Punarvasu
Nakshatra 7 · 20°00′ Gemini – 3°20′ Cancer
Punarvasu is the 7th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is Aditi, mother of the gods, its symbol a bow and a quiver, and its ruling planet Jupiter. Tradition reads in it return, trust, resilience.
Attributes
- Deity : Aditi, mother of the gods
- Symbol : a bow and a quiver
- Lord : Jupiter
- Animal (yoni) : the cat
Gana : Deva (divine)
A gentle, idealistic and kindly temperament.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 20°00′ Gemini – 23°20′ Gemini · navamsa ♈︎ Aries
- Pada 2 : 23°20′ Gemini – 26°40′ Gemini · navamsa ♉︎ Taurus
- Pada 3 : 26°40′ Gemini – 30°00′ Gemini · navamsa ♊︎ Gemini
- Pada 4 : 0°00′ Cancer – 3°20′ Cancer · 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 Punarvasu
- From Saturday 31 October at 02:40 to Sunday 1 November at 01:08
- From Friday 27 November at 10:37 to Saturday 28 November at 08:18
- From Thursday 24 December at 21:15 to Friday 25 December at 18:18
- From Thursday 21 January at 08:52 to Friday 22 January at 05:53
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.