Emotionally competitive.

• Please see Chandra-Mangala yoga

Emotionally communicative.

Chandra-Budha yoga = generally neutral.

• May produce woolly thinking or hyper-verbalizing emotionalism when Budha is weak.

• Gives intuitive acuity when Budha is strong.

• Descriptions below alsoapply to Chandra-Budha in mutual aspect.

Chandra's calming and comforting behaviors are conjoined with Budha's agenda for coupling, communicating, messaging, narrative, conversation, argumentation, analysis, explanation, instruction, tool-craft, handworks.

Seeks emotional identity (Chandra) validation via mental activity, intellectual discrimination, and perceptual development.

This yoga energizes the emotions and sensitizes the thought process. The person is usually a quick thinker, may be somewhat impulsive in reaching conclusions, but if often intuitively correct even when their reasoning path is quirky.

• If located in a trine or kendra, Chandra-yuti-Budha is generally auspicious.

• If Budha is uchcha or swakshetra, the native is remarkably intelligent and may annoy the less gifted with the speed of their talk, and rapid conclusions.

• If Chandra is well disposed, the native is very sensitive to children and beloved by them. Makes a wonderful teacher, parent, and coach. the native is typically an excellent 'facilitator' who is able to respond to group emotions even while speaking clearly. Flourishes in any of the communicative arts, especially writing.

• If neither Budha nor Chandra is well disposed, the native can be emotionally reactive and immature. Snap decisions, aggressive criticism, and even clinical narcissism can emerge for this emotionally handicapped native who demands simple answers to complex questions, and lacks self-reflective capacity.

Chandra-Budha in Vrischika can mature into tantrik channeling with good tutoring, but the native is also prone to angry outbursts.

In Mesha, the native is immature and demanding, lacks reflection. In a rashi of Shani, withdrawn and conventional communication style.

In a rashi of Guru, Surya, or Chandra, vibrantly positive and sensitive style, but may lack realism.

Emotionally Effusive

Chandra-Guru yoga is generally favorable. This native seeks emotional identity validation through physical fertility, through involvement in lives of their children or their works of art, and through maintaining a positive worldview.

Chandra's calming and comforting behaviors are conjoined with Guru's agenda for production of children, inclusionary, opportunity-increasing actions, expansion of wisdom-teachings (can be dogmatic) and priestly roles.

Generally pleasant and cheerful folk unless either Guru or Chandra is damaged.

• Although their "heart is in the right place," this native may be prone to a "Pollyanna" type of excess optimism.

• Emotionalistic predisposition to claim the positive view may filter out authentic but negative information, giving pretty but inaccurate worldview.

• Their glass is always half-full :)

Like all yogas involving the Moon, Chandra+Guru gives a tendency to project one's feelings upon others. Tends toward a super-optimistic projection that more realistic souls in their environment may find hard to take. Yet, overall, their overbearing emotional projections are more helpful than harmful in this weary world.

the native craves wisdom but because they ignore negative perceptions, they may project a need for everyone in their environment (especially family members) to display a cheerful optimism and full agreement at all times.

Strong compassion and charitable instincts if the intellectual capacity is well developed. Otherwise tends toward humanistic sympathy or pity for those less fortunate.

Brings good fortune into the native 's life. Frequently more than one mother. If Chandra-Guru-yuti-Rahu, may bring several mothers from different cultures who all help the native in different ways. (Karaka for beneficial cross-cultural adoption).

Strong humanistic tendencies and maternal instincts make a wonderful caretaker. If connected with lagna+Lagnesha, gives an abundant physical body with large breasts.

If the nativity shows no other source of social identity, Chandra-Guru can make a "breeder" whose sole emotional validation comes from enacting their reproductive powers.

In a rashi of Shani may be emotionally constrained: gives problems with mother. Wants to care for others but fails, due to inadequate early mothering.

In Karkata rashi, highly auspicious for wealth, children, and home.

Generally very nice people, whether they are effective in the world or not.

Emotionally indulgent.

Emotional need for sensual Luxury. Chandra's calming and comforting behaviors are conjoined with Shukra's agenda for sweet sense-data experiences.

