Magha
Nakshatra 10 · 0°00′ Leo – 13°20′ Leo
Magha is the 10th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is the Pitris, ancestors, its symbol a throne, and its ruling planet Ketu. Tradition reads in it lineage, dignity, a sense of tradition.
Attributes
- Deity : the Pitris, ancestors
- Symbol : a throne
- Lord : Ketu
- Animal (yoni) : the rat
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 : 0°00′ Leo – 3°20′ Leo · navamsa ♈︎ Aries
- Pada 2 : 3°20′ Leo – 6°40′ Leo · navamsa ♉︎ Taurus
- Pada 3 : 6°40′ Leo – 10°00′ Leo · navamsa ♊︎ Gemini
- Pada 4 : 10°00′ Leo – 13°20′ Leo · navamsa ♋︎ Cancer
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 Magha
- From Monday 2 November at 23:15 to Tuesday 3 November at 22:54
- From Monday 30 November at 05:10 to Tuesday 1 December at 04:29
- From Sunday 27 December at 13:32 to Monday 28 December at 12:00
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.