Swati
Nakshatra 15 · 6°40′ Libra – 20°00′ Libra
Swati is the 15th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is Vayu, the wind, its symbol a young shoot in the wind, and its ruling planet Rahu. Tradition reads in it independence, flexibility, a need for air.
Attributes
- Deity : Vayu, the wind
- Symbol : a young shoot in the wind
- Lord : Rahu
- Animal (yoni) : the buffalo
Gana : Deva (divine)
A gentle, idealistic and kindly temperament.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 6°40′ Libra – 10°00′ Libra · navamsa ♐︎ Sagittarius
- Pada 2 : 10°00′ Libra – 13°20′ Libra · navamsa ♑︎ Capricorn
- Pada 3 : 13°20′ Libra – 16°40′ Libra · navamsa ♒︎ Aquarius
- Pada 4 : 16°40′ Libra – 20°00′ Libra · 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 Swati
- From Sunday 8 November at 01:20 to Monday 9 November at 02:52
- From Saturday 5 December at 07:16 to Sunday 6 December at 09:06
- From Friday 1 January at 12:57 to Saturday 2 January at 14:46
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.