Moon Transit in Cancer

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

Cancer governs the chest, the mother, the home and emotional memory. In its own sign the Moon deepens attachment to all of them, and old memories return unprompted. Comfort matters most 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 of the twenty-seven nakshatras and suits study, medicine and feeding others. Ashlesha, under Mercury, closes with matters that need careful speech.

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

The passage shows a person the shape of their attachments. Sit with one returning memory and let it be, without arguing with it.

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 your mother, or the one who raised you.

Moon in Cancer for each Moon sign

Counted from the natal Moon, following Phaladeepika. Ashtam Chandra is the Moon in the 8th from the natal Moon. Read the ascendant the same way. Vedha and the birth chart can change the result.