The moon is one of the most important planets in Vedic astrology. Jyotish speaks of the moon as the queen among the planets. That is why the moon is often associated with, royalty, wealth, luxury, nourishment, emotions, etc.

The moon is like water. It reflects your true personality and nature. It is your emotional and mental state. It gives life and attracts different types of energy. That is why the moon sign or rashi is essential in astrology.

Moon shows your food intake, love from your mother, care, and the kind of nourishment you received as a kid. Therefore, the moon often tells about your childhood. When the moon is auspicious, you are pampered and loved as a child. When the moon is afflicted or badly disposited, it can give mental and emotional struggles in childhood.

Let’s see the results of moon placement in various houses:

Moon in the 1st house: When the moon goes in the 1st house of the birth chart, it gives you the personality of the moon. You are caring and nurturing. You may love your mother a lot. You may even have her look/face.
You could be impulsive and emotional in nature. You spend a lot of time grooming yourself. You want to improve your personality and look. You are a charming, and self-loving person.
But with this placement, you can be quite fickle-minded as well. You make decisions emotionally and that can have severe consequences because this house has the energy of Mars. Mars does not like to delay or be indecisive.
If the moon is afflicted in this position it can cause troubles. Moon-Ketu in 1st house is not considered good. People can think of you as dumb. Moon-Saturn can make you a pessimist. Moon-Rahu will make you self-obsessed and delusional. Moon-Mars will make you a hothead who takes decisions impulsively without much thinking. Moon-Sun will evaporate all your emotions and you will be blinded with pride.

Moon in the 2nd house: A very good placement for the moon. You are loved as a child and might be born into a big family. You have all the resources you need to carry yourself. You will love cooking and feeding people.
Money will come and go. So financial stability can be a bit difficult. Often this placement makes someone homesick. You don’t want to get away from the love and security provided by your family.
You speak a lot and sometimes in haste, but you have a soft voice, especially if Moon is not afflicted or weak.
Moon in 2nd can give a taste for salty food. You may love salty food.
Also, this placement shows that you love the royal lifestyle. You want everything good in your life.

Moon in 3rd house: The third is for siblings, strength and willpower, initiatives in life, skill development, etc. Here, the moon can give you good communication skills and a soft relationship with siblings. But you might lack strength and willpower. You may take the initiative to start something but end up leaving the task.
Also, this placement suggests that you love chatting with people. You want to have a huge circle and may be always in contact with family and friends.
Moon in 3rd suggests a lot of short travels. You are always traveling even if it may be short trips.

Moon in the 4th house: The fourth house is a comfortable position for the moon. It is the house that signifies home, family environment, security, comfort, mental peace, society, etc. Therefore, in this placement moon gives you a comfortable home environment. Your home and your family bring peace to your life. You have a great love for women in general. You might be close to your mother and will share every problem of your life with her.
Food is a comfort zone. So you like have good food and may often indulge in eating when you are stressed. You may even love cooking. You can be a great homemaker as well.
You will get peaceful neighbors and may have a house close to water. Maybe a lake or river or close to the sea.

Moon in the 5th house: Moon in the 5th makes you ambitious, romantic, and full of life. You want to dream, learn, work on your goals, and make a place for yourself. You don’t want to stop at anything. This placement can give you massive fame if the moon is strong and with beneficial aspects.
You don’t want to settle for small. You are good at speculation, and learning, and may have profound knowledge of languages and history.
You can be very romantic and may have multiple partners.
You can be a good teacher. You love guiding and teaching people. You are spiritual from deep inside and you are blessed with a mother who has always been a motivation for you.

Moon in the 6th house: Moon in the 6th can be a tricky position. Although you are very practical and argumentative, you lack the spirit to fight. You are often overpowered by enemies unless a malefic planet is either sitting in or aspecting your sixth house.
You are very practical and calculative. But you also like to help others rise. You often help people and expect the same from them.
You don’t trust people easily. This placement is good for service, or routine jobs. You are concerned about your health but will always invite some or other health-related trouble. You should be careful with weight gain, and blood/heart-related problems. Problems with the mother can be possible.

Moon in the 7th house: This house belongs to your spouse, legal partners, or other people. You can be easily intimidated by others. You care about people and their opinions about you.
You love your spouse and at times you can be very possessive and protective of them. Marriage as an institution matters to you and therefore you can be very submissive in the relationship. Therefore, you must avoid a dominating partner.
You want to keep a balance between your personal and professional life. But you must avoid business partnerships because people can overpower you and at times they may take credit for your work. If there are malefics in conjunction with the moon or aspecting the 7th house then it can be different.

Moon in the 8th house: Not so good placement. The plus point of this placement is that you can be good at research and handling uncertainty. It means you can do well in speculative business. You can also be good at research and study of unknown things or underground minerals, oil, gas, etc.
You may have an interest in paranormal stuff, astrology, occults, etc. You can do good in psychology. There can be a lot of traveling. So a profession involving travel and transport, especially water transport.
This house is responsible for eliminating things from the body or detoxing your body. Moon represents food and nourishment and hence it is not comfortable in this placement.
Moon in 8th gives fear and phobia. People can have a fear of germs, dirt, etc. It can lead to OCD and other other problems.
Moon can make someone fickle-minded in this placement.

Moon in the 9th house: This house signifies luck and prosperity. A nice place for the moon. Here, the moon shares the energy of Jupiter and hence the person can be religious and full of wisdom. Although they may not be strict/rigid with their religious practice they will believe in their faith.
Here, the moon can give a lot of traveling. In fact, with the moon in the 9th house, one must travel to invoke good luck.
One must also donate food and visit religious places. This placement brings the blessing of the ancestors.

Moon in the 10th house: This placement can make someone a workaholic. The native can be disciplined and love their work/profession. These individuals want to create a positive impact on the society through their profession. These people can be good teachers, philosophers, homemakers, merchants, traders, etc.
The problem with this placement is that the moon is a soft planet and hence, it can make you submissive in the workspace.
This placement makes you very responsible but gives you a lot of pressure and stress. One may have to change jobs multiple times.
These people are good at planning and management. They love organizing things and can be popular in their field.

Moon in the 11th house: This position makes the native friendly and social. These people love to interact, make friends, and help people.
They are good at finance, strategy, logistics, etc. They are intelligent and goal-oriented.
These natives want to enjoy all sorts of comfort and luxuries. They must have control over their desire because it is one of their setbacks. For the same reason, these people can indulge in extramarital affairs.
These natives can have a lot of traveling in their lives, especially air travel. They can be involved with or support NGOs or some sort of religious or other group.

Moon in the 12th house: This house represents moksha, isolation, and all sorts of losses. When the moon is placed in this house then it can make someone emotionally detached or isolated. These people may have to leave their place of birth or go away from their mother at some point in time.
They are full of imagination and can be good at some form of art/dance. They can work in theatres or performing arts.
They must try to control their overthinking nature. This can cause mental and psychological troubles.
The native can have insomnia or sleeplessness especially if the moon is afflicted in this position. Meditation can help the natives gain peace.
One must donate food items and help women.

Khushboo Singh
(Author)