Effect of Moon on Your Psychology

One must understand why the Moon is the pivotal point in the psychology of a man.

In the north Indian style of birth charts if the Moon is a house other than the lagna, two different charts are prepared to do readings, first from the lagna and then from the Moon.

In the south Indian chart two charts need not to be prepared but the same scientific approach is adopted.

Why then is so much importance given to the Moon must be understood.

1. The lagna is the body, and physical body.

2. Six divisional horoscopes are its six limbs, which are –

1. The birth horoscope is for the study of physical, general and broad understanding of a man’s personality.
2. Hora which is a two fold division of a horoscope is to be seen for wealth, though it has some other uses also.
3. Dreshkona (Drekkana) is one third division of a horoscope for finding out mainly about brothers and sisters though it has a wide variety of uses.
4. Navamsha or the one-ninth division of a horoscope for seeing the subtle, hidden planetary stories but is used mainly for marital and relationship problems.
5. Dwadashamsha or the One-twelfth division is used to know about parents, though it has most extraordinary uses of other kinds also.
6. Trimsamsha, one thirtieth division (actually five divisions) for misfortune, though it reveals a wealth of details about one’s talents also.

3. Other planets, i.e. Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are the flesh and blood of the body.

4. The Moon is the life-force and

5. The Sun is the soul.

To do astrology without seeing the very great role of the Moon in it is to do autopsy, not astrology, of a horoscope.

The great Vedic seers knew all about it and have used the Moon in so many ways that it will need the efforts of a life-time to comprehend them and use them fully.

No astrologer knows the full uses of the Moon in a horoscope. But a sound Hindu astrologer knows the great importance of the Moon and knows that it is the life force of the horoscope.

To understand the role of the Moon in a horoscope, one must first understand broad and general category for the psychological understanding of a personality.

Then understand it again in a less broad but general way by using the birth-star (janm-nakshtr).

After that should come the manifold specific influence of the Moon in a horoscope through microscopic views.

The psychological influences generated by the Moon in different houses starting from Mesha (Aries) must be understood first.

Moon in Mesha (Aries)

1. Quick moving and observant eyes (not steady on one object at one time).
2. Susceptibility to sickness is apparent.
3. Has the tendency to observe some religious norms.
4. His thighs are generally thicker.
5. Sense of gratitude is less.
6. Saves himself from sinning.
7. Has enough dynamism to win recognition in high circles.
8. Will be happy to make his spouse happy.
9. Is afraid of water.
10. Has clear tendency to be rash, over-dynamic.
11. Calms down in old age.

Moon in Vrisha (Taurus)

1. Inclinations to enjoy life’s gifts are strong.
2. Tendency to gift away things is apparent in his actions.
3. Generally his heart is pure as his emotions are noble.
4. Efficiency in the performance of duty is notable.
5. Can even have a very high level of spritual purity.
6. Makes generally a strong personal presence.
7. Prosperity comes to him easily.
8. Believes in good living and enjoyments.
9. Will have something magnetic about himself.
10. Has a wide circle of good friends.

Moon in Mithuna (Gemini)

1. His speech habits are pleasant.
2. Will have quick moving and observant eyes.
3. Has a sympathetic heart.
4. Is keen on enjoying life sexually.
5. Has musical, artistic gifts.
6. Is prone to develop diseases around the neck.
7. Desires to be well-known.
8. Wants to be prosperous.
9. Has notable intellectual gifts.
10. Will have bright complexion.
11. Will have more than normal height.
12. Has clever speech habits.
13. Generally strong-willed.
14. Efficient in the performance of duties.
15. Loves to be just in all situations.

Moon in Karka (Cancer)

1. Is like a voluntary worker.
2. Likes to be rich.
3. Likes to induge in bravado.
4. Has religious tendencies.
5. Serves his guru.
6. Tendency to develop problems like headaches.
7. Very clever in his dealings.
8. Understands the inner meaning of some rituals.
9. Likes to go on long journeys.
10. Loses all sense of proportion when he loses his temper.
11. Weak minded.
12. Develops a tendency to get dejected.
13. Likes to strike friendship with important persons.
14. In his own house, develops his own style.

