Moon sign (Rashi)
Your Moon sign (Rashi) is the zodiac sign the Moon occupied at the moment of your birth. In India it is what people usually mean by “my rashi”, and it describes the mind and emotions.
Also known as: rasi, chandra rashi, janma rashi
The Moon moves quickly, changing sign about every two and a quarter days, so your Rashi is quite personal. Jyotish links the Moon with manas, the feeling mind: how you react, remember and find comfort. The Moon’s nakshatra, a finer star division within the sign, sets the starting point of your Vimshottari dasha.
In India the Moon sign does much of the everyday work. Daily rashifal is written for it, Sade Sati and other transits are measured from it, and Kundli matching compares the two partners’ Moon signs and nakshatras. The birth chart redrawn with the Moon’s sign as the first house is called the Chandra Kundli.
Your Vedic Moon sign may differ from a Western one, because Jyotish uses the sidereal zodiac. And if the Moon changed sign on the day you were born, only the birth time can tell which side of the line you fall.