What are the effects of ‘Chandra Grahana Yoga’ (Moon-Ketu conjunction) in horoscope? What spiritual purpose & karma does it indicate?

Hari Om Namo Narayana!

(Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has South Node ‘Ketu’ conjunct the Moon in his chart in the 5th house)

Although the conjunction of the Moon with either of the nodes shows that the native was born around the period of an eclipse or an an eclipse, the meanings change when you have the South node ‘Ketu’ conjunct it or the North node ‘Rahu’ conjunct it.

See the North node is the energy of the soul’s future ‘karma’.

• It represents what the soul is here to learn, what the soul is here to develop and grow through.
• This means that the planets in general not just the Moon, when they are conjunct the North node, those aspects of the individual’s consciousness need to be developed in this lifetime as part of the physical experience on the material plane.
• In the same way, conjunctions with the South node show a mastery over those aspects of consciousness and energy achieved through past lifetimes.
  • This creates a difference in the experience of dealing and channeling these energies and therefore produce their own set of problems.

I have just written an answer about this conjunction occurring in the 7th house and you are encouraged to check that out as well if you’d like to understand this conjunction deeper.

See now the thing that happens is, when an individual has the the South node conjunct the Moon, we can say that this individual has developed a mastery of lunar traits and qualities through previous incarnations.

What are ‘lunar’ traits and qualities?

Intuition

• Extra Sensory Perception
• Psychic Awareness
• Psychological Awareness
• Emotional Intelligence
• Occult and Mysticism

You may also include aspects of the Moon’s inherent qualities such as those of medicine, chemicals, nurturing and healing etc. however the expression of those qualities vary based on the ‘nakshatra’ and sign placement.

The ‘Moon’ is essentially identified as the ‘mind’ and therefore these qualities listed above are some of the least common denominator of lunar traits across different types of aspects conjunctions and placements.

• So now, what happens is that when the South node is conjunct any planet, you are kind of ‘stuck’ with those qualities even in this lifetime.
  • For example, people who have the South node conjunct Mars may be inherently aggressive individuals even though they are trying to overcome this trait and ‘break free’ from this stereotypical mould that they have been cast in over multiple lifetimes, it’s still very much there.
• I have written a lot of answers about ‘Rahu’ and conducted a lot of research on the topic of mental health and astrology. You are encouraged to read my work to understand deeper multiple aspects of these placements. So, one thing about the North node is that this is what you are meant to ‘grow into’.
• The South node is what you are supposed to ‘let go of’.
  • You are in this lifetime therefore, supposed to let go of the South node and embrace the North node and all its significations and qualities as indicated by its placement in your chart.
  • The only thing is, at least in the early part of life, this is not going to be possible.
• So people with South Node conjunct their Moon have no ‘choice’ in the psychic abilities that are thrust upon them.
  • This usually starts around the age of 18 when the first nodal transit takes place.
    • This can also start earlier if let’s say the native is born in a ‘nakshatra’ ruled by the South node and therefore goes through ‘Ketu’ MD early in life or Moon MD.
• This is the time when a transiting North and South node activate the natal North and South node by transiting right on top of them for the first time in the native’s life.
  • This is accompanied by a huge reprioritization and ‘shift’ in the native’s consciousness, life focus and priorities.
  • The native suddenly becomes aware of their inherent strengths and suddenly begins to face problems in the area of their North node by running into problems.
    • So basically, the individual suddenly is awakened to a whole bunch of psychic abilities based on their placements in the chart which could be for some clairvoyance, for others it could be clairaudience etc.

The problem is, these are not ‘normal’ powers to awaken to.

• The process of awakening to the powers of the planet conjunct with ‘Ketu’ is in any case not a good experience because you are supposed to let go of these traits in this life time.
• So let’s say you have South node conjunct Saturn.
  • You are forced into a position where you must exercise discipline, patience and punctuality, order etc. because events in your life happen in a way that the soul only knows how to handle these situations in the physical experience by tapping into what it has learnt in past lifetimes.
• So let’s say this is happening for an individual with Saturn conjunct the South node. That is still manageable although may be filled with sorrow.
  • Let’s say this is happening for an individual with the South node conjunct Mars. That is in no way comfortable because circumstances in your life are pushing you in a place where you are forced to ‘fight’, forced to ‘focus’, forced to ‘defend’ yourself and ‘fight back’.
    • This is still manageable I daresay because it is still a material experience and you can seek counseling and you can seek to heal the physical impact these events have had in your life in some way and people at least licensed qualified professionals are taught how to deal with it.

When this happens for someone with South node conjunct the Moon?

• You suddenly start ‘seeing’ things, ‘hearing’ things, ‘sensing’ things, ‘knowing’ things for no particular reason. Vivid dreams, Vivid visions, fears, unexplained detachment, lack of emotion, lack of connection with the world and people around you.
• Guess what, now you are branded in most cases as mentally unstable.
• The diagnosis can range from anywhere from schizophrenia to bipolarity and ADHD.
• You are required to take ‘medications’ that quite often do more harm than good and the stigma, the lack of understanding and the lack of empathy from even your own parents sometimes who simply want to institutionalize you is crippling and scarring.

I do not mean to say that proper medical, clinical mental health remedies shouldn’t be resorted to.

Not at all.

I am simply trying to demonstrate how the world views ‘awakenings’ of different sorts.

Now, not all individuals go through such a bad process.

Mostly, natives will turn to religion and spirituality because that’s the first thing that comes to mind to ‘ease the pain’.

1. Problem is, neglected individuals may turn to drug abuse to ‘numb the pain’ even suicide.
2. It’s so hard to make anyone understand and relate with you’re growing through mentally that 90% of people are just going to misunderstand you because they cannot ‘see’ what is happening to you.
3. Ultimately a lot of these individuals, if there are other good benefic influences in their chart, learn to harness these energies and even develop them further.
4. These individuals grow up to be great psychiatrists, psychologists, psychics, healers, spirituality teachers, counsellors, astrologers, readers, researchers and such.
5. After a certain age, with the right guidance and developing the right spiritual practices and spiritual awareness and spiritual knowledge, you can actually use this conjunction’s power to become somebody like Marvel’s Dr. Strange. haha

Yes I’m lightening the mood. It is necessary.

It is necessary to highlight as well that if you are above 30 or 35 and still struggle in dealing with the energies of this conjunction, you need to spend time developing your spiritual gifts.

If you do that, at 48 when the South node matures, you have a very good chance of reaching the pinnacle of success as per the goals you had set and imagined for yourself early in life.

As always, please do bear in mind that suggestions and insights for people with this conjunction will vary according to the specific placements of planets in their chart.

I hope this answers your question.

Hari Om Namo Narayana!