Chandra-Mangal yoga
Chandra-Mangala yoga forms when the Moon and Mars are in the same sign. It is the combination of the Moon's mind and Mars's energy. This site checks it in the birth chart.
What it is
The standard rule is the conjunction of the Moon and Mars in one sign. The traditional readings associate it with drive and the ability to earn, and it is one of the most cited wealth combinations.
How it is worked out or read
The rule is by sign only. The birth chart reports whether the Moon and Mars share a sign.
Where it appears on this site
The result is in the birth chart. The yoga strength article notes that strength and cancellation rules are not applied.
The rule
Chandra-Mangala yoga forms when the Moon and Mars are in the same sign. It joins the Moon's feeling and Mars's energy, and the classical lists treat it as one of the combinations connected with the ability to earn. The rule depends on the sign alone, and this site checks it in the birth chart by comparing the Moon's sign with Mars's sign.
Because the yoga is often cited in discussions of resources, readers sometimes give it more weight than the texts do. It is one combination among many, and its reading depends on the rest of the chart.
Counting and checking
To check the yoga by hand, find the Moon's sign and Mars's sign from the birth chart. If they are the same, the yoga is present. The reader should also check the nakshatra of the Moon, since the Moon's position within its sign affects how quickly it moves, though not the rule itself.
A reader who wants to see the degree of closeness can compare the two longitudes. The rule does not require closeness beyond the sign, but a very close pair may be read differently in some traditions.
Traditional themes
The classical readings describe the yoga as giving drive, the capacity to act on feeling and the ability to pursue resources with energy. These are traditional descriptions, and they should be understood as tendencies. The reader should weigh them against the Moon's house, Mars's condition and the houses of the second and eleventh, which are read for resources.
Keeping the reading grounded
Chandra-Mangala is best read as a combination of two strong references: the Moon for the mind and Mars for action. The reading describes how a person's feelings and their drive work together, and it does not promise any particular outcome. The most useful reading names both grahas and their houses and then describes their combined theme plainly.
Chandra-Mangala and the chart's energy
Chandra-Mangala links the energy of Mars to the feelings of the Moon. Its reading is strongest when Mars is well placed in its own sign or in a kendra, and when the Moon is not weakened. A reader can use the yoga to describe how a person's drive is coloured by their emotional life, and then check whether the rest of the chart shows the same pattern.