Jupiter's nakshatras
Punarvasu, Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Jupiter's three
- Punarvasu
- Vishakha
- Purva Bhadrapada
A first look at the lesson
Jupiter rules the 7th, 16th and 25th nakshatras: Punarvasu, Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada. They sit 120° apart, one in each third of the zodiac.
Punarvasu runs from 20° Gemini to 3°20′ Cancer. Its deity is Aditi and its symbol a quiver of arrows. Return and renewal: the light comes back.
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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.
- The nine nakshatra lordsNine lords in a fixed order, Ketu to Mercury, three rounds over the 27 nakshatras.
- Ketu's nakshatrasAshwini, Magha and Mula: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
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