Category: Nakshatra (Page 1 of 11)

• Span: 16°40′ Scorpio to 30°00′ Scorpio
• Deity: Indra, King of Gods
• Dasha Lord: Mercury
• Symbol: Talisman, Umbrella or Earrings
• Animal (Yoni): Deer (male)
• Shakti or power: arohana shakti = power to rise and conquer

Jyeshtha is the high-energy and intense nakshatra that ends the similarly intense sign of Scorpio. A very fitting match on many levels. The name itself can be translated into the eldest, or the most noble one, referring to someone in a high position. Another translation relates Jyeshtha to the Ganges River, a holy river, also showing high prestige.

The third, and most interesting, translation relates Jyeshtha to the middle finger. Not in the sense we know, although it can be seen as that too. The middle finger is known as the finger of Saturn. In yogic breathing practices, the middle finger is used to help close the nostrils, to control and direct the breath. Controlling the breath is seen as a key practice for spiritual progress.

In the skies, Jyeshtha is formed by three stars very close by, which some see as the top of an umbrella and others see as an earring. Both of these become symbols of the nakshatra.

The earrings deal a lot with status and power. Even in tribal cultures, earrings are seen as something for the wealthy or powerful. So this symbol represents a lot the idea of status, position and power being displayed.

The umbrella is an interesting tangent, specially for those familiar with occult knowledge. I relate the umbrella to any kind of hat or head protection. In occult lore, protecting the head is seen as something essential in many traditions. Mandatory headgear exists on many religious traditions, specially amongst the priests or leaders.

To summarize a concept that varies from tradition to tradition, the head is seen as a vulnerable area to psychic or spiritual attacks, so protecting it is essential; specially for someone who intends to lead.

The final symbol, and the most prominent one in my opinion, is that of the Talisman. First, what is a Talisman? This unusual word can confuse or intimidate some, specially the dumber ones. It sounds ancient, foreign and distant. It can be, it is in many cases. But it is also extremely present in our world. Think of police badges, medals and other symbols of status and power used to represent authority.

Again, all three symbols relate to status and power.

Going into the deity, Indra is the king of gods. He is said to control lightning, storms, thunder. He yields great power. Unlike other gods, however, Indra is not a fixed deity. Indra is a position, occupied by a soul at a certain moment of time. Indra is much more like the Pope than Jesus, to put it simply. Indra’s quality, prestige and powers tend to vary with time. As each human epoch will have a different Indra.

Some fairly common points, however, are a liking for luxury and enjoyment. Much like another nakshatra ruled by Indra, Vishakha, this becomes a trend in life. Unlike that other star, here Indra is the sole influence, so everything is much more strong and intense here. Jyeshtha tends to embody some other qualities related to Indra, like being proud, vain, blusterous and unreliable.

The power of this nakshatra arohana shakti refers to rising and conquering. Arohana means to arise. Here this alludes to rising above challenges, going after a goal and coming out victorious.

Taking the symbolism above, one of the main themes related to Jyeshtha is power. These natives have a strong need for power, high status and a good position in life. Achievement is a key thing for these natives. The way into that is, however, variable. In some cases, hard work and proper methods will lead them into victory. In other cases, these natives will use dishonest methods, anything that gets the job done.

A key thing to interpret this nakshatra is to understand the difference between wealth and power. A person might be wealthy, lead a very luxurious life, without having or yielding power. They might not care about it! Going to parties, having fun, traveling require money, not power. Controlling others, bossing people around and demanding respect, are all things that require power — not necessarily money, although it always helps.

Jyeshtha wants the money, the power and everything. Jyeshtha natives care deeply about being respected or having a sense of importance in the world. Being wealthy doesn’t matter if people don’t know who they are, or don’t consider them important. On that note, social rituals and prestige tend to matter a lot to these natives. Getting awards, honors and status is very important to them.

To make a comparison. As a person who doesn’t care, I see award ceremonies as a bunch of pointless speeches, that nobody pays attention to; and fake medals that mean nothing. A Jyeshtha person sees it as high honor, and the height of life, and they are offended at my opinion.

The two biggest Jyeshtha professions, to me, are a great way to understand this nakshatra. The first profession deals with police work. They have a badge that gives them power, they fight with people, they exert power in the world. Their morality varies from time to time. On the good side of things, they defend and help the weak. On the negative, they cheat and destroy, to help authoritarian pursuits.

The second great Jyeshtha profession is journalism. Much of what I already said about cops can be similarly applied to them, but there are more interesting layers to it.

