The nine nakshatra lords
Nine lords in a fixed order, Ketu to Mercury, three rounds over the 27 nakshatras.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Nine lords, three rounds
- Counting to the lord
A first look at the lesson
Each nakshatra has a lord. The lords run in a fixed order of nine: Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, then start again. Three rounds of nine make 27.
To find a lord, take the nakshatra's number and drop nines: the 10th and the 19th have the same lord as the 1st. So each lord rules three nakshatras, 120° apart.
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More lessons on this subject
- What a nakshatra isTwenty-seven lunar mansions of 13°20′, from Ashwini to Revati, two and a quarter in every sign.
- Padas: quarters of a nakshatraEach nakshatra has four padas of 3°20′: 108 in all, nine in every sign.
- Ketu's nakshatrasAshwini, Magha and Mula: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
- Venus's nakshatrasBharani, Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
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