Saturn's nakshatras
Pushya, Anuradha and Uttara Bhadrapada: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Saturn's three
- Pushya
- Anuradha
- Uttara Bhadrapada
A first look at the lesson
Saturn rules the 8th, 17th and 26th nakshatras: Pushya, Anuradha and Uttara Bhadrapada. They sit 120° apart, one in each third of the zodiac.
Pushya runs from 3°20′ Cancer to 16°40′ Cancer. Its deity is Brihaspati and its symbol a cow's udder. Nourishing and protective; counted the most auspicious.
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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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