Dhanishta
Nakshatra 23 · 23°20′ Capricorn – 6°40′ Aquarius
Dhanishta is the 23th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is the Vasus, its symbol a drum, and its ruling planet Mars. Tradition reads in it rhythm, prosperity, a sense of the group.
Attributes
- Deity : the Vasus
- Symbol : a drum
- Lord : Mars
- Animal (yoni) : the lion
Gana : Rakshasa (demonic)
An intense, independent temperament; in the tradition the word carries no moral judgement, it speaks of strength.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 23°20′ Capricorn – 26°40′ Capricorn · navamsa ♌︎ Leo
- Pada 2 : 26°40′ Capricorn – 30°00′ Capricorn · navamsa ♍︎ Virgo
- Pada 3 : 0°00′ Aquarius – 3°20′ Aquarius · navamsa ♎︎ Libra
- Pada 4 : 3°20′ Aquarius – 6°40′ Aquarius · 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 Dhanishta
- From Monday 16 November at 21:45 to Wednesday 18 November at 00:02
- From Monday 14 December at 04:40 to Tuesday 15 December at 07:20
- From Sunday 10 January at 10:39 to Monday 11 January at 13:21
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.