Indra sits among gods, but he is not permanent and equal to them, he rose there because he was allowed. Journalists are the ultimate Indra. They enter palaces, powerful meetings, they mingle amongst people who have actually accomplished things. Are they equal? No.

A scientist did actual research to get there. The journalists just wrote about it. A senator got elected by a majority of his constituents. A journalist just went on TV to talk about him. Top executives create and manage great companies, journalists just put a serious face and talk about what they did. They sit amongst the gods, yet they aren’t gods.

This being while not being creates a status anxiety, all but ever present in the life of Jyeshtha natives. They need to maintain their status, and they might be extremely forceful about it, willing to do anything for it.

In life, these natives are dramatic and exaggerated. Whenever they talk, the talk is always way bigger than reality. When talking about a slight issue, it will seem as if they were tortured and almost murdered. When talking about an accomplishment, it will seem as if they discovered fire and invented the wheel.

In the case of problems, specially, these natives become extremely dramatic. Groaning, complaining and bothering everyone about it. Specially in an age where being a victim helps, Jyeshtha tends to milk the pity cow until it dries.

Physically, this type of drama is embodied into the natives. Usually they have a striking and noticeable face, that might seem threatening to some. Their clothing choices tend towards everything that is very noticeable. Their homes will similarly tend towards palatial, exaggerated and striking. Think animal prints, gold details, noticeable religious imagery or things of the sort.

As unusual, let’s delve into the positive. Talking normally about this nakshatra deals a lot with things that are somewhat negative, or poorly perceived by others, so I feel the need to do the opposite and highlight some positives.

These natives are very energetic and intelligent people, very capable strategists, who can achieve and create a lot in the world. The potential here is excellent to create, build and do a lot in the world.

For a lot of these natives, a strong sense of justice exists in their mind. So they can be ruthless fighters against injustice, deceit or trickery. Fighting and defending are big things in their minds and lives. When harnessed for good, this can be a powerful and important force in the world.

As usual, let’s delve into the negative. Talking about a forceful and strong personality will always seem negative on its own, as a lot of people are turned off by that. Still, someone being flashy doesn’t mean that they are bad people. However, Jyeshtha has a negative potential, that tends to come off at times.

A big, and root, issue here can be jealousy. These natives might resent people for having more than they have, and this can turn into hatred or vicious behavior. Jealousy here can happen because of money, status, love, power, etc.

At times, these natives can be vindictive, taking revenge at others for slights or perceived faults. Many times, in totally excessive and unjustified manners, that tend to create problems for themselves.

Another issue can be a flexible moral compass. This is the key issue of our time, our age in the world. But Jyeshtha is definitely an exponent of this trend. Imoral, deceitful or troublesome behavior becomes justified as long as it gives them what they want or crave.

As a daily star:

Jyeshtha day has a funny situation. It is one of the worst days for blusterful and excessive behavior, yet it stimulates people towards this. Gossip, conflict and combative statements that alienate others are a strong trend this day. Boasting about oneself is another trend.

A great lesson of this day is about self-control. Dealing with our instincts, managing our behavior, taking charge of our lives. Resisting this urge to blabber chaotically is a good starting point. It is also a great time to start a diet or new and better habits.

I dislike this day for anything dealing with authority, as they will be more imposing and restrictive on this day. It is a good idea to avoid dealing with police, law and bureaucracy on this day. This is not a bad day for travel, but security personnel will be specially annoying today.

→ Favorable activities with Jyeshtha: Anything strong or harsh. Judging, giving strong opinions, scheming, confronting, etc. Having important discussions. Revenge or confrontation. Taking charge of a situation. Concern, care and responsibility. Problem solving or planning. Taking care of family matters. Showing restraint or consideration for others. Starting new disciplines, restrictions or penances. Good for occult work, specially more complex matters.

→ Unfavorable activities with Jyeshtha: bad for rest, healing, restoration and sleep. Anything that needs calmness, gentleness or sensitivity. Not good for fun and parties. Not a good day for feeling defeated or complaining. Bad for blustering, selfish behavior or excesses. Travel can be troublesome.

On a predictive manner, planets in Jyeshtha will feel big and over the top. This can be either a person or your behavior. For instance, the 4th lord in Jyeshtha could show your mother being a blusterful and exaggerated person. Or it could show your own emotions being over the top and dramatic. The 3rd lord could show that you talk in a strong and dramatic way. The 10th lord tends to show a notable career, many times helping the person become famous.

