Depression: Causes and Remedies in Astrology

Depression: Causes and Remedies in Astrology

Depression is very common now a day. Everyone experiences depression and stress in his life. Depression is a feeling of sadness and lack of interest. Depression affects how the person feels, behaves and thinks. Depression can lead to emotional, psychological and physical problems. People with depression find it hard to go about their day-to-day activities and many of them may also feel that life is not worth living. Their normal functioning is undermined to such an extent that both they and those who care about them are affected by it. According to MediLexicon's Medical Dictionary, depression is: "a mental state or chronic mental disorder characterized by feelings of sadness, loneliness, despair, low self-esteem, and self-reproach; accompanying signs include psychomotor retardation (or less frequently agitation), withdrawal from social contact, and vegetative states such as loss of appetite and insomnia."

In a Laymen language depression is caused when we don’t get the things we want. They also feel like they must be responsible for everything essentially feeling as though they hold the world on their shoulders. When they don't live up to their own expectations, the guilt sets in, this makes the situation worse. Depression is a universal experience. Most of us experience depression up to some degree or another during the course of our life. If a person is strong-willed, they will come over it easily if not, it can be fatal, can give birth to suicidal tendency also. Sometimes people asked me why some people have the ability to meet challenges and transition while others become bitter and hopeless if it was destined by the planets in the birth chart. Tendency of getting depression can also be found in a horoscope. In Astrology there are several indicators that strongly suggest the timing and onset for depression. 

Main Planets and Houses that caused depression

Saturn signifies limitations, restrictions, structure, authority, discipline, boundary, striving, responsibilities, depression, and stability in astrology. Saturn is known as the great malefic planet. It is a planet which gives you results of your karma, for good karma it rewards and for bad karma it punish. When it makes connection with Moon through its sign, conjunction, and aspect or through nakshatra it causes depression during its transit and dasha.
Depression is mostly a psychological phenomenon. Moon is the psyche planet. It deals with our emotions, our desires and our expectations. Moon is a watery planet. It represents our emotions, attitude towards life, relationship with the mother or nature of mother, application of thoughts and ideas, presentation skills and ability to enjoy things. Anxiety, over emotional nature, inability to enjoy life, lack of confidence, insecurity and over-possessiveness are some of the indications of bad condition of Moon in ones horoscope. Badly placed Moon can cause a lot of mental and emotional problems that go a long way in weakening our body. If your mind is unhealthy then you're bound to have lots of physical problems sooner or later. Headaches, migraines, palpitations, pain in the neck, body and joints are some of the most common ailments that a bad moon causes. It causes deficiency of calcium. Psychiatrists and astrologers will both generally agree that a major factor in depression is the feeling of powerlessness. For the psychological approach, getting the sense of empowerment can only help the person to come over from the situation of depression.

Some other important factors related to depression in astrology

·       Ascendant represents brain and the manner in which brain thinks and works.

·       Moon plays very important role in our life as it governs our emotions.

·       4th house represents mental peace, happiness and comforts.

·       6th, 8th or 12th houses are malefic places in the horoscope

A person will suffer from depression when Moon is badly placed in his horoscope i.e. in 6th, 8th or 12th house, conjunction with the malefic planets specially Saturn, aspect of malefic planets on Moon, Moon is hemmed between malefic planets, Moon is placed alone in a House with no other planets on either side, Moon is posited with Sun. In these cases Moon loses its power and native feels depressed. Situation becomes more severe when along with Moon; ascendant is badly afflicted with malefic planets either with placement or with aspect. If 4th house is weak and 4th house or its lord is under the malefic influence the native will usually suffer from depression and stress in life. If proper remedies are performed, a person can feel relief from depression and stressful life.

Remedies

1. Wear Moon stone with the consultation of an astrologer;
2. Remedies to strengthen 4th house should be undertaken;
3. Remedies to strengthen the Ascendant should be undertaken.
4. Remedies to strengthen the Moon should be undertaken.

5.     Donate milk, sugar, rice, white cloth to the needy.

6.     Do meditation and Pranayam daily.

Many other remedies are also there which can be performed according to the need as per the horoscope after consulting to the astrologer.

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