𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑯𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏

Gratitude: I thank God and my guru for blessing me with this knowledge and wisdom.
As we all know, moon is the karaka of water in jyotish. 70% of earth is water and same is the case with our bodies. 70 % of our body comprises of water. And rest 30 % is what we eat. And basically, what we eat is also moon.
Moon is the karaka of nurturing; it nurtures us like a mother. Moon also is our mind, as mentioned in the shloka below, our mind creates our body.
मनः सृजति वै देहान् गुणानि कर्माणि चात्मनः। तन्मनः सृजते माया ततो जीवस्य संसृतिः॥
(मन ही शरीर, गुण, कर्म और माया का सृजन करता है, जिससे जीव का संसार में बंधन होता है।)
Our body is made of what we eat, our food habits, in ayurveda, it is mentioned how our mind is going to be depends on our food habits. Ayurveda divides food in 3 guna, Sattva, Rajas and tamas.
Now the same rule applies in jyotish, sattva grahs (Sun, Jupiter) are the benefics, rajas grahas (Moon, Venus, Mercury) are the ones which provide luxury and the last ones are tamas the malefics (Mars, Saturn, Rahu & Ketu).
But moon specifically plays the most important role in our food habits, as moon sitting with any planet will provide us that kind of results. Moon well placed, exalted, own house, gives good eating habits, person will take care of his/her diet and nutrition. Waxing moon gives desire to consume more of junk food, while waning moon activates more sattva, it gives you the desire to eat clean sattvic food.
Moon mars combination person will eat quickly, might have arguments while eating or on dinner table. Moon Mars person will try to eat his food in a rush approach always. Moon with Saturn combination person will not be able to enjoy his food, his approach towards food will be like, I eat just to survive. Moon Saturn person will like cold or stale food also. Moon rahu person will be obsessed with food most of the times. Moon rahu can will also make food bloggers, showing off their food before eating is more important to them.
While moon ketu person will eat in the times of anxiety or depression to overcome it. Moon with any malefic and you will consume more tamsic food. You will not be bothered about the nutrition. You will just eat to satisfy your tastebuds.
Moon with benefics and you will consume food with consciousness. Moon Jupiter, you will enjoy good sattvic food. Venus moon, and you will enjoy rajsik foods like fried items more. If both venus and moon are without any malefic effects, person will be extremely picky and conscious about diet. For Venus looks matter. Moon mercury person will be choosy like a small kid. They will like to add colourful foods to their plate, to make it look attractive. Their food habits will always be like a toddler, they will enjoy decoration and more salads in their diet.
According to our religion, food is consumed as prashad, we are supposed to pray before eating, and thank to each and every person responsible behind your one meal on plate. For us food should be freshly prepared while remembering god, it should be sattvic (without onion & Garlic), and we should eat only on fixed time of the day. Morning and evening, when our digestive fire, the Jattharagni is most active so that the food we have consumed is easily digested before we go to the bed.
In today’s times it is impossible to follow all these rules and regulations but we should be very particular about our food habits, this automatically heals our mind and body. We should be aware how and our food is coming from. This will activate the planet healing instantly. Moon is the fastest moving planet, and any correction in our diet gives quick results. In the end, I would like to add this small shloka which we all can say and pray before we start eating our food.
ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् । ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥
“The act of offering is Brahman, the oblation is Brahman, the instrument of offering is Brahman, and the fire into which the offering is made is also Brahman. For one who is thus absorbed in the actions of Brahman, he reaches Brahman alone.”