Shatabhisha
Nakshatra 24 · 6°40′ Aquarius – 20°00′ Aquarius
Shatabhisha is the 24th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is Varuna, the cosmic waters, its symbol an empty circle, and its ruling planet Rahu. Tradition reads in it healing, secrecy, an independent mind.
Attributes
- Deity : Varuna, the cosmic waters
- Symbol : an empty circle
- Lord : Rahu
- Animal (yoni) : the horse
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 : 6°40′ Aquarius – 10°00′ Aquarius · navamsa ♐︎ Sagittarius
- Pada 2 : 10°00′ Aquarius – 13°20′ Aquarius · navamsa ♑︎ Capricorn
- Pada 3 : 13°20′ Aquarius – 16°40′ Aquarius · navamsa ♒︎ Aquarius
- Pada 4 : 16°40′ Aquarius – 20°00′ Aquarius · navamsa ♓︎ Pisces
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 Shatabhisha
- From Wednesday 18 November at 00:02 to Thursday 19 November at 01:38
- From Tuesday 15 December at 07:20 to Wednesday 16 December at 09:30
- From Monday 11 January at 13:21 to Tuesday 12 January at 15:41
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.