⭐Understanding Nakshatras🌟🌠
Naksha means to get closer and Tra means to preserve, Nakshatra also means one that never decays.
The secret of Vedic Astrology lays hidden in these 27 Nakshatras. Understanding the nakshatras is understanding Life, Spiritualism and Astrology.
A humble attempt is made in bringing out the Spiritual Philosophical and material aspects of the nakshatra in a brief and concise manner.
To understand the nakshatras we must first understand its Devatha and its Mythological story.
The Shakthi, Symbol, Yoni, the motivating Purushartha , the Guna , the Ayurvedic Dosha ,the body part , the Gana , the Caste , the Guna ,nature ,the Direction ,the Akshara etc are all clues in understanding the Nakshatra in its entirety .
In this article I have made it simple by explaining only the core aspects of the Nakshatra and its delineating the Esoteric secrets and its material connection.
🐴Ashwini – The beautiful stallion
1.Shakthi: Shidhra vyapani shakti (Power to reach things quickly)
2.Devatha: Aswini Kumars (Divine Physicians)
3.Symbol: The head of a horse symbolizing the beginning.
4.Primary Impulse: Regenerative Potential
5.Nature: Spontaneous, Quick, Agile, Impulsive, Adventurous, pioneers.
6.Evolving trait: Leadership
7. Material trait: Thirst for sensation
8.Spiritual trait: Healing
9.Prominent personality: Che Guevara (Revolutionary) ,Prince Charles
Ashwini is the nakshatra of health, speed, pioneers. Ashwini gives good powers of hearing, learning and attention.
♥️Bharani – Labour pains
1.Shakthi: Apabharani shakti (the power to take things away)
2.Devatha: Dharmaraja (The God of Death)
3.Symbol: Yoni (Creative energy)
4.Primary Impulse: Preservation
5.Nature: Extreme temperaments, skilled in the art of judgements, Intolerant, quests for unusual experiences
6.Evolving trait: Investigating occult laws
7. Material trait: Excessive sensual pleasures.
8.Spiritual Trait: Detach from the old and take a new form.
9. Prominent personalities: Duryodana, Bill Clinton, Tippu Sultan, Bjorn Borg, Ronald Reagan, Dob Bradman
Bharani represents self-sacrifice, discipline and birth pangs to produce a new creation.
🔪Krittika – The sharp blade
1.Shakthi: Dahana shakti (It has the power to burn and to purify)
2.Devatha: Agni (Purification)
3.Symbol: Blade (cutting and penetration)
4.Primary Impulse: Primordial light, the latent active principle.
5.Nature: Full of vitality energy and passion, brilliance, straight forward, extreme temper, pioneering and enterprising, incisive analytical and critical .
6.Evolving trait: Dedicated divine service
7. Material trait: Large appetite for life
8.Spiritual Trait: Unquenchable thirst for knowledge and wisdom
9.Prominent personalities: Emperor Aurangzeb, Barack Obama
Kriitika represents cutting off from the womb and the spark of Atma begins a new journey.
🐄Rohini – Divine damsel
1.Shakthi: Rohana shakti (the power of growth)
2.Devatha: Prajapati (The Creator)
3.Symbol: Ox cart symbolizing fertility and abundance
4.Primary Impulse: Hiranyagarbha or the incubative potential
5.Nature: Productive, Fertility Conservationist’s, seductive, attention seekers, charismatic, materialists, sensualists, fixidity of purpose.
6.Evolving trait: Engineering the divine force
7. Material trait: Social progress and love for wealth
8.Spiritual Trait: Fructification.
9.Prominent personalities: Lord Krishna, Rahu, Queen Victoria (Sun Moon Asc), Sigmund Freud, Putin Vladimir, Mother Teresa
Rohini is the nakshatra of growth, creativity, and production. Its fertile nourishing and enriching.
🦌Mrigashira – The quest
1.Shakthi: Prinana shakti the power of fulfilment.
2.Devatha: Soma (The God of Immortal Nectar)
3.Symbol: Deer sniffing the ground meaning timidity, fragility, fickleness and wandering.
4.Primary Impulse: Tanmatra: The subtle elements.
