Moon (Chandra)
Chandra is the manokaraka, the significator of the mind, and governs the mother, emotional life, sleep, memory, fluids in the body and general peace of mind. In Tamil practice the Moon’s position at birth fixes both the rasi and the birth nakshatra, which makes it the single most consulted graha in daily astrology. A strong Moon gives calm, popularity and good rest; an afflicted Moon shows as anxiety, disturbed sleep and emotional instability. The temple is the Kailasanathar temple at Thingalur near Thiruvaiyaru, associated with the saint Appar and the devotee Apoothi Adigal. Chandra rules Kadagam, is exalted in Rishabam and debilitated in Viruchigam, and completes the zodiac in about twenty-seven days