Planets · 2 of 9
Moon (Chandra) in Vedic astrology
The mind (manas), the mother, emotions, the public, nourishment, water, the left eye and the blood.
- Sanskrit
- Chandra चन्द्र
- Signifies
- The mind (manas), the mother, emotions, the public, nourishment, water, the left eye and the blood
- Nature
- A natural benefic when waxing, a malefic when dark
- Own sign
- Cancer
- Exalted
- Taurus, deepest at 3°
- Debilitated
- Scorpio, deepest at 3°
- Moolatrikona
- Taurus 4°–30°
- Aspects
- The 7th house
- Vimshottari dasha
- 10 years
- Nakshatras ruled
- Rohini, Hasta, Shravana
- Day
- Monday
- Element
- Water
- Direction
- North-west
- Colour
- White
- Traditional gem
- Pearl (we do not sell gemstones)
Moon in Jyotish
The Moon is the queen and the mind. It changes sign every two and a quarter days and is the basis of horoscopes, nakshatras, dashas and marriage matching. A strong, bright Moon gives emotional steadiness, popularity and contentment; a weak Moon shows as anxiety and changeability.
Friends and enemies
| Natural relationship | Planets |
|---|---|
| Friends | Sun, Mercury |
| Neutral | Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn |
| Enemies | — |
These natural (naisargika) relationships, from Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, are not always mutual: the Moon counts Mercury a friend, while Mercury counts the Moon an enemy.
Moon in your chart
Where Moon sits in your chart (its sign, house, dignity and the planets it joins or aspects) shows how these significations work out for you, and its dasha shows when. See your Moon in your free kundli, or read chapter 3: the 9 planets.
Sources: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika for the signs, planets and houses; Muhurta Chintamani for the nakshatra classes and the guna milan attributes. Wording is our own.