cast ☽ (Part II).

#6. CASEY COTT (Moon Sign: SAGITTARIUS MOON ♐︎☽; Sun Sign: LEO SUN ♌︎☉)

Moon In Sagittarius ♐︎☽

Moon In Sagittarius Best Traits: Philosophical, enthusiastic, cheerful, sense of fun, sincere seeker, sense of mission, devout, concerned, wise and understanding, humanitarian, frank, outspoken, innocent, naturally trusting, open-minded, optimistic, alert, lively, playful, generous, benevolent, jovial, lucky, far sighted, positive thinker, stimulating, colourful, open and honest, able, good judgment, honourable, mobile, expansive, adventurous, carefree, vitalistic, frank, sincere, speaks mind, versatile mind, speculative, intuitive, noble thinking, thinks big, learned, clever, far sighted, fair judge, sees truth, cultured, eclectic, informed, well connected, romantic imagination, light hearted, warmly affectionate, generous, guided by definite standards, benevolent and loyal, idealistic, ardent feelings, demonstrative, non-possessive, emotionally frank, honest with lover, broad minded, socially active, vivacious, popular, friendly

Moon In Sagittarius Worst Traits: Unrealistic, restless, hysterical, irresponsible, off-hand, non-committal, amoral, careless, pompous and narrow-minded, holier-than-thou, blunt, arrogant, gullible, naive, dizzy, unreliable, idle, listless, silly, self-indulgent, indiscreet, gauche, irreverent, garrulous, scattered mind, irrelevant, illogical, poor concentration, grandiose ideas, academic, impractical, short sighted, sermonizing, opinionated, states obvious, high handed, trendy, fanciful, pedantic, pompous, easily attracted, impressionable, flirtatious, unkept promises, forces beliefs onto partner, cannot face emotional truth, hard to please, escapist, scatters emotions, fickle, brutally and offensively tactless, impersonally affectionate, licentious and amoral, name-dropper, promiscuous, ‘groupie’, squanders affections

Best Romantic Moon Sign Matches; ARIES MOON, LEO MOON

❤️ Sagittarius Moon (♐︎☽) + Aries Moon (♈︎☽):

Sagittarius Moon and Aries Moon get along perfectly well. They both like adventures and excitement. They are both full of enthusiasm and energy. Emotionally, these two are very compatible. Freedom is important to both of them. They will be a playful, stimulating pair. Both Sagittarius and Aries are rather blunt. They make a pairing that is optimistic, courageous and invigorating. Neediness and dependency makes both of them very uncomfortable. They prefer to be spontaneous when they get emotional. Their differences will show in how they react to emotion. Sagittarius prefers to use their intellect to understand their feelings. They like to file things away in mental boxes as being either positive or negative. Aries, on the other hand, may get tired of being told how they should feel at any given time. Luckily, Sagittarius' sense of humor often rescues the situation. On the good side, because of the high level of compatibility between Aries Moon and Sagittarius Moon, they respect each other and their needs. They are honest with each other and have no need to be manipulative. These two will be able to make a relationship work very well with little effort.

❤️ Sagittarius Moon (♐︎☽) + Leo Moon (♌︎☽):

Sagittarius Moon and Leo Moon make a happy couple. They have a great amount of understanding on how the other one ticks. Friendly, generous and optimistic, these two play very well together. They will have a great time going out together, playing games, and living free. Leo Moon is very loyal, and they want to know that they have Sagittarius' full attention. They also need to feel appreciated to be happy. Sagittarius Moon needs to feel the winds of freedom, both emotionally and at home. They may be rather tactless, which may hurt Leo's pride. Leo takes everything very personally. If they can overcome these small issues, they can have a very fulfilling life together. They may be very lucky when they are together, and they will prosper almost effortlessly in the eyes of others. These two are great fun to be around. They suit each other to a T the majority of the time. You may find them traveling the world, clubbing, and enjoying all manners of sport. Enterprising and cheerful, these two will certainly light up any room they walk into.

Worst Romantic Moon Sign Matches: TAURUS MOON, VIRGO MOON, CAPRICORN MOON, CANCER MOON, SCORPIO MOON, PISCES MOON

Famous Sagittarius Moons: ☆ Amal Clooney☆ Sharon Stone ☆ Kelly Osbourne ☆ Kristin Davis ☆ Ellen Page ☆ Emma Watson ☆ Ashley Greene ☆ Yoko Ono ☆ Oprah Winfrey ☆ Jennifer Aniston ☆ Evangeline Lilly ☆ Toni Braxton ☆ Ellie Goulding ☆ Keisha Buchanan ☆ Billie Piper ☆ Jamie Lynn Spears ☆ Judy Garland ☆ Lauryn Hill ☆ Robin Wright ☆ Martha Stewart ☆ Naomi Watts ☆ Lea Seydoux ☆ Iggy Azalea ☆ Portia de Rossi ☆ Melissa Etheridge ☆ Stana Katic ☆ Selena ☆ Dakota Johnson ☆ Naomi Campbell ☆ Joan Rivers ☆ Ginnifer Goodwin ☆ Ivanka Trump ☆ Ivana Trump ☆ Rose McGowan ☆ Melissa Joan Hart ☆ Zoe Saldana ☆ Nicole Kidman ☆ Queen Letizia of Spain ☆ Adele ☆ Vanessa Williams ☆ Julia Louis-Dreyfus ☆ Marisa Tomei ☆ America Ferrera ☆ Bianca Lawson ☆ Alexz Johnson ☆ Janice Dickinson ☆ Keke Palmer ☆ Natasha Bedingfield ☆ Suri Cruise ☆ Ashanti ☆ Katy Perry ☆ Cynthia Nixon ☆ Cynthia Nixon ☆ Mahalia Jackson ☆ Kristin Davis ☆ Camila Cabello ☆ Julie Benz ☆ Michelle Williams ☆ Gloria Estefan ☆ Jackie Stallone ☆ Shelley Duvall ☆ Claire Forlani ☆ Vanessa Minnillo ☆ Emmanuelle Chriqui ☆ Jane Goodall ☆ Rosie Huntington-Whiteley ☆ Kelly McGillis ☆ Etta James ☆ Hilary Duff ☆ Jennie Garth ☆ Sylvia Browne ☆ Ann Coulter ☆ Edie Falco ☆ Jill Scott ☆ Virginie Efira ☆ Albert Einstein ☆ Nicolaus Copernicus ☆ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ☆ Ludwig van Beethoven ☆ Pablo Picasso ☆ Vincent van Gogh ☆ Friedrich Nietzsche ☆ Warren Buffett ☆ President Donald Trump ☆ Justin Timberlake ☆ Al Pacino ☆ Freddie Mercury ☆ Jacques Chirac ☆ Michael Jordan ☆ Richard Gere ☆ Charlie Sheen ☆ Ted Bundy ☆ Mike Tyson ☆ Stephen King ☆ John Mayer ☆ Anthony Hopkins ☆ Vin Diesel ☆ Lenny Kravitz ☆ Victor Hugo ☆ Anthony Kiedis ☆ Simon Cowell ☆ Kevin Costner ☆ Jensen Ackles ☆ Liam Neeson ☆ Tiger Woods ☆ Chester Bennington ☆ Trent Reznor ☆ R. Kelly ☆ Saddam Hussein ☆ Scott Disick ☆ Michael Phelps ☆ Kevin Hart ☆ Jeff Bezos ☆ Jonathan Rhys Meyers ☆ XXXTentacion ☆ Renaud ☆ Thomas Edison ☆ Chris Cornell ☆ Jeff Goldblum ☆ Dave Grohl ☆ Aristotle Onassis ☆ Giacomo Casanova ☆ John Legend ☆ Vince Vaughn ☆ Neil Armstrong ☆ Paul Rudd ☆ Samuel Beckett ☆ Thomas Jefferson ☆ Matthew Gray Gubler ☆ Ezra Miller ☆ Andy Murray ☆ Christopher Reeve ☆ Jon Stewart ☆ Charles Bronson ☆ Ravi Shankar ☆Rod Stewart ☆ Charles Dickenson ☆ Marcus Schenkenberg ☆ Avicii ☆ FKA Twigs ☆ Danny Devito ☆ Neil Patrick Harris ☆ Robin Thicke ☆ Tommy Lee ☆ Jim Caviezel ☆ Prince Ranier III of Monaco ☆ Jason Bateman ☆ John Groban ☆ Alice Cooper ☆ Peter Steele ☆ Woody Harrelson ☆ Rock Hudson ☆ Jim Parsons ☆ Lewis Carroll ☆ Gary Cooper ☆ Magic Johnson ☆ Chad Kroeger ☆ Mike Shinoda ☆ Tim Robbins ☆ Zachary Quinto ☆ Spike Lee ☆ Hozier ☆ Harry Connick Jr. ☆ Terrence Howard ☆ Iker Casillas ☆ Emile Hirsch ☆ Luke Evans ☆ Larry King ☆ Tim Curry ☆ John Belushi ☆ Liberace ☆ Tom Holland ☆ Jakob Dylan ☆ Chris Christie ☆ Krist Novoselic ☆ Michael Weatherly ☆ Newt Gingrich ☆ Sean Lennon ☆ Marlon Wayans ☆ Garrett Hedlund ☆Barry Manilow ☆ Peter Facinelli ☆ Jonathan Lipnicki ☆ Stevie Ray Vaughan ☆ Eric Dane ☆ Louis Farrakhan ☆ Skrillex ☆ Gerald Ford ☆ Fred Savage ☆ Lupe Fiasco ☆ Joey McIntyre ☆ Jason Schwartzman ☆ Bradley James ☆ Billy Crudup ☆ Coolio ☆ Joss Whedon ☆ Bob Morley

Born with the Moon in Sagittarius, you are likely to be innately optimistic, expansive and positive in your point of view. Sagittarius is a Fire sign, and so accentuates the passionate, idealistic and creative dimensions of life. Sagittarius is also mutable in action, which means you are likely to have an innate need for variety and change. When passion and variety combine, there is often a deep calling for freedom. Because the Moon describes your natural response to things, or where you feel at home, you are likely to feel most comfortable roaming free – exploring your world and expanding horizons wherever possible. This expansion can happen in numerous ways. On the one hand, this lunar position implies a love of travel, and fascination with foreign places. You may be something of a “gypsy” at heart, with a powerful longing to explore the world and move around. You may find you travel a lot, or seek work and situations that allow you contact with foreign places and cultures. Even if circumstances do not allow, you are likely to wish that they would, and can easily imagine yourself making your home anywhere in the world. Dreaming of far-off places helps you engage with your need to be free. Anything that brings you contact with exotic people and situations will warm your heart. You would rather dine at a distant Mongolian restaurant than spend yet another Friday night at the local bistro. Feeling free to experience other cultures satisfies deep emotional needs. This urge for freedom is very strong, and can make you restless at times. You dislike the feeling of being stuck in any place for too long, and will need variety with your environment. You may decorate your home in an eclectic way, or surround yourself with objects that remind you of places you would like to be. When life becomes too routine, it can easily seem lifeless and dull. Therefore, it is important that you freshen up your perspective from time to time by getting out to places that you have not been before. Another way for you to broaden horizons is through study or learning. This sign relates to the search for truth, and ultimately pursuit of wisdom. You are likely to find you have a need to feel that you are always learning or discovering something new. You may be an eternal student, or spend much of your time with recreational pursuits that have an educational bent as well. You can feel that your world is expanding through the knowledge that you acquire, and even if this just means you are a student of life, you are likely to find that knowledge opens your horizons and helps you feel free. Sagittarius is also the sign of the teacher, as well as the preacher. The need to seek truth and wisdom can also translate into a love of sharing that with others. You may have natural gifts for inspiring others to be the best that they can be. You may be very good at explaining different points of view, and may find that others are drawn to you for the breadth of experience you can share. Your greatest gift is your ability to give others the same freedom you require to find your own truth. When you let them explore different ideas and work out what is true for them, you allow them to expand their awareness. You are likely to make a good teacher, trainer or mentor based on your ability to inspire and educate. On the flip side, you may also tend to become so consumed with what you believe to be true that you end of preaching to others in order to convert them to your point of view. You may need to consider whether you have a need to be right, and a tendency to broadcast your belief systems as if they were the only possible option for others to choose. Because this placement implies a strong attachment to the search for truth, there may be a tendency toward believing that what you have discovered as true for yourself should be the truth for everyone else. And so, you may have a tendency toward being bombastic that should be kept in check. When pushed by an emotional undercurrent, you may “share” from a biased point of view, based on trying to prove your version of “reality” and bring others to agree with your point of view. Recognizing that there are many paths which can lead to the same centre is useful, and necessary when agitated by the circumstances that surround you. That said, you are much more likely to be optimistic, positive and sunny in your disposition, with a tendency to live and let live. Sagittarius is a sign of broad-mindedness and you are likely to possess a philosophical approach to life. As a rule, Sagittarian types are more concerned with the big picture than with attention to detail, and unless other factors are present, you may need to watch out for any tendency to brush over the fine print, and get yourself into trouble through an over-reliance on faith as opposed to reason. All in all however, your happy and optimistic disposition should be one of your greatest assets, and help you to rise time and again from any of life’s setbacks. Finally you may also seek to broaden horizons through testing the limits of life itself. Sagittarius is associated with a love of challenge. You may have a need to test the limits of what is possible for you in quite immediate or physical ways. You can instinctively rise to any challenge that is before you, enjoying the feeling of conquest that comes from doing something you couldn’t do before. Here, you can combine your natural positivity with an actual task to focus on, so relishing the new insights that come through learning to go beyond where you’ve been before. Your nature means you are likely to be very enthusiastic, and can draw upon a natural flow of insight and intuition in order to solve the problems that present themselves to you. You may enjoy extreme sports, difficult forms of physical activity or just long sessions at the gym. Finding ways to challenge and push boundaries is a great source of emotional satisfaction, providing you with the reassurance that anything just may be possible for you!