Moon in Simha (Leo)

1. Has a forgiving disposition.
2. Likes to accept challenges and face them.
3. Becomes unhappy easily.
4. Likes to eat food with less sense of discrimination.
5. Likes to wander from place to place.
6. Fears cold.
7. Likes to have good friends.
8. Apparently humble but gets angry very quickly.
9. Respects his parents.
10. Has generally some addiction.
11. Nurses the desire to be famous.

Moon in Kanya (Virgo)

1. Believes in enjoying life.
2. Gives utmost respect to good men and deals with them with pleasant manners.
3. Is generally good looking or at least dresses himself up tastefully to appear attractive.
4. His religious inclinations are transparent.
5. Believes in charity.
6. Clever in many dealings.
7. Has poetic talent.
8. Loves to stick to spiritual path.
9. Is loving and lovable.
10. Almost gets addicted to music and dances.
11. Likes to live in a place other than his birth place.
12. Generally is ill-adjusted in his marriage.

Moon in Tula (Libra)

1. Has the tendency to lose temper on wrong occasions.
2. Tendency to be detached and therefore sometimes, unhappy.
3. Soft and cultured in his speech.
4. Very kind mostly and therefore gets cheated.
5. His kindness makes him prosperous sometimes and also almost impoverished.
6. Asserts himself rarely, either at home or outside.
7. His eyes and pupils will have rare mobility.
8. Most sincerely spiritual, with no sense of hypocrisy.
9. If he takes to business of financial advicing, is very imaginative and balanced.
10. Loves and honours bonds of friendships.
11. Has almost an insatialbe wander-lust.

Moon in Vrishchika (Scorpio)

1. Develops the tendency to move from place to place very early in life.
2. If he fails to exercise self-control may fall into life’s temptations very easily.
3. Eyes develop yellowish colour.
4. If unchecked, covets the wives of other persons.
5. Is rather haughty.
6. Is cruel even with his own kith and kin.
7. Does not mind becoming unscruplous in earning money.
8. Has little love for his own mother.
9. Knows most of the tricks of cheating.

Moon in Dhanu (Sagittarius)

1. Is brave.
2. Loves truth.
3. Has good qualities.
4. Would like to promote love and peace.
5. Loves prosperity.
6. Has a liking for beautiful women.
7. Respects his mother.
8. Is generous in donating money.
9. Employs many servants.
10. Has histrionic talents.
11. Develops corpulence.
12. Has the dangerous habit of destroying a flourishing family or an institution.

Moon in Makar (Capricorn)

1. Is generally not respected in his own family and develops complexes very early.
2. If in love, can listen to the advice of women more.
3. Has very scholarly tastes.
4. Is very clear in his preference for the non-traditional music and disciplines.
5. Succeeds in winning the respect of beautiful women.
6. Gets rich in very practical ways.
7. Has charitable tendencies.
8. Has good servants to help him.
9. Is kindhearted.
10. Is generally family-loving man.
11. Is worried about his own happiness.

Moon in Kumbha (Aquarius)

1. Has an innate sense of charity.
2. Tendency to be indolent is what he must overcome.
3. Is generally very helpful.
4. His desire to surround himself with wealth and other types of luxuries is very strong.
5. Has impressive eyes.
6. Is mostly courteous.
7. Can work hard to be a scholar or to be rich
8. Earns good name for good deeds and loving nature.
9. Believes in spending the money earned by himself.
10. Is generally courageous.

Moon in Meena (Pisces)

1. Is self-controlled and dignified.
2. Has the capacity to be valorous.
3. Is tactful in speech.
4. Has inborn leadership qualities.
5. Gets angry quickly.
6. Has fear of spending money lavishly.
7. Has sterling qualities.
8. Is loved by his own family members.
9. Is very truly spiritual.
10. Has a tendency to walk quickly.
11. Can develop musical talents.
12. Is respected because of good conduct.

