Jyeshtha Nakshatra Marriage: What Jyeshtha Brings Jyeshtha means “the eldest”, and a marriage with this asterism in it tends to become a question of who holds seniority. That is the single most useful thing to know before any matching table is opened. The asterism lies in Scorpio, under Mars, and is ruled by Mercury. The […]
Category: Nakshatras
The 27 nakshatras divide the zodiac into lunar mansions of 13°20′ each. The Moon’s nakshatra at birth shapes temperament, the dasha sequence, and marriage matching. These articles take each nakshatra through its deity, padas, planets, and remedies.
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Nakshatras, Astrology, Gandamoola Nakshatras, Remedies
Gandamoola Nakshatras: What It Means and What It Doesn’t
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What Does Gandamoola Nakshatra Mean? Few words in Jyotisha cause as much anxiety in a household as this one, and few are explained as poorly. A family is often told, within days of birth, that the child has gaṇḍamūla doṣa. They are rarely told what the term means, where it comes from, or why these […]
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What Is Jyeshtha Nakshatra? The zodiac is divided twice over: into twelve signs (rāśi) of 30° each, and into twenty-seven lunar mansions (nakṣatra) of 13°20′, roughly the distance the Moon covers in a day. The sign describes the field in which a planet works. The asterism describes the character it brings to that work. Jyeshtha […]
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Kadrū, wife of the sage Kaśyapa, asked for a thousand serpent sons; her sister-wife Vinatā asked for two sons stronger than all of them. The sisters wagered on the colour of Uccaiḥśravas’s tail, the white horse from the churned ocean, and the loser would serve the winner. Kadrū ordered her sons to hang from the […]