Sun and Moon are the celestial couples in the cosmic world. Sun represents father, Moon represent Mother. Moon represents many things in astrology. Moon represents your mind, mother, mother’s family, grandmother, old women, horse, travel, agricultural land, Lord Shiva, love, kindness, mental peace, heart, services rendered for other’s welfare, cash-liquidity and also the 4^th house in the birth chart.

The Moon’s effect starts reflecting in native’s life in the 16th, 51st and 86th year of the native. Moon is said to be activated in the 24th year, 49th year and 94th year of the native. Jupiter, Sun and Mars are Moon’s friends, whereas Saturn, Rahu and Ketu are inimical to Moon.

Moon is the Lord of 4th house, stands exalted in the 2nd house of Taurus and becomes debilitated in the 8th house of Scorpio. The Moon provides very good results if placed in houses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 whereas the 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th houses are bad for the Moon. The death of a domestic milch animal like cow, goat or a horse, drying up of a person’s well or pond, the loss of the senses of touching and feeling are the signs of moon turning malefic.

The placement of the Ketu in the 4th house causes Matri Rin i.e. mother’s debt. In such a situation pieces of silver of equal weight and size be collected from every member of the family and the same should be thrown together into the running water – river. Consequently, all the ill effects would be reduced. Moon loses its power with its proximity to Sun. A full Moon is very powerful. A waxing Moon is treated as powerful (Shukla Paksha) and a waning Moon (Krishna Paksha) is considered weak. A powerful Moon gives benefic results and a weak moon gives malefic results.

Moon in 7^th House

The 7th house belongs to Venus and Mercury. When Moon is placed here, the results of this house will be affected by the Venus, Mercury and Moon. Venus and Mercury combined together give the effects of the Sun. The 1st house aspects the 7th house. Consequently, the rays of the Sun from the 1st house would be enlightening the Moon if placed in the 7th, which means that the things and the relatives represented by the Moon will provide highly beneficial and good results. Educational achievements will prove fruitful for earning money or wealth. He may or may not have properties but will certainly have cash money in hand always. He will have good potential for being a poet or astrologer, or else he will be characterless and will have great love for mysticism and spiritualism. The 7th Moon also denotes conflict between the native’s wife and mother, adverse effects in milk trade. Disobedience towards mother will cause overall tensions and troubles.

Remedies

1. Avoid marriage in the 24th year of your life.

2. Always keep your mother happy.

3. Never sell milk or water for profit.

4. Do not burn milk for making Khoya.

5. Ensure that in marriage your wife brings silver and rice with her from her parents, equal to her

weight.

Moon in 8^th House

This house belongs to Mars and Saturn. The Moon here affects the education of the native adversely, but if education goes well the native’s mother’s life will be shortened and very often such a native loses both -education and the mother. However, the evil effects of the Moon in the 8^th house will be mitigated if Jupiter and Saturn be placed in the 2nd house. The 8th House Moon often deprives the native of his or her parental properties. If there is a well or pond adjacent to the parental property of the native, he will receive adverse results of the Moon all through his life.

Remedies:

1. Avoid gambling and flirting.

2. Perform Shraddha ceremony to your ancestors.

3. Do not build any house after covering a well with roof.

4. Obtain blessings of the old men and children by touching their feet.

5. Bring water from the well or water tap situated within the boundaries of a cremation ground and place it within your house. It will ward off all the evils generated by the Moon in the 8^th house.

6. Offer gram and pulse in places of worship.