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pleasures of the senses and peace of mind. One will have political wisdom, moral training, know many sastras, be steadfast, honored, and have enormous wealth. He will possess a beautiful body and be capable of attracting the fairer sex. Planets in the 12th from the Moon indicate the conditioning and attitude with which the native meets lifes experiences. Unlike the similar Solar Yogas, classical texts give generally good effects to benefics or malefics forming Anapha Yoga and the other similar Lunar Yogas; they do however give different effects due to the different planets forming Anapha Yoga: Mars: One will be proud and arrogant, eager for war, wrathful, bold, at the head of a band of marauders, resolute, of an alluring presence, praiseworthy, and good. Mars forming Anapha Yoga by being in the 12th from the Moon indicates that the natives consciousness is strongly conditioned by their mental concepts about how things should or should not be, which serve as a base of logic to approach all new experiences. This inclines them to be opinionated, and more argumentative or combative when confronted by those things not in conformity with their ideas of how things should be. These natives often have their minds made up and often only ask questions in order to find answers with which to support their views. The houses, planets, etc. that Mars rules will indicate those things and people who have influenced and formed the natives opinions. Mercury: One will be capable of discoursing cleverly on music and drawing, be an expert in singing, dancing and writing, learned, eloquent, handsome, of great renown, performing famous deeds, and held in veneration by kings. Mercury forming Anapha Yoga by being in the 12th from the Moon indicates that the natives consciousness is conditioned through the assimilation of what they have learned, while remaining open to that which they have not learned. They appreciate information, and realize that all information and all ideas have some