#7. VANESSA MORGAN (Moon Sign: SAGITTARIUS MOON ♐︎☽; Sun Sign: ARIES SUN ♈︎☉)

Moon In Sagittarius ♐︎☽

Best Romantic Moon Sign Matches; ARIES MOON, LEO MOON

❤️ Sagittarius Moon (♐︎☽) + Aries Moon (♈︎☽):

❤️ Sagittarius Moon (♐︎☽) + Leo Moon (♌︎☽):

Worst Romantic Moon Sign Matches: TAURUS MOON, VIRGO MOON, CAPRICORN MOON, CANCER MOON, SCORPIO MOON, PISCES MOON

Famous Sagittarius Moons: ☆ Amal Clooney☆ Sharon Stone ☆ Kelly Osbourne ☆ Kristin Davis ☆ Ellen Page ☆ Emma Watson ☆ Ashley Greene ☆ Yoko Ono ☆ Oprah Winfrey ☆ Jennifer Aniston ☆ Evangeline Lilly ☆ Toni Braxton ☆ Ellie Goulding ☆ Keisha Buchanan ☆ Billie Piper ☆ Jamie Lynn Spears ☆ Judy Garland ☆ Lauryn Hill ☆ Robin Wright ☆ Martha Stewart ☆ Naomi Watts ☆ Lea Seydoux ☆ Iggy Azalea ☆ Portia de Rossi ☆ Melissa Etheridge ☆ Stana Katic ☆ Selena ☆ Dakota Johnson ☆ Naomi Campbell ☆ Joan Rivers ☆ Ginnifer Goodwin ☆ Ivanka Trump ☆ Ivana Trump ☆ Rose McGowan ☆ Melissa Joan Hart ☆ Zoe Saldana ☆ Nicole Kidman ☆ Queen Letizia of Spain ☆ Adele ☆ Vanessa Williams ☆ Julia Louis-Dreyfus ☆ Marisa Tomei ☆ America Ferrera ☆ Bianca Lawson ☆ Alexz Johnson ☆ Janice Dickinson ☆ Keke Palmer ☆ Natasha Bedingfield ☆ Suri Cruise ☆ Ashanti ☆ Katy Perry ☆ Cynthia Nixon ☆ Cynthia Nixon ☆ Mahalia Jackson ☆ Kristin Davis ☆ Camila Cabello ☆ Julie Benz ☆ Michelle Williams ☆ Gloria Estefan ☆ Jackie Stallone ☆ Shelley Duvall ☆ Claire Forlani ☆ Vanessa Minnillo ☆ Emmanuelle Chriqui ☆ Jane Goodall ☆ Rosie Huntington-Whiteley ☆ Kelly McGillis ☆ Etta James ☆ Hilary Duff ☆ Jennie Garth ☆ Sylvia Browne ☆ Ann Coulter ☆ Edie Falco ☆ Jill Scott ☆ Virginie Efira ☆ Albert Einstein ☆ Nicolaus Copernicus ☆ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ☆ Ludwig van Beethoven ☆ Pablo Picasso ☆ Vincent van Gogh ☆ Friedrich Nietzsche ☆ Warren Buffett ☆ President Donald Trump ☆ Justin Timberlake ☆ Al Pacino ☆ Freddie Mercury ☆ Jacques Chirac ☆ Michael Jordan ☆ Richard Gere ☆ Charlie Sheen ☆ Ted Bundy ☆ Mike Tyson ☆ Stephen King ☆ John Mayer ☆ Anthony Hopkins ☆ Vin Diesel ☆ Lenny Kravitz ☆ Victor Hugo ☆ Anthony Kiedis ☆ Simon Cowell ☆ Kevin Costner ☆ Jensen Ackles ☆ Liam Neeson ☆ Tiger Woods ☆ Chester Bennington ☆ Trent Reznor ☆ R. Kelly ☆ Saddam Hussein ☆ Scott Disick ☆ Michael Phelps ☆ Kevin Hart ☆ Jeff Bezos ☆ Jonathan Rhys Meyers ☆ XXXTentacion ☆ Renaud ☆ Thomas Edison ☆ Chris Cornell ☆ Jeff Goldblum ☆ Dave Grohl ☆ Aristotle Onassis ☆ Giacomo Casanova ☆ John Legend ☆ Vince Vaughn ☆ Neil Armstrong ☆ Paul Rudd ☆ Samuel Beckett ☆ Thomas Jefferson ☆ Matthew Gray Gubler ☆ Ezra Miller ☆ Andy Murray ☆ Christopher Reeve ☆ Jon Stewart ☆ Charles Bronson ☆ Ravi Shankar ☆ Rod Stewart ☆ Charles Dickenson ☆ Marcus Schenkenberg ☆ Avicii ☆ FKA Twigs ☆ Danny Devito ☆ Neil Patrick Harris ☆ Robin Thicke ☆ Tommy Lee ☆ Jim Caviezel ☆ Prince Ranier III of Monaco ☆ Jason Bateman ☆ John Groban ☆ Alice Cooper ☆ Peter Steele ☆ Woody Harrelson ☆ Rock Hudson ☆ Jim Parsons ☆ Lewis Carroll ☆ Gary Cooper ☆ Magic Johnson ☆ Chad Kroeger ☆ Mike Shinoda ☆ Tim Robbins ☆ Zachary Quinto ☆ Spike Lee ☆ Hozier ☆ Harry Connick Jr. ☆ Terrence Howard ☆ Iker Casillas ☆ Emile Hirsch ☆ Luke Evans ☆ Larry King ☆ Tim Curry ☆ John Belushi ☆ Liberace ☆ Tom Holland ☆ Jakob Dylan ☆ Chris Christie ☆ Krist Novoselic ☆ Michael Weatherly ☆ Newt Gingrich ☆ Sean Lennon ☆ Marlon Wayans ☆ Garrett Hedlund ☆ Barry Manilow ☆ Peter Facinelli ☆ Jonathan Lipnicki ☆ Stevie Ray Vaughan ☆ Eric Dane ☆ Louis Farrakhan ☆ Skrillex ☆ Gerald Ford ☆ Fred Savage ☆ Lupe Fiasco ☆ Joey McIntyre ☆ Jason Schwartzman ☆ Bradley James ☆ Billy Crudup ☆ Coolio ☆ Joss Whedon ☆ Bob Morley

#8. CHARLES MELTON (Moon Sign: VIRGO MOON ♍︎☽; Sun Sign: CAPRICORN SUN ♑︎☉)

Moon In Virgo ♍︎☽

Moon In Virgo Best Traits: Conscientious, dutiful, straight, upright, shrewd, methodical, precise, discriminating, neat, clean, health-conscious, helpful, modest, unassuming, gentle, light touch, finely tuned, keen instincts, analytical, concerned, thoughtful, lively mind, observant, scholarly, pure intentions, problem-solving, wholesome, industrious, methodical, efficient, reliable, dispassionate, considerate, pure, objective, systematic, logical, discerning, meticulous, clever, eloquent, well-read, well-informed, accurate, retentive memory, fast learner, highly efficient, good worker, matter of fact, practical, knowing what you like, fine aesthetic and design sense, artistic, sincerely affectionate, subtle love signs, simple and clear, quietly charming, strong character, impartially kind, coolly helpful, precision worker, refreshing at work, specialist worker, painstaking, pure and modest lover, high moral sense, socially discerning, privately sensuous

Moon In Virgo Worst Traits: Worrier, austere, prudish, rigid, cold, exacting, pedantic, carping, neurotic, clinical, health freak, interfering, falsely modest, undemonstrative, timid, creepy, hypersensitive, prejudiced, labelling, anxious, thinks too much, sceptical, critical, dry, too earnest, fault finding, interfering, problem making, fusspot, hypochondriac, workaholic, inflexible, mechanistic, spoilsport, unsure, stand-offish, sterile, unfeeling, remote, cold and dry, hypercritical, trivial, worrisome, wordy, bookish, intellectual snob, misses point, greedy mind, impatient, highly strung, self-critical, slave to reason, pointless, critical of partners, fussy and nagging, easily dissatisfied, neurotically artistic, inhibits affection, undemonstrative, dry and clinical, socially stiff, hides sensitivity, emotionally absent, cold exterior, too exacting, retreats into work, indecisive of work, restrained, feels sexually inferior, puritanical, social misfit, self-effacing

Best Romantic Moon Sign Matches: TAURUS MOON, CAPRICORN MOON

❤️ Virgo Moon (♍︎☽) + Taurus Moon (♉︎☽) :

Virgo Moon and Taurus Moon are extremely compatible. They have a great deal of respect and understanding for each other. Taurus is stable and pragmatic; Virgo is practical and attends to detail. They are made for each other. Both partners are cautious and approach new things slowly. They both enjoy working with nature and natural materials. Both are concerned about how change will affect them.Their differences lie in how they react. While Taurus Moon will forge ahead once they commit to an idea, Virgo Moon will constantly second guess and criticize their choice. The worrying done by Virgo will be comforted by Taurus’ steadiness and emotional stability. Taurus, in turn, helps Virgo to relax and become more instinctual. Virgo Moon may become annoyed with the lackadaisical way that Taurus Moon leaves things all over the house. Overall, however, this is a happy and content pairing. They meet each others’ needs for intimacy and pleasant company. They will be most content in the country or if they are able to grow a garden or at least go camping frequently. They have a need to interact with nature in some way. This pairing should do very well with minimal effort.

❤️ Virgo Moon (♍︎☽) + Capricorn Moon (♑︎☽):

Virgo Moon and Capricorn Moon are the best of friends the moment they meet. They can’t believe their luck in finding someone who shares so many things in common. They are highly compatible, and this relationship should work out well for all concerned. Both Virgo Moon and Capricorn Moon are organized and practical. They both work hard and want to be useful. Both are willing to forego their own desires and feelings in lieu of responsibilities. They are self-disciplined and meticulous. They are faithful, constant and don’t like risks. They will happily tread the safe, logical path to financial security. Together they can have a very powerful connection. Others may view them as boring, but they feel secure and happy. They need to make sure they don’t expect too much of themselves. With their self-critical tendencies, they can undermine their own work.They do need to be wary of overwork. All work and no play will make even Virgo Moon and Capricorn Moon dull. If they can learn to relax and enjoy themselves as well as maintain their responsibilities, they will be extremely happy.