Cautions

1. This is the most basic psycho-analytical framework with which a Hindu astrologer should start. These should not be applied literally as they undergo at least twenty modifications. Let one such instance of modification be given here.

• For Mesha Lagna with the Moon: As the fourth lord in the lagna has a good mother and other domestic comforts.
• For Vrisha Lagna with the Moon: Loves to be spiritual but is negligent of serious studies.
• For Mithuna Lagna with the Moon: Has a tendency to grow rich can be obstinate, and does lot of work for others.
• For Karka Lagna with Moon: Will be healthy, brave, very fickle and loves to move in the company of the opposite sex.
• For Simha Lagna with the Moon: Spendthrift, does bad planning as a result of which loses money.
• For Kanya Lagna with the Moon: Rich, good natured, poet, equanimous and is always anxious to grow rich.
• For Tula Lagna with the Moon: Is a born scholar, has many good qualities, sickly in childhood but later happy and becomes prosperous.
• For Vrishchika Lagna with the Moon: Is generally lucky, is handsome, scholarly and is liked both by the rich and the poor.
• For Dhanu Lagna with the Moon: Has generally less longevity of life, is weak, has thieving tendencies and is ungrateful to his preceptors.
• For Makar Lagna with the Moon: Is addicted to extra-marital affairs, is very clever and is prone to sickness.
• For Kumbha Lagna with the Moon: Has a bad health, earns fame, is courageous but does not get on well with people generally.
• For Meena Lagna with the Moon: Is miserly, scheming but scholarly and has the tendency to cheat others of money.

2. Now apply to the Moon the full Memory Tablet – PAC and DARES. There are already now nine modifications.

3. Go into the subtle meaning of the birth star in which the Moon is positioned.

4. Examine the Moon in the other five divisional charts, Hora, Drekkanna, Navamsha, Dwadamsha and Thrimsamsha.

5. There are subtler uses of the Moon in each horoscope which alone will be around twenty. If even some of these are well understood and applied the entire psycho-analytical structure will open out. All this cannot be done in one hour or even one day.

6. Uttermost caution is to be exercised

• If the Moon is in the last degrees of Meena or early degrees of Mesha,
• If in the last degrees of Karka and early degrees of Simha, and
• if in the last degree of Vrischika and early degrees of Dhanu.

These are known as gandanta areas and have many hidden dangers.

How does the Moon reveal your psychology and how I did it in the case of some non-indians is being explained now illustratively.

Those astrologers who do not know how to examine the impact of their natal Moon (as given in their horoscopes) cannot even understand the psychology of an individual.

Some examples, without disclosing full horoscopes, are being given here. While doing their readings, it was I who asked them what I saw and they had not volunteered the information.

Easy and simple, in fact an over-simplistic view of the horoscopes (with full details not disclosed) in itself is enough to show the importance of the Moon sign.

Example One

Position – The Moon is in the eighth house from the lagna and one must wake up It is at twenty-eight degrees and thirty five minutes and if you know Hindu astrology there will be a ring of a bell in your head.

But the birth is of shukla paksha (bright lunar half) and it is night birth. So there is the safety valve and the inherent danger both.

What neither the psychiatrist nor the Western astrologer would be interested in is that psychological analysis of a horoscope starts with pre-destination, the karma-phala of past life (the results of the deeds of past life) which is reflected in the horoscope of the present incarnation of man.

The Portents – From the theory of re-incarnation the next step is to see what all portents are readable and visible. This is done in a very detailed way. From the lunar angle alone a horoscope is analysed in more than twenty ways in Hindu astrology. We will use a technical word here – the Moon is in a vicious gandanta.

Analysis of the Horoscope – To understand the meaning of the portents the first question to be asked is: is there any danger to the child? The answer is, no. Then, to whom? The answer is to the mother.

