“मरहमी सा चाँद है तू दिलजला सा मैं अँधेरा” that’s penned by Famous lyricist Amitabh Bhatcharya.

Our emotions cleanses our soul, makes us the compassionate beings. That’s how Moon works in our life, Moon being a luminary, governs over our Emotions, a Healing planet, ruling over the subconscious.
In BPHS Moon has been explained as Windy and Phlegmatic. Learned and has a round body with Auspicious looks and Sweet speech yet Ficklemind. Abodes in Watery places, Cancer a Water sign is its home. Having directional strength in North, 4th House. Moon being placed in 4th House is considered the strongest. Varsha ritu/Rainy season is governed by Moon, the season of Healing & Renewal, as the season changes nature asks us to tune into its flow. Taking a pause and get reflecting upon our emotional health.

Cancer sign is flowing water, it gets debiliated in Scorpio where water is stagnant. Wherever the sign cancer falls in the chart people take decisions on emotional basis and has a tendency to be moody about those significations. Moon signifies Mother, Home, Comfort, Food and Water. Water has no colour or shape it gets along with everything accordingly, Moon driven (Cancer rising, First House Moon, or Moon Atmakarka) people have tendency of easily being influenced by their surroundings, for them it becomes very important to keep in check with the environment they surround with. They don’t take much time to change their patterns as the phases of Moon keep on changing, highly unpredictable, works on Emotional & Intuitive basis. Sign cancer is also connected with Public/Masses and fourth house in natural zodiac is connected with Morals/Ethics/Principles, and Jupiter exalts in Cancer, where ever this sign falls it is very much needed to be ethical and to maintain our principles.

Moon pick energies that’s the reason, moon sign becomes important to analyse our emotional patterns and behaviour through the sign it is associated with.
For example Moon in Virgo would have natural tendency of nitpicking as it the sign of fault finding.

Moon being conjuncted with malefics can bring troubles in the emotional state. For Example Moon with Saturn brings Pessimism, Negative thinking and grudges because of which one keep himself stuck in the loop unless some light of positivity comes in but Saturn with Moon also has the energy of deep thinking which can bring mature thought process. Wherever the moon is in the chart our emotional strings will be connected there. Moon’s state is very much dependent on Sun as it is dependent for its light. Programming of our emotional state become very important, Moon is planet of manifestations also, whatever emotions we feed into ourself comes out as reflection. Moon is the planet of frequently being changed, that’s where it holds the power, through constantly working on our emotional health we can improve and change patterns of our life.