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Solar System Planets including Pluto aligned in a planet shape

Credit: Ika Abuladze

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Bharani Nakshatra

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Astronomical Name: 35 Arietis

Gender: female

Ruling Graha: Venus

Degree Range: 13°20' to 26°40'

Charan Rashi / Navamsha: Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio

Deity: Yama ( God of Death )

Quality: Balanced

Nature: Ugra

Trigun: Rajasic

Symbol: Yoni /Vulva

Meaning: Bearing Children

Purusharth: Artha

Gana: Manushya

Varna: Mleccha

Nadi: Pitta

Yoni: Elephant

Direction: East

Movement: Downward

Resemblence: Maintance (Sthithi)

Body Part: Lower foot

Color: blood red

Element: Prithvi

Animal: Male Elephant

Bird: Crow (kaak)

Tree: Awala or Indian gooseberry

Bharani is the state of the soul where it has received a body and is in the Mother's womb. It is an intense and extremely transformative nakshatra.

It is ruled by Yama(the God of Death). He was cursed by his stepmother Chhayadevi for kicking her pregnant belly that his feet will be infested with maggots. He also was abandoned by his own mother Devi Sangya.Bharani natives have mother wounds.They do not share a good relationship with maternal figures.

Saturn gets debilitated in Bharani nakshatra.(He too has an injured foot which causes him to walk slowly) Saturn is known for having a very close relationship with his mother Chhayadevi.

Bharani natives have a peculiar way of walking.Their steps are often parallel and heavy

They are very aloof and introverted in nature.Wherever Bharani is in the chart,the native does not like to meet people.

They are very upright and moral individuals who have a strong faith in justice.

They also have to deal with a lot of undue accusations and baseless rumors throughout their lives. It's better that they do not pay any heed to those.

They are very wise in nature (as denoted by elephants). Elephants have a matriarchal society of their own and are regarded as one of the most intelligent creatures in the world.They take care of their young till adulthood and the adult children often visit their parents. They also have a funeral ritual of their own(both tying into the Bharani theme)

Association of Bharani with Yama (the God of Death) and womb signifies that Birth and Death are intertwined and one cannot exist without the other.

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Ashwini Nakshatra

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Astronomical Name: Beta Arietis

Gender: Male

Ruling Graha: Ketu

Degree Range: 0 - 13:20 degree

Charan Rashi / Navamsha: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer

Deity: Ashwini Kumars ( physicians to the celestial gods)

Quality: A horse ( symbol of beauty and health)

Nature :Passive

Symbol: Kshipra

Trigun: Tamasic

Meaning: Horse Head

Purusharth:Dharma

Gana:Devta

Varna:Vaishya

Nadi:Vat

Yoni:Horse

Direction:East

Movement:Level (Sideways)

Resemblence:Creation (shrishti)

Body Part:upper foot

Color:blood red

Element: Prithvi(Earth)

Animal:Male Horse

Bird:Garuda

Tree:Kuchla

The Pioneers of the Zodiac,Ashwini being the first nakshatra,symbolized the weightless soul floating in the space,waiting for a new body to incarnate.

Being the first Ketuvian nakshatra,it symbolizes a type of healing ,in this case ,physical healing.Physicians and Dentists usually have a prominent Ashwini in their charts.

One word to describe Ashwini is "Speed".They are swift and majestic,like a horse rider.Ashwini natives dislike excess baggage,both emotional and physical.Since Ketu symbolizes "Letting go",Ashwini people are never seen to mope or carry a lot of luggage during travels. Horsebacks are not made for carrying heavy loads.That is exactly why Sun is exalted in Ashwini.A King should be impartial with nothing "weighing" him down.Aries being the wild wild land, an ideal King should be the one who is able to make something out of nothing.

Ashwinis are eternal travelers and explorers.Being the first nakshatra,the soul has an urge to "know" new things.They are extremely intelligent and equally inquisitive.

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