Kemadruma yoga (Kemadruma dosha)
Kemadruma yoga forms when no planet except the Sun, Rahu or Ketu sits with the Moon or in the signs on either side of it. It is linked with feeling unsupported, and classical texts list many cancellations.
Also known as: Kemdrum yoga, Kemadrum yog, Kemdrum dosh
The Moon stands for the mind and emotional support. Classical texts name Sunapha (a planet in the 2nd from the Moon), Anapha (in the 12th) and Durudhara (both). When the 2nd and 12th from the Moon are empty and no planet joins the Moon, it is said to stand alone: Kemadruma. The Sun, Rahu and Ketu do not count.
The old descriptions are harsh, speaking of poverty and hardship. Modern astrologers read it far more gently: periods of feeling on one’s own, or of having to build one’s own support. It is also very often cancelled.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika cancel it (Kemadruma bhanga) when a planet stands in a kendra from the ascendant or from the Moon, and later authorities add others, such as Jupiter aspecting the Moon. In most charts at least one of these applies: our Kundli reports Kemadruma only when none does, which leaves about one chart in a hundred.
So if a report mentions Kemadruma, check whether it is cancelled before giving it weight. Even uncancelled, it is one factor among many, not a forecast of hardship.