The meaning of the word Aashadha is festival or procession and Purva Ashadha means before the procession. This is an indication that the key part of the baby’s growth in the foetus is over and the baby is getting ready for birth.
#PurvaAshadha #Nakshatra in #Vedicastrology is one of the Adhomukhi Nakshatras (or the Nakshatras, which have their mouths downwards). In these Nakshatras, things related to tanks, wells, temples, mining, digging, etc., can be auspiciously begun and performed.
Symbol: An Ivory
The symbol of Purva Ashadha Nakshatra is ivory. Ivory indicates the development of the brain and the soaking of calcium. Some people also consider the tusk of an elephant as a symbol of #Poorvashadha. This is an indication of the maturing of the lungs.
Deity: The #Varuna
Varuna is an Aadhithya. The meaning of the word Varuna is the one who covers or binds. Varuna is associated with the sky, sea, and water. His streak of demonic violent tendencies led to his demotion. He has comprehensive knowledge of many topics. The direction of Varuna is west. Varuna’s mount is Makara. Makara is a half terrestrial and half aquatic animal.
The yoni animal of Purva Ashadha Nakshatra is the #monkey.
The one thing known about monkeys from cartoons and tarzan movies is that they swing from one branch to the other as a way of travelling.
Monkeys are extremely clever when it comes to stealing food and anything they can get their hands on.
In India, some thugs even train monkeys to steal wallets and purses from people.
The Capuchin monkeys are extremely smart as they can make tools and use sign languages to get their projects done.
They are also very much into hygiene.
They will clean each other for bugs, lice or any other critter in their fur, which also allows them to socialize.
They enjoy living up high on tree branches and prefer to be as high as possible.
Knowing the qualities of a monkey, it can be learnt about Purva Ashadha natives that they can’t stick to one thing for a long time.
They either give it up or have it taken from them, which are truly seen in their career path.
They continuously get and lose a job.
Such people do better in places where projects change frequently or freelance work.
This does not mean if you have just one planet in the Purva Ashadha Nakshatra, your consistency in career is over; no, this only occurs when one goes through the dasha of the planet in Purva Ashadha or when the ascendant or Moon is in this Nakshatra.
It is like a monkey going from one branch to another.
The cleverness of the monkey gene doesn’t skip a beat in these natives.
They are extremely clever and strategic on every move.
They can pull any trick to achieve what they set out to do.
It’s not cheating, but they are 5 steps ahead like a champion chess player.
The symbolism of this Nakshatra is a winnowing basket or an elephant’s tusk (the themes and symbols of Purva and Uttara Ashadha are similar) or a hand fan.
The symbol of a winnowing basket is of refinement, cleansing and purifying.
It is used in India to separate small stones and particles from rice or wheat.
It’s a basket that requires strategic planning and movement to remove the chaff from grains; hence, Purva Ashada natives are natural strategists who know how to make any project clean and pure.
It’s very hard and strategic work to even make a winnowing basket for rice cleaning.
Lord Ganesha used the tusk or his tooth to write the Mahabharata text, which clearly shows the writing skills these natives possess, especially philosophical and theological writing.
There is a priestly quality to their writing as God Ganesha broke his tusk to use as a pen to write Mahabharata.
This story is about the epic battle between two families, including Lord Krishna.
Purva Ashada natives love reading and writing battle or war sagas. They love reading books like Sun Tzu’s The Art of War or Machiavelli’s The Prince.
The symbol of the fan represents comfort. When there was no electricity in the past, people fanned themselves, or someone else was appointed to do the job.
This shows the extravagant nature of Purva Ashadha natives.
They want comfort and the best of everything.
They want to be in the best hotel, best resort, have luxury items, accessories, and would like to fly in the first class.
Purva Ashadha natives must have these in order to feel normal, while others may feel normal in most ordinary conditions.
They are serial vacationers because they feel like crossing and being near the ocean.
The deity of the Purva Ashada Nakshatra is Apah, the cosmic waters.
Apah brings about the waters that inspire all of humanity.
Purva Ashada Nakshatra is also connected with the elephant-headed God, Ganesha, as he was the one who broke his tusk to write the Mahabharata.
The vanara sena, or the army of monkeys, assisted Lord Rama in his search for his kidnapped wife, Sita.
Lord Rama’s greatest devotee was Hanuman, whose mother was also a great devotee of Lord Shiva.
Hanuman is said to have created an alternative version of Ramayan, which surpassed the original version of Ramayana created by Sage Valmiki over a period of 12 years.
Valmiki was brought down to a mixture of joy and sorrow after reading Hanuman’s version and is said to have been perplexed by the magnitude of the work.
Hanuman inquired why the sage was bothered and simply threw his book into the ocean with the sage on his shoulder.
The sage said that he would be reborn in another age as Hanuman’s devotee and retell the Ramayana in a common person’s words.
This Nakshatra is also the birth star of Mars.
It can also be learnt from the mythology synopsis that Purva Ashada natives love being near water.
For them, water is a life force and not just a necessity.
Purva Ashadha natives will talk with their family members about how they want to go to the ocean for vacation and find a house near the ocean or river.
In the Ramayana, monkeys with Hanuman build the bridge between India and Sri Lanka. Similarly, these natives are able to accomplish the most challenging and unimaginable tasks with their cleverness and strategic intelligence.
This Nakshatra also occurs in the middle of the Sagittarius sign (natural 9th house in astrology), which means it is at the heart of the sign of higher education, higher knowledge, philosophy, wisdom and God’s devotion.
Purva Ashadha natives do excellent in such fields when planets like Jupiter, Mercury and Venus are placed in this Nakshatra.
The planet Mars is born on this Nakshatra. Hence, it is a Nakshatra of war.
Wars may start on this Nakshatra, as it needs a lot of strategic planning.
To win any war, one must first strategize before implementing any plan.
Attributes of Purva Ashadha Nakshatra in Astrology
Spread from 13’20” up to 26’40” in Sagittarius (Dhanu) Sign.
Lord is Guru; the deity is “Varun’ (Lord of the Waters), a ‘hand fan’ symbol.
Its attributes are extensiveness like that of the waters, concealment, protection of the dependant, firmness in danger, kindness, forgiving nature, power of endurance, biding time for opportunities for victory, declaration of war, the courage never to submit or yield, cold things, marine life, fish or anything concerning fish trade, bridge-making, fisherman’s occupation, the watery part of the human system, kidney trouble, things that float on waters including boats, ships and other vessels, mist, i.e. barges, all these things come within the purview of this star.
According to some, the deity of Purva Ashadha Nakshatra is ‘Daksha’, the son of Prajapati. He was the father of ‘Sati’; he was the most powerful among Gods but having incurred the displeasure of Shiva, he was beheaded and had a goat’s head in place of his own.
From this, it is possible to ascribe attributes like truth, desire and other qualities of Puru, Kuru, Pururaba and others to this star.
Description of Purva Ashadha Nakshatra in Vedic Astrology Treatise
According to Hora Sara: The native born in Purva Ashadha Nakshatra will be firm in friendship, modest, will have many sons, lead men, be intelligent, will consume savoury food, will have pleasure from wife and will be dear to the king.
According to Jataka Parijata: If a native is born in the star Purva Ashadha, he will be uniformly well-behaved, endowed with a high sense of honor, well off, and calm minded.
According to Sage Narada: The native born in Purva Ashadha will derive sexual pleasures only from his spouse. He will be skilful, firm in friendship, will incur grief, be heroic and honourable.
According to Brihat Samhita: The native born under Purva Ashadha will have an amiable and jolly wife, will be proud and firm in friendship.
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