1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Nakshatra nemi, nakshatri, kshamak, shama, samihana. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:08,000 What does that mean? 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:14,000 That's the words from the thousand names of Vishnu, Vishnu sahasranama. 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Which means, nakshatra nemi means, he who is one like the Zodiac. 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:26,000 Nakshatri, who is like the moon, who is the chief of stars. 6 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Kshamak, shama, samihana, who is persistently patient, who remains alone after the deluge. 7 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 He who likes the job of creation. 8 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:49,000 So when we talk of nakshatras, understand we are speaking of the various forms of the great creation itself. 9 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Everything in the nakshatras is the Maya of Vishnu. 10 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,000 It's the way we experience subjective reality. 11 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:02,000 And each one is a point of view which is different from the others. 12 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:06,000 And we are a collection or a combination of all these nakshatras. 13 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:12,000 Every chart has all the nakshatras, but some are more focused with planets and points. 14 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000 And others are not. 15 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:22,000 This is the reason why you ignore certain things while another person next to you is sitting and focusing on only that more 16 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,000 and ignoring whatever you are about. 17 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Welcome ladies and gentlemen, let's study the nakshatras. 18 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:40,000 So what essentially are we talking of when we talk of these 27 constellations of the moon or lunar mansions as they are popularly referred to as. 19 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:44,000 The nakshata arrangement as you can see on the picture there. 20 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,000 Let's just simplify it into what it is. 21 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,000 We are studying about the basic nakshatra arrangement. 22 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:59,000 In the Navamsa, the ninth divisional chart, this is the pie chart which will be dissecting step by step 23 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,000 into all these series of nakshatra in this complete playlist as we go along. 24 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:13,000 So there is a 12 zodiac sign belt right from Aries to Pisces in the innermost one indicated there. 25 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:18,000 Next to that is the nakshatra belt, the one above it. 26 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:24,000 After that, the numbering that you see, that belt is the pada or the steps. 27 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Pada is also called the feet. 28 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Vishnu is said to be embodied in the feet. 29 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Pada yor Vishnu stishtetu, like it says in the Rudra Lagunya Sa is the feet. 30 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Vishnu resides in the feet. 31 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,000 The feet is supported by the earth. 32 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 We'll come to all of these esoterics later on. 33 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Nakshatra is the study of esoteric energy. 34 00:02:50,000 --> 00:03:02,000 So, the Navamsa next to the pada belt, the last outermost belt which you see indicated by again zodiac signs, is the Navamsa pada belt. 35 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:10,000 In the Navamsa, each zodiac is split into nine parts as you can see there. 36 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:17,000 So, that's what we are about to study in this series. 37 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Within Vedic astrology, the 12 zodiac signs fall within the domain of 27 constellation types, also called the nakshatra. 38 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:36,000 It is just like zooming into a zodiac sign and into each star within the constellation of the zodiac. 39 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,000 How each one affects the theme and the nature of the zodiac, like in the picture you see. 40 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 I've just taken a sample here. 41 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Let us say we take a telescope and we focus on the zodiac sign of Leo. 42 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Leo has all those stars which look like that in the night sky. 43 00:03:54,000 --> 00:04:00,000 Nakshatra, which goes in the Navamsa, we are split up into nine parts here. 44 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:05,000 The zodiac of Leo is split into nine parts. 45 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:14,000 It goes through the nakshatra of Maga to Purva Phalguni and to the first pada of Uttara Phalguni. 46 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 So, this is how we cover it. 47 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,000 Nakshatras are basically zooming in into the zodiac. 48 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:24,000 So, now you are getting almost like micro examination of your zodiac sign. 49 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 We are zooming in. 50 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:32,000 These 27 nakshatras are constellations of Vedic astrology, also known as lunar mansions, 51 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,000 since they are said to represent the moon, mind, the manas in Sanskrit, 52 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:44,000 provide us rich esoteric knowledge of what shades and colors a soul experiences in a given lifetime, 53 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:49,000 and what the soul path may be, what the motive of the soul wants to achieve, 54 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:57,000 perhaps what it needs to love, what it needs to let go of, release and heal in life. 55 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:04,000 The Navamsa or the ninth divisional chart is considered to be the evolution of soul in maturing years, 56 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,000 typically after 36 years or the age of Saturn maturity. 