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Habits of Mind and an Afflicted Moon
A habit of mind that will not let go is read from the Moon joined with Saturn, Rahu, or Ketu. The Moon's sign colors the habit. A list of twelve rashis, one annoyance each, does not find that Moon.
The Moon is the habit
The Moon is the mind, the mother, and the daily reflex. Its sign shows the style: a Moon in a fixed sign holds a routine, a Moon in a movable sign starts and drops, a Moon in a dual sign does both. Those are qualities of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius for fixed, and of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn for movable. They are not a comedy roster. The annoyance appears when the Moon is afflicted. Saturn on the Moon stiffens the reflex. Rahu exaggerates it. Ketu detaches it until the person seems absent.
The house tells you where it shows
Moon in the 7th makes the habit a marriage habit. Moon in the 10th makes it a public one. Moon in the 1st makes it the face people meet. The same Saturn-Moon conjunction is a different complaint in each house. Mercury afflicted with the Moon adds speech that will not stop, because Mercury is speech. Mars with the Moon adds hurry and temper. None of this requires ranking five signs as the dramatic ones. Rank the affliction, then name the house.
The dasha decides if it is loud this year
The Moon's mahadasha lasts 10 years. Saturn's lasts 19. Rahu's lasts 18. A natal Moon-Saturn conjunction is a capacity for a heavy mind all the time, and it is the chapter of life when one of those lords is running. Outside that period another graha may outtalk it. Sade Sati, Saturn transiting the 12th, 1st, and 2nd from that same Moon, is the transit version of pressure on the mind. It is weather inside the dasha, not a new personality.
Frequently asked questions
Do the twelve signs have assigned bad habits?
The signs have qualities: movable, fixed, or dual. A compulsive habit is an afflicted Moon, read with the house it occupies.
Which conjunctions are the ones to check?
Moon with Saturn, Moon with Rahu, and Moon with Ketu. Mars or an afflicted Mercury beside the Moon changes the style of the habit.
When is the habit loudest?
In the mahadasha of the Moon, Saturn, or Rahu, depending on which planet afflicts the Moon, and during Sade Sati from that Moon.
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