5.Nature: Seekers, Wanderers, curious, fidgety, restless, charming, spontaneous, enthusiastic, good conversationalist, timid, fragile, whimsical, suspicious.
6.Evolving trait: Intelligence
7. Material trait: Egotism
8.Spiritual Trait: Self Enquiry.
9.Prominent personalities: BV Raman
Mrigasirsha is the nakshatra which creates the urge to find the paradise lost. It has healing powers and the spirit of happiness and delight.
💧Ardra – The Tempest.
1.Shakthi: Yatna shakti, the power of effort.
2.Devatha: Rudra (The fierce form of Shiva)
3.Symbol: Tear drop (Catharises)
4.Primary Impulse: Mahat:The universal intelligence
5.Nature: Arduous, active and reactive, sensitive, extreme changes, probing intellect, stubborn, arrogant, reckless.
6.Evolving trait: Knowledge of esoteric laws
7. Material trait: Conflict
8.Spiritual trait: Persistence
9.Prominent personalities: Shri Nataraja, FD Roosevelt
Aridra is overcoming the storm, conquering the animal within and with persistence and determination one finds the treasure within.
🎯Punarvasu : Becoming bright gain
1.Shakthi: Vasutva prapana shakti (Its power is the ability to gain wealth or substance)
2.Devatha: Aditi (The universal mother)
3.Symbol: An arrow written to the quiver (Repetition)
4.Primary Impulse: Naad and Bindu (Union of sound and divine consciousness)
5.Nature: Retrieve, Renewal, Repetitive, Nurturing, Nourishing, Benevolent, Wholeness, Amiable.
6.Evolving trait: Disciple ship
7. Material trait: Accentuation of passion.
8.Spiritual Trait: Bounce back
9.Prominent personalities: Lord Rama, Boris Yelstin, Emperor Mutsuhito, Annie Besant, Steve Forbes, Harrison Ford, Ramana Maharishi
Punravasu nakshatra is about bringing joy, nourishment and success back into our life.
🍼Pushya – The Nourishment
1.Shakthi: Brahmavarchasa shakti (Its power is the ability to create spiritual energy)
2.Devatha: Brihaspathi (God of divine wisdom)
3.Symbol: Cows udder (Meaning to nourish nurture and care)
4.Primary Impulse: Spiritual Magnetism
5.Nature: Nourishing, Maternal instinct, Caring, Generous, Protective, benign, Emotional wholeness, Spiritual.
6.Evolving trait: Tranquil mind
7. Material trait: Emotional instability.
8.Spiritual trait: Gurus guidance
9.Prominent personalities: Bharath (Brother of Rama)
Pushya is a nakshatra of Prayer, Devotion, worship and learning.
🐉Aslesha – Serpentine Embrace
1.Shakthi: Visasleshana shakti (It has the power to inflict with poison)
2.Devatha: Naga (The serpent Gods)
3.Symbol: Coiled serpent
4.Primary Impulse: Differentiation of life energy
5.Nature: Scheming, Suspicious, Clingy, Cautious, Insight, Perception.
6.Evolving trait: Initiation into occult mysteries
7. Material trait: Treachery and immorality
8.Spiritual trait: Awakening of the Kundalini the serpentine force.
9.Prominent personalities: Lakshmana, Jawaharlal Nehru ,Mahatma Gandhi , Theodore Roosevelt ,Queen Elizabeth ,Mikhail Gorbachev
Aslesha is the power to destroy the poison, the enemies and the negativity within.
🦁Magha – The Ancestral Power
1.Shakthi: Tyage kshepani shakti (Power of the astral body to cut its ties with the physical body)
2.Devatha: Pitris or Ancestors
3.Symbol: Throne (Meaning power status and honour
4.Primary Impulse: Metempsychosis: Transmigration of the Soul
5.Nature: Magnanimous, Fierce, Authoritative, Regal demeanour, Conservative, inheritance and Karmic justice.
6.Evolving trait: Regal splendour, Prestigious office
7. Material trait: Servitude
8.Spiritual trait: Ancestral Grace.
9.Prominent personalities: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , Parahamsa Yogananda ,Winston Churchill , Julia Roberts
Magha is the blessings and guidance of the Ancestors, the rich experience from our previous lives and the understanding to go beyond form.
