Moon rules houses 7 for Capricorn rising — mildly malefic. The rules behind that verdict, dasha themes and how it compares with the other planets.
✦ Generate My Free Birth ChartFor Capricorn rising, Moon comes out net-challenging. It rules Cancer (the 7th house), so its Mahadasha (10 years) concentrates on marriage and partnerships.
Each rule below is applied in turn; the verdict is the sum. Positive numbers support the planet, negative ones weigh against it.
| Rule applied | Weight |
|---|---|
| Cancer is the 7th house (Kendra / Maraka) | 0.0 |
| Kendradhipati dosha: Moon is a natural benefic owning the 7th (a kendra), which dilutes its benefic nature | -1.0 |
| The lagna lord Saturn regards Moon as a natural enemy | -0.5 |
| Net score → Mildly Malefic | -1.50 |
Cancer — house 7 (Kendra / Maraka). The 7th house governs marriage and partnerships. Whatever Moon promises or withholds in a chart tends to be delivered through these matters.
| Planet | Houses ruled | Functional reading |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 8 | Functional Malefic |
| Moon | 7 | Mildly Malefic (maraka) |
| Mars | 4 & 11 | Mildly Malefic (badhaka) |
| Mercury | 6 & 9 | Functional Benefic |
| Jupiter | 3 & 12 | Functional Malefic |
| Venus | 5 & 10 | Yogakaraka |
| Saturn | 1 & 2 | Lagna Lord — Benefic (maraka) |
Rahu and Ketu own no signs, so they have no lordship to classify; they act through the sign lord of the sign they occupy and the planets they join (see Rahu & Ketu in KP).
In the Vimshottari system Moon's Mahadasha lasts 10 years out of the 120-year cycle. For Capricorn rising it activates the 7th house (marriage and partnerships). Expect those areas to need extra care and effort; the sub-lords of the period and the transits at the time decide which way it actually goes. See Moon Mahadasha for the period itself.
Capricorn is a movable sign, so its Badhaka (obstruction) house is the 11th, whose sign is Scorpio and whose lord is Mars. Moon is not the Badhaka lord. The Maraka lords for Capricorn rising are Saturn (2nd) and Moon (7th); Moon is one of them.
In KP astrology, ruling a house by sign is only the weakest of the four levels a planet can signify through (the others are occupying it and the star-lord links). A mildly malefic reading by lordship is useful context, but the sub-lord chain in the actual chart is what decides outcomes. See Significators in KP and Sub-Lord Theory.