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27 NAKSHATRAS or Lunar
Mansions |
| LUNAR
MANSION
(NAKSHATRA)
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SYMBOL |
DEITY |
MAIN IDEAS |
BACKGROUND DETAIL |
| 1)
ASVINI
Star of Transport |
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ASVINI KUMAR
Sun's Charioteers, Divine physicians |
Power that sets things in motion
Journey from Darkness to Light, Miraculous healingTransportation |
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2) BHARANI
Star of Restraint |
 Oss Mouth |
YAMA (dharmaraj)
Lord of
Death |
JUSTICE, DISCIPLINE, Truth, Power to withstand onslaught of
great force
Forbearance, Endurance, Maker of Saints |
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| 3)
KRITTIKA
Star of Fire
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AGNI
Lord of Fire |
BURNER OF IMPURITIES Military strategist, Monumental Deeds,
BRILLIANCE Encyclopaedic exposition of all branches of learning |
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| 4)
ROHINI
Star of Ascent
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BRAHMA
(Prajapati-
the creator) |
Sensuality, Fulfiller of desires, Love of luxury comforts, finery, beauty, Power of manifestation, creativity. |
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| 5)MRIGASIRA
Searching Star
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MOON |
Searching, Travel, Hunting for love interest, Erotic affairs, Radiant beauty, Feminine attributes, Maternal instincts. |
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| 6)
ARUDRA
Oppressing Star |
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RUDRA
Redeemer/Destroyer |
Rudra = redemption of sin by dissolving abberated manifestion
back into underlying unmanifest reality. Tenderness born of
great suffering. Surcharged with water (emotion).
Water retention: Fat |
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| 7)PUNARVASU
Star of Renewal
|
Quiver
of arrows
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ADITI
mother of the Gods |
Perennial well spring of energy and intelligence. Infinite
renewal. Life orchestrating circumstances that inculcate this
habit/skill of constantly curving back to tap the inner reservoir.
Renewal of dwelling/riches
Reform or remake in original image |
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| 8)
PUSHYA
Flourishing Star
|
 Cow's udder |
Jupiter (Brihaspati
preceptor/ priest/pandit
to the Gods) |
Blossoming, blooming, nurturing, nourishing (heart of Cancer)
Love of ritual worship
Most auspicious |
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| 9)
ASLESHA
Clinging Star
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SERPENT |
The ability to go where others cannot go (knowledge of hidden
things) Tortuous path
Snake attributes: clinging, secretive, venomous, biting, sexual,
uniting in secret |
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| 10)
MAGHA
Glorious One |
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Pitri Manes
(Departed Ancestors) |
Noble incentives. Patriarch
Nourishing and terrible (thunder cloud). Kingliness of Leo (largess,
pomp etc.) |
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11) PURVA PHALGUNI
Star of fortune
|
 Shiva Lingam |
LORD SHIVA: Silent eternal non changing source of all change and diversity |
At once the source of all material affluence while immovabley
grounded in transcendental non-material reality. Gift of through
participations in sensory / material realm without becoming slave
to passion. Tantra. Awareness = "lamp at the door" lights inner
and outer simultaneously |
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| 12)
UTTARA PHALGUNI
Star of Patron
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ARYAMAN
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Patron = one approached for financial help or relief
in sickness. Bestows popularity. The sincere impulse to help others. |
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| 13)
HASTA
Clutching Hand
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ADITYA
(SUN) |
POWER TO RULE/CONTROL OTHERS for higher purpose
Determination or resolution to bring people/circumstances under
one's control. Martialling of disparate forces or energy |
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| 14)
CHITRA
Star of Wonder |
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Twashtri
(divine archtitect or fabricator) |
Artistic beauty, dazzling, fashioned/manufactured. Will to
undergo trials necessary to attain goal of perfection (diamond/lathe)
In Virgo may be engineering skill. Libra = artist |
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15) SWATI
Self Going Star |
sprout blowing in the wind  |
Pawana
Lord of Wind (Hanuman son of the wind)
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Restless, independent, freedom loving, coming & going
according to own will. Self establishing, self supporting. Purifying.
Knowledge of akasha (ether). Windy/Vata diseases |
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| 16) VISAKHA
Star of Purpose
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Triumphal arch |
Indra
- king of gods and Agni - lord of fire |
Achievement of purpose irrespective of means employed.
End justifies means. Pursuit of self interest. Associating with
others solely to achieve end in view. Variety of enterprise. Obedience
to religious injunction. |
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| 17)
ANURADHA
Star of Camaraderie
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Triumphal arch |
MITRA - true friend |
Friendship, love, affection, camaraderie. Associating with
others for a common end – emphasis on association VS outcome (compare
16) |
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| 18)
JYESHTA
The Chief Star
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INDRA - king of gods |
First, pre-eminent, most excellent, eldest, senior most.Supremacy,
power, dominion(afflicted = sorrow, poverty) |
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| 19)
MULA
The Root Star |
Bound roots
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Nirriti – goddess of death or misfortune
Yama's daughter
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Stripping externals; opposed to worldly prosperity. pennetrating
to fundamentals, essentials re: all branches of learning – philosophers,
scientists etc., Basic in nature: bound, finite, limited. TRADITION |
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20) PURVA ASHADHA |
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VARUNA Lord of waters |
Protection of dependent, kindness, compassion. Firmness
in danger, courage never to yield, to prevail, victory. Forbearance
ability to endure. To spread over/cover like water. |
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| 21)
UTTARA ASHADHA
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Ganadevata – lord of class/division
|
Universal social appealPenetration/intention VS extensiveness
(compare 20). To become one with, absorbed into, settle into |
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| 22) SRAVANA
Star of learning |
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HARI [Vishnu] |
Sravana = to hear (learning = listening). One who is listened
to with respect by others. Love of scholarship, all branches of
learning.Aural transmission. Inner listening/meditation. Fringe
dweller.Saraswati’s birth star. |
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| 23) DHANISTHA
Star of Symphony
|
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8 VASUS (BHISHMA) |
Higher altruistic (artistic, musical) orientation precludes
carnality. Delayed/unhappy romance (more in Capricorn). Temperamental
incompatibility. Giver of what is highly valued. Singing, sonorous,
melodious |
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24) SATABHISHA
The Veiling Star |
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VARUNA
Lord of
Waters |
Protect, shield, conceal, obstruct(afflicted may indicate imprisonment/abuse). Healing that which is protected, Physician, Medicines, watery ailments, Oceans, rivers & waters |
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| 25) PURVA BHADRAPADA
Scorching Pair
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RUDRA
The destroyer |
PURGATORIAL FIRE, contrition, atonement.
Scorching, paining, consuming desire, unsatisfied ambition, No satisfaction Self abnegation |
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| 26) UTTARA BHADRAPADA
Scorching Pair |
Death
bed
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RUDRA
The destroyer |
Same as 25 but with power to endure & restrain.
Long journey. Journey towards spiritual plane – end of illusion
(maya) cultivation of higher character qualities |
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| 27) REVATI
Keeper of Flocks |
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PUSHAN
Protector of wayfarers and belongings |
Shepherd. Foster parent, incubator. Protector & nurturer
of others on their journey.
Difficulty with own children, diseases of childhood
Progress in jumps |
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