Astronomically, Moon is not a planet, however, it is considered as one in Astrology. It is the second luminary after Sun. It is the nearest satellite of mother planet Earth and completes its one rotation within 29 days approx. It is the only planet revolving around Earth.

Astronomy

It is the only satellite of the earth. Though it is considered as a luminary in astrology it does not emit its own light but shines due to the reflection of Sun’s radiation. At the perigee moon is 356404 Kilometers away from the earth and at the apogee it is 406680 Kilometers away from the earth. As applicable for all the planets its path is also elliptic. Moon is nearly 1/4th the size of the earth. One interesting thing is that only one half of the moon is visible to us on Earth.

Hindu Mythology about Planet Moon

It is said that Chandra has emerged from the sea of milk at the time of sea churning by Asuras and Devas. He was considered as planet due to its brilliant form and also one of the Navagrahas. It is considered as one of Devas. He is weak minded and married to Tara. The child born out of their relationship is Buddha (Mercury), who started hating his father as his birth was the result of a deadly sin. In Vedic Astrology, Mercury and Moon are considered as rival planets.
Later, it is said that Chandra married 27 daughters of Daksha, the Prajapati. There was one condition imposed by their father, which was that Chandra must not favor anyone out of 27 and should love all of them equally. However, Chandra failed to keep his promise. He was fond of Rohini a lot. As a result, Daksha got angry and cursed Moon to lose his divine luster. After many penances, Chandra was able to regain some of his luster. The cycle of regaining and losing his luster is reflected as phases of Moon. Later on, this phenomenon is known as waxing and waning of Moon.
In Hindu Mythology, it is believed that Moon loved Rohini the most, which is the reason it gets exalted in Taurus specially during Rohini nakshatra.
As per the Markandeya Purana, Chandra is born as the son of sage Atri and his wife Anasuya due to the divine grace of Brahma. According to this, Lord Brahma's power entered Atri and Chandrato was born.

Nature of Planet Moon

Moon is nocturnal, cold, changeable, moist, receptive and feminine planet. The fourth sign of Zodiac "Cancer" is ruled by the planet Moon. Moon moves daily around 13 degrees on an average and whenever it passes through Taurus sign, it would be at its maximum strength at 3 degrees. It gets debilitated and weak while transiting through Scorpio. The effect of Moon depends on the sign in which it sits, aspects which it receives and association with other planet.

What does Moon signify in Vedic Astrology?

Moon represents the "Mother" in native's birth chart. It indicates that the person will love his own country. It is also considered as a home due to ownership of fourth house in astrology. It represents the mind of a person, local government or private jobs. As Sun indicates native's public life and holding high position in the society, Moon shows the family life, home and personal and private affairs.

Body Parts: Left eye of a male, right eye of female, breasts, stomach, uterus, ovaries, synovial fluid, lymphatic vessels, sympathetic nerves, bladder etc. are represented by the planet Moon in Vedic Astrology.

Physical appearance: People born under the strong influence of this planet have charm on their face. They are born under Cancer Lagna or on Mondays. Moon represents mind and liquid in your body and hence Cancer sign indicates mind in natural Kaal Purush Kundali.

Diseases: Diseases associated with the planet Moon are Eye Diseases, Lunacy, Paralysis, Hysteria, Epilepsy, Dropsy, Beri-Beri, Myxedema, Cold, Cough, Colic Pains, Worms, Intestinal, Defects And Diseases, Tumors, Peritonitis, Uremia, Throat, Troubles, Asthma, Gastric, Cancer, Typhoid, Hydrocele, Dyspepsia etc.

According to Uttara Kalamrita following are some of the significations of Moon. a) Intelligence b) Perfumes c) Hidden of ulcerous troubles in the stomach d) Woman e) Sleep f) Happiness g) Liquids h) Malarial fever I) Mother j) Pearls k) Salt l) Mind m) Muhurta or 48 minutes duration n) worship of Gauri o) Fondness of Curd p) One who does tapas or penance q) Strong at night r) Eating s) Facial Luster t) Good Fruits u) Fish and other Aquatic beings v) clothes. It is seen that a strong Chandra will be good for the above mentioned significations and a weak moon will cause some deficiency of the same.

Other Astrological Considerations:

Moon owns the Karkata (Karka) sign but it exalts at 3 degree Vrishabha or Vrishabh and is under deep debilitation at 3 degree Scorpio. Its Mooltrikona Rashi is Vrishabh. Moon is the Karaka for mind and it enjoys a royal Status among planets. Its complexion is tawny. Its sex is female. Moon Is of Vaishya Varna and Sattwika Guna. Chandra is very windy and phlegmatic. He has round body and is learned. He has auspicious looks and sweet speech, is fickle minded and very lustful. He represents one Muhurta i.e., a period of 48 minutes. The taste represented by Moon is Saline. Chandrama is friendly to Surya and Budha and is neutral to Mangal, Vrihaspati, Shukra and Shani. Chandrama does not consider any planet as its enemy. However, Shani Budha, Shukra and Rahu and Ketu consider moon as their enemy. Chandra is strong in the northern direction.

