Astrological Indicators of Attachment Style
Astrological Indicators of Attachment Style
To decode your potential attachment style astrologically, we’d look at:
1. Moon Sign + Aspects
The Moon = your emotional needs, security, and instinctive responses.
It tells us what you need to feel safe in relationships, and how you react to perceived threat or disconnection.
Harsh aspects (especially from Saturn, Pluto, Uranus) can point to more anxious, avoidant, or disorganized tendencies.
2. Venus Sign + Aspects
Venus = how you love, attract, and what you value in intimacy.
This gives clues about your love language, what you fear in love, and how you express affection or pull back.
3. Saturn and Pluto
Saturn = boundaries, fear, emotional control.
Pluto = power, control, transformation—can reflect deep wounds or intense bonding/fear of betrayal.
4. 4th House (early home life) and IC
This house and cusp describe your emotional foundation, including family attachment dynamics.
Planets here, or the sign on the IC, show how you first learned about trust, nurturing, and love.
5. 7th House (partnership)
The sign and any planets in this house show how you approach long-term relationships.
Harsh aspects here might point to relational challenges or patterns to work through.
How This Maps to Attachment Styles:
Here’s a quick (but not exhaustive) mapping of common chart traits to attachment styles:
Secure Attachment
Moon and Venus in harmonious aspects (trine/sextile), especially to Saturn or Jupiter.
Moon in Cancer, Taurus, or Libra.
Strong 4th house placements that feel emotionally grounded.
Sun/Moon integration (Sun-Moon trine or sextile).
These folks likely grew up feeling emotionally seen. They can tolerate closeness, ask for what they need, and respect their own and others’ boundaries.
Anxious Attachment
Moon square/opposite Venus, Pluto, or Neptune.
Hard aspects to the Moon from Saturn or Pluto.
Cancer Moon or Pisces Moon with challenging aspects.
Venus in Scorpio, Cancer, or Pisces with tense aspects.
This often reflects someone who craves intimacy but fears abandonment. They may worry about being “too much” or constantly seek reassurance.
Avoidant Attachment
Venus or Moon in Aquarius, Capricorn, or Virgo with hard aspects.
Moon square Uranus or Venus opposite Uranus.
Heavy Saturn or Uranus influence in the 7th house or on the Moon.
Sparse water sign placements.
These folks value independence and may struggle to feel emotionally safe when others get too close. They may suppress emotional needs or distance when overwhelmed.
Disorganized / Fearful-Avoidant Attachment
Harsh Pluto and Saturn aspects to Moon or Venus (e.g., Moon square Pluto and opposite Saturn).
Intense 8th house placements (especially with Moon, Venus, or Mars there).
Moon in Scorpio with harsh aspects.
Neptune or Pluto square Venus or Moon.
This reflects someone who craves connection but also fears it. There may be trauma, betrayal, or chaotic early emotional patterns that make trust difficult.