Worst Romantic Moon Sign Matches: ARIES MOON, LEO MOON, SAGITTARIUS MOON, GEMINI MOON, LIBRA MOON, AQUARIUS MOON

Famous Virgo Moons: ☆ Amy Adams ☆ Bella Hadid ☆ Blake Lively ☆ Donatella Versace ☆ Dolly Parton ☆ Jodie Foster ☆ Gal Gadot ☆ Nicki Minaj ☆ Linda Evangelista ☆ Katherine Heigl ☆ Kate Mara ☆ Regina King ☆ Padma Lakshmi ☆ Bebe Neuwirth ☆ Shay Mitchell ☆ Kat Dennings ☆ Elle Fanning ☆ Jada Pinkett Smith ☆ Joss Stone ☆ Queen Rania Of Jordan ☆ Jenny McCarthy ☆ Michelle Pfieffer ☆ Sheila E. ☆ Fiona Apple ☆ Carla Bruni Sarkozy ☆ Christina Milian ☆ Denise Quinones ☆ Toni Collette ☆ Willa Ford ☆ Tiffany Trump ☆ Anne Heche ☆ Gina Rodriguez ☆ Melanie “Mel C.” Chisholm ☆ Camilla Belle ☆ Joy Behar ☆ Katherine Langford ☆ Katie McGrath ☆ Peyton List ☆ Hayley Atwell ☆ Erika Christensen ☆ Catherine Keener ☆ Rebel Wilson ☆ Meg Tilly ☆ Laila Ali ☆ Princess Anne ☆ Sunny Leone ☆ Sara Gilbert ☆ Mena Suvari ☆ K.D. Lang ☆ Angie Harmon ☆ Candice Bergen ☆ Marisa Miller ☆ Willa Holland ☆ Ana Beatriz Barros ☆ Shirley Maclaine ☆ Natalie Portman ☆ The Olsen Twins ☆ Dame Maggie Smith ☆ Rosie Perez ☆ Veronica Lake ☆ Tila Tequila ☆ Michelle Trachtenberg ☆ Carey Mulligan ☆ Chelsea Handler ☆ Michelle Williams ☆ Lexa Doig ☆ Courtney Cox ☆ Morena Baccarin ☆ Emmylou Harris ☆ Jane Birkin ☆Rachael Ray ☆ Barbara Stanwyck ☆ Jurnee Smollett ☆ Leona Lewis ☆ Kat Von D ☆ Bebe Rexha ☆ Suzanne Vega ☆ Patty Duke ☆ Deborah Ann Woll ☆ Heather Matarazzo ☆ Florence Griffith Joyner ☆ Katie Cassidy ☆ Amelia Heinle ☆ Daveigh Chase ☆ Sela Ward ☆ Angela Bassett ☆ Bridgette Wilson-Sampras ☆ Serena Williams ☆ Jordana Brewster ☆ Jenny McCarthy ☆ Amanda Tapping ☆ Angelica Housten ☆ Eliza Taylor ☆ Alice Dellal ☆Agathe de La Fontaine ☆ Leslie Mann ☆ Anna Paquin ☆ Shenae Grimes ☆ Elizabeth Moss ☆ Madonna ☆ Coco Rocha ☆ Lorde ☆ Aaliyah ☆ Candice Patton ☆ Crystal Reed ☆ Sanaa Lathan ☆ Katherine Heigl ☆ Beverley Mitchell ☆ Ashley Benson ☆ Noemie Lenoir ☆ Vanessa Redgrave ☆ Ricki Lake ☆ Colbie Caillat ☆ Krysten Ritter ☆ Amber Valletta ☆ Beth Ditto ☆ Sharon Tate ☆ J. K. Rowling ☆ North West ☆ Chelsea Handler ☆Kate Bosworth ☆ Zoë Isabella Kravitz ☆ Zayn Malik ☆ Jamie Dornan ☆ Mel Gibson ☆ John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) ☆ Jack Nicholson ☆ Sean Connery ☆ John Travolta ☆ Zac Efron ☆ Lance Armstrong ☆ Jean-Claude Van Damme ☆ Stephen Hawking ☆ 14th Dalai Lama ☆ Robert Redford ☆James Franco ☆ Matthew McConaughey ☆ Joshua Morrow ☆ Michael Fassbender ☆ Gordon Ramsey ☆ Channing Tatum ☆ Chris Hemsworth ☆ Sean “P. Diddy” Combs ☆ Ashley Parker Angel ☆ Corbin Bleu ☆ Keith Richards ☆ Notorious B.I.G. ☆ Richard Burton ☆ Eddie Vedder ☆ Clive Owen ☆ Mickey Rourke ☆ Rick Yune ☆ PewDiePie ☆ Dustin Hoffman ☆ Dylan Neal ☆ Adrien Brody ☆ Bobby Brown ☆ Genghis Khan ☆ Samuel L. Jackson ☆ Tom Felton ☆ Jon Hamm ☆ Frank Zappa ☆ Marvin Gaye ☆ Johnny Weir ☆ Ziggy Marley ☆ Michael McDonald ☆ Christopher Columbus ☆ Gene Simmons ☆ Hulk Hogan ☆ DMX ☆ Rami Malek ☆Willem Dafoe ☆ Paul Wesley ☆ Jack Kerouac ☆ Mark Harmon ☆ Brendon Urie ☆ Ne-Yo ☆ John Stamos ☆ Johnny Knoxville ☆ Laurence Olivier ☆ Jay Leno ☆ Kevin Federline ☆ Ian McKellen ☆ Post Malone ☆ Timbaland ☆ Louis XV of France ☆ Aaron Eckhart ☆ Seth Green ☆ Alexander Graham Bell ☆ Ted Kennedy ☆ Emilio Estevez ☆ Tyson Beckford ☆ Troye Sivan ☆Frankie Muniz ☆ Jack Osbourne ☆ Engelbert Humperdinck ☆ Sam Neill ☆Jason Mraz ☆ B.B. King ☆ Dax Shepard ☆ Colin Morgan ☆ Sammy Davis Jr. ☆ Perez Hilton ☆ DJ Khaled ☆ Karl Malone ☆ Manu Bennett ☆ Peter Gallagher ☆ Richard Marx ☆ Grant Gustin ☆ Scott Wolf ☆ Al Green ☆George Takei ☆ John Boyega ☆ Jackson Rathbone ☆ Orlando Jones ☆ Scott Foley ☆ Antonio Sabato, Jr. ☆ Redman ☆ Vincent Kartheiser ☆ Cory Booker ☆ Daniel Gillies ☆ Henry Mancini ☆ Paul Blackthorne

With the Moon in the practical and systematic sign of Virgo, you are likely to be someone who is highly appreciative of structure, organization and detail. You will find your life works better with well-established systems in your personal and professional life. Virgo is an Earth sign, and so pertains to tangible or physical things. It is also known as a Mutable sign, which infers a need for variety and change. When practicality and change are brought together, the principle of refinement is found. Born with the Moon in Virgo, you are likely to have an innate need to improve or refine the circumstances around you – combining practical know-how with the analytical quality necessary to achieve specific results. Virgo is a sign of service. You are likely to find you have an innate need to nurture yourself and others through offering practical service in everyday ways. Virgo is also a sign of humility. You may be quite happy working behind the scenes, adding your considerable talent for organization to whatever you are involved in and happy to be of service, often asking nothing in return. The satisfaction of a job well-conceived, well-planned and well-done often provides the result you need. You should take care, however, not to allow this natural instinct for service to be manipulated, or taken advantage of by others. Ancient astrologers saw a relationship between the sign of Virgo and the condition of slavery. It is important that your need to be useful does not turn into the need to be someone else’s “pack-horse”. The Moon refers to how we need to be nurtured. You will find a tendency to feel safe or secure through knowing that things are tidy, structured and planned. Routine is your friend, and establishing well-ordered routines in your daily life will help you think more clearly. Virgo is associated with process and purification at both material and mental levels. You are likely to be emotionally affected by how well your daily systems are functioning and how ‘pure’ life conditions are. At a simple level, you are likely to feel awkward and uncomfortable in chaotic environments. You will feel more serene and so focussed in an organized space. At a more subtle level, you can be emotionally affected by food additives, pollutants and synthetics in your environment. This is not to say that you are ‘precious’ or need to be wrapped in cotton wool. It is just that you will feel impurities more acutelythan others. Above all else, you need a calm, peaceful and well ordered environment to access your astute thinking processes. You are nurtured by organization and structure. You assimilate information better when processes are clear, and sources of nourishment relatively clean. This is a sign of mental discrimination. You may have innate talents for editing or discernment, able to describe other people’s traits, dispositions and downfalls. Thus you may have strong writing abilities, or work well in fields involving communication, personal service and customer relations. You are likely to have a keen mind, and a great eye for detail. This can be turned to its’ full advantage by seeking occupations that allow you to capitalize on your ability to spot the ‘bottom line’. You are likely to be very good at extracting the essence from something otherwise complicated. You have the ability to sort the wheat from the chaff, and find what is essential in a sentence, task list or schedule. Because of your strong analytical ability, you may need to make sure that you watch your tendency to be overly critical, finding fault with yourself and others rather than working toward improving whatever situation you are in. Your capacity for analysis is great for problem-solving, but can also be your downfall. You are likely to be highly adaptable, but also prone to excessive worry. You can easily fall victim to nervous tension by constantly finding faults or remaining in chaotic environments that go against your instinctual needs. It is important that you learn to take time out when needed, and find ways to remedy the effects of too much nervous tension. Meditation, yoga, martial arts and other forms of mind-body exercise can be especially beneficial. This will greatly assist you to stay focussed and calm.Often, those with the Moon here can be quietly critical of self and others. Your tendency to criticize your own efforts may make it difficult for you to see your own true worth. You may underestimate your contributions and be innately convinced that whatever you do, it is not good enough. This can be a humble and shy position for the Moon. Unless other factors in your chart offer more outgoing tendencies, you may fail to receive credit for all that you have achieved. It is important that you learn to recognize how useful you are. Next time you are concerned that you have not ‘done enough’ simply ask yourself if you have improved the situation you are in. Rather than striving to be perfect, you will find that striving to make things better satisfies your need to be useful, and helps you take unrealistic expectations off yourself. On another level, Virgo is associated with the body and health. Thus, you may have an instinctual interest in matters of health, diet and nutrition. You may be naturally quite healthy simply because you have an interest in your own wellbeing, and notice that life flows better for you with regular exercise and good eating habits. It is very important that you to pay close attention to what you do, and do not, eat. Often, those with the Moon here have very delicate digestive and nervous systems. You are likely to find that you may have trouble with your stomach or nerves if you lose touch with your own bodily needs. Excess worry or problems with digestion may plague you if you do not pay attention to what you ingest. Taking in pure food (as well as experiences) is a very practical thing for you. You can be adversely affected by processed foods, and overcome with anxiety if exposed to harsh or critical people. Making sure you improve the systems that regulate your own personal life is essential for you. Through good food, routine and regular exercise you can enjoy extraordinarily good health This interest in health is often quite strong. You may have natural abilities in any area to do withhealth, nutrition and healing, especially in the area of natural therapies, herbs and pharmacology. Often those with the Moon here are drawn to service roles such as nursing and community work. Finding ways to be useful is important. Any activity that lets you combine your innate practicality, fine mind, and willingness to help can work well for you, leading to beneficial outcomes for all concerned. Individuals with the moon in Virgo are usually simple in nature and prefer to live a quiet life without the glare of public eye. They look for small things in their life to seek happiness and contentment. It is the small and insignificant matters in life like plucking flowers from a garden that give them real happiness. It is in their basic nature to not only take care of themselves, but to take care of others as well. Thus, such individuals are of extremely helpful nature and will be first to lend a helping hand to those in distress. These individuals love to have a routine in their life. They cannot do without a routine and if it is missing in their lives, they tend to feel that something is amiss in their life and they are not in their true elements due to it. They tend to act in a fussy manner and are often labelled as complainers as they cannot function properly without having a routine in their life. Due to such characteristics, they love to take on such jobs or tasks in which lot of detailing is required or which has a great scope for micromanagement of things and situations. Such individuals are always averse to public displays of affection and most of the times get repulsed because of that. Such individuals tend to be shy in meeting up new people. However, once they get to know them and gradually open up, they are in their own elements and strike a good rapport with them. Additionally, they are born sceptics in nature and tend to be over critical of themselves as well.