💞Purva Phalguni – Romantic recreation
1.Shakthi: Prajanana shakti (It gives the power of procreation)
2.Devatha: Vedic order ruled by Aryaman changed to Bhaga:(The God of fortune)
3.Symbol: Front legs of a couch (Meaning rest relaxation and amusement)
4.Primary Impulse: Trishna: Thirst for experience
5.Nature: Recreational, Congenial, Delightful, Social, Materialist, luxury lovers.
6.Evolving trait: Conquests and domination
7. Material trait: Debauchery, gambling and black arts.
8.Spiritual trait: Spirit of Harmony
9.Prominent personalities: Shri Arjuna, Rajiv Gandhi, John F Kennedy.
Poorvapalguni is about productive alliances and it represents the union of masculine and feminine energies in marriage.
👨👦Uttara Phalguni – Vows of Friendship
1.Shakthi: Chayani shakti (Its power is the giving of prosperity)
2.Devatha: Vedic times Bhagan changed to Aryaman (Adityas)
3.Symbol: Back legs of a bed (Contempalative)
4.Primary Impulse: Sidhis: Latent powers
5.Nature: Friendly, hospitality, Congeniality, Sharing. benevolence, cultured
6.Evolving trait: Ambition
7. Material trait: Black arts
8.Spiritual trait: Friendship
9.Prominent personalities: Dharma Sastha , Emperor Hirohito ,MS Dhoni
Uttarapalguni is the power of prosperity happiness and strength derived from forming a harmonious alliance or Marriage.
🖐Hasta – Dexterity
1.Shakthi: Hasta sthapaniya agama shakti (Its power is the ability to gain what we are seeking and place it in our own hands )
2.Devatha: Savithur
3.Symbol: Palm (Dexterity and cooperation)
4.Primary Impulse: Duration: Time
5.Nature: Crafty, Dexterous, Handy, Acrobatic, Light-heartedness
6.Evolving trait: Public service (for personal ends)
7. Material trait: Earning potential
8.Spiritual trait: Awakening.
9.Prominent personalities: Swami Vivekananda, Fidel Castro, Walt Disney, Bertrand Russell
Hastha is the awakening to recognise our true potential and derive success with our personal efforts.
💫Chitra – The divine architect
1.Shakthi: Punya cayani shakti (Its power is the ability to accumulate merit in life)
2.Devatha: Tvastra(The celestial architect)
3.Symbol: Pearl (Perfection)
4.Primary Impulse: Space, the dance of Shiva.
5.Nature: Creative, Ingenuity, Glamorous, Brilliant designers, creates technological marvels, indulgent.
6.Evolving trait: Urge to build
7. Material trait: Pig in the mud
8.Spiritual trait: Creativity
9.Prominent personalities: George Bush SR, Marie Antoinette ,KN Rao
Chitra gives the brilliance to create multifaceted designs and blueprints, it’s the creative energy to beautify our surroundings and ourselves.
🍃Swati -Distinctive
1.Shakthi: Pradhvamsa shakti (It gives the power to scatter like the wind)
2.Devatha: Vayu (Air God)
3.Symbol: Young plant shoot blown by the wind (Meaning Restlessness adaptability, and a wanderer)
4.Primary Impulse: Akash (Sky)
5.Nature: Receptive, Balanced, Socialites, Courteous, Frivolous, Procrastination, Love Travel.
6.Evolving trait: Passion
7. Material trait: Pleasure
8.Spiritual trait: Self realisation
9.Prominent personalities: Shri Hanuman, Shri Ayyapa , Amitabh Bachchan , Swathi ,Nelson Rocker feller ,Charlie Chaplin
Swathi represents the optimal use of our scattered energy .It gives freedom to move and travel .
⛳Vishakha – Dedication
1.Shakthi: Vyapana shakti (It gives the power to achieve many and various fruits in life)
2.Devatha: Indra and Agni
3.Symbol: Decorated arch (Triumph)
4.Primary Impulse: Psychism
5.Nature: Obsessive, Fixated, Victory, Glory, Achievers, Dedication, Singlemindedness, focussed, Goal oriented.
