Venus's nakshatras
Bharani, Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Venus's three
- Bharani
- Purva Phalguni
- Purva Ashadha
A first look at the lesson
Venus rules the 2nd, 11th and 20th nakshatras: Bharani, Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha. They sit 120° apart, one in each third of the zodiac.
Bharani runs from 13°20′ Aries to 26°40′ Aries. Its deity is Yama and its symbol the yoni (womb). Bearing and restraint: birth, death and duty.
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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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