The Moon as putrakaraka

The Moon as putrakaraka makes relations with children and students above all emotional: the person senses their state and seeks to surround them with care. Creativity comes in waves, driven by inspiration and mood.

Care as the foundation

The Moon is the indicator of the mind, feelings and nourishment. In the role of putrakaraka it transfers these qualities to everything the person “gives birth to” and raises: children, students, projects. The bond with them is intuitive, warm and sometimes very close — it is hard for the person to let go of someone they have looked after.

How it manifests

• parental sensitivity and attention to the children’s daily life and health;
• students come for support no less than for knowledge;
• creativity connected with home, food, care, music, poetry;
• interest in things already begun rises and falls with one’s mood.

A strong and a weak Moon

A waxing Moon, or a Moon in Cancer or in exaltation in Taurus, usually gives warm, nourishing relationships and a fertile imagination. A waning Moon, or a Moon in Scorpio or next to Saturn and Rahu, may show anxiety about the children, over-protectiveness or fluctuating creative powers. A steady rhythm and the recognition that care includes trust help. Since the Moon sets the Vimshottari dasha, its periods noticeably touch the theme of children and creativity.

On the planet, see the page on the Moon; on how the roles are distributed, the overview of chara karakas. You can see your putrakaraka after the chart calculation.