Why? See the fourth lord from the lagna, Mars with a powerful Saturn, the sixth lord of disease and the seventh lord of death.

Now see it from the Moon The never-failing Hindu way is to examine the fourth house. Take Moon as Lagna and its lord also from the Moon. Here, the fourth lord from the Moon is Mercury the lord of Mithuna, with the sixth lord, the Sun and the third and the eighth lord, Venus.

The third way of seeing it is to treat the fourth house as the lagna for the mother and examine it again. The fourth lord from Scorpio is Saturn, exalted but in the twelfth house and with the sixth lord Mars.

Finally, remember the planetary friendship-Saturn and Mars are enemies. Thus the fourth lord from the lagna and the fourth lord from the fourth house is with enemy. But the fourth lord from the Moon, is with two friends.

The Dasha – The dasha of Mercury is followed by that of seven years of Ketu in the twelfth house aspected by Saturn-a very painful period for his mother because Ketu is in the fifth house of feelings from the Moon representing the mother.

Then comes the period of Venus, the third and the tenth lord form the lagna, combust with the Sun in the fifth house of his own emotions.

From the Moon, Venus is the third and the eighth lord with the Sun the sixth lord and with Mercury, the fourth lord from the Moon.

Comes now the sub-period of the Moon in the eighth house representing agony and his mother commits suicide.

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The Psychological Impact

What should be the psychological impact of it on him, for the rest of his life? He has seen a woman, (in this case his own mother), in moods of depression.

How would he react to women in his own life? Now see the seventh lord Saturn with Mars and the meaning is clear. See the seventh lord from the Moon, and it is combust and is aspected by Saturn.

See the seventh lord from Venus. It is Mercury combust and Ketu in the eighth house aspected by Saturn. He has had a two year brief period of married life. Thus far and no further.

Future – How would he shape in future? See the dasha sequence. Moon’s period which is in the eighth house and then that of Mars in the third house.

Counseling – There is very good spiritual promise in the horoscope. Hathayoga should be the starting point and then metaphysical studies. Yes, he does that. I am happy.

It is specific counseling based on the dasha, which is decided by the birth Moon, which is in a dangerous nakshatra and in dangerous degrees.

But the spiritual promise and the inclination to study even astrology and write books, do counseling and sublimate his frustration through music are the definite outlets for pent up frustrations within. He was satisfied with my reading.

Example Two

The Moon Here the Moon is doubly important as the lagna lord and as Moon itself. It is in its sign of debilitation. See the check-list under “A” (Arishta) and note that even the lagna has not been spared the influences of two malefics the tenth aspect of Saturn and the eighth aspect of Mars.

The Portents – Born in the dasha of Saturn which is exalted it must have given him a good start in life. Then came the period of Mercury in his own house aspected by Mars the fifth lord and Jupiter giving him various opportunities to learn many subjects, technical, semi-technical and even astrology, as Mercury is the planet for astrology. Being with Ketu and that too in the twelfth house, his attraction for spiritual practices is visible and predictable.

But then will come the period of seven years of Ketu in the twelfth house with the Sun and, and most unfortunately, a retrograde Mercury aspected by Mars from the sixth house.

The second and the twelfth house represent eyes in medical astrology. In the last sub-period of Ketu when the Mercury’s sub-period must have begun, both Ketu and Mercury must have caused damage to the eyes.

What was the nature of his illness I had asked him. “Eyes” he said and explained it himself with the use of Vimshottari dasha since he is a Hindu astrologer. Yes, I am right.

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Analysis of the Horoscope

With the lagna lord being weak, though vargottama and two malefics aspecting the lagna, health is a weak point.

The concentration of planets in the twelfth house with afflicted Ketu aspected by retrograde Mars would not promise hundred percent improvement. Jupiter is there to save the situation.

But Venus in the second house is unafflicted.

