The Karka Moon
Karka is the Moon’s own sign: caring, sensitive and deeply attached to home and family. A Karka Moon feels everything and remembers everything, and its people are natural nurturers. Their gift is emotional depth; their care is not to retreat into their shell when hurt.
Your rasi is the sign the Moon occupied at birth. The Lagna and the rest of the chart shape how it shows up in you.
Transits for Karka now
How the slow planets stand from a Karka Moon as of 6 October 2026, read by the classical rules of gochara.
| Planet | In | House from Moon | Traditional reading | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn | Meena | 9 | Fortune comes slowly; elders need care | 2 June 2027 |
| Jupiter | Karka | 1 | Mixed: relocation and new responsibilities | 31 October 2026 |
| Rahu | Kumbha | 8 | Care needed with sudden changes and hidden matters; avoid shortcuts | 5 December 2026 |
| Ketu | Simha | 2 | Detachment or confusion around family, money and speech; stay grounded | 5 December 2026 |
Sade Sati for Karka
Sade Sati is Saturn’s passage through Mithuna, Karka and Simha, about seven and a half years in all. Dates are Saturn’s exact sidereal sign changes; a brief retrograde return is counted within the same Sade Sati.
| Sade Sati | Rising | Peak | Setting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1943 – 20 September 1950 | 5 August 1943 | 22 September 1945 | 26 July 1948 |
| 10 June 1973 – 27 July 1980 | 10 June 1973 | 23 July 1975 | 7 September 1977 |
| 23 July 2002 – 9 September 2009 | 23 July 2002 | 5 September 2004 | 1 November 2006 |
| 30 May 2032 – 12 July 2039 | 30 May 2032 | 12 July 2034 | 27 August 2036 |
Saturn also asks for care in the 8th from the Moon (Ashtama Shani): 29 April 2022 – 29 March 2025, and the 4th (Kantaka Shani): 27 January 2041 – 30 August 2044.
Check your own Sade SatiKarka in marriage matching
Bhakoot, worth 7 of the 36 gunas, looks at the distance between the two Moon signs. For Karka, a partner in Dhanu or Kumbha is in a 6/8 relationship, Vrischika or Meena 5/9, and Simha or Mithuna 2/12: these give Bhakoot dosha unless the two Moon-sign lords are the same or friends. Any other sign scores the full 7 points.
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