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Characteristics of Planet Moon

If Moon is placed positively in your birth chart, then it will bless you with a pleasant and charming personality. It will become very beneficial for you. It provides you emotions and positive attitude towards everything and everybody. You will have good intuitive power and inspiration. Let's see below how Moon confers good, medium and bad results:

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          Strong Moon: It means placement of Moon in favorable sign, which confers good results and strong mental stability to come out easily from any difficult situation. You would have cheerful attitude towards life and enjoy a blissful life with positive attitude. Moon is the planet which gives power to handle and take decisions wisely even in the worst situation of life. It provides magnetic and charming personality.

 

          Beneficial Moon: provides you mental balance to overcome from your sorrows. It is said if you are happy through your mind, everything seems to be happy to you.

 

          Afflicted Moon: Afflicted Moon causes cold and fever. Its characteristic is changeability. Afflicted moon at the time of birth causes ailment frequently and does not allow one to have a proper growth. 

What are the professions generally denoted by planet Moon?

Being a watery planet, native may be employed in shipping department, navy, as a water analyst or in a water supply department. His profession might be related to salt, fish, corals, pearls, flowers, liquids, perfumes, kerosene, milk, etc. Vegetables, Farmers, fruit growers and suppliers or dealers in such commodities are governed by Moon. Nurses, cooks, stall managers, launderers are ruled by Moon. One may be a Mechanical Engineer in water-works, or if Moon were to be in movable or common sign, he might be a captain on a steamer or ship.

Professional streams also depend on the PAC (Position-Aspect-Conjunction) connection with other influencing planets. In short, we can say that the nature of Planet Moon in profession or career varies with the combination of Moon with other planets. Here, we have listed below few professional fields for your better understanding:

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         Politics: It indicates the mass of people, ladies and their societies, social functions, marriage, navigation, shipping, dam construction, bridges, swimming pool, agriculture etc.

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         Products: Products like oranges, melons, cucumber, palm, fruits, ghee, vegetables, curd, cow, milk, sugar and sugarcane, maize, silver, alum, horses, aquatic animals, cooked food etc. are denoted by planet Moon.

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        Plants and Herbs: Melons, white poppy, cucumber, palm, mushrooms, winter green, pumpkin, sugarcane, mercury, cabbage, cauliflower etc. are denoted by planet Moon.

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        Places: Mountains, fortresses, Kosala, Charukachche, Ocean, Vanavasi, Tangana etc are denoted by planet Moon.

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        Animals & Birds: Horse, cat, dog, mouse, water bird, duck, crab, tortoise, owl etc are represented by Moon.

 

The day governed by Moon is "Monday", one may expect better results on this day itself if he is running with the Mahadasha of "Moon". Moon rules over "Cancer" zodiac sign and gets exalted in "Taurus". The precious gemstone for planet Moon is "Pushparagam Diamond" and "All White Stone (Pearl)".

Hence planet Moon is very prominent in terms of Astrology as well as Astronomy. The life exists due to water on earth and the main karak for water is Moon. It gives emotions to people and important for everything and everyone for survival.

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Moon Remedies: Chandra Puja and Mantra

Planet Moon is considered the fastest planet in Astrology. It completes its sojourn from one sign to another in almost 2.25 days. During its journey, it stays in one constellation for almost one day and that is why in just 2.25 days, it covers three different nakshatras. It is the natural significator of Mother. It rules Cancer Sign and controls water. As you know human body contains approximately 70% water, so moon’s impact on our body is much higher than any other planet. It becomes strong when it is posited in its exalted sign Taurus, and becomes weak when it is placed in its debilitated sign Scorpio. It represents mindset of a person and it is considered the most important planet in Indian Astrology System. In simple words, astrology predictions based on the presence of Moon is popularly called as Moon Sign Astrology. It bestows the native with charming face, swift mind and creativity, sensitivity, strong mental stability, cheerful attitude towards life, magnetic and charming personality, and power to handle and take decisions wisely even in worst situations.

On the other hand, when Moon is weak in your birth chart, it gives mental distress, Beri-Beri, Myxedema, cold, cough, Colic pains, worms, intestinal defects and diseases, Lunacy, Paralysis, Hysteria, Epilepsy, Dropsy, Tumors, Peritonitis, Uremia, throat troubles, Asthma, Gastric problems, Cancer, Typhoid, Hydrocele, Dyspepsia, etc. It signifies mother, water, ladies and their respective societies, vision, water journeys, human responsibilities, mass of people, social functions, mental happiness, women, travelling, vegetations, clothes, pearls, milk, dairy products, cultivation, politeness, juicy articles, moral, religious acts, manners, springs, navigators, fishermen, vegetations, stubbornness, consciousness, feminine tendencies, navigation, shipping, swimming pool, dam construction, bridges, agriculture, etc. When Moon is strongly placed in a birth chart, it brings positive changes and betterment in one’s life. However; if it is weak or badly placed, it destroys overall happiness.

