However your emotions are, you can be sure that the moon has a hand in it. You can call the moon “Ruler of emotions” and you wouldn’t be wrong because the position of the moon when you were born determines your emotional makeup, how you express your feelings and how you respond to the emotions of others. But the moon governs more than our emotions, it is responsible for fertility, childbirth and pregnancy as well, and since it is the closest planet to earth, its impact is felt more intensely, almost like the effect a mother has on her child, or even more.
But beyond that, your relationship with the maternal influences in your life is drawn from the moon. It is the soul behind your most hidden parts, and like the Sun, whether the moon is your air, earth, fire or water sign, that is what will determine the full extent to which it manifests its strength in your life, and which of your emotions will be strongest: Is it the way you deal with pain, is it how you express anger, or how you react to the grief or sadness of others? It all depends on the nurturing wave of the moon.
Significations of Moon
Home, shelter, fortress, domestic issues, mother and mother’s father, older women, comforts, fear(less), mental strength, memory, fluids, change, cyclical, nourishing, cool and calm, eggs and womb, ghosts, past, essentials and groceries, water tanks and sources like ponds, wells, rivers, seas, laughter, beauty, fast and swift, night activities including sleep, rains and rainy seasons,
Mundane Astrology Significations
Sea, oceans, coastal areas, queen, noble women, housing and emotional states, common masses and public opinion, welfare, agriculture,
Diseases indicated by Moon
Water or fluids borne illnesses, epilepsy, ulcers, heart problems, TB, acidity, blood circulation problems, anaemia, cough, cold, menstrual disorders, problems of breasts, dysentery, typhoid as well as lunacy, trauma and bad memories.
Education and Professions indicated by Moon
Professions that are flowing or ever changing such as arts, poetry, music, dance, chemistry, biochemistry, memory and storages, plumber, water supplier or agent, training, public relations, administration and healers, nursing, air hostess, merchants, textiles, travel agents, sailors, milkman and dairy related, farmers, social workers and care takers, cooks and restaurants
Commodities indicated by Moon –
Silver, eggs, flowers, perfumes, eatables, beads and pearls, conch, salt, white or clear liquids, robes, white or silver jewellery, honey, fishes and water creatures, silk, velvet, milk, groceries, rice
Time duration: 45 minutes or multiples of it.
Moon Mantra –
| Rudra Gayatri Mantra for Moon | |
| ॐ तत्पुरुषाय विद्महे महादेवाय धीमहि तन्नो रुद्र: प्रचोदयात। | OM TATPURUSHAYA VIDMAHE MAHADEVAYA DHIMAHI; TANNO RUDRAH PRACHODAYAT |
| Maha Mrityunjay Mantra for Moon | |
| ॐ त्र्य॑म्बकं यजामहे सु॒गन्धिं॑ पुष्टि॒वर्ध॑नम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्ध॑नान् मृ॒त्योर्मुक्षीय॒ मा ऽमृता॑त् | oṃ tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭi-vardhanam urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya mā ‘mṛtāt |