Examples:

• Noam Chomsky (Jyeshtha Ascendant at 23° Scorpio + Saturn at 27°): American professor and political activist.
  • Activism: He is very outspoken about his beliefs. From foreign policy, non-interventionism, to free-speech. Jyeshtha promotes fighting for causes.
  • High status: He is a highly successful in the academic world, having a PhD and great honors.
  • Involvement with politics: Even though his field is linguistics, he is mostly known for his political opinions and essays. Jyeshtha natives always tend to deal with politics, in one way or another.
• Joan Rivers (Jyeshtha Moon at 24° Scorpio): American comedienne, gossip columnist and commentator.
  • Blusterful: Mostly famous by her loud and fast mouth, always making shocking and extreme comments.
  • She was prone towards drama, theatrics, hyperbole and exagerattion.
• Sean Penn (Jyeshtha Ascendant at 23° Scorpio): American actor and director
  • Insecurity and Prone to Outbursts: He is known for outbursts of temper, attacks on people and scandalous clashes.
  • High status: He is a highly successful actor, with multiple awards.
  • Blusterful: In 2022, he threatened to melt his Oscar award if the Academy didn’t allow Ukraine’s Zelensky to speak during that year’s ceremony. Well, he wasn’t allowed to speak, I’m still waiting for the Oscar to be melted. I want it.
    • A typical Jyeshtha bluster affair.

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• Span: 23°20′ Virgo to 06°40′ Libra
• Deity: Tvashtar, the celestial architect
• Dasha Lord: Mars
• Symbol: Pearl
• Animal (Yoni): Tiger (female)
• Shakti or power: punya cayani shakti = power to accumulate purity

The name Chitra refers to bright, transparent or brilliant. All qualities that can be related to this star. A word of a similar root is Chitta, which refers to a person’s mentality or consciousness. Chitta is an important concept in religions like Buddhism and Hinduism, and a fairly long one to explain and discuss. But to sum things up, it refers to consciousness, perception and the mind.

The mind is considered the source of of everything in Eastern philosophies, as our reactions and perceptions dictate our experience in this world. The mind creates the perception of good, the mind creates the perception of bad, and the mind starts our reaction to everything. As such, mind is the source of Maya. Maya refers to illusion or magic, denoting mostly the illusion of life’s events. If the Soul is eternal, nothing bad in life matters, but nothing good matters as well.

Again, these are complicated concepts upon which long books have been written about. If you don’t understand it all at once, it’s fine. The important things to understand:

• Chit or Chitta: refers to the mind and our perception
• Maya: illusion of life, refers to the things (good and bad) that fascinate and distract us from the spiritual (detached) reality of life.

Chitra nakshatra deals intimately with Maya. These natives are fascinated with life, they tend to be movers and shakers in the world. Many times they are related to beauty, creation and improvement of the world. They tend to have a genuine desire to improve the world.

Going into the symbol, of a Pearl, we yet again go to the word bright, brilliant or perfect. Chitra deals with the quest for perfection, the quest for something fantastic or amazing. The quest for creating beautiful and extraordinary things.

On a more esoteric level, the Pearl can also be related to spiritual progress and achievement, reached when we free ourselves from the mind and from Maya. Chitra natives have this potential. Although, I’d say that about 90% of these natives will forever be stuck on Maya and the material world. It’s not a flaw of character, it is just the nature of our times.

The deity Tvashtar is the celestial architect, responsible for creating great structures and great weapons/tools for the gods in the universe. Again, we are brought back to the idea of creating beauty, creating perfection and improving life.

The power of this nakshatra is punya cayani shakti, which refers to the idea of accumulating or achieving purity. Some authors say merit, but I think purity is a better translation. The power here shows a native creating and improving, at a quest for perfection, brilliance or purity. This can both deal with material achievements, as well as reaching spiritual purity and progress.

Chitra natives are the embodiment of the Celestial Architect, so they similarly carry a need to improve life, fix the world and make everything better. I consider this one of the most active nakshatras. This natives have a hard time sitting still. They are always on the move, doing something.

Frequently, these natives will hold multiple jobs, along with hobbies that are as much work as their jobs. I’ve met a few doctors with a Chitra Moon who would work their main job, volunteer at charity clinics and still find time to engage in some artistic hobby. Some of them paint, others write, either way they have a lot on their plate.

From an early age, Chitra tends to promote great achievers. The Chitra teen tends to be on top of his class, along with multiple extracurriculars, an active social life and maybe a few hobbies to spare. Achieving, making and creating are fundamental impulses for Chitra.

