Interpretations related to the twenty seven lunar mansions in Vedic astrology.
Sun in Jyeshtha means the Sun was placed between 16 degrees 40 minutes and 30 degrees of Scorpio at your birth, in the eighteenth nakshatra, ruled by Mercury and presided over by Indra, king of the gods. Scorpio belongs to Mars, which the classical scheme counts as the Sun’s friend, and Mercury as star lord … Read more
Sun in Anuradha means the Sun was placed between 3 degrees 20 minutes and 16 degrees 40 minutes of Scorpio at your birth, in the seventeenth nakshatra, ruled by Saturn and presided over by Mitra, the god of friendship and alliance. Scorpio belongs to Mars, which the classical scheme counts as the Sun’s friend, while … Read more
Sun in Vishakha means the Sun was placed between 20 degrees of Libra and 3 degrees 20 minutes of Scorpio at your birth, in the sixteenth nakshatra, ruled by Jupiter and presided over by Indragni, Indra and Agni held together. Jupiter counts the Sun as a friend throughout, and the sign changes under it, since … Read more
Sun in Swati means the Sun was placed between 6 degrees 40 minutes and 20 degrees of Libra at your birth, in the fifteenth nakshatra, ruled by Rahu and presided over by Vayu, the wind. Libra is the Sun’s sign of debilitation and the exact degree of its deepest fall, 10 degrees, sits inside this … Read more
Sun in Chitra means the Sun was placed between 23 degrees 20 minutes of Virgo and 6 degrees 40 minutes of Libra at your birth, in the fourteenth nakshatra, ruled by Mars and presided over by Tvashtar, the divine architect also known as Vishvakarma. This star matters structurally, because the Sun is debilitated in Libra … Read more
Sun in Hasta means the Sun was placed between 10 degrees and 23 degrees 20 minutes of Virgo at your birth, in the thirteenth nakshatra, ruled by the Moon and presided over by Savitr, the impeller. Virgo belongs to Mercury, which the classical scheme counts as neutral to the Sun, and the Moon as star … Read more
Sun in Uttara Phalguni means the Sun was placed between 26 degrees 40 minutes of Leo and 10 degrees of Virgo at your birth, in the twelfth nakshatra, which the Sun itself rules, presided over by Aryaman, the god of patronage and the noble path. A planet in its own nakshatra expresses without translation, and … Read more
Sun in Purva Phalguni means the Sun was placed between 13 degrees 20 minutes and 26 degrees 40 minutes of Leo at your birth, in the eleventh nakshatra, ruled by Venus and presided over by Bhaga, the god of delight and of the rightful share. Leo is the Sun’s own sign, and the moolatrikona portion … Read more
Sun in Magha means the Sun was placed between 0 and 13 degrees 20 minutes of Leo at your birth, in the tenth nakshatra, ruled by Ketu and presided over by the Pitris, the ancestors. Leo is the Sun’s own sign, and there is a detail worth stating at the outset, since the planet’s moolatrikona … Read more
Sun in Ashlesha means the Sun was placed between 16 degrees 40 minutes and 30 degrees of Cancer at your birth, in the ninth nakshatra, ruled by Mercury and presided over by the Nagas, the serpents. Cancer belongs to the Moon, which the classical scheme counts as the Sun’s friend, and Mercury as star lord … Read more