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Moon and Mental Health

Moon is the most important planet in vedic astrology. The position of moon at the time of birth decides almost everything about the person. The total personality of an individual is sum total of Lagna, its lord, moon rashi and lord of moon rashi. Moon plays a very important role even in determining the Vimshottari Dasa calculations. Apart from birth chart analysis, the strength of moon determines the total strength of chart for calculation of auspicious muhurta, the total outcome of Prasana chart and results of Tajaka charts. Moon signifies several aspects of life. The most important of them are 3Ms namely mind, mother and menses. Moon represents the stability and behavior of mind. It is the Mind through which one takes concrete decisions. Mind thinks and Body acts. So if Lagna is Strong but mind is weak, one’s body cannot get the proper instructions. Without proper instructions, a body is doomed to fail in this materialistic world. Let us discuss the strength factor of moon from various angles. The size of moon is ever changing. It varies from ‘no moon’ on Amavasya to ‘Full moon’ on Purnima. This is also known as ‘Waxing Moon’. Again from ‘Full Moon’, moon starts losing its strength and becomes weakest on ‘Amavasya’ i.e ‘waning Moon’. This is unique to Moon only. Hence, even if moon is very strong in the chart but if one is born on Amavasya, the Person would not very strong mentally. Moon is an emotional planet, but not this cruel world. An emotional person can never succeed in ‘Kalyuga’. Thus the position of moon in earthly signs such as Taurus, Virgo & Capricorn usually brings good results to native. Here, mind is stable. Moon is exalted in Taurus and so it generally produces excellent results. It imparts stable decision making power. Moon conjunction with Rahu, ketu or Saturn make her bleed to the heart. Moon is trapped so badly along these planets that, the individual always feels that he is constrained by an invisible boundary. Such chart must be treated carefully. Beware of predicting negative about him/her. The motivational support can help them to overcome their problems. If moon is badly afflicted along with 3rd lord, this can cause a tendency to suicide. Such natives are impulsive, if mars also afflicts moon or moon is weak and placed in mars’ signs Aries and Scorpion. Affliction of moon is major cause of myriad problems of 21st century. The problems of depression, schizophrenia, violent behavior, rape, killings, divorce etc are the result of weak moon. A native with weak moon fights with his own decisions. It can also lead to ‘Dual Personalities’. I hope, this article is helpful in understanding moon under new circumstances.