Moon Transit in Cancer

Cancer is the Moon's own sign, and Chandra holds full strength here. The stay lasts about two days. The Moon returns to its own house roughly thirteen times a year, and feeling runs closest to the surface during the passage.

Cancer governs the chest, the mother, the home and emotional memory. The Moon in its own sign deepens attachment to all of them, and old memories return without being called. Comfort matters more than achievement for these two days.

The nakshatras are Punarvasu, Pushya and Ashlesha. Punarvasu, under Jupiter, opens with return and repair. Pushya, under Saturn, is counted the most nourishing nakshatra of the twenty-seven and suits study, medicine and feeding others. Ashlesha, under Mercury, closes with matters that need care in speech.

Gochara counts the Moon well in the first, third, sixth, seventh, tenth and eleventh from the natal Moon. Cancer, Taurus, Aquarius, Capricorn, Libra and Virgo Moons receive it in those houses. Sagittarius Moons meet Chandrashtama and should keep the day quiet. Leo Moons carry it in the twelfth, where sleep runs heavy.

A Moon in its own sign shows a person the shape of their attachments, and what returns unbidden was never gone, only unattended. Sitting with one such memory without arguing with it does the work of the passage. Feed someone during Pushya.

• Offer water and white rice on Monday within the passage.
• Study or begin medicine during Pushya where the chart allows.
• Contact the mother, or the one who raised the person.