#9. ASHLEIGH MURRAY (Moon Sign: CAPRICORN MOON ♑︎☽; Sun Sign: CAPRICORN SUN ♑︎☉)

Moon In Capricorn ♑︎☽

Moon In Capricorn Best Traits: Self-controlled, cautious, modest, reserved, serious, disciplined, pragmatic, prudent, achiever, hardworking, determined, shrewd, loyal, influential, steadfast, respected, sensitive, self-sacrificing, efficient helper, dignified, materially aware, responsible, efficient, orderly, ambitious, organizer, industrious, takes the reins, patient, thoughtful, deep understanding, resourceful, canny, persevering, earthy, senses others needs, employs others, solid, good timing, mentally cautious, not easily fooled, retentive mind, methodical mind, orderly mind, serious when necessary, level headed, canny, discriminating, profits from little, employs others, sober, clear and deliberating mind, strong concentration, painstaking, patient, committed, serious lover, steadfast, constant, trustworthy, objective, genuine affections, modest, cool exterior, sense of composure, self-controlled, upright, practical, resourceful, affluent, self-made

Moon In Capricorn Worst Traits: Repressed, distrustful, self doubting, inhibited, depressive, austere, unimaginative, boring, status-conscious, slave to system, cold hearted, crafty, sycophantic, name-dropper, unctuous, insincere, insensitive, uses others, self-serving, conceited, status slave, unscrupulous, ingratiating, wet blanket, cold, calculating, slave to self, dictatorial, intolerant, worrisome, inscrutable, tight, suspicious, rigid, philistine, opportunist, hard, procrastinating, slow learner, sceptical, mentally overloaded, lacking originality and imagination, given to melancholy, boring and rigid, pedestrian, suspicious, censorious, devious, avaricious, stern, dry and pigeon-holing mind, blinkered or narrow-minded, too exacting, possessive, jealous, inflexible, self-righteous, inhibited, distrustful, indifferent, undemonstrative, mean, cold manner, unfeeling, snobbish, too formal, self-contained, stiff, materialistic, money-grubbing, penny-pinching, selfish

Best Romantic Moon Sign Matches: TAURUS MOON, VIRGO MOON

❤️ Capricorn Moon (♑︎☽) + Taurus Moon (♉︎☽):

Capricorn Moon and Taurus Moon are a good match. They will have a tremendous respect and understanding for each other. They have a lot of things in common. Both Capricorn and Taurus need money and material possessions to make them feel secure and comfortable. They both like routine and order. Both partners will prove dependable and responsible. They do have a few differences they may need to work through. Taurus Moon is very laid back and easy going. It takes some real motivation to get them moving. They also like to mosey along so they can enjoy the scenery. Capricorn Moon needs to be actively working to be happy. They want to get everything done yesterday, and they need to feel in control. While Taurus likes instant gratification, Capricorn is willing to wait for it, knowing how good it will be. Capricorn Moon may think Taurus will never grow up. Taurus Moon may think Capricorn is obsessed with proving their worth. Taurus Moon does appreciate Capricorn’s stability and steadiness. Capricorn Moon appreciates Taurus’ creativity ending up in practical usage. Taurus Moon can help Capricorn learn to enjoy the fruits of their labor and to show affection. Capricorn Moon can help Taurus find motivation and ambition to bring their ideas to reality. Overall, they are a solid match that should do well together.

❤️ Capricorn Moon (♑︎☽) + Virgo Moon (♍︎☽):

Capricorn Moon and Virgo Moon are the best of friends the moment they meet. They can’t believe their luck in finding someone who shares so many things in common. They are highly compatible, and this relationship should work out well for all concerned. Both Capricorn Moon and Virgo Moon are organized and practical. They both work hard and want to be useful. Both are willing to forego their own desires and feelings in lieu of responsibilities. They are self-disciplined and meticulous. They are faithful, constant and don’t like risks. They will happily tread the safe, logical path to financial security. Together they can have a very powerful connection. Others may view them as boring, but they feel secure and happy. They need to make sure they don’t expect too much of themselves. With their self-critical tendencies, they can undermine their own work.They do need to be wary of overwork. All work and no play will make even Capricorn Moon and Virgo Moon dull. If they can learn to relax and enjoy themselves as well as maintain their responsibilities, they will be extremely happy.

Worst Romantic Moon Sign Matches: LIBRA MOON, AQUARIUS MOON, GEMINI MOON, LEO MOON, ARIES MOON, SAGITTARIUS MOON

Famous Capricorn Moons: ☆ Sarah Jessica Parker ☆ Kate Hudson ☆ Kourtney Kardashian ☆ Carmen Dell’Orefice ☆ Siobhan Donaghy ☆ Ashley Tisdale ☆ Susan Sarandon ☆ Chloe Sevigny ☆ Bar Refaeli ☆ Kim Basinger ☆ Stevie Nicks ☆ Billie Holiday ☆ Rita Moreno ☆ Zooey Deschanel ☆ Katee Sackhoff ☆ Julia Stiles ☆ Reece Witherspoon ☆ Audrina Patridge ☆ Anais Nin ☆ Bella Thorne ☆ Nina Simone ☆ Aishwarya Rai ☆ Michelle Monaghan ☆ Jeanne Tripplehorn ☆ Erica Durance ☆ Keri Russell ☆ Cher ☆ Stevie Nicks ☆ Liv Tyler ☆ Azealia Banks ☆ Wynonna Judd ☆ Hilary Swank ☆ Emma Roberts ☆ Jeffree Star ☆ Kathy Ireland ☆ Melania Trump☆ Nicollette Sheridan ☆ Stacey Dash ☆ Maria Sharapova ☆ Rosamund Pike ☆ Soleil Moon Frye ☆ Hailee Steinfeld ☆ Sofia Coppola ☆ Juliette Binoche ☆ Sophie Marceau ☆ Linda Cardellini ☆ Lena Headey ☆ Paula Abdul ☆ Serinda Swan ☆ Annie Lennox ☆ Bethenny Frankel ☆ LeAnn Rimes ☆ Emilie de Ravin ☆ Nia Peeples ☆ Daisy Fuentes ☆ Tatiana Maslany ☆ Stephenie Meyer ☆ Katherine McPhee ☆ Patsy Cline ☆ Lucille Ball ☆ Sheena Easton ☆ Tariji P. Henson ☆ Fran Drescher ☆ Nelly Furtado ☆ Bryce Dallas Howard ☆ Carly Simon ☆ Mackenzie Rosman ☆ Paula Patton ☆ Wanda Sykes ☆ Rashida Jones ☆ Shannon Elizabeth ☆ Neve Campbell ☆ Willow Smith ☆ Martina McBride ☆ Mia Farrow ☆ Emmy Rossum ☆ Jennifer Coolidge ☆ Miranda Lambert ☆ Rachel Zoe ☆ Shirley Ann Manson ☆ Amy Winehouse ☆ Trina ☆ Elke Sommer ☆ Ming-Na ☆ Willow Smith ☆ Donna Summer ☆ Tara Reid ☆ Bianca Jagger ☆ First Lady Barbara Bush ☆ Sarah Silverman ☆ Dame Judi Dench ☆ Tionne Watkins ☆ Sarah McLachlan ☆ Robyn ☆ Loretta Young ☆ June Carter Cash ☆ Kelly Brook ☆ Nadia Comaneci ☆ Debbie Allen ☆ Mia Farrow ☆ Christina Ricci ☆ Mary Quant ☆ Jennifer Love Hewitt ☆ Tina Knowles ☆ Yves Saint Laurent ☆ Frédéric Chopin ☆ Ernest Hemingway ☆ Pope John Paul I, Napoleon I ☆ Abraham Lincoln ☆ John Quincy Adams ☆ François Hollande,☆ Marine Le Pen, ☆ Brad Pitt, ☆ Johnny Depp,☆ George Clooney,☆ Michael Douglas, ☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger, ☆ Gerard Butler,☆ Matt Damon, ☆ James Hetfield,☆ Jon Bon Jovi,☆ David Beckham, ☆ Dwayne “The Rock”Johnson ☆ Tim Burton ☆ Anthony Bourdain ☆ George Washington ☆ David Guetta ☆ Harvey Weinstein ☆ Frank Ocean ☆ Ozzy Osbourne ☆ Prince George of Cambridge ☆ G-Eazy ☆ Charles Darwin ☆ Kid Cudi ☆ David Letterman ☆ Rupert Grint ☆ Seal ☆ The Undertaker ☆ Gerard Way Andrea Bocelli ☆ Gaspard Ulliel ☆ David Tennant ☆ Sam Smith ☆ Michael Moore ☆ Seth Rogen ☆ Bryan Adams ☆ Jamie Oliver ☆ Andre 3000 ☆ James Stewart ☆ Gavin Rossdale ☆ Bryan Cranston ☆Brian Austin Green ☆ Tyrese Gibson ☆ Pete Davidson ☆ Dean Martin ☆ Al Gore ☆ David Spade ☆ Jeb Bush ☆ Ron Howard ☆ Peyton Manning ☆ Neil Diamond ☆ Cory Monteith ☆ Charles Barkley ☆ Gucci Mane ☆ Taylor Kinney ☆ Chris Tucker ☆ Rutger Hauer ☆ James Earl Jones ☆ Eddie Ciprian ☆ Haley Joel Osment ☆ Kirk Kerkorian ☆ Benjamin McKenzie ☆ Gary Sinise ☆ Dave Matthews ☆ John Paul Jones ☆ Kellan Lutz ☆ Dean Cain ☆ William H. Macy ☆ Andy Roddick ☆ Jeff Daniels ☆ Johnny Galecki ☆ Benjamin Bratt ☆ Sidney Crosby ☆ Jerry O’Connell ☆ John Leguizamo ☆ Ray Romano ☆ A.J. McLean ☆ Asa Butterfield ☆ Jackson Browne ☆ John Cougar Mellencamp ☆ Tre Cool ☆ Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Born with the Moon in Capricorn, you are likely to be innately responsible, pragmatic and measured in the ways that you respond. Capricorn is an Earth sign, and so pertains to the tangible and practical dimensions of life. It is also known as a Cardinal sign, which implies a need to take action. When practicality and activity combine, the urge to master material resources is usually present. With the Moon in Capricorn, you are likely to have an innately serious and responsible nature, seeking to make the most of whatever resources you have at your disposal. Responsibility, and all this entails, will probably form a background theme in your life. You may have had to step into a position of responsibility early in life, or received strong impressions from your parents (most usually mother) about the need to live up to certain expectations in life. You may feel a deep sense of duty around supporting others, and will naturally be drawn to areas of life expression which allow you to demonstrate a capacity to accept responsibility. You are likely to have the ability to assist and nurture others in practical ways, and will often be seen as “the capable one” who can be relied on to find realistic solutions to current problems. The Moon is said to be in “detriment” in this sign, implying that easy and spontaneous emotional connections are not your forte. You are likely to be self-conscious in your emotional approach, and may appear reserved at first, taking time to warm to others and develop closeness. While you may have a huge heart, you do not give it away easily. You need time to get to know others and work out how you really feel about them. It is important to understand how serious or worthwhile any emotional involvement may be before you get involved. Whilst to others this may seem calculating, for you it is just a realistic assessment of the fact that emotional ties can be burdensome, and taking yourself seriously involves assessing exactly where a situation is taking you, and if that is where you want to be. Yet this pragmatism can also be a source of strength. It can give you stability and create a realistic attitude to life’s emotional ebbs and flows. On the up side, this means that for those you hold near and dear, you will be consistent, strong and true. You have an innate ability to follow through on what you say, and are likely to value greatly the worth of family, continuity and emotional commitment. On the down side however, your pragmatic approach to feelings and relationships may lead to a tendency for projecting to others a cold and unavailable nature, concerned more with the bottom line of what you will ‘get’ from a connection, rather than just being able to enjoy closeness and intimacy for what it is. The sign of Capricorn relates to foundations, structures and the gift of Time. You are likely to value tradition, status, and social position. You will require from others the same level of responsibility and capacity that you demonstrate for yourself, and will respect people or situations that demonstrate longevity and persistence. On some level, you are likely to feel most secure when you have solid structures and foundations around you. To this end you may be somewhat conservative, with strong ambitions for yourself based on recognition and accomplishment. Achievements carry powerful emotional overtones for you, and you are likely to feel an inward need to live up to being the best that you can be. You may have a need to prove yourself ‘out there’ in the world as a concrete example of your inner values, so reflecting an aptitude for responsibility and commitment. Alternately, you may have a much more private idea of what success and accomplishment mean to you. You may be less concerned with worldly success and more concerned with doing the best you can on a more personal level. You may set high standards for personal development, with a profound sense of integrity and authenticity. Whether your focus is material or spiritual, you are likely to be committed to making sure that you achieve the things that you expect of yourself. If other features of your chart imply more freedom-loving or unconventional qualities, you may be at odds with other voices within your psyche. If you find yourself struggling between the need to fulfill obligations and the need to be free just remember that your innate capacity to commit and demonstrate responsibility can be expressed in many different ways. As long as you live up to your own expectations in terms of what responsibility means to you, you will feel emotionally stable and secure. From this stable base, you can spin off into any form of expression you so choose. You are likely to be highly self-sufficient and contained, but need to remember that sometimes we build strong emotional foundations by sharing our strengths and weaknesses, talents short-comings and abilities with those around us. You are no doubt very capable, but need to be mindful of a tendency to isolate yourself upon your own mountaintop of duty and responsibility. You may have an innate tendency to expect that no one else will be as thorough as you are, and so take on far more than you need to, at times even taking from others duties that are rightfully theirs. Try not to look down upon “mere mortals’ less capable than you, but realize that your strengths and capabilities have been earned through hard work and sacrifice, yet only count for something if you can share them with someone else. In sharing responsibilities, you will achieve the position of respect and responsibility that you so naturally deserve. In letting others demonstrate capability and endurance, you help build a fertile platform upon which material stability is achievedWith the Moon placed here, you are likely to be innately concerned with how you appear publicly. You tend to be aware of the value of reputation and protocol, and so, will avoid doing anything publicly that may diminish you in the eyes of others. Because you recognize the value of a good reputation, you will strive to appear capable, contained and in-charge. Whilst this is useful in terms of earning respect, it may mean that you avoid extending yourself at times because you will not let yourself learn. You can set such high standards of achievement for yourself that you expect to be able to master whatever you attempt almost as soon as you begin. Rather than learning through a process of trial and error, you will stop yourself doing things unless you are already innately competent. It is important that you recognize the need for learning or apprenticeship along the road to mastery. Showing others your vulnerabilities will not hurt you as much as you may fear, and can in fact help them appreciate your achievements more through seeing your commitment to high standards through hard work. Finally, there may also be a need to release old, crystallized emotional patterns or unconscious fears through subconscious re-programming. Because the Moon represents the genetic or emotional framework through which we view experiences and learn about the world, there may be a tendency to ‘get stuck’ when that frame is inclined to endure and ‘hold-on’. In this sense, unconscious fears, limitations and restrictions may prevent you from opening up to an easy, spontaneous flow of emotion. Old habits and memories can prevent you from connecting with the here and now. There may be inhibitions around revealing the true extent of your feelings, and you may keep others at a distance so they never know how much you really need them. Developing empathy, the ability to self-nurture and kindness for yourself are highly recommended, This will help dissolve any old and unwanted emotional patterns, and open the door for greater vulnerability and closeness with others. You may find tactile or emotional therapies useful for you if find this hard to achieve. Because you are used to demonstrating fortitude and resilience, you may find it hard to soften and let others in. But when you share your capacity to accept responsibility and build solid foundations in life, you are rewarded with full appreciation from those who can understand the depth of your emotional commitment.

