Moon in Vedic astrology – Your mindset/ emotions/ mother

The crux of astrology lies in knowing the better side of people, not the one which they project in front of the world, rather what runs inside their Mind. In astrology that honour has been bestowed by Gods to the Moon. Which also holds the position of Queen in the cabinet council of Vedic astrology. Just by looking at the position of Moon in an individual’s Horoscope his whole thinking pattern can be deciphered in seconds. So, let’s have a different perspective look at Moon’s significance in Vedic astrology, something which is not redundant.

• Beginning with the myth which needs to be discarded is that it’s the sign placement of Moon not Sun in your horoscope which tells your zodiac sign. It plays a vital role because the nakshatra placement of Moon determines your planetary Mahadasha (a planetary period – Where one planet controls the majority of the decisions of our life )
• Moon tells about your Mother, your relationship with mother, health of mother & her position in society
• It tells about your thinking pattern or to be more precise your mindset, which shouldn’t be confused with intelligence (intelligence is governed by another planet).
• A good astrologer by taking into consideration Moon’s house, sign & nakshatra placement in your horoscope could exactly tell the thoughts which come to your mind, your beliefs, attitude & reciprocation to different situations.
• After meticulous study of Moon in a person’s horoscope (from all angles of sign, aspect, planetary conjunction) you could confidently say that you know that person
• It’s a highly emotional, fragile & impressionable planet, which absorbs the qualities of planets sitting with it or aspecting it. For example, an aspect of Mars to the Moon (posited at the house of career) could make the person vulnerable to getting bullied at work, or an aspect of Saturn could make the person vulnerable to fears. On a positive side, aspect of Jupiter, Venus or Mercury could instil intelligence, wisdom & righteousness in the mind.
• In extreme cases of affliction to Moon, worsened by the planetary transits of the malefic, could make the person vulnerable to depression, phobias, idiosyncrasies & even lead him to the stage of suicide
• The extreme conjunction of Moon which I have found in my research is with Ketu (Significator of Moksha & other realm), on a higher aspect it could make the mind open to the world of clairvoyance, intuition, strong healing abilities, past life memories, which could be so strong that a person may heal telepathically to people or could become a mediator to other realms. Working on a lower realm could make him suffer on the grounds of all kinds of psychological problems
• I have also seen this in my research that majority of the people with Cancer (Moon owned sign) rising in their Ascendant (Personality, head , face) in natal chart gets blessed with a beautiful face
• Moon owns three nakshatras (Rohini, Hasta & Shravana). All being distinct with their traits especially related to progeny; Rohini being  a very nurturing nakshatra if related to 5^th House/ Jupiter could give desire to have or in real lots of progeny; Hasta gives sort of trouble with progeny under same conditions (5^th House/ Jupiter) & Shravana is not considered favourable for having & raising children, as natives derive little happiness from children (5^th House/ 5^th House Lord/ Jupiter)

Now comes the most important part of strengthening our mind via Vedic astrology (remedy to appease the affliction). Though there are many remedies which people follow like wearing gemstones (pearl) or using silver glassware or increasing their water consumption. But the panacea or ultimate solution lies in the worship of Shiva (pouring water on ShivaLinga) who has adorned it in His head as a jewel