Nakshatras Part Four: Vedic Astrology

By Saket Shah

We always wonder what nakshatra is in astrology. It is actually the soul of astrology and to implement it in prediction we need to have in depth knowledge of it. So here I am explaining the very philosophical and in depth meaning of each nakshatra. Nakshatras has been used in Vedic times to predict lot of events and its philosophical nature effects the human at every level. This concept is very big and very difficult to understand and remember but this book will help you guide and explore the world of nakshatras. Once you read it and understand it you will be able to predict the qualities of nakshatras easily. I am trying my best to explain deep details of each nakshatra to gain wisdom for serious lover of astrology. In ancient times zodiac was less used and nakshatra was more of used so lets begin our journey in to the ocean of divine knowledge and explore the concept of nakshatra philosophically. Hope you will love reading my work and enjoy it.
This is Part 4 in which I am describing next 8 nakshatras that are Purva Ashada, Uttara Ashada, Shravana, Dhanishta, Satabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revathi.
Regards,
Saket Shah

• Language: English
• Publisher: SAKET SHAH
• Release date: Aug 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9791222440736

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Dear Reader,

We always wonder what nakshatra is in astrology. It is actually the soul of astrology and to implement it in prediction we need to have in depth knowledge of it. So here I am explaining the very philosophical and in depth meaning of each nakshatra. Nakshatras has been used in Vedic times to predict lot of events and its philosophical nature effects the human at every level. This concept is very big and very difficult to understand and remember but this book will help you guide and explore the world of nakshatras. Once you read it and understand it you will be able to predict the qualities of nakshatras easily. I am trying my best to explain deep details of each nakshatra to gain wisdom for serious lover of astrology. In ancient times zodiac was less used and nakshatra was more of used so lets begin our journey in to the ocean of divine knowledge and explore the concept of nakshatra philosophically. Hope you will love reading my work and enjoy it.

This is Part 4 in which I am describing next 8 nakshatras that are Purva Ashada, Uttara Ashada, Shravana, Dhanishta, Satabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revathi.

Regards,

Saket Shah

PURVA ASHADA

(253°20' -266°40')

Under Purva Ashada, the turbulence begins to subside and a more stable relationship is established between the outer and the inner, as well as between the individual and his immediate surrounding. The candidate under Moolam knocked at the door of self-knowledge and the portals of the outer courtyard are now opening and the psychological conflicts are clearing away. But the individual has to consolidate his efforts and energy for the task ahead. Purva Ashada points to various dimensions of this new awakening with expanding horizon of new experiences.

Ashada is a name of the month representing the rainy season. Purva Ashada means the early phase of the season. The sterism Purva Ashada refers to the early part of this change associated with the advent of the Moonsoon. The moist atmosphere is very helpful for the sprouting of seeds and for increasing the sensitivity of one’s sense organs. Ashada also refers to the Palasa-wood staff carried by some ascetics. During the month of Ashada, the moisture in the atmosphere reduces the heat, provides relief to the people, makes the land fertile for the already sown seeds to sprout and the strong staff of the ascetic supports the tired limbs of the itinerant ascetics. The asterism represents reduction in emotional tension, fructification of spiritual efforts, further externalisation of latent creative energies, and the strengthening of supportive influences in counteracting Tamasic impulses.

The presiding deity of Purva Ashada is Aapas, the water-god. Almost every religious scripture has given water much importance in cosmogenetic process. It is often considered the basic element of manifestation. The Indian mythology spoke of Narayana, the second aspect of the Hindu Trinity, concerned with preservation of the universe, floating on waters before the beginning of manifestation. Even during the Varaha-Kalpa, the same lord appeared in the form of a boar and raised the earth out of the waters (of Deluge). Aapas is the foundation on which the manifestation sustains itself. Scandinavian scriptures related the honey-dew that fell during the hours of night with humidity of the atmosphere functioning like the passive principles of creation out of water. Moses taught that only Earth and Water could bring into existence a living soul. some stated that Fire, Water, and Air were the primeval cosmic trinity. Water among them, according to her, was the female element, the universal matrix, or the Great Deep in which lie the latent Spirit and Matter.

The primeval water which was energised by Aapas, the water- god, was not merely a physical combination of two gases, but it combined with these constituents in the Nature’s Alchemical crucible. the spiritual essence which reflected within it the honey-due of the Scandinavians’ that fell during the night from which the ‘the bees’ created the universe. The essence which transcended the physical properties of the two gases of the dew-drops—the waterness of the physical water—contained within it not only the promise and potency of every quality of life but also the realisation of the potency of every quality of Spirit. Water is, in fact, an important ingredient of all evolving life-particles. In the cosmogenetic process, it plays an important role of the passive creative principle, the container or the matrix in which lie the latent promise and realisation of the imprisoned splendour of all forms of creation. The regency of water-god is assigned to Purva Ashada primarily to function as the Great Deep in which the potency and realisation of inherent divinity could sprout or make the early stirrings of self-unfoldment.

The water-god has been invoked in many different ways. The Vedic seers related Varuna with the vastness of the ovean while the Ganges completely dissolved sins of the past and gave fresh impetus to righteous living. The Vedic deity who presided over Purva Ashada was the personification of the very waterness of the liquid: he is related with what Paracelsus described as ‘menstruum’ or