#10. MARK CONSUELOS (Moon Sign: GEMINI MOON ♊︎☽; Sun Sign: ARIES SUN ♈︎☉)

Moon In Gemini ♊︎☽

Moon In Gemini Best Traits: Easygoing, light touch, uncomplicated, lively, mobile, witty, quick, live wire, versatile, multi-faceted, fast responses, fast learner, good conversationalist, friendly, charming, delightful, intelligent, broad-minded, interesting, perceptive, amusing, perceptive, eloquent, swift, ingenious, quick on uptake, mobile, flexible, adaptable, imaginative, non-dogmatic, session both sides, objective, acquisitive mind, clever, informative, resourceful, articulate, curious, well-informed, widely read, quick-witted, lively mind, fast learner, dextrous, humorous, sharp, fluent, inventive, original, handy, interesting, agreeable, unbiased, logical, amusing and friendly, coolly affectionate, light hearted, emotionally objective, socially at ease, emotionally buoyant, stimulating company, lively conversationalist, ear to the ground, good humoured, expressive, agile and witty, socially adaptable, emotionally flexible, well-connected, courteous, tactful, co-operative

Moon In Gemini Worst Traits: Heavy weather, superficial, simplistic, manic depressive, restless, worrisome, impatient, anxious, spread too thin, two-faced, flip, sketchy, gossip, nosy, insincere, deceitful, too rational, shallow, dissatisfying, trivial, cheap, glib, sarcastic, chatterbox, fly, devious, shifty, evasive, dabbler, fickle, chases rainbows, non-committal, indecisive, aloof, blind to whole picture, inane, bluffer, nosy, superficial knowledge, highly strung, unruly mind, unpersevering, fidgety, mischievous, flippant, facile, makeshift, slipshod, imitative, simplistic, trite, scatters energies, unfocused, misses point, flirtatious, flippant and flighty, makes light of others’ feelings, emotionally distant, social butterfly, superficial values, lack of commitment, meaningful banter, shallow gossip, empty gestures, verbose, restless and fickle, double standards, inconsistent partner, social opportunist, ingratiating, insincere, insipid, easy come - easy go

Best Romantic Moon Sign Matches; LIBRA MOON, AQUARIUS MOON

❤️ Gemini Moon (♊︎☽) + Libra Moon (♎︎☽):

Gemini Moon and Libra Moon are a perfect couple. They share so many things they understand each other, they have the same opinions and respect the other greatly. This is truly a charming couple. Both partners are rational and love to reason things out. They are a bit uncomfortable with open displays of emotion. They both love to socialize. Gemini Moon tends to focus on ideas, while Libra Moon is centered on ideals of relationships. This works to make a nice balanced give and take in the relationship. They love to talk and make great companions for each other. They are a tender, affectionate couple that will create a peaceful home. Each inspires the other to more creativity and success. Any problems that arise are dealt with logically so the outcome is fair to all. Both partners may overlook their own fears or issues. Libra will do this to keep everything happy and harmonious. Gemini will detach from the problem when it becomes emotional. Their conversations are always stimulating. Libra Moon will focus on people and situations while Gemini Moon will leap from idea to idea. They will make great friends as well as do well in a romantic relationship.

❤️ Gemini Moon (♊︎☽) + Aquarius Moon (♒︎☽):

Gemini Moon and Aquarius Moon get along famously. They have a great deal of understanding and respect for each other. They have similar motivations and desires, which makes this couple almost ideal. They can be the best of friends, share a light romance, or a wonderful domestic partnership. Gemini Moon and Aquarius Moon both like change, lots of socializing and freedom. Gemini needs variety, and Aquarius is unpredictable and novel. They share a nice wit, a sense of humor, and they love to talk. They can share and grow ideas in a lively manner. The fact that they can have a meeting of the minds means a lot to them. They can both be a bit detached and unemotional. This won't bother either one of them. They are more likely to discuss and analyze emotions than express them. They understand each other very well, and are happy to keep things informal. Both partners are interested in humanitarian causes and are interested in improving the future.

Worst Romantic Moon Sign Matches: CANCER MOON, SCORPIO MOON, PISCES MOON, TAURUS MOON, VIRGO MOON, CAPRICORN MOON

Famous Gemini Moons: ☆Jennifer Garner ☆ Kylie Minogue ☆ Heidi Klum ☆ Brooke Shields ☆ Khloe Kardashian ☆ Kate Beckinsale ☆ Jennifer Lawrence ☆ Claudia Schiffer ☆ Gwyneth Paltrow ☆ Sia ☆ Bette Davis ☆ Queen Victoria ☆ Ella Fitzgerald ☆ Emily Deschanel ☆ Emmanuelle Beart ☆ Dita Von Teese ☆ Brigitte Bardot ☆ Rachel McAdams ☆ Emily Osment ☆ Enya ☆ Doris Day ☆ Mary Louise Parker ☆ Elisha Cuthbert ☆ Roseanne Barr ☆ Tilda Swinton ☆ Tina Turner ☆ Jennifer Connelly ☆ Christy Turlington ☆ Priyanka Chopra ☆ Alyssa Milano ☆ Milla Jovovich ☆ Édith Piaf ☆ Joan Baez ☆ Mya ☆ Goldie Hawn ☆ Eva Herzigová ☆ Jewel ☆ Daryl Hannah ☆ Bridget Moynahan ☆ Reba McEntire ☆ Victoria Principal ☆ Jane Seymour ☆ Barbara Walters ☆ Grace Slick ☆ Lisa Edelstein ☆ Keyshia Cole ☆ Regina Hall ☆ Margaret Cho ☆ Amelia Earhart ☆ Shiloh Pitt ☆ Jessica Chastain ☆ Elisabeth Shue ☆ Brooke Burns ☆ Alexandra Daddario ☆ Julianne Moore ☆ Jessica Biel ☆ Olivia Wilde ☆ Amy Acker ☆ Emily Osment ☆ Tilda Swinton ☆ Steffi Graf ☆ Alison Brie ☆ Nikki Reed ☆ Elin Nordegren ☆ Tina Turner ☆ Lauren Cohan ☆ Alessia Cara ☆ Anna Karina ☆ Danielle Fishel ☆ Bonnie Raitt ☆ Lykke Li ☆ Aubrey O’Day ☆ Leelee Sobieski ☆ Parker Posey ☆ Jackie Evancho ☆ Chanel Iman ☆ Josie Maran ☆ Amber Tamblyn ☆ Mutya Buena ☆ Shirley Temple ☆ Bette Davis ☆ Moira Kelly ☆ Martina Hingis ☆ Claudette Colbert ☆ Kate O’Mara ☆ Heather Mills ☆ Linda Hamilton ☆ Naya Rivera ☆ President Barack Obama ☆ Vladimir Putin ☆ Jim Carrey ☆ Jake Gyllenhaal ☆ Sigmund Freud ☆ Lionel Messi ☆ Hugh Jackman ☆ 50 Cent ☆ Ewan McGregor ☆ Pope John Paul II ☆ Karl Lagerfeld ☆ Jackie Chan ☆ John Cena ☆ Benito Mussolini ☆ Benicio Del Toro ☆ Rowan “Mr. Bean” Atkinson ☆ John D. Rockerfeller ☆ Stephen Colbert ☆ Billy Corgan ☆ George Carlin ☆ David Schwimmer ☆ Future ☆ Jeff Bridges ☆ Billy Idol ☆ Eddie Redmayne ☆ Sebastian Stan ☆ Jeremy Renner ☆ Roger Moore ☆ Kirk Douglas ☆ David Hasselhoff ☆ Nelly ☆ Omar Sharif ☆ Pele ☆ Jet Li ☆ Louis Pasteur ☆ Harry Houdini ☆ Tom Jones ☆ Lamar Odom ☆ Christopher Lee ☆ Jason Derulo ☆ Dave Navarro ☆ Chris Noth ☆ Armie Hammer ☆ John McEnroe ☆ Fred Astaire ☆ Vice President Mike Pence ☆ Ashton Irwin ☆ Zach Galifianakis ☆ Freddie Prinze Jr. ☆ Marat Safin ☆ Johannes Kepler ☆ Herbie Hancock ☆ John Goodman ☆ James Marsden ☆ David Rockefeller ☆ Art Garfunkel ☆ Confucius ☆ Taylor Kitsch ☆ John Kerry ☆ Gale Harold ☆ John Keats ☆ Matthew Fox ☆ Gabriel Aubry ☆ Wayne Gretzky ☆ Buddy Holly ☆ Spencer Tracy ☆ Fabio Lanzoni ☆ Roy Orbison ☆ Dylan McDermott ☆ Brian Johnson (AC/DC) ☆ Howie Mandel ☆ George Foreman ☆ Craig David ☆ Groucho Marx ☆ Josh Lucas ☆ Stone Cold Steve Austin ☆ Jason Alexander ☆ Ray J ☆ Ben Harper ☆ Rudyard Kipling ☆ Brandon Routh ☆ Machine Gun Kelly ☆ Peter Frampton ☆ Gary Coleman ☆ Deryck Whibley ☆ John Edwards ☆ Ken Watanabe ☆ C.S. Lewis ☆ Zachary Levi ☆ Ricky Nelson ☆ Dwight Yoakam ☆ Brian Littrell (BSB) ☆ Cash Warren ☆ Tony Bennett ☆ Matt Czuchry ☆ William Petersen ☆ Sir Alec Guiness ☆ Mark Paul Gosselaar ☆ Flavor Flav ☆ Romeo Beckham ☆ Adam Garcia

