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Amavasya Birth and the Dark Moon
Amavasya dosha means birth at the new Moon, when the Sun and Moon occupy the same rashi and the Moon's paksha bala is at its low. The condition is a tithi, not a house curse.

A tithi, not a bhava
Amavasya is the new Moon. The Sun and Moon stand together, and the Moon has little reflected light. Charts born then are sometimes said to carry Amavasya dosha, meaning a Moon with weak paksha bala. The mind, which is the Moon, can be harder for other people to read, and the native may feel that too. This is not the eighth house of longevity and not the seventh of marriage. If your chart was not born on Amavasya, the dosha is not formed, and there is no disadvantage to borrow from someone else's tithi.
The house still rules the result
A dark Moon in the tenth house of career meets the public with a quiet face. A dark Moon in the fourth house of home keeps feeling indoors, which can be peace or isolation. The sign lord of the conjunction, and whether the Moon is combust as well as new, changes the weight. Jupiter's aspect is a classical support. None of this is a list of disasters, and none of it is a disease. Families that treat Amavasya birth as unmarriageable are using a tithi as a moral grade.
The Moon's ten years
Moon mahadasha lasts 10 years and is when paksha weakness is most personal. A Sun mahadasha of 6 years emphasizes the conjunction from the solar side, authority and the father. Remedies, if any, follow the Moon: modest Monday conduct, not a fear rite. Lahiri sidereal signs decide whether Sun and Moon share a rashi. A calendar Amavasya in a tropical ephemeris can disagree with the sidereal conjunction by a sign near the edges.
Frequently asked questions
When is Amavasya dosha present?
When birth falls at the new Moon, Sun and Moon in the same rashi, so paksha bala is low. If that tithi is absent, the dosha is not formed.
Does it ruin marriage?
Marriage is the seventh house. A dark Moon is a tithi condition of the mind. It is not a substitute for the seventh.
Which period makes it most felt?
The Moon mahadasha of 10 years. The Sun's 6 years emphasize the same conjunction from the Sun's side.
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