Pleasure can arrive via any of the sense channels =

• eyes-sight,

• ears-sound,

• hands-touch,

• nose-smell,

• mouth-taste.

the native cannot feel good, feel safe, feel protected, feel wanted until some species of fleshly pleasure has been registered in the material brain. Emotionally attached to food, drink, and marital pleasures. Particularly strong when combined in Vrishabha or Meena.

• Chandra + Shukra is notoriously "spoiled".

• Importantly, Chandra+Shukra does not harm the work ethic. If Shani is strong, the native can be a very hard worker, determined and productive. Does not particularly harm marriage although the emotional core tends to become unsteady and core trust capitulates to negotiating behaviors.

• Parenting (Chandra) is harmed somewhat harmed by the mixing of unconditional love parent-to-child agenda of Chandra with the negotiating, contract-seeking peer-to-peer agenda of Shukra. Children may be involuntarily pressed into the role of performance-based emotional partner with a needy, conditionally affectionate parent.

What the native wants; the native gets; when the native wants it. There is little concern for the consequences of one's indulgence regarding the lives of others.

Such a native has been rewarded with sweets by the parents. Often the parents subscribe to a positive belief in food or sweet rewards for good behavior , ranging from candy and money given for good marks in school to the (more common) bribery with treats to make the child go away and leave the parents space for parents' own interests, such as enjoying adult company, working, studio art hours, etc.

The end result is that the child feels entitled to considerable indulgence as a reward for having met certain conditions or expectations.

• A man might justify indulgence by pointing to the fact that he is a good material provider for his family - on that basis, he can do what he wants.

  • Rev. Martin Luther King, Tiger Woods, Hugh Hefner

    • Woodrow Wilson(WW = a noble USA president yet infamous for his affairs with well-placed socialites)

• A woman raised by parents who gave her treats or dolls instead of personal attention might justify her indulgence by saying that she is 'stressed out' -- and in order to continue serving her family (or getting to work on time or whatever 'stable' performance model she selects) she must have indulgent food, or drink, or sensual pleasures

  • Camilla Parker-Bowles Windsor, Anna Nicole Smith

Highly problematic in Vrischika (Tiger Woods) and Kanya (Anna Nicole Smith).

Chandra-Shukra yoga is generally less favorable. This native seeks emotional identity validation through beauty and pleasure; material wealth and harmonious environments; and one's ability to attract lovers and admirers.

Yoga involving the Moon give a tendency to project one's feelings upon others. Chandra-Shukra natives tend to project their own love of beauty and balanceupon the world. One may fail to apprehend that others are not so interested in the aesthetic level of perception. One may be perceived as a superficial or dilettantish aesthete.

Enjoys the company of women and forms balanced partnerships easily with persons of all ranks. The mother is also fashionable and socially attractive (although harsh drishti can limit both mother's and native's beauty).

Native is typically sociable and pleasant natured. Strongly identified with marriage and business partnership.If marriage is problematic will instinctively create other partnerships to channel their relationship energies.

Excellent intuitive sense of design but may be "slave to fashion", unless practical Shani casts a limiting drishti. Likes to be in arts and architecture, where their perceptions are appreciated. Excellent adviser and loyal partner. May spend lavishly on personal beauty and decorating their home.

Emotionally punitive.

Chandra's calming and comforting behaviors are conjoined with Shani's agenda for law and order, crime and punishment, structure and stamina, time and space, rights and responsibilities, scarcity, delay, austerity, restrictions, public reputation, respectability, conformism, and leadership roles.

It is emotionally natural for the native to ally oneself with large, highly ordered, top-down regulated institutional organizations such as government and other hierarchical bureaucracies.

E.g.,

• Mother Teresajoined her life to the global hierarchy of Roman Catholic Church as an austerity-avowed nun when she was 17 (after which she never saw her mother or her sister again).

• Benito Mussolini for better or for worse joined his life to his government

• Swami Vivekananda joined his life to the Ramakrishna Math and its religious missionary agenda

Harsh performance pressure, usually paired with separation from the mother.

• The stronger Chandra's character, the more likely that Chandra + Shani will indicate early childhood death of mother, e.g. Soma-Vrishabha, nearly always.