Born with the Moon in the lively, communication-oriented sign of Gemini, you are likely to be a curious individual, with an active, versatile mind. Gemini is an Air sign, governing communication, the exchange of information or ideas, and the protocols with which social organization occurs. Accordingly, you may find that you have an innate need to know as much as possible about the world around you, and may have a talent for numbers, speech or the written word. Gemini is also a Mutable sign, implying the need for variety and change. You are likely to find that you are easily engaged in new things, seek stimulation and may become easily bored. You are likely to be very adaptable, and love anything new. You may be an instinctive multi-tasker, and may habitually involve yourself in many tasks at the same time. Your need for variety means you are better when doing several things at once, but need to avoid scattering your mental energies so that very little actually gets done. The essence of this sign is communication. Unless other factors in your birth chart dominate, you are likely to enjoy sharing information with others, and may be very talkative. You may find yourself involved with lots of different people, flitting from group to group, situation to situation, in order to exchange information and ideas. Information is the foundation of your emotional wellbeing. You are likely to feel at your best when actively engaged in learning something new. For you, information is paramount, and you may not need to study something in depth to feel that you know enough about it. As long as you have glimpsed the basis of an idea or opinion, you may then feel satisfied to move on. Like the literal social butterfly, you may find yourself moving from person to person, gathering data, ideas information or facts before moving on to share what you have gained. You need to know about what is going on around you, and will enjoy imparting to others the information they may need to get through the day. Sometimes, this love of information can extend to gossip. You may have a weakness for scandals, trivia and trashy magazines! You like to know what is happening in other peoples lives. This works well for you when your love of knowledge stimulates good conversation and an interest in the world around you. When taken to extremes, a love of gossip can work against you. You may find that you inadvertently develop a reputation for being fickle, two-faced or unreliable. Others may know you cannot be trusted to keep a secret, and so will exclude you from the true details of their personal lives. Or you may attract to yourself persons who thrive on discussing the misfortunes of others. This can create a negative backlash that will ultimately bring you undone. Discretion is an important trait to develop when born with the Moon in this sign. Because you are interested in everything does not mean you have the right to spread it around! This is a very inquisitive position for the Moon. In many ways, you experience a sense of personal worth by connecting to other people, talking to them about their problems and concerns, and finding out what makes them tick. You are less likely to be concerned with deep emotional intricacies as you are with the peculiarities of their life circumstances or perspectives. Once you have ascertained where someone is coming from and why, you are likely to then feel compelled to move on to someone else, having satisfied your need to exchange information, so entering another “data file” into your catalogue of human experiences. Your interest in others is indeed genuine. You may just find you have an almost unquenchable need to know more. In essence, you will need to find a balance between your need for information, and your ability to connect with others on more than superficial terms. As the Moon is also concerned with nurturing, you may have a special ability to make others feel good with what you say. Because you know how to nurture with words, you may know the right thing to say at just the right moment to get others feeling light and bright again. Gemini is a sign known for humour and entertainment. You may instinctively know how to keep things fun. Talking around the surface of things stop them getting heavy. You are likely to have an uncanny ability to turn the conversation around when needed to the brighter side of life. You are probably very good at defining emotions. You have the ability to categorize experiences based on objective fact, but may be less comfortable actually feeling what is happening. In this sense, you may attempt to avoid deep emotional experiences, feeling more certain of yourself with rational or logical discussion where you can analyze a certain situation, classify it, and move on. In time, you will need to learn to deepen your emotional experiences, so that you can learn why certain emotions occur. Rather than detaching from emotional involvement, you may find that experiencing emotion, then adding logic, helps broaden your social repertoire. As the Moon rules the instincts, you may have instinctual talents with words and numbers. You may be good at keeping score, at accounting, or any form of commerce. You may also have a love for trade, enjoying the hustle and bustle that goes along with bartering and retail. You may have a love of gadgets, and be drawn to anything bright, shiny and new. You may be an instinctive flirt, and love flitting from one admirer to the next. This Moon position is often associated with those whose main concern is with the external world, exchanging facts, ideas and commodities without getting too consumed by the deeper, or more mysterious, dimensions of life. This is fine, as long as it does not preclude you from acknowledging that you are also an emotional being, with passionate needs that also need expression. Then your love of logic can be balanced with a well-rounded interpersonal life. At its best, Gemini is a lively and versatile sign. Born with the Moon here, you are likely to have a quick and adaptable mind. Your interest in whatever is happening around you means that you will feel an ever-present need to “know”. Once you have discovered something, you will want to share it with those around. Upon this foundation, your need for communication grows. Emotional balance comes from being connected to your immediate environment and having other people in your life. The need for variety and change is usually strong here, and you will seek multiple experiences and projects to keep you on the go. Your curiosity can be both an endless source of discovery and a good deal of personal charm. Connected with others, you can share what you have learned. Moving from situation to situation generates feelings of newness and excitement that will always give you something interesting to talk about.

#11. MARISOL NICHOLS (Moon Sign: PISCES MOON ♓︎☽; Sun Sign: SCORPIO SUN ♏︎☉)

Moon In Pisces ♓︎☽

Moon In Pisces Best Traits: Imaginative, inspiring, mystical, creative, empathetic, psychic, compassionate, mediumistic, devoted, highly adaptable, amiable, romantic, selfless, kind, healer, yielding, tolerant, gentle, relaxed, understanding, self-sacrificing, suffers artistically, unassuming, self-effacing, still but stirring, wise, accepting, confided in, sensitive, fascinating, mysterious, multi-talented, easygoing, sensitive mind, visually aware, artistic, obliging, good instincts, receptive, humorous, versatile, good mimic, highly perceptive, philosophical, dreamer, good long term memory, accepting, refined mind, contemplative, sympathetic, appreciates unity of all life, congenial, evocative, sensitive lover, artistically inspired, natural healer, highly affectionate, altruistic, very generous, loves unconditionally, philanthropic, peaceful

Moon In Pisces Worst Traits: Escapist, deceptive, spaced out, wool-gathering, impressionable, too open, hypersensitive, easily drained, idolatrous, self-doubting, seductable, unfaithful, weak-willed, indiscriminate, victim, leaf-in-the-wind, too easygoing, weak, lazy, excuse-making, self-pitying, the human doormat, suffers needlessly, indecisive, self-limiting, wimpish, inwardly storm-tossed, inner doubts, oblivious, vague, unforthcoming, self-mystifying, unenterprising, pointless, slaving, suspicious, evasive, easily freaked out, easily swayed, irrational, fearful, gullible, obscure, parrots others, uncommunicative, absent-minded, bad short term memory, elusive, weak-minded, slow, wimpish, sycophantic, martyr, too sentimental, fanciful choice of lover, too passive, seducing, idealizes lover, lazy lover, romantically deluding, wanton, no self-value, undiscerning, fears rejection, soppy, indulging

Best Romantic Moon Sign Matches; CANCER MOON, SCORPIO MOON

❤️ Pisces Moon (♓︎☽) + Cancer Moon (♋︎☽):

As a couple, Pisces Moon and Cancer Moon rate a perfect ten. They have very similar motivations and desires. They are extremely happy together and will have a long relationship. They have a great deal in common. Both partners are very receptive and can intuit the moods of those around them. They have an innate knowing of each other’s inner needs. Both partners are nurturing and sympathetic, ready to run to their partner at a moment’s notice to help them out. They will create a peaceful home that will allow them to replenish their souls and deepen their emotional bond.Cancer Moon looks out for the material needs while Pisces Moon looks out for their spiritual needs. They understand each other extremely well. They share many similarities. They may be able to communicate with each other without speaking, knowing intuitively what the other replies. They both need to take care not to absorb the troubles and emotions of those around them. Their empathy can end up hurting them. This will be a very thoughtful, tender relationship of quiet fulfillment.

❤️ Pisces Moon (♓︎☽) + Scorpio Moon (♏︎☽):

Pisces Moon and Scorpio Moon are made for each other. They understand each other well and respect their differences. They work together well and will likely have an emotional, long lasting relationship.Both Pisces Moon and Scorpio Moon are capable of moody behavior. They are intuitive and emotional. They can, in some cases, develop a psychic bond. Their shared sensitivity helps them meet the other’s needs. Scorpio needs intense emotions. They may find this in love, anger, fear, loyalty, sex, revenge or obsession. Pisces wants harmony and to avoid conflict, whereas Scorpio loves conflict. This may cause upset if not openly discussed.Both are great manipulators and their secrets and emotional intimacy will bind these two together deeply. Pisces Moon is very forgiving and tolerant, while Scorpio Moon longs to retaliate. It isn’t too difficult for these two to work through their differences though. They share the most important part for both of them: the emotional intimacy. They may share an interest in the occult or other secrets. This also gives them a sense of belonging to each other.

Worst Romantic Moon Sign Matches: ARIES MOON, LEO MOON, SAGITTARIUS MOON, GEMINI MOON, LIBRA MOON, AQUARIUS MOON

Famous Pisces Moons: ☆ Catherine Zeta Jones ☆ Kim Kardashian ☆ Rita Ora ☆ Rita Hayworth ☆ Kesha ☆ Grace Kelly ☆ Rachel Leigh Cook ☆Arielle Kebbel ☆ Miranda Cosgrove ☆ Christina Applegate ☆ Vanessa Hudgens ☆ Kirstie Alley ☆ Molly Sims ☆ Brenda Song ☆ Kidada Jones ☆ Michelle Obama ☆ Hilary Clinton ☆ Helena Christensen ☆ Brandi Glanville ☆ Annie Potts ☆ Charlotte Rampling ☆ Asia Argento ☆ Selita Ebanks ☆ Cindy Crawford ☆ Jaime King ☆ Lisa Rinna ☆ Gloria Gaynor ☆Sissy Spacek ☆ Carole Lombard ☆ Constance Marie ☆ Adelaide Kane ☆ Anna Nalick ☆Alicia Silverstone ☆ Jennifer Hudson ☆ Bethany Joy Lenz ☆ Camila Alves ☆ Rachel Maddow ☆ Felicity Jones ☆ Alexa Vega ☆ First Lady Laura Bush ☆ Ava Gardner ☆ Erykah Badu ☆ Cybill Shepherd ☆ Rachel Weisz ☆ Verushka ☆ Audrey Hepburn ☆ Brittany Snow ☆ Anna Faris ☆ Juliette Lewis ☆ Marie Osmond ☆ Lacey Chabert ☆ Lori Loughlin ☆ Christina Grimmie ☆ Diane Kruger ☆ Florence Henderson ☆ Shailene Woodley ☆ Kristi Yamaguchi ☆ Piper Perabo ☆ Debbie Harry ☆ Ciara ☆ Kathy Bates ☆ Elizabeth Berkley ☆ Kehlani ☆ Joni Mitchell ☆ Evan Rachel Wood ☆ Kellie Pickler ☆ Jennifer Capriati ☆ Daphne ☆ Samantha Mumba ☆ Corinne Bailey Rae ☆Summer Altice ☆ Joanna Garcia ☆ Kate Voegele ☆ Sabrina Carpenter ☆ Cheryl Cole ☆Abbie Cornish ☆ Brit Marling ☆ Catherine O’Hara ☆ Holly Marie Combs ☆Jessica Brown Findlay ☆ Ginger Rogers ☆ Mata Hari ☆ Marie Curie ☆Laura Marano ☆ Trisha Yearwood ☆ Carrie-Ann Moss ☆ Isla Fisher ☆Tiffany ☆ Tamar Braxton ☆ Adrianne Palicki ☆ Haylie Duff ☆ Carly Rae Jepsen ☆ Julie Dreyfus ☆ Bonnie Hunt ☆ Doutzen Kroes ☆ Lisa Marie Presley ☆ Eve ☆ Simone De Beauvoir ☆ Shiri Appleby ☆ Maria Kanellis ☆ Hikaru Utada ☆ Kaia Gerber ☆ Lupita Jones ☆ Michelle Wie ☆ Grimes ☆ Tamia ☆ Laura Pausini ☆ Joanna Krupa ☆ Coretta Scott King ☆ Caitriona Balfe ☆ A.J. Cook ☆ Winona Ryder ☆ Abigail Breslin ☆ Karen Gillan ☆ Joey King ☆ Rachel Weisz ☆ Laura Dern ☆ Jennifer Grey ☆ Sarah Michelle Gellar ☆ Maggie Grace ☆ Blac Chyna ☆ Olivia Munn ☆ Ann Boleyn ☆ Coco Chanel ☆ Alexander McQueen ☆ Tom Ford ☆ Versace ☆ Elvis Presley ☆ Frank Sinatra ☆Leonard Cohen ☆ Michael Jackson ☆ Prince ☆ Akihito ☆ Axl Rose ☆ Leonardo da Vinci ☆ Michelangelo ☆ Martin Luther King ☆ Che Guevara ☆Edgar Allan Poe ☆ Robert De Niro ☆ Robin Williams ☆ Paul Newman ☆Ben Stiller ☆ Usain Bolt ☆ Aleister Crowley ☆ Dylan O’Brien ☆ Michael Trevino ☆ J.R.R. Tolkien ☆ Kanye West ☆ Frank Sinatra ☆ Ian Harding ☆Kieran Culkin ☆ Paul Walker ☆ Jason Statham ☆ Ricky Martin ☆ Kendrick Lamar ☆ Robert Plant ☆ Leonard Cohen ☆ Hugh Hefner ☆ Usher ☆ Kim Jong-Un ☆ Wiz Khalifa ☆ Chris Pine ☆ Macauley Culkin ☆ Neymar ☆ Martin Scorcese ☆ Jerry Seinfeld ☆ Ryan Merriman ☆ Diego Maradona ☆ Benjamin Franklin ☆ James Blunt ☆ Timothee Chalamet ☆ Liam Gallagher ☆ Blake Shelton ☆ Michael Stipe ☆ Jack Black ☆ James Cameron ☆Kenny Chesney ☆ Michael Cera ☆ Fred Rogers ☆ Alex Rodriguez ☆ Sean Paul ☆ Drake Bell ☆ Josh Peck ☆ Wayne Rooney ☆ Damon Wayans ☆ Garth Brooks ☆ John Bonham ☆ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ☆ Chuck Berry ☆ Moby ☆ Piers Morgan ☆ Laurence Fishburne ☆ Matt Smith ☆ Michael Vartan ☆ Edward Furlong ☆ Little Richard ☆ Isaac Hanson ☆ Eric Mabius ☆ Rupert Everett ☆ Taylor Hanson ☆ Jason Priestley ☆ John Barrowman ☆ Daniel Johns ☆ Sam Claflin ☆ Ja Rule ☆ Jared Kushner ☆ Darren Hayes ☆ Meat Loaf ☆ Sam Cooke ☆ Bernie Mac ☆ John Williams ☆ Kevin Richardson (BSB) ☆ Sean Astin ☆Aidan Quinn ☆ Taye Diggs ☆ Tim Duncan ☆ Oscar De La Hoya ☆ Alex Trebek ☆ Common ☆ Jason Behr ☆ Chadwick Boseman ☆ Omar Epps ☆ Wes Craven ☆ Malcolm Jamal-Warner ☆ Pat Buchanan ☆ Lionel Barrymore ☆ Chad Everett ☆ Greg Louganis ☆ Paul Young

