From Muṇḍakopaniṣad

ॐ ब्रह्मा देवानां प्रथमं सम्बभूव

विश्व्स्य कर्ता भुवनस्य गोप्ता।

स ब्रह्मविद्यं सर्वविद्याप्रतिष्ठाम्

अथर्वाय ज्येष्ठपुत्राय प्राह॥ १११

om brahmā devānāṁ prathamaṁ sambabhūva

viśvsya kartā bhuvanasya goptā|

sa brahmavidyaṁ sarvavidyāpratiṣṭhām

atharvāya jyeṣṭhaputrāya prāha|| 111

• Let’s begin with the larger picture and then we will go through all the characteristics of the Moon – why it is the Mother and why it is the healer.
• The larger picture is that the Moon is Prakrati – the created universe - Maya.

Sandhi or the transition zone between one bhava and another and between two rashis, is a problematic field of study in jyotish. It is a nebulous area where astrologers have so far failed to throw light on the reasons behind the peculiar nature of planets in sandhi and their effects on people’s lives. Being transitional in nature, sandhis are fuzzy and grey areas and planets placed in them are extremely fragile. They not only provide troublesome lives to their natives, but continue to torment them throughout their lives by being unable to provide the results of their bhavas or their rashis. The asymmetrical juxtaposition of the rashi and bhava chakras complicates the situation further whereby bhavas and rashis overlap each other and planets caught in these points, affect both their rashi and bhava positions. Astrologers have tended to overlook this aspect entirely where planets in sandhi occupying different rashis and bhavas will not yield results of one or the other. It is therefore necessary to examine this phenomenon from closer quarters.