Seeks emotional identity validation through enforcing rules and regulations, strengthening social conformity systems, and (sometimes) oppressing weaker persons (Chandra, weaker ones, vulnerable).

Gives good moral character in re: human law (not divine law). Natives are rule-bound emotionally- usually from having survived major childhood trauma.

• Austerity and communal conformity may be the only way one knows how to live,

• life may be often uncomfortable. (Chandra = comfort)

All yoga involving the Moon give a tendency to project one's feelings upon others. This native projects their feelings of oppression, restriction, scarcity, poverty, exposure, lack of trust and emotional abandonment upon others.

• They fear authority but also crave it.

• Conservative, authority-oriented personality.

Unhappy childhood, full of heavy responsibility and inadequate protection or support. With other malefics, this yoga can results in emotionally exploitation, and in the company of other evil Graha may signal an oppressive perpetrator who was himself exploited in childhood.

• Tends toward spinal painin the physical body

• which expresses this emotional reality of lack of support, heavy guilt, feeling overburdened etc.

A deeply compromised emotional life in which one carries the burdens of others.

• Almost always scarce, delayed, insufficient or inadequate parenting, esp. from the mother.

• In intimate relationships, tends to parent the partner.

Similar effects to Shani in lagna or Shani drishti to Chandra, but more emotionally profound and acute. If Shani, Chandra and lagnesha are all in lagna, the native may be physically and socially powerful but deeply Oppressed emotionally. the native will not normally harm others, but rather feels an underlying lack of support throughout the incarnation, which becomes acute during each sade saati.

General effect is similar to a lifelong sade saati.Associated with death of the mother if the first sade saati or Shani Mahadashaoccurs early in life. May have several substitute mothers; none of them very effective; and may produce children but will experience emotional blocks in connecting to them.

With Kuja, does well in military and dangerous settings. With Guru, an authoritarian teacher. (If Guru is auspicious, a firm but compassionate educator.) With Shukra, very pretty but ones beauty is exploited and eventually one exploits others.

Shani drishti upon Chandra, the parents project their uncompleted social responsibilities or performance expectations upon the child.

Emotionally entitled.

Chandra-Surya yoga = generally favorable.

Chandra's calming and comforting behaviors are conjoined with Surya's agenda for politics, theatre, literary and performance-art creativity, amusements, entertainments, Divine intelligence, gambling, games, speculation, eyes and light, fashion, romance, celebrity lifestyle, adoration-admiration, applause, and recognition.

One sees (Ravi) oneself as 'chosen' (elected) thus good for getting theatrical roles or being elected to political office.

• Emotional entitlement to be recognized, elected, applauded, celebrated, encircled, praised, beloved in romance.

This native seeks emotional identity validation through political action, charismatic and brilliant center-stage roles, and enjoyments in romance.

All yoga involving the Moon give a tendency to project one's feelings upon others. Surya indicates rational thought, decision-making, and public identity through ego activity. This native will project their own thoughts and beliefs upon others, presuming that everyone shares or wants to share their own mentality and their beliefs.

the native may appropriate the rights of others, in the mistaken belief that one's own perceptions are more true because they are more ethical, or more "reasonable".

Born under a "black moon."

Soma yields power to Ravi, giving the native stronger rational abilities and less well developed emotional perception. They will follow the path set by others and assert the moral righteousness of their group against others.

• Can be quite self-righteous.

Personal identity is slightly weakened but ability to compromise and accept social direction is strengthened. This native generally gets along well with others in their group and has less emotional conflict in life, largely due to reduced sensitivity to others' feelings.

Pleasant and sensible person as a rule.

Emotional mandate toward political activism, unless Surya is compromised.

Emotionally impulsive.

• Please see Chandra-yuti-Rahu page

Chandra + chidakaraka (beheaded) Ketu = one is "cut off" from the emotions

• Chandra = deeply caring, protective, parental, and sheltering

• Ketu = apathetic, disregarding, disassociated, and scattered.

• Chandra roots in the ground

• Ketu blows in the wind.

Depending on the bhava of residence, the native is socially stable in character but weak (scattered) in parental (Chandra) commitments and easily manipulated by those more motivated to achieve a higher station in life (Rahu).

