Veda swanghojita krishnodrhasangarshanu jyudaha
These are the beautiful lines from the beautiful Vishnu Sahasranama.
The 1000 names of Vishnu, which is relevant to our next nakshatra in our series,
the 16th nakshatra of Vishaka nakshatra,
which falls in the four padas of dharma, artha, kama and moksha,
between 20 degrees of Libra and going into 3 degrees 20 minutes of Scorpio.
Now we are leaving Libra and going into Scorpio.
So Vishaka, what does first of all this name mean?
Name itself suggests a lot of meanings in this nakshatra.
Shaka in Sanskrit means a branch of.
Vishaka symbol is also branches of a tree.
Also a potter's wheel, like you see there.
Vishaka is someone that is something that is unifying the branches of a tree,
meaning coming away from the split and trying to unify it,
trying to find a common goal there and which also ties in with the theme of Libra.
Libra is all about balancing, right?
Now we are talking about the person who is balancing the scales.
That's the theme of Vishaka, leaving Libra and going into Scorpio.
So we are talking about the nature and energies of each nakshatra here in this series, right?
This one is a mixed kind of nakshatra.
It can be sharp and it can be soft also, depending on the situations,
depending on the planets and how they are acting on it.
Your dominant number of personal planets like Mercury, Mars, Venus, Moon, etc.
are bunched in this nakshatra.
It means that you will have a dominant theme of Vishaka playing.
So what are the themes and energies of this nakshatra?
The energy, like we spoke of, is dedication to target achievement.
They need to dedicate themselves to achieving a single target, a focus,
because the deity is Indra.
This is one of the ruling deities of one of the nakshatras of Indra,
the other one being Jayashtath.
Like these are the two forms of Indra.
Indra is the chief of the Devik energies.
The fellow is always insecure, always worried about who is going to take his throne.
He is the king of God, so to speak, God's as in Devik energies.
And therefore, he always takes the help of Vishnu.
That's why I recommend Vishnu Sahasranama.
So the energy, back to the energies of this nakshatra,
dedication to target achievement.
They have a theme of indulgence.
Everything you can think about Indra, the king of gods, is relevant here.
When I read these energies to you, think of Indra,
the insecure king who is always worried about losing his throne.
Indulgence, inner strength and drive for purification.
Purification, more I feel in the second padha, Libra going into Taurus,
because now we are going from air to earth, need for purification.
The dilemma of choices, this is another big thing for Vishakana nakshatra,
because they are faced with two choices in life.
Need for single-mindedness, control of senses.
So you also come down to for Vishakana, more of control of their own senses,
especially in palat tri because it's air going into air, Libra going into Gemini in Navamsa.
So it's too much of airy energy, you need a solid kind of a grounding somewhere.
Okay.
They are focused, they need to focus to achieve their goals.
They need to be moving towards transformation, because now you're going from Libra Zodiac to Scorpio.
We are entering the science of Shiva, the last nine of them, right?
We are slowly entering Scorpio.
Scorpio is the eighth house of transformation.
So everything from here onwards will be more about transformation,
of something, external, internal.
They can be blunt on the downside, they could have jealousy and addictive tendencies,
insecurities and mood swings.
In Pada 4, curiosity, these people are very curious, they can be charming.
They need decisiveness, determination, and they have an issue of focusing on relationship issues,
especially in Pada 1.
Maybe even going into Pada 3 in the Kama, because Libra going into Gemini is very focused on relationships.
Life lesson, finally.
What's the life lesson for this Vishakha Nakshatra, the one who's trying to unify the branches of a tree,
the origin of the fork in the road?
Both opposites are needed to bring mutually beneficial goals to fruition.
It's not about one thing or another for Vishakha, you need to learn this.
It's not about this or that, it's not one thing to the exclusion of something else.
It's both, it's unifying the forces which are seemingly opposite or seemingly going like a fork in the road,
but you need to bring them inside you to fruition.
You need to use both opposites that you are seeing, two sides of it.
You need to bring both those sides to mutual beneficial goals,
an in-vind situation, if you will.
So that's the life lesson of Vishakha Nakshatra.
Mantra, again Vishnu Sahasranama will help you with the energies of how you need to deal with it.
Ages that this Nakshatra is active is 5, 33, 34, 37, 39, 43, 48, 49, 57, 66, 67, 60, 80, 82 and 89.
Very active Nakshatra, very, very active Nakshatra.
So whenever you are in this age or if your house is active at these particular ages
and you have Vishakha Nakshatra as a dominant theme,
personal or outer planets playing, this themes will play out to you.
Well, essentially what does it say?
You need to dedicate yourself to a particular target.
You need to unify what seems to you like should I do A or should I do B?
Facing options really, picking one option, pick one.
Pick one and get on with it like they say.
Okay.
So next one on our list we shall be doing Anuradha Nakshatra.
Take care. Be safe.