Ketu's nakshatras
Ashwini, Magha and Mula: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Ketu's three
- Ashwini
- Magha
- Mula
A first look at the lesson
Ketu rules the 1st, 10th and 19th nakshatras: Ashwini, Magha and Mula. They sit 120° apart, one in each third of the zodiac.
Ashwini runs from 0° Aries to 13°20′ Aries. Its deity is the Ashwini Kumaras and its symbol a horse's head. Speed and healing; good for new starts.
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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.
- Venus's nakshatrasBharani, Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
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