When the Moon is found in Pisces, the emotions are likely to be pronounced. Pisces is the final sign of The Zodiac, and has much to do with sensitivity – to oneself, to other people, and to the mysterious, unseen forces that shape our world. With the Moon in Pisces, you are likely to be a highly impressionable individual – strongly influenced by the compassionate, creative, imaginative, romantic and idealistic aspects of life.On an instinctive level, you may have a natural affinity for the abstract or intuitive. This affinity can be a blessing, or a curse. You are likely to be able to sense the hidden or energetic levels of life, soaking up atmospheres as if you were a sponge. Your feelings about people and situations are likely to be immediate, accurate and intense. Understanding that your feelings provide valuable information, but can lead you astray sometimes, means that you will need to learn to recognize the difference between an intuitive response to something, and an emotional reaction that is based on your response to whatever is going on. Your imagination is likely to be very strong. You can find all manner of nuance in many life experiences. You are likely to respond to all manner of visual and emotional stimuli, which work to jettison you off into the many worlds of your imagination. Here you can find recreation and release. Whether you prefer to escape into a comfortable world of your own daydreams, or immerse yourself in art, anything that works to activate your imagination feels like coming home, and enables you to nurture your soul. This is a great advantage if you turn your talents to anything creative. Most often, the Piscean energy is expressed through abstract art forms, so anything around music, film, photography, dance, drama, poetry or painting may appeal. Even if you do not practice as an artist, you are likely to be strongly in tune with certain art-forms. Because this sign is highly creative, opportunity awaits those of you who find an outlet for your vivid imaginations. You may also be highly intuitive, possessing innate psychic abilities if other factors in the chart are also present. You may have had a powerful sense of knowing from an early age, experienced prophetic dreams, or perhaps grown up in an environment where the women in particular were known for their psychic or healing abilities. Understanding how your “sixth sense” operates is your natural birthright, and one you can readily develop if you give it the time and respect it deserves.Pisces is a sign of mystery, and humanity is not yet at a stage of evolution to understand all that Life has to offer. We do not understand our intuition fully, nor do we understand all the dimensions which exist within our Universe. Accordingly, you may have a natural curiousity about the subtle forces which shape our lives which is beyond what other people understand. Your instinctive awareness that there is more than just the “Here and Now” gives you an innate acceptance of things which cannot be immediately explained. This sign is one of spiritual seeking. You may have a profound and personal relationship with your own experience of The Divine. This does not mean you are religious, and you may not follow any particular faith. But you are likely to feel in touch with something greater than yourself, and in your own way seek to live that experience out. As mentioned, Pisces is a sign of great sensitivity. Your life will be directed by feeling, and by the sense perhaps of an unseen “Hand” guiding it all. Love and relationship may be an area of life where you go through many lessons. Pisces is a very romantic sign. You may have a tendency to enter relationships or new experiences with rose-coloured glasses. Putting others on a pedestal means that invariably they must “fall off”. Yet you have the capacity for a rare kind of loving, based on the unconditional acceptance of others for who they are. Sometimes you experience an exalted kind of love that will bring you an experience of true union with another. At other times, you may need to wake up to harsh realities, seeing others for who they are, and not who you would like them to be. With the Moon here you need to be in relationship with others who respect your sensitivity. For this to happen, you must first respect it in yourself.Most often, women with the Moon in Pisces have an easier time, for women are allowed to explore and develop their sensitive sides. For men, this placement can be more difficult. Many men are taught from an early age to repress their emotional lives, leading to patterns of fear and self-denial in later life where the attempt to shut down and deny their intuitive side. Sometimes men born with the Moon in Pisces fear their natural sensitivities. They react badly to the idea of anything ‘otherwordly’, as this would mean opening up to parts of themselves that have long been locked away. The sign of Pisces carries within it an innate urge to escape – to leave behind the mundane aspects of life. Accordingly, you may find you have the need to withdraw periodically from the demands of life, taking time to replenish your highly sensitive emotional system. If you do not recognize when the time to withdraw has come, you may find yourself unable to cope with the demands of life. Withdrawal or escape is an important part of the Piscean experience. Whether you do this consciously or unconsciously will be entirely up to you.A conscious manifestation of this desire to escape could involve taking time to be alone, retreating from the world for contemplation, meditation, purification and renewal. Spending time by the water, or in nature, is especially soothing. Natural environments help release the emotional and psychological influences you have absorbed from others, and process those experiences that are necessary for your growth. As Pisces is a sign of compassion, you may also experience self-renewal through acts of kindness to others, consciously offering your compassionate nature in selfless acts of service to others. The trick here will be in learning not to take on more than your fair share. Giving of your self is a natural response, but you may need to learn when enough is enough. Sometimes those born with the Moon in Pisces need to recognize boundaries, so that their generous and compassionate qualities are not taken advantage of. An unconscious manifestation of the urge to escape would be more literal. This is usually characterized by a person who seeks to escape from the demands of this world through addiction, drugs or alcohol, through becoming dependent on some kind of government or welfare system, or losing themselves by becoming the victim of someone or something. Sometimes those born with the Moon in Pisces unconsciously become sick, vulnerable or destitute. However the escape is experienced, there is often an underlying feeling of not being able to cope in the world.However it manifests, the urge to escape is almost always about seeking purification, restoration and release on an emotional level. Becoming conscious of underlying motives and needs will help greatly in understanding the complexities of such a sensitive emotional nature. Recognizing that the need to escape embodies a desire to merge oneself back with the source of “All That Is” can help set up constructive paths to become involved in life again, through which a return to consciousness can occur. Born with the Moon in Pisces, you are likely to have an innate need to find outlets for your acute sensitivity. You are likely to be drawn to the romantic, creative, compassionate, service-oriented or spiritual dimensions of life. Your natural ability to sense what is really going on is your best asset but possibly your greatest stumbling block. By learning to respect your own nature, you see clearly the people and situations that will give you the respect that you deserve. Yours is a loving heart, looking for union with another. In Love you will discover your biggest reward, and the most worthy reason to sacrifice.

#12. SKEET ULRICH (Moon Sign: CANCER MOON ♋︎☽; Sun Sign: AQUARIUS SUN ♒︎☉)

Moon In Cancer ♋︎☽

Moon In Cancer Best Traits: Sympathetic, caring, devoted, tenacious accommodating, dependable, regular, self-reliant, home-loving, home-making, family-conscious, firmly rooted, enchanting, introspective, receptive, meditative, emotionally attuned, deep feelings, responsive, nurturing, abiding, thrifty, protective, home-maker, hospitable, tender and responsive, self-sacrificing, subtly supportive, kind and consoling, emotionally encouraging, adaptable, childlike, watchful, enchanting, mentally tenacious, good memory, reliable, sensitive mind, poetic, intuitive, agreeable, absorbs information, attuned to public opinion, profound, polite, soft-spoken, discreet, diplomatic, arouses sympathies, emotionally appealing, persuasive speaker, gentle, romantic, sentimental, sensitive, compassionate, dreamy, devoted, loyal, unselfish, motherly, reassuring, familiar feel, comforting,

Moon In Cancer Worst Traits: Oversensitive, clinging, fawning, harbours wounds, flogs dead horses, one-sided, habit-prone, self-absorbed, agoraphobic, limited, clannish, entrenched, lost, withdrawn, defensive, brooding, manipulative, deeply needy, despondent, swamping, dependent, apathetic, hoarding, smothering, possessively doting, stay-at-home, anti-social, self-pitying, touchy, self-deluding, devious and indirect, argumentative, emotionally blackmailing, moody, childish, over-cautious, sickly sentimental, mentally habit ridden, distracted, inflexible, impressionable, impractical, irrational, yes-person, too open, takes things too personally, depressive, self-conscious, unclear, incomprehensible, diffuse, prejudiced, capricious, untruthful, timid, soppy, gooey, maudlin, easily hurt, muddle headed, clingy, too attached, weak-willed, doting, parsimonious, old-womanish, fuss-pot, shy, insecure, fears unfamiliar, gluttonous

Best Romantic Moon Sign Matches; SCORPIO MOON, PISCES MOON

❤️ Cancer Moon (♓︎☽) + Pisces Moon (♋︎☽):

❤️ Cancer Moon (♓︎☽) + Scorpio Moon (♏︎☽):

Cancer Moon and Scorpio Moon will share a great respect and understanding. They are a very well matched pair. Both partners will become deeply attached to each other. Nurturing Cancer and passionate Scorpio can plumb the emotional depths like no one else. Both partners are intuitive and sensitive to each others' needs and feelings. These two want a committed relationship. They may tend to lose objectivity and perspective about their relationship.This pairing is almost a psychic bonding that nurtures them both and can transform them both spiritually and emotionally. Scorpio is happy to have Cancer totally dependent upon them, because secretly, Scorpio is equally as dependent upon Cancer. Their differences can be found, but they won't make much of a fuss between them. Scorpio is passionate and emotional, with strong hates and equally strong loves.They react emotionally to people and situations. They reveal themselves to few, as they don't like to appear vulnerable. They can be vindictive when hurt. Cancer is soft, gentle and tender. While Scorpio's intensity can sometimes upset them, they are very sympathetic and understanding. They strive for a nurturing, peaceful atmosphere at home where they can all be happy.

