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Once you [[Ascension|ascend]], you have to choose a '''moon sign'''.  There are signs for each of the three stat classes and they all cause individual, minor changes to gameplay. Your choice is not limited to the class you choose to play as (for example, you can be a [[Seal Clubber]] while having a Mysticality sign). In total, there are nine signs to choose from (plus a tenth that can be unlocked):

===Moon Signs===
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|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
! Sign
! Zone Unlocked
! +10% Gains to:
! Bonus
|-
| [[The Mongoose]]
|rowspan=3| [[Degrassi Knoll#Friendly|friendly Degrassi Knoll]]
| [[Muscle]]
| +20% [[Bonus Weapon Damage|Physical Damage]]
|-
| [[The Wallaby]]
| [[Mysticality]]
| +20% [[Bonus Spell Damage|Spell Damage]]
|-
| [[The Vole]]
| [[Moxie]]
| +20% [[Combat Initiative]]<br />+20 Maximum [[HP Modifiers|HP]]/[[MP Modifiers|MP]]
|-
| [[The Platypus]]
|rowspan=3| [[Little Canadia]]
| [[Muscle]]
| [[Familiar Weight]] +5 lbs.
|-
| [[The Opossum]]
| [[Mysticality]]
| +5 Adventures per day from Food
|-
| [[The Marmot]]
| [[Moxie]]
| Get 1 Free [[ten-leaf clover|Ten-Leaf Clover]] per Day
|-
| [[The Wombat]]
|rowspan=3| [[The Gnomish Gnomad Camp]]
| [[Muscle]]
| +20% [[Meat from Monsters]]
|-
| [[The Blender]]
| [[Mysticality]]
| +5 Adventures per day from Booze
|-
| [[The Packrat]]
| [[Moxie]]
| +10% [[Items from Monsters]]
|-
| [[Bad Moon]]
| [[Hey Deze]]
| &mdash;
| ''See notes''
|}

==Notes==
*The usefulness of certain sign benefits may vary for characters following certain [[Ascension|paths]]; for example the Blender is less useful if you are a [[Teetotaler]] or [[Oxygenarian]].
*The ability to access a sign-specific area only lasts for the current [[Ascension]]. Choosing a sign that unlocks a different area will close off the previously available area.
**Changing one's Moon Sign within an ascension (e.g. by using the [[hewn moon-rune spoon]]) from a Knoll sign to non-Knoll sign, after purchasing the [[detuned radio]], will leave the radio in your inventory, but it will merely be an alternate control mechanism for the new moon sign's mind-control device.
*Fractional stat gains resulting from the 10% bonus to stat gains are rounded randomly.
*Apparently, the cause of all the astrological signs being transformations of each other is that all the signs are the same -- the character is just facing different directions when ascending.
*[[Bad Moon]] is only available in Hardcore, unlocked by completing a Hardcore run without using any {{plural|ten-leaf clover}}. In Bad Moon, you cannot access any items or familiars from prior ascensions until the king is freed. Enables adventures [[Bad Moon#Special Adventures|exclusive to this sign]] in various areas.

==History==
*Prior to May 17, 2011, the moon signs all had different effects (only the zone unlocks remained unchanged). Many places on this Wiki, you will still hear about Muscle, Moxie and Mysticality signs. More fitting names would be Knollish, Gnomish and Canadian signs, respectively. Here is a list of the old effects:

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|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE"
| colspan="8" style="font-size: 115%" | [[Moon sign|Moon Signs]]
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE; text-align: left" 
| 
| Sign
| Bonus
| Sign
| Bonus
| Sign
| Bonus
| Additional zone
|- style="text-align: left" 
| rowspan="1" | [[File:Strboost.gif|link=Muscle]]
| [[The Mongoose|Mongoose]] 
| Muscle stats after combat
| [[The Wallaby|Wallaby]]
| Familiar weight boosts
| [[The Vole|Vole]]
| Critical hit chance
| [[Inside Degrassi Knoll]] 
|- style="background-color: #EEEEEE; text-align: left" 
| rowspan="1" | [[File:Wand.gif|link=Mysticality]]
| [[The Platypus|Platypus]]
| Mysticality stats after combat
| [[The Opossum|Opossum]]
| +5 Adv. from first food/day
| [[The Marmot|Marmot]]
| Clovers after non-combat.
| [[Little Canadia]]
|- style="text-align: left" 
| rowspan="1" | [[File:Discomask.gif|link=Moxie]]
|[[The Wombat|Wombat]]
| Moxie stats after combat
| [[The Blender|Blender]]
| +5 Adv. from first booze/day
| [[The Packrat|Packrat]]
| Meat and items drops
|[[The Gnomish Gnomad Camp]]
|}

==References==
*There are [[Wikipedia:Astrological sign|Astrological sign]]s, also known as [[Wikipedia:Zodiac|Zodiac]] signs in real life too, apparently.

==See Also==
*[[Advancement]]

{{Zodiac Signs}}
[[Category:Basics]]