6.Evolving trait: Tapas: purificatory right
7. Material trait: Experience of restrictions
8.Spiritual trait: Concentration
9.Prominent personalities: Lord Subramanaiya , Nelson Mandela ,Jimmy Carter , Elizabeth Taylor
Vishaka is the power of dedication and devotion to achieve our purpose in life .
♥️Anuradha – Worship
1.Shakthi: Radhana shakti (It gives the power of worship)
2.Devatha: Mitra
3.Symbol: Staff and Lotus flower (Meaning power and spiritual attainment)
4.Primary Impulse: Spirit-Matter Mix
5.Nature: Optimistic, Dedication, Compassion, Faithful, Exploration, Excessive openness, friendly, Devoted, Loves foreign travel.
6.Evolving trait: Occult power for selfish ends
7. Material trait: Depth of material whirlpool
8.Spiritual trait: Power of Worship and Prayer.
9.Prominent personalities: Chandreskerendra Saraswathi, APJ Abdul Kalam, Narendra Modi, Oprah Winfrey, Kapil Dev
Anuradha is power of devotion, worship and friendliness. The conflict within is overcome by understanding that Love connects us all.
🏆Jyeshta – Eminence
1.Shakthi: Arohana shakti (It has the power to rise, conquer and gain courage in battle)
2.Devatha: Indra (God of gods)
3.Symbol: Round Talisman (Divine protection)
4.Primary Impulse: The serpent fire
5.Nature: Exaggeration, Vindictive, Protective, Responsible, seeks victory through supernatural means,
6.Evolving trait: Divine benediction
7. Material trait: Arrogance
8.Spiritual trait: The power to rise above all challenges
9.Prominent personalities: Albert Einstein, Saddam Hussein, Donald Trump, Mike Tyson
Jyeshta gives us power and pre-eminence, the ability to overcome all challenges and to achieve our best.
🕳Mula – Let Go
1.Shakthi: Barhana shakti (. It has the power to ruin or destroy)
2.Devatha: Nritti
3.Symbol: Bunch of roots (Restriction or getting to the roots)
4.Primary Impulse: Mumukshutwam: Urge for liberation
5.Nature: Strong willed, detached, Impulsive, Understanding the roots of things.
6.Evolving trait: Karmic nemesis
7. Material trait: Cruel and possessive
8.Spiritual trait: Transcend all attachment’s
9.Prominent personalities: Shri Aurobindo, Ma Ananda Mayi , Dayanand Saraswathi ,Jiddu Krishnamurthy , Neil Armstrong
Moola is cutting away from all ties that bind and soaring above towards enlightenment.
🌊Purvashadha – Revitalise
1.Shakthi: Varchograhana shakti (Its power is that of invigoration)
2.Devatha: Apas
3.Symbol: Fan (Showy)
4.Primary Impulse: Reflecting the divine
5.Nature: Invincibility, Adventurous, Exuberant, Appealing, Purity, Insensitive, Nonchalant attitude.
6.Evolving trait: Divine grace
7. Material trait: Pride
8.Spiritual trait: Restore life.
9.Prominent personalities: Adolf Hitler, Srila Prabhupada , Osho ,Sachin Tendulkar
Purvashadha is about purification and regeneration, by cleansing our mind and hearts of all impurities we are invigorated and recharged to gain self-mastery.
👌Uttarashadha – Undefeatable
1.Shakthi: Apradhrisya shakti (Its power is to grant an unchallengeable victory)
2.Devatha: Vishwadevas (Universe as Gods)
3.Symbol: Elephants tusk (Royal Insignia)
4.Primary Impulse: Cosmic unity
5.Nature: Determination Endurance, Elegance, Traditional, Authoritative, Practical and righteous.
6.Evolving trait: Humility
7. Material trait: Self-centredness
8.Spiritual trait: Selflessly tries to establish righteousness
9.Prominent personalities: Shri Ganapathy and Abraham Lincoln, Indira Gandhi, King George 3 , George Washington ,Sunil Gavaskar
Uttarashada is the union of all forces and energies. It gives success through team work.
Shravana – Attentive:
1.Shakthi: Samhanana shakti (Its power is that of connection)
2.Devatha: Vishnu (The preserver)
3.Symbol: Ear (Keen Listener)
4.Primary Impulse: The great silence
5.Nature: Listeners and Learners, Amicable, Calculative, Unyielding, Perseverance, Shrewd, Focusses and Goal oriented, Manipulative.
