Acharya Anand Vyas

Ashwini is the first nakshatra, spanning 0°00′ to 13°20′ of Aries, ruled by Ketu with the Ashwini Kumaras, the twin physicians of the gods, as its deity. Its…... Read more.

Rohini is the fourth nakshatra, spanning 10°00′ to 23°20′ of Taurus, ruled by the Moon with Brahma as its deity. Its symbol is an ox-cart. It is traditionally…... Read more.

Magha is the tenth nakshatra, spanning 0°00′ to 13°20′ of Leo, ruled by Ketu with the Pitris — the ancestors — as its deity. Its symbol is a…... Read more.

Punarvasu is the seventh nakshatra, spanning 20°00′ Gemini to 3°20′ Cancer, ruled by Jupiter with Aditi as its deity. Its symbol is a quiver of arrows and... Read more.

Mrigashira spans 23°20′ Taurus to 6°40′ Gemini, ruled by Mars, with Soma as its deity and a deer's head as its symbol. The Taurus–Gemini split changes the... Read more.

Anuradha is the seventeenth nakshatra, spanning 3°20′ to 16°40′ of Scorpio, ruled by Saturn with Mitra, the deity of friendship and contracts, presiding. It... Read more.

Hasta is the thirteenth nakshatra, spanning 10°00′ to 23°20′ of Virgo. Its nakshatra lord is the Moon while its deity is Savitar, a solar deity — the two…... Read more.

Vishakha is the sixteenth nakshatra, spanning 20°00′ Libra to 3°20′ Scorpio, ruled by Jupiter with the paired deity Indra-Agni. Its symbol is a triumphal arch,... Read more.

Bharani is the second nakshatra, spanning 13°20′ to 26°40′ of Aries, ruled by Venus with Yama, the god of death and restraint, as its deity. It is traditionally…... Read more.

Shatabhisha's nakshatra lord is Rahu; Saturn is only its sign lord, because the nakshatra sits in Aquarius. Conflating the two produces readings that cannot be checked... Read more.