Mars's nakshatras
Mrigashira, Chitra and Dhanishta: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Mars's three
- Mrigashira
- Chitra
- Dhanishta
A first look at the lesson
Mars rules the 5th, 14th and 23rd nakshatras: Mrigashira, Chitra and Dhanishta. They sit 120° apart, one in each third of the zodiac.
Mrigashira runs from 23°20′ Taurus to 6°40′ Gemini. Its deity is Soma and its symbol a deer's head. Searching and curious, like a deer on the move.
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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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