Nakshatra 23 of 27
Dhanishta
Dhanishta keeps the rhythm. It is musical, generous and ambitious, comfortable in groups, and sometimes restless in close intimacy.
A nakshatra is one of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Yours is the one the Moon stood in when you were born, measured in the sidereal zodiac. Dhanishta spans 23°20′ Capricorn to 6°40′ Aquarius.
Its ruler, Mars, also opens the first of your life chapters (the Vimshottari dasha) if your Moon sits here.
Each nakshatra splits into four padas of 3°20′, 108 in all. Each pada falls in a navamsa sign, so the same mansion can lean four slightly different ways.
- Ruled by
- Mars
- Deity
- the eight Vasus, gods of abundance
- Symbol
- a drum
- Spans
- 23°20′ Capricorn – 6°40′ Aquarius
- Padas (navamsa)
- 1 Leo · 2 Virgo · 3 Libra · 4 Scorpio
Gifts
- rhythm
- generosity
- ambition
Watch for
- restlessness
- self-absorption