#nakshatra

#Hasta Nakshatra is located in 10:00-23:20 #Virgo. It is ruled by the planet #Moon and the deity #Savitar.

Savitar is one of the avatars of Surya the Sun-god. Savitar is the deity of Sunrise, and with this carries the power of awakening. When you think of Sunrise, the warm glow when the first rays lighten up the horizon and and start to warm up the Earth, this is Savitar.

Savitar is the awakener of awareness and this Nakshatra heightens perceptivity and awakened consciousness. Like all, this awakening quality is also part of us, our emotional, mental, spiritual awakening. Hasta awakens the life force that motivates us to get up and going every day to accomplish the things we set out to accomplish.

With both Mercury and Moon involved with this Nakshatra ruled by the Moon and located in the Mercury ruled sign Virgo, Hasta Nakshatra is a very mental constellation, we are talking mental emotional intelligence and capacity. Hasta gives an incredible ability to put this alertness to use and with dexterity create wonderful things. Hasta is a Nakshatra of manifestation, through devotional practice, the power of mind, and the use of our hands, Hasta Nakshatra is after all symbolized by the hand, or by a closed fist, both showing the ability to be very hands-on in life and the call for creation and action.