Explanation for selection of Moon as the lord of the sign Cancer

Explanation for selection of Moon as the lord of the sign Cancer

The fourth sign Cancer of the Zodiac is cardinal, watery sign of Tamas nature. In a natal chart, the fourth house signifies mother, mind, landed property, domestic happiness, tour, memory based education etc. The quickest stellar body in the Zodiac is Moon which pours light and creates a calm and pleasing atmosphere during night time in absence of the Sun.

Human mind is the most mysterious subject in life. Mind is on the one hand as deep as sea and on the other quickest inner instinct. Again, for very insignificant reason, it takes the shape of on ocean lashed into fury by rolling waves and out of these emotional waves many events, good or bad, may happen. Such emotions are beyond all reasoning and are blind in nature. Therefore, a minute comparison reveals that these characteristics of mind are similar to cardinal watery sign Cancer like the billowy ocean and also quickest compared to the Moon.

For terrestrial life, the seed is energy or fire and the holder is water. In Astrology, these two are signified respectively by the Sun and the Moon. Sun rules over the fifth sign Leo in the Zodiac which being fixed fiery sign of Rajas nature signifies inherent seed of creation. Sun and Moon are considered as the significators of father and the mother respectively in the Zodiac. Therefore, it is very likely that the field of mother like Moon will be adjacent to that of father like Sun i.e. Leo. As such, the twelfth sign from Leo i.e. Cancer is described as being owned by Moon. Because of its Tamasik nature Moon acts as passive factor in creation just like the mother. Again, because of the sign being described as cardinal, it signifies the natural changing tendency of women. Under the action of Moon, plants inclusive of medicinal ones are born on the Earth. As such, in all respect Moon may be well compared with a mother. The rays of Moon during night time create a pleasing atmosphere which can be well compared with domestic happiness and motherly affection. As such, Moon is described to signify mother, domestic happiness and so it is identical with the fourth sign Cancer in the Zodiac in these respects. The impact of Moon on mind becomes very clear from the fact that mental changes of human and also of sub-human beings happen in different lunar days. On some particular lunar day such as full Moon or new Moon, abnormality of lunatic persons and also of some sub-human animals become very apparent and so also on the tidal effects of watery parts of the Earth like sea and also of human body. Fourth sign signifies memory based education. In Hindu Mythology, Moon is described as the disciple of Jupiter, the master of the deities which means that Moon has the characteristics of acquiring education at mental level. Taken all these matters into account, it is clear that the fourth house in a natal chart and the fourth sign Cancer of the Zodiac are totally in tune with the Moon and as such the selection of Moon as the lord of the sign Cancer is quite justified.

The third sign counted from Cancer is Virgo, dual earthy sign of Sattwik nature, the sign of exaltation of Mercury as also its own house. In Virgo, Mercury is materialist and the origin of active energy and the significator of the nerve system. A man becomes totally selfish, sensual and devoid of emotion due to only materialistic attitude and thus becomes inhuman. Therefore, for the purpose of maintaining the creation, rationality must be combined with emotion but emotion without rationality becomes destructive. Therefore, for the interest of maintaining the creation rationality and emotion must act hand-in-hand. Since, according to Astrology, the Zodiac signifies the mankind as the whole, this is reflected in the mutually helping third-eleventh relation between the signs Cancer and Virgo which means the strength and emotions lies in rational material sense and conversely the success of rationality is achieved with the help of emotion.

The twelfth sign counted from Cancer is Gemini, the dual airy sign of Sattwik nature ruled by Mercury. In Gemini, Mercury has child like inquisitiveness to know everything, oscillating mentality etc. while the sign Cancer has unbalanced emotion of Tamas nature, quickly changing mind etc. These characteristics are not only contradictory for those of Gemini, but are equally so for the sign of Cancer. Therefore, the non-cooperating second-twelfth relation between these two signs viz. Gemini and Cancer is quite justified.