Word origin · etymology
Inherited Germanic English name.
From Old English mōna, related to Germanic Moon words and the word family for month.
How we know · epistemology
Observed astronomical body
The Moon's orbit and phases can be checked against observation. Its chart position is therefore calculable, while inferring a person's emotional needs from that position requires evidence beyond the reality of lunar motion.
NASA: Earth’s Moon ↗Astrology.com: Planets (first-party symbolic meanings) ↗
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