# Moon Bhinnashtakavarga (Chandra BAV): 49 Bindus, and How to Read Them Moon Bhinnashtakavarga explained in depth: the 49-bindu map of mind and emotional wealth, the 1-to-8 result table, the 6th and 11th house wealth signature, and Moon transits. Author: Sandesh · Published: 2026-05-24 · Updated: 2026-08-11 · Section: Ashtakavarga · Category: Timing · Reading time: 4 min · Publisher: Supastro (Quantum Karma), Bangalore, India The Moon's Bhinnashtakavarga is the strength map of your inner life: mental peace, emotional stability, and the fortune that flows through the mind. It distributes 49 bindus across the twelve signs, and the count in the Moon's sign speaks directly to equanimity, resilience, and, in the classics, to the welfare of the mother and to material wealth. Because the Moon rules the very instrument you experience life through, its bindu count colours how a whole decade of a Moon period will feel. Here is the paraphrased classical dial, from fear at the low end to genuine moral courage at the high end. ## What each bindu count means These apply to the sign the Moon occupies, and to signs it transits. The waxing Moon is stronger, so it needs fewer bindus to deliver. | Bindus in the sign it occupies | What the classical texts indicate | | --- | --- | | 1 (very weak) | An anxious, disturbed mind with little peace | | 2 | Strain to the mother, sickness, distress, and disputes | | 3 | The same troubles on a smaller scale; peace still hard to hold | | 4 | The home you live in becomes fortunate and comfortable | | 5 | Mental peace and real moral courage begin | | 6 | Equanimity, high ideals, and a philosophical outlook | | 7 | Depth in sacred knowledge and a generous, philanthropic nature | | 8 (peak) | High courage and a genuinely happy, fortunate life | > **Watch the low end** > > A Moon sitting on 1, 2, or 3 bindus is a real vulnerability marker in the classics, linked to distress, ill health, and disputes, especially if planets crowd the Moon. From 5 bindus upward the mind steadies into peace, courage, and clarity. ## The Moon signature: the wealth of a steady mind The Moon's Ashtakavarga holds one of the most reliable wealth signals in the whole system. A Moon in the 6th or 11th house carrying more than 6 bindus is repeatedly linked to exceptional prosperity, and when Jupiter aspects that Moon, the person tends to become generous with the wealth as well. Lordship sharpens it further: a Moon that also rules the 5th or 9th is especially potent. The historical examples are striking. The industrialist Henry Ford had the Moon as 9th lord in the 6th house with 7 bindus, a textbook prosperity signature. The Duke of Windsor carried the Moon in the 11th with the maximum 8 bindus under Jupiter's aspect. By contrast, a Moon weighed down to 2 bindus and afflicted, as in Karl Marx's chart, is tied in the texts to health worn down by overwork, however brilliant the mind. ## How to read Moon transits with its Ashtakavarga This is where the Moon Bhinnashtakavarga earns its keep. When Moon transits a sign, count the bindus it holds in that sign in its own map. The more bindus, the more the transit supports the mind, comfort and public life; the fewer, the more it struggles. | Bindus in the transited sign | How the transit tends to go | | --- | --- | | 6 to 8 | A strong, supportive passage for the mind, comfort and public life | | 4 to 5 | Mixed and workable, rewarding steady effort | | 0 to 3 | A weak passage where results come with friction | For finer timing, each sign is split into eight parts called kakshas, each ruled by one of the seven planets and the Ascendant. Watching which kaksha the transiting planet is in, and whether that ruler contributed a bindu, narrows a favourable window from a whole month to a specific stretch of days. ## Notable classical combinations A few paraphrased classical markers, always read against the whole chart: | Configuration | Traditional indication | | --- | --- | | Moon in the 6th or 11th with 6+ bindus | Exceptional wealth, generous if Jupiter aspects | | Waxing Moon with 5+ bindus | Comfortable prosperity even at the lower threshold | | Moon in a kendra with 7 to 8 bindus | A learned, capable, and influential life | | Moon with 1 to 3 bindus, crowded by planets | A classic caution point for health and peace | ## How to read it in your chart 1. Read the bindus in the Moon's sign for your baseline mental strength and fortune. 2. Note whether your Moon is waxing or waning, since a bright Moon needs fewer bindus to thrive. 3. For a Moon transit, read the bindus in the sign it is crossing as the weather for mood and comfort. 4. Cross-check with the Sarvashtakavarga of the house and your dasha before concluding anything. ## A note on the heavier classical techniques The classical literature also builds intricate timing methods on each planet's Ashtakavarga, including the Sodya Pinda calculations that traditional astrologers used to estimate longevity and the timing of hard events. We deliberately do not publish death-timing or fear-based calculations. Ashtakavarga is far more useful as a map of strength and opportunity, which houses are genuinely supported and when a transit actually helps, and that is how we put it to work. ## FAQ ### What does the Moon's Ashtakavarga show? Mental peace, emotional resilience, the mother's welfare in the classics, and a reliable signal for wealth through a steady mind. It totals 49 bindus. ### Why is a low Moon bindu count a warning? The texts link 1 to 3 bindus on the Moon to distress, ill health, and disputes, especially when several planets sit with the Moon. It flags an area to support, not a sentence. ### Which house placement builds wealth? A Moon in the 6th or 11th with more than 6 bindus is one of the most dependable prosperity markers, stronger still if the Moon rules the 5th or 9th and Jupiter aspects it. ### Keep reading - [The full Ashtakavarga guide](https://supastro.com/guides/ashtakavarga-explained) — SAV and all seven BAV - [The Sarvashtakavarga master map](https://supastro.com/ashtakavarga/sarvashtakavarga-sav) — All seven maps combined - [How AI reasons across dashas and transits](https://supastro.com/founder-notes/how-ai-reasons-across-dashas-and-transits) — Timing a transit properly - [See your Ashtakavarga](https://supastro.com/dashboard) — Bindus computed per house **See your Moon Ashtakavarga** Build your chart and get your Moon Bhinnashtakavarga and full Sarvashtakavarga computed, house by house. [Open Supastro](https://supastro.com/dashboard) --- > **Read this in context** > > No single house, sign, planet, nakshatra, or placement should ever be read in isolation. Authentic Vedic astrology (Jyotisha) is a deep, multi-layered system that weighs hundreds of interacting data points for real accuracy: the Lagna and its lord, the Moon and its nakshatra, the natural and Jaimini Chara karakas, the Arudha padas, planetary strength (Shadbala and Dig Bala), dignity, house ownership, conjunctions and aspects, combustion and retrogression, the avasthas, and Ashtakavarga, all cross-checked across the sixteen divisional charts (Shodasavarga) and timed with the Vimshottari dasha and the current transits. Any one factor only hints at a tendency; the real verdict emerges from how every layer agrees or disagrees with the others. Treat this guide as education, not a personal prediction. For a reading grounded in your exact chart, build it on Supastro. --- Canonical: https://supastro.com/ashtakavarga/moon-bhinnashtakavarga · Supastro is an AI astrology platform for Vedic astrology (Jyotish), built as Vedic Super Intelligence (SI), by Quantum Karma, Bangalore, India. Chart positions are computed from NASA JPL ephemeris data on the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa. 40 instruments are free to use.