- Purva Ashada
“The Invincible Star”
Symbol: Elephant’s Tusk, Winnowing Basket, Fan
Deity: Apah (Cosmic Waters Defied as God)
Favourable: Courageous Situations, Settling Debts, Making a Statement, Inspiration, Inciting, Warring, Confrontation, Revitalization, Healing, Visiting Aquatic Places, Adventure, Spirituality, Equine Actions, Art, Ancient Sites, Marriage, Sexuality, Confidence, Water Activities, Worshipping Female Deities
Unfavourable: Requiring Tact and Diplomacy, Calm Reflection, Promise, Completion of Things, Land Journeys
Key Themes
- Fame, Wealth, Charity and Affinity to Water
- Over-expansive Nature Led by Contraction
- Proud, Obstinate, Over-sized Ego
- Desire for Relentless Success & Purification
Star: Purva Ashadha
Rasi (Zodiac): Sagittarius
Range: 13o 20’ – 26o 40’ Sagittarius
Padas: Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio
Ruling Planet: Venus
Meaning: “First of the Invincible One”, “The Undefeated or Unsubdued”
Indication: “The Invincible Star”
Body Part: The Thighs, the Back Portion of the Trunk
Guna (Quality): Rajas
Gana (Race): Manushya (Human)
Purushartha (Goal): Moksha (Spiritual Liberation/ Emancipation)
Tridosha: Pitta (Bile or Fire + Water)
Nature/ Category of Star: Ugra (Fierce/ Severe)
Varna (Caste): Brahmin (Priest)
Gotra (Clan): Pulaha (name translates as the “Bridger of Space”)
Direction: East
Pancha Mahabhuta (Element): Air (Vayu)
Shakti (Power): Varchagrahan Shakti (The Power to “Invigorate or Energise”)
Basis Above: Strength
Basis Below: Connection
Desire: To gain the Sea upon Wishing for it
Result of Shakti, Basis, & Desire: Gain of Lustre
Activity: Balanced
TriMurthi (Process): Vishnu (Maintain)
Direction / Motion: Adho Mukha (Looking Down/ Facing Downwards)
Yoni (Gender): Male
Animal Symbol: Monkey
Bird: Francolin, Shuka (Parrot), Pigeon
Sounds: Bu, Dhaa, Phaa, Dha
Tree/ Plant: Tinthrini, Sita Ashoka, Guduchi, Rattan Cane (Latin Name: Calamus Pseudotenuis)
Colour: Black