MOON - THE MOTHER

Who Discovered Moon ?

When the first man appeared. It's hard to miss it, it's the huge thing in the sky at night. :

Seriously no one discovered the moon.

It was discovered by Grog the Caveman 200,000 years ago.
The first being capable of self aware thought would have been the first to contemplate the moon as something other than brightness in the sky.

The Moon was no more "discovered" by someone than the Sun or the Earth. The Moon has been visible and studied since the earliest writings in most civilizations we've found:
* Chinese astronomical writings from 1400 BCE describe the Moon, and those of 400 BCE describe prediction of Lunar eclipses and discuss the idea that the light of the moon is reflected sunlight.

* Some Egyptian tombs from 1600 BCE and earlier have astronomical depictions of the Moon, and writings from several centuries earlier talk about planting times in terms of both stellar positions at dawn and phase of the Moon.

* The Babylonian calendar, developed circa 4000 BCE and described in clay tablets, used both new moon and equinox to define years.

* Indian astronomical writings (basically religious but covering astrology/astronomy including Lunar months) date from 1200 BCE.

* The oldest Mayan calendar, discovered last year and dated to approximately 600 CE (much more recent, but probably not influenced by Asian and Middle Eastern writings) describes calculations of phases of the Moon, eclipses, and planetary positions for several thousand years.It is quite common to hear

The Moon is such a conspicuous feature in the night sky that no one could be said to have discovered it. Indeed there were dinosaurs who did most of their hunting at night, guided by the light of the Moon. So knowledge of it must pre-date mankind by several million years. In other words, it was millions of years ago, before the advent of human history.

If you're looking for historic info on the understanding of it:Anaxagoras reasoned the moon was a spherical rock in 428 BC
Galileo mapped the moon in 1610

Moon : Chandra

Moon represents Mother, Vegetation, Flowers, Constituents of Blood, Water, and is a Cool Planet.
In a Prashna Kundali the moons position indicates the Question or subject in mind.

Moon Rules : Stomach, Digestive System, Large & Small Intestine.
Female genital system, Periods, swings in Mental outlook / Moods, Sadness /Joy, dejection, Bladder,

Basic Astronomical facts about Moon:

It is the only natural satellite of earth and only object in space visited by humans. It has a diameter of about 3,475 kilometers. Its mean distance from the earth is about 3,84,403 kilometer. Moon takes 27.3 days to make one orbit around the Earth and it also takes exactly same duration, which is 27.3 days to complete one rotation on its axis. That's why we always see the same face of the Moon. The Moon's gravity is about one-sixth than that of the Earth's. The surface of the Moon has many craters formed by meteor crashes. Moon is the causes tides in the Earth's large water bodies, because of the gravity force Its average geocentric motion per day is 13°10'35". The Moon never seems retrograde as it rotates round the Sun along with Earth.


The Moon in Hindu Mythology

Three supreme gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva disguised as monks, came to test Anasuya, the wife of Atri Rishi and demanded that she feed them milk from her breasts. The great Anasuya with her spirutal powers got to know the truth and and turned these three gods into babies and feed them as they desired. Immensely pleased and impressed with Anasuya, lords of the universe blessed her to have great children. Shiva's blessing caused the birth of Durvasas rishi, Vishnu's blessing resulted in the birth of Dattatreya, and Brahma's boon caused the Moon's birth. The Moon was then worshipped by all the celestials. He later married all the twenty seven daughters of Daksha and they were non other than twenty seven constellations or nakshatras. Out of his twenty seven wives Moon preferred only Rohini, and always remained with her. Other twenty-six sisters pleaded Moon to spend equal time with all of them. But Moon ignored them and with no option left these twenty-six sisters complained to their father, Daksha, who tried twice to reason with Moon, his son in law, but Moon ignored it as well. Daksha then lost his temper and cursed the Moon to suffer with consumption. Every day the Moon started to wane, losing his glow and no remedy could cure him. The gods also got alarmed at the possibility life on Earth will be affected without Moon, approached Daksha and asked him to modify his curse so that life continues on Earth. Daksha then modified his curse on condition that Moon has to spend one day with each of his wives and the consumption will effect him for fourteen days and in next fourteen days he will gain back his form. Thus, the Moon now waxes and wanes in cycle of twenty eight days and he visits each of his wife once a month, for one day. Moon had no children by his twenty-seven wives, but he have four sons by another wife, named Manohara. But most famous son of the Moon is the planet Mercury.

