This series starts a whole new set of 27 videos about nakshatras but this is only covering
the instinct part of it.
We'll start with Ashwini and then we'll go all the way up till Revati.
This was something I thought of for a long time, the animal in the bird symbology in
the nakshatras.
There has to be a greater meaning in each one of these, buried underneath.
So check this out, roll the intro.
Before we get into the nakshatras, let us examine what the instinct houses mean in Vedic
Astrology.
What could it be?
It's marked over there, house number one, house number four, house number five, house
number eight and house number twelve as marked there.
You should check the planets or the lords of the houses and which nakshatra they decide
in to get the instinctual level of things because we are only working with instinct and
totems in this series here for every nakshatra.
So the first house of the ascendant represents the head, the self, one's personality, physical
body, thinking process, intuition and logic, self-identity and expression.
The fourth house is associated with the heart center, home, family, emotional contentment,
homeland, local community.
It can provide information about a person's instinctual need for security, comfort and
their home surroundings and relationship to all these areas of life.
That's house number four.
Look at how house number one and four become very instinctual.
Okay.
Maybe you never thought of that.
House number five is associated with the navel chakra, the belly button, the creative intelligence,
the self expression as identity, your courtship behaviors in romance and such, learning and
intelligence and intellectual bent of mind.
Where does your mind go?
That's house number five, creative intelligence.
It also means children and therefore instinctual parenting attributes.
It also means past life karma.
House number eight is associated with root chakra, the sexual center, your innate sense
of security.
What does it mean to be secure for you?
Are you feeling secure or insecure?
House number eight will tell the story.
Handling of changes of life.
Everybody's life has changes as they go through it.
Right?
Handle those changes is the attributes of the eight life instinct.
It also means hidden truths.
It also dictates the type as well as the intensity and instincts regarding your copulatory experiences.
What does it mean?
Copulatory experiences.
How do you deal with sex?
What does it mean to have sex with another person for you individually?
How do you experience it?
It's a house matter.
That's also like you very well know it's all instinct based.
So the lord of the eight and the eight lord of the eight nakshatra, for example, if you
see that that will dictate the instinct level.
House number 12 is next house number 12 is associated with subconscious mind psychology.
Your dream time.
What do you dream?
The hidden desires exploration of the psychic and the hidden realms.
That's the house.
Last one, the moon placement house.
Where is the moon placed in your chart?
It may be placed in any one of these houses, one, four, five, eight and 12 or it may be
placed as the lord of one of these in some other houses.
It doesn't matter where the moon is placed, but the moon's nakshatra is vital to consider
when you talk about instinct, especially emotional instinct and reactivity of a person.
Okay.
Now let's get into nakshatras.
Let's examine the attributes, the qualities and instincts and totems of the asheni nakshatra.
Pulse the sign of Aries.
It is in the Rajasmovable and male sign.
Think these attributes in mind always when you are evaluating nakshatras also.
This bit over here will give you the nakshatra qualities.
This is the qualities of the zodiac.
It's a fire sign ruled by Mars.
It is Rajasmovable and male.
That means the energy is always moving and outward male sign.
That's the symbol of Aries.
That's the nakshatra and that's the life lesson below the nakshatra.
The asheni symbol, the bird is of a wild eagle.
As you can see, the wild eagle characteristics are here.
Horse is the animal of asheni or the twin horses.
So what is the instinct level of the animal and the bird itself?
Let us start with wild eagle.
It has got a predatory instinct.
Eagles have a strong instinctual drive for hunting equipped with sharp vision and powerful
talons to capture the prey.
So it's basically a hunting bird.
Monogamous mating habits.
Think of the eight cows.
Monogamous mating.
Eagles instinctively form monogamous pairs and nests and have sharing responsibility
in their young.
This could be the mating instinct.
The copulatory instincts.
If your eight lord is sitting in asheni, this might be it.
This might be your drive towards your sexual behavior.
Territorial defense instinct.
The instinct to defend their hunting territory.
Strong boundaries.
Migratory patterns where applicable.
