1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Veda swanghojita krishnodrhasangarshanu jyudaha 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,000 These are the beautiful lines from the beautiful Vishnu Sahasranama. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:17,000 The 1000 names of Vishnu, which is relevant to our next nakshatra in our series, 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,000 the 16th nakshatra of Vishaka nakshatra, 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:27,000 which falls in the four padas of dharma, artha, kama and moksha, 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:34,000 between 20 degrees of Libra and going into 3 degrees 20 minutes of Scorpio. 7 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Now we are leaving Libra and going into Scorpio. 8 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,000 So Vishaka, what does first of all this name mean? 9 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:46,000 Name itself suggests a lot of meanings in this nakshatra. 10 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,000 Shaka in Sanskrit means a branch of. 11 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,000 Vishaka symbol is also branches of a tree. 12 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Also a potter's wheel, like you see there. 13 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:04,000 Vishaka is someone that is something that is unifying the branches of a tree, 14 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:09,000 meaning coming away from the split and trying to unify it, 15 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:15,000 trying to find a common goal there and which also ties in with the theme of Libra. 16 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Libra is all about balancing, right? 17 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Now we are talking about the person who is balancing the scales. 18 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:27,000 That's the theme of Vishaka, leaving Libra and going into Scorpio. 19 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:34,000 So we are talking about the nature and energies of each nakshatra here in this series, right? 20 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,000 This one is a mixed kind of nakshatra. 21 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,000 It can be sharp and it can be soft also, depending on the situations, 22 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,000 depending on the planets and how they are acting on it. 23 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Your dominant number of personal planets like Mercury, Mars, Venus, Moon, etc. 24 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,000 are bunched in this nakshatra. 25 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,000 It means that you will have a dominant theme of Vishaka playing. 26 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,000 So what are the themes and energies of this nakshatra? 27 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:11,000 The energy, like we spoke of, is dedication to target achievement. 28 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,000 They need to dedicate themselves to achieving a single target, a focus, 29 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000 because the deity is Indra. 30 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:26,000 This is one of the ruling deities of one of the nakshatras of Indra, 31 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 the other one being Jayashtath. 32 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Like these are the two forms of Indra. 33 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,000 Indra is the chief of the Devik energies. 34 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:38,000 The fellow is always insecure, always worried about who is going to take his throne. 35 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,000 He is the king of God, so to speak, God's as in Devik energies. 36 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,000 And therefore, he always takes the help of Vishnu. 37 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,000 That's why I recommend Vishnu Sahasranama. 38 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,000 So the energy, back to the energies of this nakshatra, 39 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 dedication to target achievement. 40 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,000 They have a theme of indulgence. 41 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Everything you can think about Indra, the king of gods, is relevant here. 42 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 When I read these energies to you, think of Indra, 43 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,000 the insecure king who is always worried about losing his throne. 44 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Indulgence, inner strength and drive for purification. 45 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Purification, more I feel in the second padha, Libra going into Taurus, 46 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:25,000 because now we are going from air to earth, need for purification. 47 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:31,000 The dilemma of choices, this is another big thing for Vishakana nakshatra, 48 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 because they are faced with two choices in life. 49 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Need for single-mindedness, control of senses. 50 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,000 So you also come down to for Vishakana, more of control of their own senses, 51 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:48,000 especially in palat tri because it's air going into air, Libra going into Gemini in Navamsa. 52 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:54,000 So it's too much of airy energy, you need a solid kind of a grounding somewhere. 53 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Okay. 54 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:02,000 They are focused, they need to focus to achieve their goals. 55 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:09,000 They need to be moving towards transformation, because now you're going from Libra Zodiac to Scorpio. 56 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:16,000 We are entering the science of Shiva, the last nine of them, right? 57 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,000 We are slowly entering Scorpio. 58 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Scorpio is the eighth house of transformation. 59 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,000 So everything from here onwards will be more about transformation, 60 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 of something, external, internal. 61 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,000 They can be blunt on the downside, they could have jealousy and addictive tendencies, 62 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 insecurities and mood swings. 63 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:45,000 In Pada 4, curiosity, these people are very curious, they can be charming. 64 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:52,000 They need decisiveness, determination, and they have an issue of focusing on relationship issues, 65 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,000 especially in Pada 1. 66 00:04:54,000 --> 00:05:03,000 Maybe even going into Pada 3 in the Kama, because Libra going into Gemini is very focused on relationships. 67 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Life lesson, finally. 68 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:12,000 What's the life lesson for this Vishakha Nakshatra, the one who's trying to unify the branches of a tree, 69 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,000 the origin of the fork in the road? 70 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:23,000 Both opposites are needed to bring mutually beneficial goals to fruition. 71 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,000 It's not about one thing or another for Vishakha, you need to learn this. 72 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:33,000 It's not about this or that, it's not one thing to the exclusion of something else. 73 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:41,000 It's both, it's unifying the forces which are seemingly opposite or seemingly going like a fork in the road, 74 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 but you need to bring them inside you to fruition. 75 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:50,000 You need to use both opposites that you are seeing, two sides of it. 76 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,000 You need to bring both those sides to mutual beneficial goals, 77 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,000 an in-vind situation, if you will. 78 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:02,000 So that's the life lesson of Vishakha Nakshatra. 79 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Mantra, again Vishnu Sahasranama will help you with the energies of how you need to deal with it. 80 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Ages that this Nakshatra is active is 5, 33, 34, 37, 39, 43, 48, 49, 57, 66, 67, 60, 80, 82 and 89. 81 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 Very active Nakshatra, very, very active Nakshatra. 82 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:33,000 So whenever you are in this age or if your house is active at these particular ages 83 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,000 and you have Vishakha Nakshatra as a dominant theme, 84 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:42,000 personal or outer planets playing, this themes will play out to you. 85 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 Well, essentially what does it say? 86 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,000 You need to dedicate yourself to a particular target. 87 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:53,000 You need to unify what seems to you like should I do A or should I do B? 88 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Facing options really, picking one option, pick one. 89 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Pick one and get on with it like they say. 90 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Okay. 91 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:06,000 So next one on our list we shall be doing Anuradha Nakshatra. 92 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Take care. Be safe.