What are the effects of Moon and Mars conjunction?

Hari Om Namo Narayana!

(Narendra Modi, India’s 14th Prime Minister, has Mars-Moon conjunction in the first house.)

Moon and Mars together form an auspicious conjunction called the ‘Chandra-Mangala yoga’.

Why is this auspicious?

Well the mind on its own tends to be fickle and impressionable. That’s the nature of the mind.

Those of you who regularly follow my answers and posts will know that I often say ‘Vedic’ astrology, is not just one book that you read and say Ok! now I know everything. To understand it in depth with the right ‘context’, one has to understand all the scriptures that make the backbone of this knowledge, not just predictive texts.

And so, quoting from one of my favorite texts:

‘Bhagvada Gita’ 6.34:

“chañchalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛiṣhṇa pramāthi balavad dṛiḍham
tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva su-duṣhkaram”

“The mind is very restless, turbulent, strong and obstinate, O ‘Krishna’. It appears to me that it is more difficult to control than the wind.” says ‘Arjuna’.

Don’t take this statement lightly because it comes from ‘Arjuna’ and not ‘Krishna’. ‘Arjuna’ is considered to be the best among the ‘Pandavas’ and a part of ‘Krishna’ himself.

He is described as a model warrior and model citizen.

If he makes this observation, experiencing what he is at the brink of the biggest moment in his life, you can understand the realization that has dawned upon him.

Acknowledging his observation, ‘Krishna’ answers in the affirmative:

Bhagvada Gita 6.35:

“śhrī bhagavān uvācha
asanśhayaṁ mahā-bāho mano durnigrahaṁ chalam
abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa cha gṛihyate”

“O mighty-armed son of ‘Kunti’, what you say is correct; the mind is indeed very difficult to restrain. But by practice and detachment, it can be controlled.”

Now this is why Moon when it has no planet 2nd and 12th from it in the chart, is considered to be in a bad placement.
Nothing ‘bad’ about it as such. It just makes you an individual who likes to stay withdrawn and such individuals take some time to develop their thought process in line with societal and material requirements. The mind left alone takes a while to come to equilibrium. Much like a pool of water after you throw a rock in it, takes time to completely become still again. The mind actually works better with ‘direction’.
- Jupiter, Mercury are considered good with the Moon. Mainly because Jupiter expands the mind with knowledge and positivity and Mercury lends the mind a natural inquisitiveness.
Saturn with the Moon interestingly isn’t that bad and many successful individuals have this combination. Saturn Moon people can be a little more serious than others though. However they are usually very good in analytical, patient and long drawn out tasks. They can be very good managers and this applies as much to managing a film set as it does to managing a factory.
Sun is okay with the Moon up to a certain degree. However, as with Saturn who dries whichever planet it sits with, the Sun has a tendency to burn the planets it sits with.
- Apart from that, still okay.
- These planets are good even when second from the Moon as they provide the Moon with a direction for growth. Yes some will lend tougher lessons in that regard for example Saturn second from Moon. However it is still better than putting the Moon alone or putting them 12th from the Moon(with the exception of Jupiter) so that the Mind is constantly being ‘held back’ rather than having a direction to ‘grow towards’.
Now here’s the interesting part.
- Venus in a conjunction isn’t that good with the Moon. It’s good both 12th and 2nd from it though but seldom if ever in a conjunction.
- Neither are either of the nodes and with similar conditions (Which is pretty understandable and I won’t go into much detail about that here.)
- But Venus? Really? Both Moon and Venus appear to have similar agendas. Don’t they?
  - Hmm interesting.
  - Do they?
  - Well, Venus is a ‘soft planet’ on its own and conjunct the Moon, results in an extra sensitive mind.

See the mind works well when it has structure and discipline.
This is why the Moon is exalted in the sign of Taurus, which is a fixed, Earth sign.
Moon even in Cancer, if alone, is usually very sensitive and emotional.

So now when the Moon is with Mars, it is actually in a very good position.
Mars represents drive, instinct and focus.
All of these are positive attributes that help an individual achieve whatever there is to achieve in the material plane.
On top of that, Mars and Moon are both ‘devas’ and from the same planetary group therefore they do well together as they are friendly with each other.
So when Mars is conjunct the Moon, the impressionable Moon is influenced in all the right ways by the planet of action and focus.
The result is usually a person who is very practical, alert, agile, logical and analytical.
These individuals can be great in any field of their choice.
- They are very good when it comes to managing crises.
- Thanks to the influence of Mars, they often encounter a lot of crises in their lifetime too. So they learn to deal with better than others.
Now, Mars can signify a variety of fields career wise as it is primarily your drive and focus. So as indicated by other planetary placements in the chart, Mars just lends the impetus required to be successful in whichever area the individual’s free will is aligned towards.
Depending on the house and sign placement of this conjunction in the chart, a Mars and Moon conjunction can result in a person, who is anywhere from a linguist to a computer programmer or doctor.
Whatever the individual does however, they are usually very good at.
The biggest gift of this conjunction is the ability to focus and direct the mind towards the attainment of clear objectives.
Now obviously, other planets and especially the nodes, if involved in this conjunction can change the significations a lot and to analyze that, the entire chart would need to be thoroughly analyzed. The ‘nakshatra’ placements and the proximity of the conjunction also is very important to determine whether the conjunction stays that way even in the D-9 chart or not.