57 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:15,000 So, the natal chart and the navamsa divisional chart are the most consulted charts in India. 58 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Probably the ninth division is given a lot of importance also. 59 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 This is just my guess. 60 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,000 It's because Vedic astrology is based on a nine planet point system. 61 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:29,000 The sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Rao, Ketu, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. 62 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:37,000 And each division here therefore has a different energy signature within a given zodiac. 63 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Within the navamsa, each zodiac sign is divided into nine parts of three degrees, 20 minutes each. 64 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Each nakshatra therefore spans a total of 13 degrees and 20 minutes segment. 65 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:57,000 Each nakshatra has four divisions of padas. Padas means in this case steps. 66 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:06,000 As a result of this uneven distribution, many zodiac signs will spill over to the last padas or into different nakshatras. 67 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Or some will even split in half. 68 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 For example, Mars. 69 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:17,000 Mars rule nakshatras are all split in half between two adjacent zodiac signs. 70 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:22,000 The four padas are designated as dharma, artha, kama and moksha padas, 71 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:27,000 showing us the graduation steps of soul evolution. 72 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:34,000 The easiest way to grasp a nakshatra and the theme it represents is by understanding the deity of the nakshatra, 73 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,000 the devic energies that govern that. 74 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:42,000 And second, by the associated symbols representing each nakshatra. 75 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,000 We shall examine this in the nakshatra videos. 76 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:53,000 The four steps or padas meaning feet in Sanskrit and with their associated elements dharma, 77 00:06:53,000 --> 00:07:01,000 that is the fire element, artha, the earth element, kama, the air element and moksha, the water element. 78 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:09,000 These steps are evolution of the soul path and therefore become our individual experience of our body, 79 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:14,000 senses, mind seeking, achieving faults, trials and tribulations and so forth. 80 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Each step or pada alters the nature of our life themes that play out for us individually. 81 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:33,000 According to the ruling sign, according to the ascendant, the moon placement and all the rest of the planets, the house placement, etc. 82 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,000 They play out in sets of four, three times in a zodiac. 83 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Aries to Cancer are the first, Leo to Scorpio are the second. 84 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Sagittarius to Pisces, the third set. 85 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:54,000 The Aries to Cancer padas represent the birth and formative energies of the soul path in life. 86 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:01,000 The physical appearance, talents, abilities, family, home, the Brahma energies, how you are formed, 87 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:08,000 how the basic concept of an embodied soul is being sculpted and formed in this life. 88 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:18,000 Leo number five to Scorpio number eight padas represents sustenance, procreation, creativity, knowledge, love, work, 89 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:26,000 engagement for the soul path in this life, the Vishnu energies, how you preserve whatever is you have in your life, 90 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:32,000 how you create more, how you procreate, how do you bring forth children in this world, how do you take care of your children. 91 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:40,000 These houses represent that, how the formed individual is now playing out in the external world, participation and mixing. 92 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Sagittarius number nine to Pisces number 12 padas represent dissemination, expenditure, service to society, 93 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:59,000 dissolution from self into the external, the Shiva energies, how the adult has now matured through meaningful engagement 94 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:05,000 of selfless service, higher wisdom, deep learning through losses and gains of life. 95 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,000 How do we all learn? We learn through losses and gains folks. 96 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:18,000 We don't learn through having tons of money or having that wish list which we all have. 97 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:28,000 So as you can see, even in this second picture, the Nakshtras themselves have seemed to have a kind of evolution 98 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:38,000 path to them. So the first four of them, Aries to Cancer as I spoke about, is all about the Brahma, the formative energies. 99 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Right from the time you're born to your family, these create formative energies for you. 100 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:54,000 And the second four of them, the Vishnu, what I call the bottom one, as you can see, the preservative energies. 101 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:02,000 The preservative energies is number five to eight, where you engage creatively, where you love, where you have children, 102 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:12,000 where you engage with the external world, where you do some work, where you have gains and losses of life, 103 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:18,000 learn through gains and losses of life. That's the second five to eight. 104 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:28,000 When you go from the Pada of Sagittarius to Pisces, the last Padas, these are the Shiva type of energies. 