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The Debilitated Debilitated Moon M oon by Ali Alison Berker Berker ( premav premavrat ratiini@ya @yah hoo.com oo.com)) All debilitated planets require a careful and thorough analysis to assess their impact in a life. Not all debilitated planets are created equal -- some offer tremendous gifts and some offer only suffering. One has only to contemplate the fact that Raphael had four debilitated plan planets ets to to un understan derstand d that that th their eir im impli plication cationss can vary widel widely y. When analyzing a debilitated planet, it is very important to consider the strength and positi position on of the the disposi dispositor tor,, any any compen compensator satory y stren streng gths ths the the debil debilitated tated plan planet et possesse possesses, s, any aspecting planets, and whether or not the planet has neecha bhanga or neecha bhan bhang ga raja raja yog yogaa and and if if so, how how man many y neecha eecha bhan bhang gas operate, operate, and and the the condi conditi tion on of the the bhan bhang ga gran granti tin ng plan planet( et(s). s). In In the the case of the the Moon, Moon, one one mu must also also consi consider der wh whether ether th the Moon is waxing or waning and whether it is bright or dark. Because the condition of the Moon is so crucial to the wellbeing of an individual generally, it requires a particularly careful analysis when it appears debilitated. The Moon debilitates in Scorpio. One can ascribe a general flavor to Moon in Scorpio, but but wh whether ether th the qual qualiities ties of that that fl flavor avor wi will work work well well or poorl poorly for an indiv dividual dual depends depends on all of the above factors as well as the house rulership and position of the Moon in a given rashi. Scorpio is the natural ruler of the eighth house and as such is associated with eighth house themes -- death, the occult, things which are hidden, scandal, sex, power, other people's money, deep grief, trauma, loss, inescapable difficulty, secrets and a certain capacity for vengeance. The scorpion is a creature that lives alone mostly in dark underground places, who surfaces at night. Scorpions are not particularly aggressive except when acquiring prey, when surprised (in which case they will deliver a nasty sting before before ru running off off,) and and when when havi aving sex. sex. Someti Sometim mes scorpi scorpion onss sti sting thei theirr mate mate to to death during the sexual act. These qualities add the themes of ingestion of drugs and other poison poisons, s, loaded loaded sexu sexuali ality and and a capacity capacity for lash lashiing out. out. Scorpio is a fixed water sign. Water and fixity do not go well together except in the case of ice, which is very cold. Otherwise "fixed water" is stagnant water, producing rot, algae and mosquitoes. Water is the element most closely associated with emotion. Emotions www.jyotish.ws/wisdom/debilitated-moon.html

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must flow gracefully in order for a life to be successful. Both water and emotion produce rot when they stagnate, which in turn attracts the kinds of low level beings and energies that are drawn towards rot. The Moon debilitates in Scorpio because it rules the emotional mind. mind. All other factors being equal, the Moon in Scorpio will cause a person's emotions to become become deep, dark, dark, my mysteri sterious ous and and very very hard for for a person person to let let go go of or chan chang ge. Also, Also, because because debil debilitated tated plan planets ets hav havee a certai certain n inherent erent vu vulnerabil erability, ty, in in the the Moon thi this translates into exceptional emotional sensitivity which then translates into grudge holding over pain. The classic debilitated Moon archetype is just that, a deeply sensitive person given to great emotional intensity which they attempt to hide or disguise who is often broodin brooding over over percei perceiv ved hu hurts, rts, the the gen general eral sadness sadness of the the worl world, d, or dark dark sexu sexual fantasies. On the high side, this kind of emotional awareness can be transmuted into tremendous compassion for the suffering of other beings, a great forgiveness for self and others, an acute awareness of the feelings of other beings, a willingness to sacrifice the self for God or others - the bodhisattva mentality, and/or great artistic sensibility. On the low side, the debilitated Moon can represent madness, sexual depravity, sexually transmitted diseases, murderous vengeance, prostitution, the Mafia and the like. Below are chart examples. See the charts below or visit: http://jyotish.ws/materials/chartw.html Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh, one of the most famous artists the world knows now, embodies many debilita debilitate ted d Moon t hemes. hemes. Were his birth time to be moved forward four minutes, his ascendant would become Cancer, making the Moon the ruler of is chart. Whether or not that is the case, he could be the poster child for the debilitated Moon. Before he was a painter, he was a pastor of great religious sentiment who tried to live in a truly Christian way, sleeping on the floor on st raw and preac hing hing to t o miner miners. s. In his late twenties, he took up painting. He was plagued all his life with deep despair and episodes of mental illness. He was chronically poor, often smelly and dirty, and drank far too much. During his lifetime, he sold only two of his paintings. He depended on his brother Theo for financial support. He is famous for having cut off his own ear. He eventually died by his own hand. He shot himself in the chest and died two days later. His brother reported his last words as, "La tristesse durera toujours" - the sadness will last forever.

