Vishvam Vishnur Vashat Karo Bhutabhavya Bhavad Prabhu.
What does that mean?
These are the first lines of Vishnu Sahasranama, meaning,
He who is the universe itself, He who is spread everywhere,
He who is the personification of Vedic sacrifice or Yadnya,
He who is the master of present, past and future.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.
We begin the series of Nakshatra studies.
These are esoteric studies and the energies of every single one of the 27 constellations of Vedic astrology.
Number one, Ashwini falls in the zodiac sign of Aries, zodiac,
between 0 degrees to 13 degrees, 20 minutes of Aries.
Now you can see the picture over there.
The sign is of horses.
They are also called as horse-headed twins.
They are twins and they are the physicians to the devas.
Remember, we spoke about studying Nakshatra's best with the deity that governs it.
Ashwini, Kumara twins.
Ashwini means a horse.
It is falling in the zodiac sign of Aries and it is ruled by Ketu.
Now let's examine the palas.
The first pada of Ashwini Nakshatra is Aries.
So it is Vargotama.
Vargotama meaning it falls in the same sign in Natal chart and in the Navamsa chart.
So this will be very exalted position of planets and points to be studied.
You need to see Ashwini Nakshatra when your chart is showing a dominance,
two or three or more planets or points situated in this Ashwini Nakshatra.
Okay?
Between 0 degrees and 13.2 degrees of Aries.
The first, we are taking that slice of the pie which is shown in the bottom right corner.
That slice of the pie we are examining in this.
So what is the energy of Aries in Ashwini Nakshatra?
Energy of Aries in Ashwini Nakshatra is of an initiator.
They are the risk takers.
They need admiration.
They could become good healers because Ashwini, Kumara twins were the physicians to the gods.
So there is a hint there.
Everything is a hint.
Okay?
They can become healers, doctors, even surgeons, even athletes.
They are adaptable.
They are very commanding.
They are friendly.
They could be controlling, for example, in first Pada because Aries, Aries is very strong.
So there is a tremendous amount of Mars energy there.
They are intelligent people.
It provides continuous learning.
They could be very sexual in Pada too because the Pada too transcends from Aries in the Navamsa into Taurus.
Taurus is very earthly.
So Aries plus Taurus, the Mars plus Venus, because Venus rules Taurus, gives them a very sexual nature.
They can be helpful.
They can be quick.
They can be restless like the moon if moon is there.
It is difficult to maintain relationships because they are impulsive.
They are beginners of things.
They do not like particularly to finish things, but they are very good beginners.
They are initiators.
They can be impulsive like Venus.
Again, it could be in the second Pada, the Artha Pada, between 3 degrees, 20 minutes to 6 degrees, 40 minutes in Aries,
which in the natal chart, if you say Aries in the Navamsa, it will go to Taurus, like you can see in the table there.
I made the series ready to use folks.
You can plot your own chart using plenty of websites out there which give you Vedic Astrology charts.
And you can use this as a guidepost.
There are plenty of good websites for learning Vedic Astrology, plenty of good YouTube channels.
I am just giving you my study notes here.
So they can be well groomed.
They can have good health, lot of fire energy.
Why?
Because Mars is there.
They have lack of stability and consistency because there is too much of Aries energy.
Aries energy is also ruled by Mars.
So Mars is like a soldier.
It's like just wants to go out and do stuff.
They are action oriented people.
That's why they lack stability and consistency.
They could be seeking power, especially if planets and points are in the first Pada between 0 degrees and 3 degrees, 20 minutes,
which is Aries Vargotama, so they will be very power hungry.
They could be materialistic and grounded in the second Pada because Taurus is ruled by Venus and it's an earth sign.
They could have a lot of sexual vigor, passions and it could be youthful in Pada 3 because it's of Kama,
6 degrees, 40 minutes to 10 degrees of Aries.
They could be healers, doctors, surgeons, empathic especially in Pada 4, the Moksha Pada.
The Moksha Pada is always a water sign going into Navamsa.
So the natal if it's Aries between 10 degrees and 13 degrees, it goes into the Navamsa of cancer.
Cancer is very emotional.
It's a fourth house.
It's ruled by Moon, especially Moon maybe in your sixth house along with other planets and points.
You could be a doctor, a surgeon.
Life lesson, this is one of the most important parts of every nakshatra we'll be dealing with.
What is the life lesson?
What is Ashwini asking you to do this lifetime or investigate?
You have to use what you have to initiate new beginnings.
Ashwini is all about new beginnings.
Okay, so you should be using what you have.
Don't start craving for what you do not have.
You already have some talent and you got to go through your chart, investigate what that talent is,
where you would be able to shine in this life.
And that's the life lesson for Ashwini.
If you have lots of planets or points in birth chart and Navamsa in Ashwini,
that means you are being driven to start something new.
You need to initiate using what you have.
You have to be willing to ride it out.
So the mantra that I feel would help for Ashwini nakshatra people,
dominant Ashwini nakshatra is Vishnu Sahasranama.
The ages active are 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 24, 28, 26, 30, 46 and 67.
It's a very active nakshatra.
Not all nakshatras have a lot of years where they are active.
These ages meaning your age.
What age you are right now and when these Ashwini in your chart would be active.
In that particular house where Ashwini falls in.
So you got to investigate this way.
Next we will move on to the Bharani.
Thank you.