Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra

25. Purva Bhadrapada

“The Scorching or Burning Pair”

Symbol:  Swords, Two Front Legs of Funeral Cot, Man with Two Faces, also a Single Ray of the Sun, Skull and Bones

Deity:  Aja Ekapada (An Ancient Fire Serpent or Dragon, or also the Unborn One Footed Goat/ Unicorn, one Who goes Wherever he Likes To, Aja Ekapada is also the Mount of the Rudra a Fierce Form of Shiva, this One Legged Dark Deity Rules over Secret Societies and Clans and hence Associated with all Types of Black Magic, as per Vedas he is Associated with Floods, Storms, and Lighting) Body Part  The Sides of the Body, including the Ribs, Abdomen, the Sides of the Legs, the Left Thigh, and the Soles of the Feet

Favourable:   Dangerous Activities, Uncertainty, Risk, Mechanisms, Technology, Funerals, Conclusions, Death, Agriculture, and Water

Unfavourable:   Beginnings, Initiations, Marriage, Sexual Activity, Dealing with Higher Authorities

Key Points

Mythology

Key Themes

• Black Magic and Left Handed Tantra
• Hot, Intense, Critical and Passionate
• Disturbed Souls, Extreme and Volatile Forces
• Alienation, Desperation, Violence, or Betrayal
• Rebellious, Eccentric and Sexual Pervert

Star  Purva Bhadrapada

Rasi (Zodiac)  Aquarius/ Pisces

Range  20o 00’ Aquarius > 03o 20’ Pisces

Padas  Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer

Ruling Planet  Jupiter

Meaning  The “First of the Blessed Feet” or the “Former Lucky Feet”, also referred as a “Feet of a Stool/

Bench”,  “The Former Beautiful Left Foot”, or “Ray of Light”, “Beautiful West”

Indication  “The Scorching or Burning Pair”

Guna (Quality)  Sattwa

Gana (Race)  Manushya (Human)

Purushartha (Goal)  Artha (Wealth or Material Pursuits)

Tridosha  Vata (Wind or Air + Space)

Nature/ Category of Star  Ugra (Fierce/ Severe)

Varna (Caste)  Brahmin (Priest)

Gotra (Clan)  Pulastya (name translates as “One having Smooth Hair”)

Direction  West

Pancha Mahabhuta

(Element)

Aakash (Ether)

Shakti (Power)  Yajamana&Udyamana&Shakti (The Power to “Raise the Evolutionary Level, or Power of Spiritual

Fire” to awaken the Spirituality in a Person”)

Basis Above  That which is Good for People

Basis Below  That which is Good for the Gods

Desire  To gain Radiance and the Splendour of Spiritual Knowledge

Result of Shakti, Basis, &

Desire

Support the entire World

Activity  Passive

TriMurthi (Process)  Brahma (Create)

Direction of Mouth / Motion  Adho Mukha (Looking Down/ Facing Downwards)

Yoni (Gender)  Male

Animal Symbol  Lion

Bird  Avocet, Peacock (Mayura), Pigeon

Sounds  Say, So, Daa, Dee

Tree/ Plant  Pichamanda, Mango (Latin Name: Mangifera&Indica)

Colour  Silver Grey