A powerful race of hindu kings are supposed to be the direct descendant of Moon god know as Chandravanshi, first king of this dynasty was Bharat, a legendary emperor of India, he conquered all of India, uniting it into a single entity. Bhārat today is the official name of the Republic of India and later Pandavas and Kauravas were born in this dynasty. Names mentioned for the Moon in hindu mythology are Amalendu (stainless clean), Chandra (glittering, shining), Divyendu (divine spark), Dvijendra (twice-born), Himanshu (snow covered), Mayank (deer marked), Nishanath (lord of the nght), Nishikant (lover of night), Rakesh (ruler of the day of full moon), Shashank (natural satellite), Shashi (hare-like), Soma (the cooling one ), Sudhakar (source of nectar), Sudhanshu (drop of nectar).


Basic Astrological facts about Moon:

The Moon is of feminine gender, karaka or significator of the mind and emotion, as relationship significator it denotes the Mother as body part significator it governs the face. As per planetary cabinet it have the status of royalty as Queen, its temperament is fickle and changeable, its element is jala or water, its primary quality or guna is sattva or serenity, by caste it is vaishya or trader and its nature is benefic when waxing otherwise malefic.

It is the ruler of zodiacal sign of Cancer and astrological fourth house, its exaltation sign is Taurus, debilitation sign is Scorpio and determent sign is Capricorn. It get directional strength in fourth house (north) and directional weakness in tenth house (south). As per planetary relationship its friends are Sun and Mercury, it is neutral with Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn and its enemies are none. Nakshatras or Lunar mansions governed by Moon are Rohini, Hasta and Shravana. Its period as per Vimshottari Dasa is of ten years. It rules northwest direction and Monday among the days of the week. It governs varsha or rainy season and in metals silver and bronze. Its gemstone is pearl and substitute gemstone is moonstone and white and silvery are the colors ruled by it. In food and flavors it governs things of salty taste. It represents the geometrical shape of a circle. Positive key words for Moon are patience, sympathy, receptivity, protective & good memory. Negative key words for Moon are touchiness, worry, emotional instability, moodiness & smothering love. As per Numerology numbers 2, 11, 20, 29 and all those that adds up to two, are governed by it.


Body parts, function and diseases governed Moon:

Lethargy, sleepiness, indolence, diseases arising from excited kapha (Phelgm), dysentery, fevers arising from acute cold, boils, taste-lessness and indigestion, jaundice, mental debility, illness from impurity of blood, accidents in water, attacks by animals with horns and by aquatic creatures.

Moon has effect on lungs. Weak moon will give diseases related to lungs, nervous disorders, sulkiness, depression, weak eyesight, emotional disorders. Bad and horror dreams have been noticed when there is malefic effect on moon.

Body parts and function governed by it are the breasts, stomach, alimentary canal, lower ribs, womb, menstrual cycle and lymphatic system.Education and Career

It is lord of 4rth house and represents mind or inclination for studies. Moon is the ruler of mind and gives reasoning power to the native. The nature of moon if well placed and associated with lagna through aspect or conjunction, denotes inclination of mind and good analytical skill.

Professions governed by Moon:


Employment in fields related to fluids, liquids, water, real estate, service industry and public relation. Traders dealing in sugar, milk, milk products, dairy farm, cloth manufacturers and merchants. Sailors, fishermen, liquor dealers, brewery workers, nurses, midwives, domestic help, poultry raisers, chinaware and glassware manufacturers, fruit and vegetable farmers, restaurant owners and workers, waiters and waitresses.


A debilitated Moon relates to Malaria, Moon in 10 th house causes continuous change in Jobs or Business or the persons tendency is such. Persons with moon in 10 th house regularly re-arrange things or articles in the house.


The Mantras for Moon:

Beej Mantra of Moon:	Om shram sree shrau sah somaye namah
Moon stotra:	Dadhishankha tushaarabham kshiro darnava sambhavam namaami shashinam somam shambhor mukuta bhushanam
Gayatri Mantra of Moon:	Om padma dhwajaaya vidmahae heem rupaaya dheemahi tanno soma prachodayaat

Remedies for Moon performed if Moon is not well placed in the horoscope:

Worshiping the ruling deity of the Moon, Devi Parvati or Gouri.

Recitation of Annapoorna stotra.

Reciting of Moon Mantras.

Charity: Donate cow’s milk, rice and white cloth on Monday to virgin females.

Fasting: On Mondays.

Pooja: Devi Parvati or Gouri pooja.

Rudraksh: Wear two mukhi (two faced or Gauri Shankar) Rudraksh. 

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The Moon

Herbs like irish moss, orpine, water cress.                                                                                          Shrubs like abilia, andrographis, ceanothus, embelia, dog wood.                                                               Trees like acai, doves tree, fringe tree, japanese tree, mahogany.

Moon in Taurus, Gemini, and cancer, Leo, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces shows better inclination to studies than when he is in other signs. Moon, though a luminary reflects the light of sun only. It blesses the native with good judgement, insight, and forethought. It is a deciding factor in shaping the events of life. Agriculture, communications, trade in items of water, dairy farms, water works, textiles, naval work, psychiatry, medicine are few professions related to planet moon.