When exalted Moon is placed in the twelfth house in a horoscope, Gemini rises in the ascendant. Exalted Moon is benefic in the twelfth house in many cases though it may turn malefic in some cases. This generally happens when Moon is afflicted by malefic planets, such as through conjunction and/or aspects. As the number of malefic planets and the strengths of such planets increase, Moon may become more malefic.
If exalted Moon is afflicted by two or more than two malefic planets in the twelfth house, it may turn significantly or highly malefic. Apart from that, the overall theme of horoscope having such exalted Moon can also turn it malefic in some cases, when such theme is highly malefic. The concept of benefic planets turning malefic due to influences of malefic planets has been explained in Manglik Dosh section of the book ‘Match Making and Manglik Dosh (Revised Edition)’.
Let’s look at some results which may be given by exalted Moon in the twelfth house when it is benefic. Such benefic exalted Moon can give good results related to mother, family, profession, finances, marriage, spiritual growth, foreign settlement and several other good results, depending on the overall horoscope. Looking at the sphere of profession, such benefic exalted Moon can render creative abilities to the native and he may succeed in various types of creative fields, depending on his overall horoscope.
Taking an example for female native, suppose benefic exalted Moon is placed in the twelfth house of a horoscope in Taurus. Benefic Sun is placed in the second house in Cancer, a combination of benefic Mercury, Venus and Rahu is placed in the first house in Gemini and Ketu is placed in the seventh house in Sagittarius. In this case, the native may become a singer or an actor and she may witness good amount of success, money, fame and recognition.
If a combination of Saturn and Mars is placed in the fourth house in Virgo and benefic Jupiter is placed in the fifth house in Libra, the equation may improve. In this case, the native may win beauty pageants and she may achieve international fame through them. The native may then engage in the field of acting and she may come across very good amount of success, money, fame and recognition. She may win formal awards for her acting performances in some of her movies. The native may also be a singer though she may primarily be an actor. She may get married to a man who’s a native foreigner and she may settle abroad after marriage.
Benefic exalted Moon in the twelfth house can make the native interested in the fields related to paranormal, supernatural and spiritualism. If the overall horoscope of the native is supportive, he may achieve success. Taking an example, suppose benefic exalted Moon is placed in the twelfth house of a horoscope in Taurus. Saturn is placed in the fourth house in Virgo, benefic Mercury is placed in the sixth house in Scorpio, benefic Sun is placed in the seventh house in Sagittarius and Venus is placed in the eighth house in Capricorn.
In this case, the native may become an astrologer and he may come across good amount of success, money and recognition through this field. If benefic Jupiter is placed in the tenth house in Pisces with Mars, Rahu is placed in the ninth house in Aquarius and Ketu is placed in the third house in Leo, the equation may improve. In this case, the native may possess very good knowledge of astrology and he may witness very good amount of success, money and recognition as an astrologer. The native may also write some books on various topics of astrology.
Benefic exalted Moon in the twelfth house can bless the native with success through professions falling under the field of hospitality. Hence the native may achieve success through hotel industry, airline industry, travel industry, shipping cruise industry, event management industry, restaurant industry and other professions falling under this field. Taking an example for a female native, suppose benefic exalted Moon is placed in the twelfth house of a horoscope in Taurus. Benefic Mercury is placed in the eleventh house in Aries, exalted Venus is placed in the tenth house in Pisces, Jupiter is placed in the sixth house in Scorpio and Mars is placed in the fifth house in Libra. In this case, the native may become an air hostess and she may witness good results through this profession.
Apart from these, benefic exalted Moon in the twelfth house can bless the native with several other good results, depending on his overall horoscope.
On the other hand, malefic exalted Moon in the twelfth house can trouble the native with problems related to mother, health, lifespan, family, marriage, profession, finances, reputation and several other problems, depending on his overall horoscope. Looking at the sphere of health, suppose a combination of exalted Moon and malefic Venus is placed in the twelfth house of a horoscope in Taurus. Mercury is placed in the second house in Cancer along with Sun, Saturn is placed in the third house in Leo and Mars is placed in the ninth house in Aquarius.
In this case, the native may become a drug addict. The native may consume harmful drugs on regular basis and he may suffer losses related to health, wealth and reputation. If malefic Rahu is placed in the seventh house in Sagittarius, malefic Ketu is placed in the first house in Gemini and Jupiter is placed in the sixth house in Scorpio, the equation may become worse. The native may die before the age of 45, due to drug overdose or due to a fatal health problem caused by regular consumption of harmful drugs over a long period of time.
Apart from these, malefic exalted Moon in the twelfth house can trouble the native with several other problems, depending on his overall horoscope.