In this article, we would like to make you understand how you can get good results from this planet by performing Moon Remedies and enjoy good outcomes in life. Effects of Moon possess differentiate as per various houses of the birth chart. When Moon is placed in the Sixth, Eighth and Twelfth House, it is considered as the worse placement of moon. As Moon is a significator of mindset, happiness, mother, it should be well placed and must be strong in a person’s birth chart.

Major effect of any planet can be seen during its effective periods and so the effect of Moon can mostly be seen during Moon Mahadasha, Antardasha and Pratyantar Dasha. During these periods, a person might become short tempered, initiative taker and may show leadership abilities. Person having strong Moon looks quite manly and younger than their age and might have some reddishness on their face.

Here, we are trying to tell you the simple and best remedies so that you should know how to make your Moon stronger. You may perform these remedies with ease to bring positive changes in your life. Remedial measures always help you overcome most of your worries and issues pertaining to different walks of your life.

Perform Weak Moon Remedies through Your Dress & Lifestyle

Every planet affects a person’s life in the most dramatic way. Whenever a specific period of any planet starts or it transits in a specific House in their horoscope, the planet and its related things surround them, so that they would totally befall under that planet’s effect. Every planet denotes specific color and controls human life in many ways hence; to enjoy a good life, you should use (if a planet is benefic for you) or avoid (if a planet is malefic for you) specific things related to the planet in question.

For appeasing Planet Moon, you can change your lifestyle as per the following:

You should wear white color clothes. You should respect your Mother, mother in-law and old women of the society. You should drink milk during night and use silver made utensils.

Prayer as Moon Remedy

Prayer is the best way to connect your soul with the almighty. Prayer is like a request to heal you, to keep your morale high and give you strength to overcome all the challenges that you are facing in your life. If you pray, it gives you hope and power to fulfill your deeds with sincerity. There is a specific deity related to each planet hence, you can pray to a specific deity or planet in order to appease them to give you boon.

To attain blessings of Planet Moon, you should worship Goddess Durga, Lord Shiva and Lord Krishna. You should recite Shiv Chalisa and Durga Chalisa. Apart from that you can perform Rudrabhishekam and can also recite Shri Shiva Sahasranama Stotram.

Fasting as a medium for Moon Remedies

Fasting is a way to devote yourself fully to the almighty and it purifies your internal as well as external body. Fasting gives you willpower that would be helpful in many ways. It is also a way to please planets. If you wish to keep yourself fit and appease planets, you may go for the fasting's on specific days for a particular planet.

If you wish to appease Moon, you should keep fasting on Mondays.

Donation (Daan) as a remedy for Moon Planet

According to Vedic Astrology, Daan (donation) is the best way to get rid of malefic effects of a planet. It also gives you the chance to do some good deeds to remove your sins. It should be done with full faith and devotion and without any expectation in return. Daan should be given to a Supatra (a good and suitable person). In Vedic Astrology, the planets which are good for you, you should give them power; and the planets that are giving you suffering, you should perform donation for that specific planet, so as to make its effect weak.

Perform home remedies to strengthen Moon Planet and to get better results of Moon. Donations related to this planet should be done on Monday, in Moon’s Hora and in Moon’s Nakshatra (Rohini, Hasta, Shravana) in the evening. You may donate Rice, Milk, Silver, Pearl, White clothes, White flowers, Shankh, etc.

Mantra for Moon Remedies

Mantras have great significance in Vedic Astrology since ancient times. Every mantra creates specific vibration and energizes a person with the powerful energy of the deity related to that specific planet. Chanting of Chandra Mantra is a good and easy way to appease this planet, however; a correct pronunciation is a must. Additionally, to reach the ultimate state, you should chant this mantra in specified number.

To receive favorable results and to appease Planet Moon, you should recite following Moon Beej Mantra:

Aum Shraam Shreem Shroum Sah Chandramase Namah !

 

You should chant this mantra for 108 times Starting from Monday daytime. 

You can also chant other mantra, i.e.   Aum Som Somaya Namah !

Gemstone For Moon

Our divine earth have natural sources of minerals. These minerals and crystals have mysterious powers, healing qualities and spiritual meanings. These are commonly known as Gemstones or Birthstones and are either be precious or semi-precious. Gemstones are being used since ancient times by many kings and royal people. Every planet combined with a specific Gemstone, helps in balancing the effect of that planet upon us.

For planet Moon, you should wear natural Pearl in your little finger on Monday during daylight, in Moon’s Hora or Moon’s Nakshatra in the brighter fortnight of the Lunar Month.

Other Moon Remedies

Apart from the above remedies, you can do following remedies to appease planet Moon and enjoy its innumerable blessings:

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Offer Milk to Shivling everyday or every Monday.

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Always respect females.

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Offer Arghya to Moon on Purnima (full moon day).

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Meditate daily for at least 10 minutes.

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We do hope that this article about Moon Remedies would help you in various ways. By performing above-mentioned remedies, you would feel calm and relax, and would achieve success in all walks of life.

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