Interpretations related to the twenty seven lunar mansions in Vedic astrology.
Moon in Hasta means you were born with the Moon between 10 and 23 degrees 20 minutes of Virgo, in the star whose name simply means the hand, ruled by the Moon itself and presided over by Savitar, the golden-handed impeller of dawn, the deity of the Gayatri mantra. Everything this star is fits in … Read more
Moon in Uttara Phalguni means you were born with the Moon between 26 degrees 40 minutes of Leo and 10 degrees of Virgo, in the star of Aryaman, the Aditya of contracts, alliances and the marriage bond itself, ruled by the Sun. The symbol is the back legs of a bed, the pair to Purva … Read more
Moon in Purva Phalguni means you were born with the Moon between 13 degrees 20 minutes and 26 degrees 40 minutes of Leo, in the star of Bhaga, the god of fortune and marital bliss, ruled by Venus. The symbol is the front legs of a bed, the swinging couch, the place of rest and … Read more
Moon in Magha means you were born with the Moon in the first 13 degrees 20 minutes of Leo, in the star of the Pitris, the ancestors, ruled by Ketu. The symbol is a royal throne, and the name means the mighty, but the tradition’s precision matters here, this is not the throne that is … Read more
Moon in Ashlesha means you were born with the Moon between 16 degrees 40 minutes and 30 degrees of Cancer, in the star of the Nagas, the serpent deities, ruled by Mercury. The name means the embrace, the entwining, and the symbol is the coiled serpent, which makes this the most feared birth star on … Read more
Moon in Pushya means you were born with the Moon between 3 degrees 20 minutes and 16 degrees 40 minutes of Cancer, in the star the classical texts call the most auspicious of all twenty-seven. The deity is Brihaspati, guru of the gods, the lord is Saturn, and the symbol is the cow’s udder, nourishment … Read more
Moon in Punarvasu means you were born with the Moon between 20 degrees of Gemini and 3 degrees 20 minutes of Cancer, in the star of Aditi, the boundless mother, ruled by Jupiter. The name translates as the return of light, and the symbol is a quiver of arrows, arrows that come back. After Ardra’s … Read more
Moon in Ardra means you were born with the Moon between 6 degrees 40 minutes and 20 degrees of Gemini, in the star of Rudra, the storm, ruled by Rahu. The symbol is a teardrop, and the name means the moist one, the green freshness of the world immediately after the storm has passed. That … Read more
Moon in Mrigashira means you were born with the Moon between 23 degrees 20 minutes of Taurus and 6 degrees 40 minutes of Gemini, in the star of the deer’s head, ruled by Mars and presided over by Soma. It is the searching star. The deer in the old sky is forever mid-quest, nose lifted, … Read more
Moon in Rohini means you were born with the Moon between 10 and 23 degrees 20 minutes of Taurus, in the star the Moon himself rules and, in the old story, loves above all others. Of Daksha’s twenty-seven daughters given to Chandra in marriage, Rohini was the favourite, the one he could not leave, and … Read more