6.Evolving trait: Mediational attention
7. Material trait: Obedience
8.Spiritual trait: Connection to all things.
9.Prominent personalities: Muhamad Ali, Shah Rukh Khan, Henry Ford 1 ,AR Rahman
Shravana is the power of finding the harmony in thought word and deed, it’s the power of trikarana shudhi and sublimating our ego to our higher self.
🥁Dhanishta – Pragmatic:
1.Shakthi: Khyapayitri shakti (Its power is to give abundance and fame)
2.Devatha: Ashtavasus
3.Symbol: A musical drum (Sense of Rhythm)
4.Primary Impulse: Radiation of life force
5.Nature: Musical ability, Reliable, Practical, Charitable, Resourceful, Energetic, Joyful, Wholesome aspirations and Good conversationalists.
6.Evolving trait: occult attainments
7. Material trait: Deprivation of material convenience’s
8.Spiritual trait: Grace
9.Prominent personalities: Richard Nixon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Blair
Dhanishta is using all available resources in an ingenious and practical way. It’s the finding the rhythm of life and gliding over the wave.
❄Shatabhishak – Repentance:
1.Shakthi: Bheshaja shakti (The the power of healing)
2.Devatha: Varuna (God of the Oceans)
3.Symbol: Empty circle (Infinity)
4.Primary Impulse: Maintenance of law (Nature in bloom)
5.Nature: Healer, Secretive, Suspicious, Eccentric, equality, revolutionary Addictions, Discrimination and foresight.
6.Evolving trait: Blending of consciousness
7. Material trait: Psychological pain
8.Spiritual trait: Power to heal
9.Prominent personalities: Benjamin Franklin, Imran Khan, Sanjay Rath
Sathabisha heals through repentance overcoming the depths of psychological trauma by understanding the oneness of creation and through the awareness God is the Doer.
☠Purva Bhadra – Transformation
1.Shakthi: Yajamana udyamana shakti (It gives the fire to raise a spiritual person up in life)
2.Devatha: Ajai Ekapada (Fire dragon)
3.Symbol: Sword (cutting of)
4.Primary Impulse: Cosmic stability
5.Nature: Diabolic, Macabre, Morbidity, Sincere, hardworking, perseverance. Secretive, pessimism Nervous, Extreme views, Destructive, Vindictive.
6.Evolving trait: Fearlessness
7. Material trait: Anguish sorrow
8.Spiritual trait: Penance or tapas
9.Prominent personalities: Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Michael Jackson, Marie Curie Martin Luther King, Emeror Akihito
Poorvabhadra is the heat of tapas and penance. It’s the Sushumana nadi where the Kundalini arises to the Sahasarara .
🐍Uttara Bhadra – Unfathomable.
1.Shakthi: Varshodyamana shakti (Its power is the bringing of the rain)
2.Devatha: Ahirbudhanya (Water dragon)
3.Symbol: Hearse (Deep sleep or Turiya)
4.Primary Impulse: Unveiling the wisdom, liberation.
5.Nature: Restraint, Good counsellors, wealthy, Serene, Responsible, intuitive.
6.Evolving trait: Kaivalya Nirvana, liberation.
7. Material trait: Complete disinterestedness. listlessness.
8.Spiritual trait: Divine Wisdom.
9.Prominent personalities: Bill Gates, Ma Amrithananda Devi
Uttarabhadra is the Grace of God to complete our journey of many lives.
🐋Revati – Eternal Optimist.
1.Shakthi: Kshiradyapani shakti (It has the power of nourishment symbolized by milk)
2.Devatha: Pushan
3.Symbol: A fish (Cycle)
4.Primary Impulse: The dissolution: Nihil
5.Nature: Pleasing, Benevolence, Optimistic, Refined, Helpful, prosperity, guidance.
, Friendly and Gentle.
6.Evolving trait: Equanimity
7. Material trait: Complete destruction
8.Spiritual trait: Generosity
9.Prominent personalities: Saturn, Angelina Jolie
Revathi is Compassion and Divine love our real nature. The little ego is absolved in Universal Love.
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