MOON IN VEDIC ASTROLOGY
Moon or Chandra in Sanskrit is the closest planet from earth. It strongly controls the human emotions, feelings and mood.
Moon rules Cancer and the 4th House. It spends 2–1/2 days in each sign and takes approximately 30 days to complete its astrological cycle through each zodiac signs.
Moon is the only planet in astrology which revolves round the Earth. The distance between the Earth and Moon is approximately 2,38,000 miles. Moon rules the lives of the beings on Earth.
Moon also represents mother, since it is feminine in nature, it makes us timid. Moon governs the impregnation, birth of child, and rules the infant stage of a person.
Afflicted Moon at the time of birth causes ailments and does not allow to have proper growth.
Moon’s proximity to the Earth and rapidity of motion makes it a powerful significator.
It rules liquids, fresh water, milk, groceries, fish, drinks, sailing, brewing, nursing and females. Moon’s impact on the brain is very powerful as it is too close to the earth.
People ruled by Moon are usually sensitive, emotional and domesticated, possessing a love for home.
If Moon is not favourable in the chart, the natives may be too easy going, there could be over indulgence in eating, drinking or pleasure.
Person ruled by Moon do well as nurses, cooks, confectioners, grocers, gardeners, in liquids, stewards, clerks etc.
It is friend with Jupiter, Sun, Mercury, and enemy with
Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu. Vimshottari dasha of Moon is 10 years and constellations are Rohini, Hasta, and Shravan.
Moon is exalted in Taurus at 3 degree, and debilitated in Scorpio at 3 degree. Mool trikona rashi of Moon is Taurus between 4 to 30 degree. Pearl is the gemstone of Moon.
If Sun is father, Moon is mother; the mother brings up the child so Moon is strong significator of mother and motherly things at it is a female planet and considered as the queen among planets.
Strong Moon indicates a great love and care from mother, and makes mother capable enough to bring up and develop the child’s mental faculties. Moon is the secondary significator for wife.
Strong Moon gives career in public relations,administration, house-keeping, nursing, cooking, catering, psychological and physician like jobs related to care and feelings. Hotels, restaurants,public places, hospitals are connected with Moon.
Moon also represent water so watery places, things related to water such as ships or sailors are connected with Moon.
Good Moon gives pleasing appearance, good speaking abilities, good memory, good deeds, good imagination, good intellect, fertility power, and good feelings.
Moon also gives feminine nature so people with good Moon are generally liked by females.
Weak Moon may give you fickle temperament; intolerance, insensitivity, and even insomnia as Moon represent sleep.
Through Moon you can also check family, financial solvency, happy married life, inheritance income and gains, basic comfort, family, basic education, status of married life, social behavior etc.
In the body, it represents face, mind, feelings, tolerance, intellect, imagination, good memory, fertility, blood, breasts,stomach, lungs, chest, left eye for males, and menstrual cycle, generative organs and right eye for females.
