Anuradha
Nakshatra 17 · 3°20′ Scorpio – 16°40′ Scorpio
Anuradha is the 17th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is Mitra, friendship, its symbol a lotus, and its ruling planet Saturn. Tradition reads in it friendship, faithfulness, cooperation.
Attributes
- Deity : Mitra, friendship
- Symbol : a lotus
- Lord : Saturn
- Animal (yoni) : the deer
Gana : Deva (divine)
A gentle, idealistic and kindly temperament.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 3°20′ Scorpio – 6°40′ Scorpio · navamsa ♌︎ Leo
- Pada 2 : 6°40′ Scorpio – 10°00′ Scorpio · navamsa ♍︎ Virgo
- Pada 3 : 10°00′ Scorpio – 13°20′ Scorpio · navamsa ♎︎ Libra
- Pada 4 : 13°20′ Scorpio – 16°40′ Scorpio · navamsa ♏︎ Scorpio
Each pada covers 3°20′. The 108 padas run through the zodiac nine times: the navamsa is the sign of that second cycle, which Vedic astrology reads as a shade of the first.
The Moon's next passages through Anuradha
- From Tuesday 10 November at 04:46 to Wednesday 11 November at 07:06
- From Monday 7 December at 11:15 to Tuesday 8 December at 13:44
- From Sunday 3 January at 17:04 to Monday 4 January at 19:42
Paris time, from the Moon's real position (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa). The Moon goes round the 27 nakshatras in 27.3 days.
Deities, symbols and lords: Wikipedia's nakshatra table, after A. L. Basham (1954). Gana and yoni animal: checked against two Jyotish reference tables. The one-line readings are ours.