Moon The Cosmic Mother

Sun is the source of life and energy and the Moon is the created world and the creative universe. Moon is Prakrati (nature) the created universe or ilussion (Maya).  Its basic function is to protect and sustain this creation which is sourced by the Sun. The Sun is the source of life and is where things start from then the Moon takes the energy from the source and manifests that creation and sustains, protects and nurtures it.

In hindu texts It is said that our created universe is just an illusion – this is what the basis of Hindu scripture believes. That Prakrati, or the divine feminine, has created the manifested universe all this is nothing and that the reality is the void, or Brahman. The manifested universe is Maya and the Devine feminine energy that created the manifest world is known as Maha Maya (The Great Illusion). She is both the creator of the illusion and, at the same time, she is the illusion herself.

Moon represents the feminine principal. She is the divine mother and because she is the divine mother, she represents Prakrati, or the created world, and therefore, Maya and illusion. She is also the significator for the Arudha Lagna. The Moon represents Gauri and the different aspects of the Divine Mother.

Together, the Sun and the Moon is the masculine and feminine forces like the king and the queen And down to the literal level – the father and the mother.

Since the Moon has to do with illusion, the Moon also reflects the mind. This concept that the Moon is the mind is a very fundamental concept. This is constantly mentioned that Chandra or Soma, is manas, the mind.

The mind is not something that is very tangible. The mind has a lot of reflected things going on. And the Moon is all about reflected light. The Sun is the real source of light. And the Moon reflects all this light. So the Moon, the mind, is all about illusion or reflected light or our perception. How we perceive the world. How is our interaction with the world perceived by the mind and reflected on it. If our mind is in a good state, we perceive the world one way.

The mind (Moon) is the friend of the flower which is a poetic way of describing the Moon.

When we talk about the mind, we are talking about the emotions. And when we talk about emotions we are talking about water element. The Moon is all water element. It is complete water.

When the Moon is full, the water element is sweet. It has complete light. Or when it is exalted or it has directional strength as in the 4th house or in its own sign then the water element is very complete.

Water is all about emotions. That which is fleeting, that which is reflected, love, caring, mercy, sympathy. Nurturing, pamper, compassion, etc. Hence when we come to the 4th house, the Moon is the natural ruler of the 4th house. In the Kala Purusha, the Moon (Cancer) is the 4th house. And the 4th house represents the home and is a water sign and the Moon even gets dig bala in the 4th house. And what does it do from this house? From this house it provides one with a home, mother, parents, love and compassion and tenderness. And it is the natural house of healing because the mother’s role is to nurture and to care for and to heal a child. We always look to the 4th house for the psychological healing and care so the Moon also represents this. And as representing healing, the Moon represents medicine or plants and curing. Moon is an important graha for healers, counselors and doctors.

And since we are talking about the home, then it also represents the Mother and all of the qualities of the mother – nurturing, caring, loving.

And now we can extent this to our broader family – society, brotherhood. A person with a strong Moon is very good at social work or as a community head. Moon is very good with the public and public relations. A person with a very good Moon can be a public relations manager in a company. Dealing with peoples, bringing harmony in relations is act of moon. Moon is about need based not sensual love like Venus. Strong moon gives quality to cure and prominent moon is required for healing. Moon rules domesticity happiness.

Social work and sociability – someone who is very social and likes to have people over for dinner this indicates a strong Moon.

Moon rules fame and the public. In quadrants house (1, 4, 7, 10) moon easily give fame and popularity. By famous, we mean that they will be known amongst a large group of people.

The Moon is the secondary karaka for the 2nd house and is the primary karaka for the 4th house.

Moon rules food – especially milk, rice and all foods that white. Moon also represents feeding because Mother feeds their children.

Moon also rules agricultural crops and medicinal plants. Now why is this?

There is logic behind this that Moon is the lord of the night and the Sun rules the day. When you get into divisional charts, you will come across one called the hora. And you have come across the concept of ahora which means day and night. So the 30 degrees of a house is divided in half of 15 degrees each. One is known as Chandra and the other as Surya. The first half of all odd signs is the Sun’s hora and the second half is the Moon’s hora. This is reversed for even signs. So this whole thing about day and night is the division of male and female.

The Moon is supposed to be the lord of the night. She rules over the Nakshatras. The Sun rules over the 9 planets. She rules the night and she rules the Nakshatras. If you are born in the daytime, then Surya is strong; night time birth, the Chandra is strong.

Moon contributes to the medicinal quality of plants, longevity, disease and healing and curing.

The Moon is exalted in the Krittika portion of Taurus but is considered exalted in all of Taurus Rashi. Krittika is its highest point of exaltation though. In Rohini, it is exalted and also in its Moolatrikona. And the same is true of debilitation. 3 degrees of Scorpio is the maximum degree of debilitation but the whole sign of Scorpio is the Moon’s sign of debilitation.

In the Kala Purusha, the 4thhouse represents the breasts, lungs and the heart – the entire chest region. The heart and lungs are placed together in the Lungs – water bound disease, tuberculosis, bronchitis, and lungs diseases.

And the Moon rules the mind. It controls all sorts of mental diseases – madness, lunacy, psychological disorders, and depression. Moon rules our emotions – happiness and sadness and the fluctuation of emotions.

Both Moon and Venus rule liquids. But as to the different liquids, water is Moon as is milk while juices belongs to Venus And Moon represents salts and saline and products of the ocean and the ocean represents consciousness as well as things that come from the ocean such as shells, etc.