Males may be emotionally attracted to the emotionally comfortable and familiar prototype of the female, which resembles his own distant but functional mother. Depending again very much on the rashi + bhava + incoming drishti, the over pattern of parenting and sheltering behaviors is that these are apprehended as a job in which one is largely disinterested but as this job provides some measure of social security (Chandra) one performs with reasonable efficiency.

Emotionally scattered.

Avoids acceptance of personal emotional responsibility for the consequences of one's own behavior. Disengaged within interpersonal relationships.

• Lacks emotional accountability.

However, means no harm, unless Chandra + Ketu is dominated by another graha.

• Example of rare evil outcome: Adolph Hitler = L-10 Chandra + Ketu + L-3+L-6 Guru = Thula lagna

May try to ground oneself through the family, the folkways, the land and its history in the life cycle of a people (Chandra) or patriotic (Chandra) grasping at meaning via national identity. Ultimately these stage-props will fail to stabilize the native within either a family home or within a place.

However, if Chandra's lord or L-4 should be strong, the native may indeed find a place via the agency of those represented by the graha which is lord of Chandra or lord of bhava-4. As a general rule, this native depends on others to provide context for the meaning of one's life. Tendency to remain emotionally disconnected from the mother, the childhood home, and the place of birth, even while one can be physically presented and walking through the motions of folkways customs and social expectations.

• Only a direct grounding through the mists of the universe to the absolute cosmic center will have any significant grounding effect.

The emotional identity is evasive, dispersed, slips through one's grasp. In the worst cases, one may become emotionally incoherent (Ketu = unglued, unstuck, incoherent)

Numbed to the reality (Ketu) of one's own emotional behavior (Chandra) and may quite ingenuously assert that there is no such thing as emotional reality. 'Every man for himself" is the rallying cry of this yoga.

Chandra is highly impressionable whereas Ketu is not coherent enough to receive an impression. Therefore the native operates emotionally within a Ketu-ized mindset. In this view, one is an independent agent making unstructured laissez-faire movements (Ketu) which have no consequences (Ketu)

the native is a master of calm objectivity, who does what one feels to be 'necessary under the circumstances'

the native 's social performance may be mystically charismatic but at the same time there is consistent disregard for social protocol and public behavior standards. One is a free spirit in positive contexts, but just as likely to accept criminal suggestions in negative contexts.

Emotional permeability . If there is to be an outcome of emotional integrity or accountability for the effects of one's parental, affectionate, protective, or patriotic actions -- some other graha, not Chandra, must provide it.

Chandra-Ketu yoga is generally unfavorable for matters of emotional stability and parenting, but may give excellent results for the practicing mystic.

• Generally rather weak emotional boundaries, vulnerable to the psychic projections of others.

• Exception: if other more materially focused, grounded graha join the Chandra-Ketu pair (Pitt )

• in Ripu-bhava: divorce and substance issues, financial insufficiency, possibility of prostitution or criminal mischief due to the permeable aura and suggestibility to directions from malicious inferiors (UK Duchess Sarah Ferguson)

This native seeks to surrender the emotional identity.

Psychological detachment from the birth-root culture, a neutral or apathetic awareness of the feelings of others, and disconnection from a pleasant but disengaged mother.

• challenge to form lasting emotional bonds, due originally to the mother's attachment disorder

• Chandra + Ketu creates lifelong emotional distance in the native 's relationships,due to the parents' character.

The parents, particularly the mother, often have some type of mental-emotional incapacity such as their own childhood trauma, drug/alcohol issues, depression, or frequent unexplained absences from the home (physical or emotional absence) which cause the native to feel abandoned.

he result is less a lack of trust than a deep, spiritual resignationto the fact that human love and nurturing is somewhat unreliable. Thus this yoga is highly auspicious for meditation and spiritual practices that focus on detachment.

the native has sacrificial tendencies and is easily drained emotionally. May attract predatory or deeply needy partners, whom the native cannot rescue -- but the native will sacrifice one's own well-being in the attempt.

If Soma is uchcha/swakshetra or well supported by other graha, this yoga bodes well for late-life spiritual practice, or spiritual development through bhakti (emotion) during Ketu Mahadasha.

Puja to Shri Ketu (Ganapati) will be calming and grounding.