Pushya
Nakshatra 8 · 3°20′ Cancer – 16°40′ Cancer
Pushya is the 8th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is Brihaspati, the teacher, its symbol a cow's udder, a lotus, and its ruling planet Saturn. Tradition reads in it care, protection, a sense of duty.
Attributes
- Deity : Brihaspati, the teacher
- Symbol : a cow's udder, a lotus
- Lord : Saturn
- Animal (yoni) : the sheep
Gana : Deva (divine)
A gentle, idealistic and kindly temperament.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 3°20′ Cancer – 6°40′ Cancer · navamsa ♌︎ Leo
- Pada 2 : 6°40′ Cancer – 10°00′ Cancer · navamsa ♍︎ Virgo
- Pada 3 : 10°00′ Cancer – 13°20′ Cancer · navamsa ♎︎ Libra
- Pada 4 : 13°20′ Cancer – 16°40′ Cancer · 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 Pushya
- From Sunday 1 November at 01:08 to Sunday 1 November at 23:59
- From Saturday 28 November at 08:18 to Sunday 29 November at 06:28
- From Friday 25 December at 18:18 to Saturday 26 December at 15:41
- From Friday 22 January at 05:53 to …
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.