The 360 degrees of the Zodiac is divided into 27 parts called Nakshatras (Constellation of stars). Each extends to 13 degrees and 20 minutes of arc. Nakshatras are also ruled by planets. Rahu and Ketu are also alloted the ownership. Names of the Nakshatras (Stars), their appearance, nature and Lords are given in the table below.
Star
Appearance
Nature
Ruler
1
Aswini
3 stars resembling a horse's face
Auspicious
Ketu
2
Bharani
3 stars resembling a female sexual organ.
Inauspicious
Venus
3
Krittika
Constellation of 6 stars
Inauspicious
Sun
4
Rohini
5 stars resembling an ear.
Auspicious
Moon
5
Mrigasira
3 stars like a head.
Auspicious
Mars
6
Ardra
Star like a coral head.
Auspicious
Rahu
7
Punarvasu
5 stars like a potter's wheel.
Semi auspicious
Jupiter
8
Pushya
3 stars resembling a blood sucker.
Auspicious
Saturn
9
Ashlesha
6 stars like a serpent.
Inauspicious
Mercury
10
Makha
5 stars like a palanquin.
Destructive
Ketu
11
Purvaphalguni
2 stars resembling human eyes.
Fatal
Venus
12
Uttaraphalguni
2 stars like eyes.
Intelligent
Sun
13
Hasta
5 stars like human fingers.
Fortunate
Moon
14
Chitra
1 star like a pearl.
Auspicious
Mars
15
Swati
1 star like a sapphire.
Auspicious
Rahu
16
Vishakha
5 stars like a potter's wheel.
Inauspicious
Jupiter
17
Anuradha
3 stars resembling an umbrella.
Success giving
Saturn
18
Jyeshta
5 stars like a crouching lion.
Destructive
Mercury
19
Moola
5 stars like a crouching lion.
Destructive
Ketu
20
Poorvashada
2 stars each forming a square.
Destructive
Venus
21
Uttarashada
2 stars each forming a square.
Intelligent
Sun
22
Shravana
3 stars like an arrow.
Happy
Moon
23
Dhanishta
3 stars like an Sun's head.
Auspicious
Mars
24
Satabhisha
100 stars resembling a flower.
Happy
Rahu
25
Poorvabhadra
2 stars each forming the legs of a cot.
Fatal
Jupiter
26
Uttarabhadra
2 stars each forming the legs of a cot.
Fortunate
Saturn
27
Revati
3 stars like a fish.
Happy
Mercury
Each of these constellations is further divided into four quarters of padas and we have 27*4=108 padas comprising the whole of the zodiac. Each pada gets 3 degrees 20'(Three degree and twenty minutes).
Planets are said to have certain states called 'avastas'. Avastas or planetary states are grouped into several heads. The ten states, describing the physical-mental conditions of the planets are:
1. Deepta or exaltation - gives long life, successful work, good family, promising children, wealth, fame, respect and conveyances.
2. Swastha or residence in their own house - permanence, happiness, sound education, good position.
3. Muditha or residence in friendly sign- good dress, fine taste, sweet scents, flowers, women, position and happiness.
4. Santha or planets in auspicious sub-divisions- timely strength and courage, helping relations, comfortable life, health and happiness.
5. Saktha or retrograde motion- courage, prosperity, successful position, reputation, wealth, good relations. In retrograde motion, good planets produce happiness and bad planets give evil effects and misery.
6. Peedya or planets in the last quarter or Navamsa of the sign - hatred, quarrelsome relations, family dissension, criminal prosecutions, pilfering habits, expulsion from country.
7. Deena or planets in unfriendly houses - sickness, meanness, mental worry, derangement in brain, social degradation or excommunication, bigoted persecutions.
8. Vikala or planets in combustion - mental disorder, orphanage, many face expulsion from country, public disgrace of children, wife and friends.
9. Khala or planets in debilitation - constant losses, vulgar birth, troubles from unexpected sources, quarrels with parents, imprisonment, disease, misery and utter disregard for that which is noble and sacred.
10. Bheetha or acceleration - loss due to fire, foes, kings and thieves. Persecution, tortures, disgraceful life, vulgar habits, danger in foreign countries. In predicting the results, it is to be noted that the evil conjuctions and aspects add to the misery and good conjuctions and aspects are beneficial.
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