What is Moon Sign - Moon Sign Importance (Basis of Vedic Astrology)

In the Kundali, the sign in which Moon is located is called Moon sign. It is also known as Birth sign. In Vedic astrology, Moon is considered the most important out of all the planets. It is also given the Name Sign. Because, as per astrology, Moon sign is the basis of naming a child. Name beginning from the alphabet of a Nakshatra’s Pad where Moon is located during birth, decides the birth sign name of an individual.

Moon sign or Rashi is one of the basic and defining parameters used in Indian astrology. Since Moon changes its sign after every 2 & 1/4 days, the vedic astrologers use its movement as a base parameter instead of Sun which moves from one house to next in a month's time. In Vedic Astrology the placement of the moon in a particular sign in the birth chart represents the Moon sign for the native.