They have an almost child-like belief that everything is possible, that everything they dream about is achievable. This makes them great leaders. Also, many times they actually achieve their impossible goal. Frequently, Chitra is the flower that grows in the desert.

This belief creates and inner sense of duty or protagonism. They always think that they can fix and improve things. Many tend to get involved with politics at some point in life, usually stemming from a believe that they can fix things.

Chitra can be specially related to silicon chips and computer advancements. Those are engineering marvels that sound more than impossible, yet here we are. Silicon is some random sand that is turned into computer chips, which can show us high quality images, videos and more. Few people appreciate the magic in this.

Other fields related to Chitra are, not shockingly, architecture and design. Medicine is another prominent area for this nakshatra, being an area that requires hard work and a lot of faith. Dentistry, specially orthodontic and aesthetic areas, as it relates to perfecting things.

I remember the Chitra Moon dentist my parents took me to, always puppy-eyed trying to convince me to whiten and fix my teeth, to make them perfect. But I must’ve had my momma’s will and God’s amazing grace (being born under an evil nakshatra), I always refused. Now my teeth belong to coffee and I never went back to his office.

These are hard working and charming natives, who will always try (and many times succeed) to convince you with their pretty smiles and bright eyes. They will usually rise in life through their gift of charming communication. They can excel on many fields, and they are always striving for high paying jobs.

Specially on the Libra side of things, these natives will have a great passion for the good things in life. They tend to be suckers for designer labels. Filling their home with beautiful and expensive things is usually a priority. However, money alone will never satisfy them. They need to improve things. If things are stagnant and there is nothing to improve, they might switch jobs or find some hobby to fulfill their eternal need for creation.

Speaking of needs, a big need for these natives is support and appreciation. But don’t we all need it? Yes, but they need it more than the average. These natives see the world through a lens of achievement and results, having people around them who are thankful and proud is the ultimate award. Partners to Chitra natives should always be mindful about this, and show appreciation and encouragement to them.

As usual, let’s delve into the negative. The main negative point of this nakshatra can be started from my final point above, they live through an external mirror, the appreciation and support of others. The lack or excess of it is usually the root for the trouble in their lives.

They might be engaged in the most evil of works, if they get their fix of praise and support, they will still do it. Similarly, at times, they can lack discernment. Only seeing the appearance and pomp, forgetting to look beyond it to understand things better.

In their relationships, they can leave and (in some cases) cheat on partners simply because they didn’t give them enough appreciation. The inverse is also true. They might keep a terrible partner, maybe even accept being cheated on, as long as they get the support and appreciation they desire.

Discernment and seeing beyond the superficial, going beyond appearances, are key lessons in life.

As a daily star:

Chitra is the day of appearance, of Maya, the mask of the world. For good, it is one of the best times in the month to improve and beautify life. Adjusting our appearance, improving our home and things of the sort. On the negative, it is hard to get the truth, as people tend to put on a mask and focus on transmitting a positive image.

→ Favorable activities with Chitra: extremely favorable for improving your appearance, buying new clothes, changing your hairstyle, etc. Any creative activity. Decoration or home improvement. Good for charming others or anything needing charisma. Great for socializing and enjoying. Good for structured work and planning.

→ Unfavorable activities with Chitra: unfavorable for confrontation, conflict or anything harsh. Not good for discovering the truth or uncovering something. Not good for marriage.

Planets in Chitra will indicate areas of life where a native has great attention to detail, as well as knack for inventing new solutions. For instance, someone with a Chitra planet related to the 11th or 2nd houses could have great skill in managing financial assets. The 9th house will frequently show some sort of esteemed academic. On love matters, Chitra is very prosperous, although partners and the relationship will need a lot of attention.

Example:

• Tom Brady (Chitra ascendant at 24° Virgo): American football quarterback.
  • Great achievements: Considered to be the greatest quarterback of all time.
  • Hard-worker: He had achievements in both baseball and football while in high school, which led to his career.
• Diane Warren (Chitra Moon at 29° Virgo): American songwriter.
  • Great achievements: You might not know her, but you have heard her. She has written nine number-one songs and 33 top-10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. She has won a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, two Golden Globes and multiple other awards.
  • Themes of creativity and perfection can be seen here. A strong need to create, that Chitra tends to promote, is also present here. Diane tends to work 12–16 hours a day, and she has produced more than a thousand songs in her career.

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