Fw: Nakshatra Homework

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Namaste friends,

 

There was a discussion of lagna's nakshatra and Moon's nakshatra recently. As

Guru Gauranga Das pointed out, Moon's nakshatra shows the state of mind and

lagna's nakshatra shows the state of intellect. Pt. Sanjay Rath taught their

use more than a year back and asked us to give some basic readings from the

nakshatras of lagna and Moon in our own charts. I am reproducing a mail on

varahamihira for the benefit of vedic astrology members who want to know

something about this matter.

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha

- Narasimha Rao

varahamihira

Thursday, November 16, 2000 4:03 PM

Nakshatra Homework

Pranaam Sanjay, People are not exactly 27 or 28 types when looking at mind or

intelligence. Nakshatras of lagna and Moon are not the sole deciding factors of

one's intellectual state and mental state. However, they have a considerable

influence and the purpose of this exercise is to understand the influence. Here

is my answer: Readings from Lagna Nakshatra: Nakshatra: My lagna nakshatra is

Hasta owned by Moon (Vimsottari scheme). Hasta is a nakshatra of Deva Loka.

Hasta is a passive nakshatra that makes one kind, honest, truthful and not

forceful. (However, some of you know that I can be forceful. We will see the

reason for that later. Apart from nakshatras, the dominance of Mars in my

horoscope also explains my forcefulness.) Hasta's deity is Viswakarma.

Viswakarma is the divine sculptor. Hasta is an artistic and creative nakshatra.

It is a raajasik nakshatra and has some creative energy. Graha Drishti: Sun is

in Revathi. He aspects the 14th and 15th nakshatras from him (see COVA or my

book for list). So he aspects Hasta. In fact, he is the only planet who aspects

lagna nakshatra. Jupiter is the primary significator of intelligence. His aspect

on lagna nakshatra would give very saattwik and pure intelligence. Sattwik

planet Sun also shows positive energy in the matter of intelligence. Luckily my

lagna nakshatra has his aspect. So Sun gives me saattwik and bright

intelligence. Worship of Aditya will increase my intelligence and channel it in

a saattwik manner. Nakshatra Drishti: Nakshatras aspect each other like rasis

aspect each other. If we draw sarvatobhadra chakra (as shown in COVA or my

book) and draw horizontal/vertical lines and crossward lines from each

nakshatra, we can find the nakshatras aspecting a nakshatra. Drawing a vertical

line from Hasta to the north, we see that it has aspect with Uttarabhadra.

Drawing cross-ward lines in the northwestern and northeastern directions, we

see that Hasta has aspects from Poorvashadha and Ardra respectively.

Uttarabhadra's deity is Ahirbudhnya, one of the eleven Rudras. Ardra's deity is

Lord Shiva. Due to this, Hasta gets some taamasik energy too. Aspect of the

nakshatras belonging to Rudra on my lagna nakshatra shows that my intelligence

is prone to being angry and disturbed at times. Readings from Moon's Nakshatra:

Nakshatra: My Moon is in Poorvabhadra lorded by Ajapada. It also belong to the

passive group, saattwik cycle and Nara Loka. Overall, it is a saattwik

nakshatra. Graha Drishti: No planet aspects Poorvabhadra in my chart. Nakshatra

Drishti: Poorvabhadra is aspected by Uttarashadha, Punarvasu and Chitra. These

are ruled by saattwik planets Sun, Jupiter and Moon. The respective deities are

Brahma, Aditi (mother of Gods) and Vaayu. The gunas are mixed (raajasik,

saattwik and taamasik respectively). Uttarashadha's aspect brings creativity,

passion and rajas to my mind. Punarvasu's aspect brings stability, purity and

patience. Chitra's aspect brings forcefulness, anger and a wandering nature to

the mind. Depending on the transits, all these influences can be seen in me.

For example, Chitra 3rd pada (Moon is in Poorvabhadra 3rd pada) is in Libra. So

Venus hora on a Tuesday (or Mars hora on a Friday) may make me angry or give me

wandering thoughts. Punarvasu 3rd pada is in Gemini. Mercury hora on a Thursday

(or Jupiter hora on a Wednesday) may make my mind feel peaceful, happy and

satisfied. And so on. Best regards, Narasimha