Some eagle species have instinctual drive to migrate.
So that will be applicable to planets in asheni.
Especially if it's Mars or Sun because both are shatriya planets.
It will do very well in asheni.
Let's look at the horse part.
Herbivorous diet.
So first off, it's got a meat eating bird but it's got a herbivorous animal.
Think about that for a minute.
I wanted to use your own logic, your own thinking to evaluate such things.
Animal is herbivorous.
The bird is carnivorous.
How about that?
Herb social structure.
Horses are inherently social animals when forming herds with a hierarchical structure
led by dominant individuals.
So it wants to be the leader.
That's why asheni is driven to be a leader.
It's a devgana, one eye we will keep on the nakshatra also.
It is a devgana, so therefore it is looking for higher ideology.
Varna is Vaishya, therefore it is looking for trade and commerce and it's a creator energy.
Keep those in mind always.
Communication through body language.
Oh, before that, light of fight response.
We've heard of this.
So horses tend to run away when they are faced with potential dangers.
That's the fight of light response.
Asheni can have that.
Especially if you're faced with danger, especially if asheni, your sixth lord is placed in asheni,
then you might have this.
Or if asheni planets and asheni nakshatra, he is falling in your sixth house.
That might be the case.
Communication through body language.
Use various instinctual body language and vocalizations to communicate with one another
and indicating emotional needs and hierarchy, very hierarchical in nature.
Galloping and running skills swift asheni is known to be swift.
Now let's have a look at the totem symbols of asheni.
When we speak of totems, you got to remember the symbology behind it and also think of
the animal or the bird and its general characteristics in terms of esoterics.
Eagle vision and perspective.
See the eagle is a bird which flies high.
It has got a keen vision and a broader perspective because it flies so high.
Apply all these characteristics to asheni.
Eagle's sharp eyesight symbolizes the importance of seeing the bigger picture and gaining insight
into life's challenges.
This is why asheni can face challenges head on.
It is the sight of an eagle.
Freedom and independence like horses, eagles are also seen as symbol of freedom and independence.
They soar high in the sky representing the desire for personal liberation and ability
to rise above obstacles.
Again driven by Mars as you can see there in a fire sign.
Power and authority.
It is a shatriya nakshatra, right?
Shatriya planet.
So they are interested in power and authority.
Eagles are known for their strength and authority in the animal kingdom.
Other birds tend to run away whenever eagles fly around.
Have you seen that?
In and aspiration, eagle totem encourages individuals to aim high and pursue their goals
with determination and ambition.
It represents the pursuit of one's dreams and drive to achieve them.
Protection and guidance.
Eagles are often seen as protectors and guides offering support and wisdom to those who connect
with this totem.
Think about this when you think of asheni.
The horse.
The horse totem in asheni says this.
Power and energy.
In native American and indigenous cultures, which is also the case with Vedic culture,
the horse totem represents power, energy and a driving force in one's life.
Freedom and travel.
Horses are often associated with the idea of traveling freely, running free in the wild.
Like many needs that freedom, it is swift like a horse.
It is wild like an eagle.
Cooperation and partnership.
Horses are herd animals and the totem meaning can emphasize the importance of cooperation,
teamwork and forming meaningful partnerships.
Grace and elegance.
Horses are known for their grace and elegance.
They are powerful yet elegant animals.
Isn't it horses?
They are loved by everybody in the world.
Their totem meaning can inspire individuals to carry themselves with poise, beauty in
their actions and endeavors.
Now let's tie this back into the life lesson and what that could mean.
The life lesson of asheni is using what you have to initiate new beginnings.
Be willing to ride it out.
We have covered this in the heart of the nakshatra for every one of these.
You can revisit those.
I am not going to get into details there for but we will see life lesson using what you
have.
What does asheni have?
It has the qualities of a wild eagle as listed here and the qualities of a horse.
This is what asheni must use in order to get ahead in life.
In the next one we shall be dealing with barani, the second part of eris.
Thank you for listening, watching and in the next one I will see you in barani.
Be safe, be awesome people.