Yet the second lord, the Sun in the twelfth with Ketu and the aspect of retrograde Mars represents, together with Mercury, both eyes.

Counseling – Do not do such work as will strain the eyes more. The present Venus period is all right. But then will come the period of the Sun in the twelfth. The spiritual promise ahead in years to come is very good.

Example Three

She breezed into my room gracefully. She seemed to have some old world charm about her, though not old. In modern American parlance. she must be called young because I, past sixty, was called young by an American woman.

The Moon – The Moon in Tula aspected by a retrograde Saturn, debilitated in Aries and also by Mars from the sixth house! Then the degrees of the Moon show that in navamsha it would get debilitated in Scorpio.

Portents – Such weak Moon and so heavily aflicted needed close look. This Moon, representing mother, is aspected by a retrograde Saturn who is also the mother (being the fourth lord).

And Saturn the fourth lord both from the lagna and the Moon, is the mother doubly. And Saturn is retrograde.

The Dasha Sequence – After a brief balance of about two years of Mars will come the eighteen years of Rahu. The sequence of the sub-periods will be Rahu-Rahu, Rahu-Jupiter and then Rahu-Saturn.

My eyes were glued on the retrograde Saturn, representing her mother, aspecting Venus in her fourth house. And Venus as the eighth lord also could mean something sudden, sensational.

Now put your finger on the fourth house, Makar. The story begins to unfold with some violence hidden. How? From Makar the seventh lord is the Moon aspected by retrograde Saturn and Mars in the sixth house of aggression.

What happened during Rahu-Saturn in her own house when she was a young girl of nine or ten years? “My mother killed her lover right in my presence”, she said.

The Psychological Impact – Her own married life must have been disturbed. There are many classical planetary indications, some of those family secrets which some Indian astrologers use are present.

Did she develop distrust in the sincerity of male lover? Could be. She then told me the stories of her marriage.

Counseling – She is passing through the dasha of Saturn, the best a Tula ascendant can get. What about debilitated Saturn? Now notice two features first, Saturn in the seventh has directional strength and Venus in the fourth also has directional strength.

What about debilitated Saturn? Well, for god’s sake, pay some attention also to the virtuous side of debilitated Saturn. “Destroyer of enemies, shine on the face, good position in life with prosperity sticks to such norms of behaviour as one sets for oneself, enjoys sexual life”.

The next dasha will be of Mercury, the ninth lord with the eleventh lord, the Sun, in the second house aspected by Jupiter.

The prosperity that Venus in the fourth promises, is reinforced. There is Jupiter in the eighth house both form the lagna and the Moon. She will need to look after her health in Saturn-Jupiter.

But Jupiter in the eighth house has its positive side. Genuine interest in yoga, with regularity will help her. She told me that she had already been doing it and very sincerely.

In the next period of Mercury, her ninth and twelfth lord, her own spiritual interests, starting with yoga will be deeper. I made use of my knowledge of spiritual astrology by looking into many other details. She was happy. She deserved such counseling.

Elements of Astrological Counseling

The first is belief in the pattern of destiny as a result of the deeds of past lives. That karma cannot be changed.

The second, within that pattern only your free-will can be exercised and not outside. The President of Immortals has drawn for each of us an orbit outside which your cannot stray.

The third, astrology is the only science known to man which helps you see the past without your having to tell the present as it is, and the future that is to unfold.

And finally remember that in astrology it is the Moon sign and the birth star that help you see the whirligig of time with the karmic pattern of each one’s destiny unfolding. So believe in the Moon-sign and the birth Star.

Learn Astrology Easily

1. Basics of Vedic Astrology
2. Predictive Principles of Vedic Astrology
3. D – Dhan Yoga in Horoscope
4. A – Arishta or Malefic Influences in Horoscope
5. R – Rajayogas in Horoscope
6. E – Exchange of Lords of Houses
7. Effect of Moon on Your Psychology
8. Significations of Planets & Houses