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His debilitated Moon resides at 28:55 of Scorpio, making it very nearly gandanta. gandanta. It is aspect ed by no planet planet and there is no planet in an angle from it. It is bright but waning. If the ascendant were Gemini, the Moon would have three neecha bhangas, but if it were Cancer, it would have none. The dipositor, Mars, is in the sign of a friend with and exalted benefic, but unfortunately, it does not aspect the Moon. Picasso, Raphael, O'Keefe, Corot, and Rembrandt embrandt also had debilita debilitate ted d Moons. Al Pacino Al Pacino's debilitated Moon has expressed itself mainly through his acting career. He is known as "smoldering" and "sensitive. " His single mother was ill when he was a child, and in the early years of his stardom, he did go through a period of drug excess, but mostly he has portrayed an endless series series of c harac haracters ters t hat embody embody eighth eighth house themes: Mafiosos, drug lords and even Satan himself. His debilitated Moon is at 28:39 of Scorpio. It is waning but very bright and it is opposed by own sign Venus in Taurus and Mars, who is its dispositor. These combinations make some very powerful yogas and provide a lot of protection to the Moon, greatly softening its impact. Expanding the definition of neecha bhanga raja yoga to include placement of the debilitated planet in a trine, Pacino's Moon also has two good neecha bhanga raja yogas.

Elizabeth Clare Prophet Prophet Elizabeth Clare Prophet was the head of a New Age religion of some renown. Starting as a child, she had visions, and went t o every single single church and synagogue in her t own looking looking for spiritual spiritual answers. She eventually ev entually married a man who had started his own religion and took it over for him. She ran a huge outfit in Montana that required austere living for all of its constituents, including early rising, hard work, lots of prayer and meditation, strict limits on sexual behavior and the www.jyotish.ws/wisdom/debilitated-moon.html

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gift of all assets to the church. She claimed to be able to foretell the apocalypse. Ardent church members built huge bomb shelters on the ranch in Montana. She was frequently beset by scandal. Her Moon is at 21:00 of Scorpio. It is unaspected and hemmed by malefics, but it does participate in a weak Kesari yoga by virtue of the fact that Jupiter is four signs away and it does have a neecha bhanga formed by Mars who is in the sign of a friend. Chandrasekhar Saraswati, Saraswati, the Sage of Kanchi, Kanchi, 68th 68t h Jagadguru Jagadg uru in the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam A very famous Indian saint and guru. An astrol ast rologer oger read Chandrasekhar Chandrasekhar Saraswati's chart when he was a child, and fell at the boy's feet. The astrologer astrologer told the parents parents t hat t he whole world would bow before their son. He has a very nearly full debilitated Moon in the fourth house. His Moon is at 14:00 of Scorpio, putting it in the nakshatra of Anuradha, a nakshat nakshatra ra with deep spiritual spiritual leanings. leanings. Because it is at 14:00 it is also very, very close t o t he very brig bright ht red star st ar Antares which resides there. His fullish Moon is opposed by the Sun, Jupiter and Mercury. Moon thereby participates in a powerful Kesari yoga. Plus the Moon is is aspec ted by Saturn, it it is vargottama and again aspected by Saturn in the navamsha. Moon in a navnasha navnasha of Mars aspect ed by Satur Sat urn n is a very powerful spiritual yoga. This chart represents the very high side of the debilitated Moon.

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