Worst Romantic Moon Sign Matches: ARIES MOON, LEO MOON, SAGITTARIUS MOON, GEMINI MOON, LIBRA MOON, AQUARIUS MOON

Famous Cancer Moons: ☆ Aretha Franklin ☆ Bettie Page ☆ Carmen Electra ☆ Chaka Khan ☆ Chrissy Teigen ☆ Jessica Simpson ☆ Sofia Vergara ☆ Charlotte Casiraghi ☆ Mae West ☆ Emilia Clarke ☆ Pattie Labelle ☆ Kris Jenner ☆ Maggie Lindemann ☆ Kristin Kreuk ☆ Catherine Duchess of Cambridge ☆ Paris Jackson ☆ Dua Lipa ☆ Rose Byrne ☆ Kaley Cuoco ☆ Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes ☆ Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall ☆ Charlotte Gainsbourg ☆ Christy Turlington ☆ Courtney Love ☆ Drew Barrymore ☆ Condoleezza Rice ☆ Emma Thompson ☆ Alessandra Ambrosio ☆ Farrah Fawcett ☆ Kristen Chenoweth ☆ Emily Blunt ☆ Dorothy Dandridge ☆ Olivia de Havilland ☆ Stephenie Seymour ☆ Geri Halliwell ☆ Elizabeth Olsen ☆ CariDee English ☆ Barbara Palvin ☆ Anastacia ☆ Kaya Scodelario ☆ Miranda Kerr ☆ Gwen Stefani ☆ Zhang Ziyi ☆ Eleanor Roosevelt ☆ Mia Kirshner ☆ Jaclyn Smith ☆ Courtney Love ☆ Princess Victoria of Sweden ☆ Tatum O’Neal ☆ Maria Menounos ☆ Inna Shevchenko ☆ Halsey ☆ Jemima Kirke ☆ Melissa McCarthy ☆ Nancy Sinatra ☆ Frieda Pinto ☆ Tia Mowry ☆ Tamara Mowry ☆ Bo Derek ☆ Leslie ☆ Janis Joplin ☆ Julie Newmar ☆ Bobbi Kristina Brown ☆ Janelle Monae ☆ Stella McCartney ☆ Petra Nemcova ☆ Kris Kardashian ☆ Kerry Washington ☆ Lea Michele ☆ Carolyn Bessette Kennedy ☆ Alicia Vikander ☆ Laetitia Casta ☆ Eartha Kitt ☆ Lena Dunham ☆ Blue Ivy Carter ☆ Loni Anderson ☆ Emily Bronte ☆ Rachel Bilson ☆ Olivia Newton John ☆ Princess Margaret ☆ Irene Cara ☆ Bonnie Tyler ☆ Liza Minelli ☆ Mary J. Blige ☆ Bridget Fonda ☆ Busy Philipps ☆ Eva LaRue ☆ Fantasia Barrino ☆ Daisy Ridley ☆ Mary Tyler Moore ☆ Princess Beatrice of York ☆ Clara Bow ☆ Sandra Oh ☆ Rebecca de Mornay ☆ Suzanne Somers ☆ Jennifer Carpenter ☆ Nancy Grace ☆ Angie Everhart ☆ Aimee Osbourne ☆ Lana Parrilla ☆ Ani Difranco ☆ Natasha Lyonne ☆ Mindy Kaling ☆ Monica Keena ☆ Emily Vancamp ☆ Natasha Henstridge ☆ Janeane Garofalo ☆ Grand Duchess Anastasia ☆ Jennifer Hawkins ☆ Mischa Barton ☆ Miranda Kerr ☆ Linda Blair ☆ Marion Cotillard ☆ Nancy Sinatra ☆Phyllis Diller ☆ Nico ☆ Nicole Ritchie ☆ Liz Phair ☆ Kirsten Storms ☆ Gabrielle Carteris ☆ Jessica Stroup ☆ Penélope Cruz ☆ Stella McCartney ☆ Sharon Osbourne ☆ Shakira ☆ Taylor Swift ☆ Emma Caufield ☆ Vanessa Paradis ☆ Kurt Cobain ☆ Keanu Reeves ☆ Heath Ledger ☆ Drake ☆ Prince William ☆ Robert Pattinson ☆Jimi Hendrix ☆ Chad Michael Murray ☆ Isaac Newton ☆ Colin Farrell ☆ Harrison Ford ☆ Osama Bin Laden ☆ Sean Penn ☆ Pierce Brosnan ☆ Jimmy Page ☆ Jack White ☆ Julio Iglesias ☆ Adam Sandler ☆ Franklin D. Roosevelt ☆ Mac Miller ☆ Mark Ruffalo ☆ Jared Padalecki ☆ Marc Anthony ☆ Ice Cube ☆ Keith Urban ☆ Bow Wow ☆ Big Sean ☆ Kurt Russell ☆ Calvin Harris ☆ Theodore Roosevelt ☆ Criss Angel ☆ Dave Chappelle ☆ Hugo Chavez ☆ Clark Gable ☆ Boy George ☆ Logan Lerman ☆ LL Cool J ☆ Claude Debussy ☆ George Orwell ☆ Jonah Hill ☆ Michael B. Jordan ☆ Nick Carter ☆ Lord Byron ☆ Christopher Nolan ☆ Claude Monet ☆Angus Young ☆ Ryan Phillippe ☆ Ed Harris ☆ Tchaikovsky ☆ Robert Wagner ☆ Giorgio Armani ☆ Paul Simon ☆ Boris Becker ☆ Mike Myers ☆ Christian Dior ☆ Willie Nelson ☆ Caligula ☆ Freddie Highmore ☆ Leonard Nimoy ☆ Wilmer Valderrama ☆ Weird Al Yankovic ☆ Valentino ☆ Michael Pitt ☆ Nick Nolte ☆ Marco Rubio ☆ Jesse James ☆ Dennis Quaid ☆ Steve Wozniak ☆ Van Morrison ☆ Barry White ☆ Paul Bettany ☆ Babe Ruth ☆ Luke Hemmings ☆ Aaron Carter ☆ Ricky Ullman ☆ Ulysses S. Grant ☆ Aziz Ansari ☆ Colton Haynes ☆ Tim Allen ☆ Mos Def ☆ Ben Foster ☆ Jermaine Jackson ☆ Omarion ☆ A.R. Rahman ☆ Stephen Amell ☆ Yo-Yo Ma �� Ryan Adams ☆ John Hurt ☆ Dominic Monaghan ☆ Donny Osmond ☆ Evander Holyfield ☆ Geraldo Rivera ☆ Elvis Costello ☆ Steve Winwood ☆ Kofi Annan ☆ Tracy Morgan ☆ Kenny Rogers ☆ Jason Biggs ☆ Young Buck ☆ John Candy ☆ Mark Antony ☆ Chris Crocker ☆ Chris Colfer ☆ Cam Gigandet ☆ Kevin Zegers ☆ Dominic Purcell ☆ Gregoire ☆ Ross Perot ☆ The Edge (U2) ☆ Brett Kavanaugh ☆ Robert Frost ☆ Ving Rhames ☆ Yanni ☆ Rick Schoeder ☆ Scott Speedman ☆ Sam Raimi

Born with the Moon in Cancer, you are likely to have an innate need to nurture, support and protect. Cancer is a Water sign, and so, pertains to the emotional, psychological and spiritual dimensions of life. Your empathy for others is likely to be strong, and you will have an intuitive ability to sense what others need. Cancer is also a Cardinal sign, and so is concerned with taking action somehow. You are likely to feel a sense of responsibility that will impel you to take action where others wellbeing is concerned. This is a sign of emotional support; of deep connection to family, home, and togetherness. A sense of emotional wellbeing comes from the family and home connections that you create in your life. The Moon rules Cancer, so is in its’ own sign. This will amplify the lunar qualities of emotion, empathy and intuition. You are likely to be strongly driven by emotion, influenced by your own ever-changing moods, as well as the moods of those around you. As the Moon is cyclic in nature, waxing and waning as it orbits the Earth, you too are likely to be a cyclical being. You are more influenced by your own inner cycles and instincts than logic or routine. You can use this sensitivity to great advantage if you learn to recognize your internal rhythms. Then you will know what you need in each moment, and will naturally follow your own inner path. Moon in Cancer people often do best when they can keep to their own schedules. The ebb and flow of emotion will affect their vitality, and so the kinds of activity that suit them from day to day. You are likely to be influenced by the moods and feelings of those around you, and can be deeply affected by whatever environment you are in. It is very important for those born with the Moon here learn to take responsibility for how sensitive and emotional they are. Otherwise, you may find yourself constantly tossed around in the sea of life, soaking up other peoples emotional and psychic states with little awareness of what is happening to you and why. For emotional balance, you need to recognize the difference between what is yours and not yours. Taking on the moods of others can distract you from your own best path.You may be unable to discern between your own feelings, and attitudes, and those of the people around you, for you are extremely impressionable, and likely to be instinctively responding to how others around you feel. This is useful when it comes to nurturing and supporting. You have an almost psychic sense of what they need and when! But for your own well-being, it can be problematic if you are constantly invested in others’ needs, with little conscious awareness, of what you need yourself! Ask yourself honestly if you know what your needs are? Can you define them? Do they depend upon the relative stance of other people? Are your true needs being met? You are advised to take good care of this highly sophisticated emotional mechanism by making sure you stay centered and grounded. This can be achieved in many ways, including spending time alone in nature or by the water when you feel the need. Meditation and retreat will work wonders for you. Learning to invigorate your emotional self will be one of the smartest skills you learn in life. Your instincts are actually your best friend, and will serve you very well once you have learned to decipher between what is yours, and what is not. You must remember how readily inclined you are to soak up the atmosphere of what is going on around you, and so, stay somehow separated when involved in circumstances where it would be best for you to stay detached. This is difficult, but can be achieved through practice, and using mental imagery to affirm that you are protected and contained. Visualizing a calm and protective white or pale blue bubble around you can be very helpful. The yogic practice of pranayama (controlled breathing) is another excellent tool for keeping your psychic field clear and contained. The Moon in Cancer can be very traditional. Matters to do with home and family life tend to feature strongly. For some, there will be an overarching concern for all things concerning family life. Having your family around you will be important and you are likely to feel very responsible for your family’s wellbeing. For others, especially if the Moon is aspected by other, more independent planets, you will still be affected by family life, but may find part of your journey involves the continual struggle to emerge from the “familial soup” so to speak, and become your own person. You may have to leave behind your family of origin to find your family of choice. You may have constant change with the people in your life, but notice you somehow feel at your best when there is someone there for you to take care of. A sense of belonging comes from maintaining emotional ties. You will willingly take on the responsibility of caring for others – this a natural place for you to be. Accordingly, this is a very maternal/paternal position for The Moon, lending strong nurturing capacities. Your relationship with your own mother is likely to be especially significant, and you may have a close symbiotic bond. Sometimes, the need to nurture can be so strong that you tend to over nurture, or smother, those you care about. With the Moon here, you may have to learn to let family members live their lives in their own way. You may have to let go of the habit of becoming overly invested in your family members’ lives. On a basic level, you need to give support and nurture to those around you, without jeopardizing their independence, as well as your own. Sometime the best way to protect others is to teach them what it means to go out into the world and achieve results. Like a mother hen, you may have to let go of the urge to keep your “chick” close beneath your wings. You nurture others best when you are not attempting to over-protect them from what may be, in the end, your own worst fears. On the down side, this Moon position can also be associated with a tendency to attract persons who are so emotionally needy that the Cancer Moon person finds themselves constantly in a position of taking care of the other whilst secretly resenting the fact that their own need for nurturing and support is not being met. This unconsciously becomes the perfect “hook” for the Cancer Moon individual to become absorbed in taking care of the other’s needs, whilst failing to get their own needs met in return. Often, Cancer Moon folk find themselves in codependent situations as they attract needy people, requiring constant support and attention. Your need to nurture means you get confused around where your true responsibilities lie. This will reflect the basic premise that you are more aware of others needs than you are of your own, and so will take action for them before you will do it for yourself. Withdrawing from relationships where you play “parent” is important and will allow you to attract into your life an equal who will recognize and meet your needs in return. Ultimately, you must learn about the sensitivity and subtle, unconscious patterns inherent in this Moon position. You need to understand your emotional self without being overwhelmed by its’ demands. This can be achieved by actively seeking to nurture others whilst maintaining appropriate boundaries, by recognizing your need to be close and protective, and then asking yourself if your needs can be met. Setting up relationships where you end up being disappointed just perpetuates misplaced feelings of guilt and responsibility. You need to surround yourself with people who recognize your nurturing qualities, and can give you the same in return. On another level, Cancer relates to the domestic side of life. Your home is likely to be very important to you, and in many ways your castle as well as retreat from the world. Your home should be as calm and serene as possible. You are probably naturally attuned to home decorating, and know how to make it both comfortable and inviting. This is the sign of hospitality, and you may be a great cook, or drawn to any activity where you can take care of others needs. Bringing people into your home is a great way for you to show them that you love them. Whilst you may be emotionally sensitive in environments not familiar to you, you can be at your best when home. Every effort should be made to make your home exactly as you want it. You may change homes continually in your life, but what should remain constant is the sense of peace that comes over you when you walk through the front door. Born with the Moon in Cancer, you are likely to have a highly developed intuitive and emotional side. You are likely to have a strong empathy for others, and will feel impelled to take action in order to nurture, support and protect them. Your uncanny sense of what others need gives you the ability to stay one step ahead. You recognise the unspoken opportunity present in many situations, and can act in ways that give others what they need. This sensitivity can be also be used for your own benefit. Recognizing your own rhythms or tides means you know exactly what you need and when. Learning to acknowledge your own needs is important, and may take time. It is easier for you to sense where others are coming from than it yourself. But once this skill is learned, there is little to hold you back. Born with the Moon in Cancer, you are a natural homemaker, family person and friend. With your heightened sensitivity, you connect easily with others, and get great joy from seeing them thrive.

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