Mommie Dearest: Moon, Mother and Child

Martin Sebastian Moritz lives in Hamburg and Berlin. He started out as actor and dancer before his life took a different turn and he decided to study psychology and astrology. With ten years of teaching psychodrama under his belt, he now specialises in couples therapy, often supported by astrological readings, and has been a consulting psychological astrologer for more than two decades.Martin lectures all over Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK and has given talks at NORWAC, the AA conference and the London-based Astrological Lodge. He also lectures for MISPA. He writes articles for German and Swiss astrology magazines, as well as for the Astrological Journal. His keen interests besides psychological astrology are working with karma, biography work and gender studies. An Anglophile, for a while he lived in London, his home away from home. His first book The Mysterious 8th House – The Shadow in the Chart was originally published in German. His website is astro-via.com.

"Mommie Dearest has shed a clarifying light on a deeply intimate area of my life that enables me to write more openly than I might otherwise. I wish you an equally enlightening journey." Victor Olliver

• Foreword vIntroduction 1The Moon: Our First Imprint 11The Moon in the Signs– How We Feel and Respond 17Moon in Aries 18Moon in Taurus 21Moon in Gemini 26Moon in Cancer 30Moon in Leo 33Moon in Virgo 37Moon in Libra 40Moon in Scorpio 44Moon in Sagittarius 47Moon in Capricorn 51Moon in Aquarius 54Moon in Pisces 58The Moon in the Houses – Where Our Needs Come Alive 63Moon in the 1st house 64Moon in the 2nd house 67Moon in the 3rd house 70Moon in the 4th house 73Moon in the 5th house 76Moon in the 6th house 78Moon in the 7th house 82Moon in the 8th house 85Moon in the 9th House 88Moon in the 10th house 91Moon in the 11th house 93Moon in the 12th house 96Aspects to the Moon 101Sun-Moon 102Moon-Mercury 105Moon-Venus 108Moon-Mars 110Moon-Jupiter 113Moon-Saturn 115Moon-Chiron 118Moon-Uranus 120Moon-Neptune 122Moon-Pluto 124Black Moon Lilith 126Moon-Lilith 127Case Studies: The right mother for the right child? 131Abuse 133Destruction of a legend – Joan and Christina Crawford 134Jennette McCurdy – I’m Glad My Mom Died 156Needy naughty Man-child:Edward, Duke of Windsor and King of the United Kingdom in 1936 162Adoration 171Marcel Proust: Maternal Love and the Labyrinth of Time 172Cher – “I took my mom’s voice and used it to become Cher.” 179Anderson Cooper: A mother from a distant galaxy 189Ronan Farrow: Choosing Mother over Father 196Ambivalence 202Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady 203The Iron Lady and Her Twins: Love Unequally Given 214Mona: Coming full circle 223Absence 228Madonna: Going to extremes 229Jane Fonda: Suicide Mum 235