Dr.
Shanker Adawal
Part 1
Chandrama Manasojatah:
This is what Shastra speak of the Moon. Moon was born of the mind of the
creator. In Puranic Mythology Soma, the Moon, is commonly said to be the son of
Rishi Atri by his wife, Ansuya, but the authorities differ. One made his son of
Dharma, another gives his paternity to prabhakar (of the race of Atri) and he
is also said to have been produced from the churning of the ocean in another
Manwantara.
In
the Vishnu Purana, he is called “the Monarch of Brahmins” but the Brihd Aranyaka,
an older work makes him a kshatriya. He married twenty seven daughters of Rishi
Daksha, who are personification of twenty-seven lunar asterisms but keeping up
the personality, he paid such attention to Rohini, the fourth of them, that the
others became jealous and appealed for their father Daksha’s interference which
proved fruitless, and he cursed his son-in-law, so that he remained childless
and moved the pity of his wives, and they interceded with their father for him.
He could not recall his curse, but modified it so that the decay should be
periodical not permanent. Hence the wane and increase of the Moon.
He
performed the Raja-Suya sacrifice, and consequently became arrogant and
licentious and carried off Tara, the wife of Brihaspati and refused to give her
up either on the entreaties of her husband or at the command of Brahma. This
gave rise to a wide spread quarrel. The sage Ushanas, out of enmity to
Brihaspati sided with soma, and he was supported by the Danavas, the Diatyas,
and other foes of the god. Indra and gods, in general, sided with Brihaspati.
There ensured a fierce battle and the “earth was shaken to its center.”
Soma
had his body cut into two by Shiva’s Trident, and hence he is called Bhagnatma.
At length Brahma interposed and stopped the fight, compelling Soma to restore
Tara to her husband. The result of this intrigue was the birth of a child whom
Tara after great persuasion declared to be the son of Soma, and to whom the
name of Buddha was given. Though there is no enemy to Moon but Mercury regards
the Moon as his enemy as Saturn regards his father Sun as enemy.
The
position of Moon in the chart of a native is of paramount importance. It is the
ruler of the mind, intelligence, heart, mother, vital energy, beauty and
saturation of blood. It is Phlegmatic windy, soft in speech and presides over
North-West quarters. It rules over white colour, watery places and substances,
Textiles, fine, chemical and pharmaceuticals, milk, sugar, pearl, silver, and
young women.
The
organs of the body ruled by Moon are arteries, nerves, brain, stomach. In
females, it rules uterus, bladder, breasts and ovaries. In the natural zodiac,
it owns Cancer sign and the 4th house. When it is a weak,
debilitated and conjoined/aspected by malefic, it shall destroy the
significations of fourth house i.e. education (especially acquisition of a
degree) mother, conveyance, residential house, landed property, intelligence
and agricultural gains. Moon in Taurus or Cancer always gives good effects.
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