105 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:38,000 These are dissolution of energies. It begins with the Moolana Kshatra, by the way, which goes deep, wants to find out the source energy of things, 106 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:44,000 wants to find out the reason, the deeper reasons and the meanings of life. This is the seeking. 107 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:50,000 This is the participating in the external karma. The number 10,000 comes here. The 11,000 comes here. 108 00:10:50,000 --> 00:11:01,000 Extreme amount of gains, losses, healthy shoes, people learn through this. This is the last and the dissolution, Shiva phase of the Padas. 109 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:09,000 Now you've got to remember the Dharma Pada is in every zodiac, in every nakshatra. 110 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:19,000 The Dharma Pada is the first one, which is the fire element. The artha will be second, kama will be three and moksha will be four. 111 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:26,000 This is common for all nakshatras. So the Dharma Pada will have either Aries, Lea or Sagittarius. 112 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:33,000 The artha Pada will always have two six and ten, that is Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn. 113 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:49,000 The kama Pada will have signs of Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, the three seven and eleven and the moksha, the water signs, will have the sign of cancer, 114 00:11:49,000 --> 00:12:00,000 Scorpio and Pisces, the water elements. So these will be common to every nakshatra. Every Pada will have these kind of steps. 115 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:09,000 We shall see the steps. The steps are the most crucial to understanding the propensity and where the soul is going. 116 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:19,000 This study is about understanding soul parts here. This study is about understanding the energies of nakshatra. 117 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:31,000 It's not so much focused on the predictive part of it, although there is always that. This is more on the study part of it. 118 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Lastly, let me describe how the structure of the videos, every one of these nakshatra videos, I have made it like, for ease of understanding. 119 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:53,000 I got to explain how I am dealing with each one of these. So these are from my notes, essentially. The structure of the videos will be something like this. 120 00:12:53,000 --> 00:13:01,000 The picture on the left is how you will see the video. This first one, for example, Ashwini nakshatra. 121 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:14,000 And how it is structured is the one on the top right corner, top left corner, issuing the moon, because it is all lunar mansions, and it is showing the symbol of the nakshatra. 122 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:25,000 The second part which describes the zodiac. It also describes the padas. So remember this table I have taken from my notes. 123 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:41,000 One to twelve signs. It is the individual fire, the earth, the quality of the zodiac sign is there. Whether it is dharma, artha, kama, or moksha, the sign lord is there. 124 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:52,000 So that's the second part I have given the details. In the little table there under the moon, we see the padas. 125 00:13:52,000 --> 00:14:02,000 Which is the dharma padas, which is the artha padas, which is the kama padas, which is the moksha padas. In the natal chart and in the navamsha, both will be presented. 126 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:08,000 So first of all the main zodiac is there and then the padas are also there. 127 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:23,000 And then on the right hand side top corner, I am presenting the mantras associated. Now this is just my personal take on it. If you have some other mantra you wish to recite, that's up to you. 128 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:31,000 I have taken these based on my own intuition and what will work well for that nakshatra. Why do we need to recite mantra? 129 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:49,000 For one thing, the mantras or the sahasranamas are a collection of thousand various forms of the energy that will help in the deciphering and in the proper execution of a person's life path. 130 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:57,000 We just put it that way. Below the sahasranama which I am presenting, we are discussing the active ages. 131 00:14:57,000 --> 00:15:02,000 What ages is this nakshatra active? 132 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:10,000 And on the bottom right hand corner, I am showing the pie chart and which slice of the pie we are analyzing. 133 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:17,000 Which zodiac sign are we analyzing in that particular video and which nakshatra are we analyzing? 134 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:23,000 So we will go through all the slices of 27 nakshatras in this way. 135 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:29,000 On the left hand, the bottom most corner is the most important of them all. 136 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:39,000 It is the energy of the nakshatra. What kind of energy is presented? What life themes will be affecting this particular individual? 137 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:49,000 If you have more number of planets or points in any given nakshatra and the ascendant and or the moon, this becomes a very dominant theme in your life. 138 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:55,000 That is the reason why you need to know this. And there is most importantly an associated life lesson. 139 00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:02,000 What do you need to learn from all this stuff you have got going on in your life? That is what we come down to. 140 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:08,000 Remember where a nakshatra works depends upon which house it falls into in your chart. 141 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:16,000 The ascendant nakshatra is the soul energy, moon nakshatra is how your mind is working. 142 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:23,000 The path of a planet or a point strongly influences the energy of the nakshatra. 143 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:47,000 So with that, we will begin the nakshatra series starting from Ashwini. 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