Moon

Moon is associated with the functionality of mind. It is believed that the moon controls
the power of mind and versatility. It is also believed to provide power of meditation,
concentration and resistance against cold diseases.
Favourite Colour : White
Favourite Day : Monday
Favourite God / Deity : Lord Shiva
The ill effects of Moon can be minimized and the good effects can be increased
according to Indian mythology by doing the following tasks. Any or all of these, one
can select as per one's convenience.
• To propitiate Moon, astrologers recommend donation of white cloth to needy
and poor on any Monday. It is also authoritatively stated that chanting of "Om
Namah Shivaya" for a good length of time continuously leads to please Moon.
• Worshipping Lord Shiva daily keeps Moon immensely pleased to quench even
high ambitions of the person concerned, it is stated emphatically in astrology.
• Fasting on Monday brings favours granted by Moon.
• 'Mounavrat' (Total Silence) practiced on Poornima (Full Moon) provides power
and strengthening of mind.
• Wearing of Pearl ring on the small finger on any Monday and continuing to
wear it thereafter is yet one more piece of advice from our ancestors to please
the Moon.

It is appropriate to recommend that use of "Rudrakshamala" in
meditation/worship will increase the power of such observances.
• Astro Scriptures further suggest Tilak (Spilus Mark) of Sandal vermilion to be
applied on the forehead.
• Reciting of Moon's Vedic Mantra will enhance good results and achievements.
• Chanting of Moon's Seed Mantra if the Vedic mantra is hard to recite.
Moon / Chandra
Moon is the presiding deity of the element water, and rules over the tides of the sea.
The sphere of the Moon is the reservoir of rainwater and thus Moon is the ruler of
plants and the vegetable kingdom.
The color of Moon is white. Its nature is wise, and learned. It rules peace of mind,
comfort, general well-being, and also the fortune of a person. It shows its influence
around twenty-four to twenty-five years of age. The Moon gives illumination, intuitive
nature, sensuality, taste, youth, love of poetry, fine arts and music, love of jewelry,
attractive appearance, wealth and good fortune. It makes us moody, emotional, and
sensitive. It rules milk, grains, liquids, growth, fertility, impregnation, and conception.
It influences the infant stage of an individual, which guides his behavior in the later
in the later part of his life. It is cold and moist. It also influence childbirth and rules
the left nostril, eyesight, the breasts, and the brain (memory). Moon influences
travelers, human, fisherman, prostitutes, cooks, nurses, and caterers.
Sun, Mars, and Jupiter and the Moon’s natural friends, and Mercury, Venus, and
Saturn are its natural enemies. In Rohini, Hast, Shravan, Punarvasu, Vishakha, and
Purva Bhadrapad nakshatras it gives good and beneficial effect. It also gives
favorable effects if it is in Kritika, Uttra Phalguni, Ashlekha, Jyestha, Uttra Khad, and
Revati nakshatras.
For persons whose Moon is not rightly placed in their natal chart or is ill-aspected,
success becomes difficult, sometimes it even becomes difficult to achieve a
comfortable life on earth. It makes such people weak or sick in their early years.
An afflicted, debilitated, exiled, or weak Moon causes cold, cough, fever, eye
ailments, lunacy, paralysis, epilepsy, hysteria, colic pains, beriberi, intestinal
disorders, throat troubles, bronchitis, dysentery, neurosis, typhoid, and cancer.
Our Opinion
Moon's cool and pleasant rays are significantly influential on medicinal plants and
herbs on earth. It is worshipped and praised as 'Oshadhi Raja' or 'King of Herbs'- It's
worship wards of chronic diseases and leads to health and success, controls

Moon / Chandra Mantra to Chant
Aum Som Somaye Namah Aum
Gemstone for this Planet – Pearl