#gemini

waynerad@diasp.org

Gemma is a new family of open source models from Google based on Google's Gemini models.

The 2 billion model is trained on 2 trillion tokens and the 7 billion model is trained on 6 trillion tokens. All text, primarily English "from web documents, mathematics, and code." Unlike Gemini, these models are not multimodal, nor are they trained for multilingual tasks. The text is filtered to remove "unsafe" content.

Number of layers is 18 for the 2 billion model and 28 for the 7 billion model. The number of attention heads goes from 8 to 16 when going from the 2 billion to 7 billion model.

They use something called rotary positional embeddings, instead of regular positional embeddings, now called absolute positional embeddings. So what this is about is the input is a sequence of "tokens", which are also called "embeddings", and never mind that that's a term that doesn't make any sense. I think the term "token" is more intuitive. What these really are are vectors, where the numbers in the vectors relate to the semantic meaning of the word the vectors are a "token" for. These are input in sequence but people have found the "attention" mechanism (which, remember, is what "transformers" do even though you would never guess that from the word "transformer") works better if it is provided additional "positional" information.

Here, though, they want to give "relative" rather than "absolute" positional information. That's accomplished with a "rotation matrix", which is why the technique is called "rotary positional embeddings". I don't know how the "rotation matrix" works and I don't feel at the moment that this is an important enough detail to dwell on, so let's continue.

The tokenizer is SentencePiece, which you may remember from the original Gemini announcement. It uses self-supervised learning at the character level to create the tokens, unlike OpenAI's Byte Pair Encoding tokenizer, which relies on a preprocessor that breaks text into words ahead of time. SentencePiece is supposed to work better on languages like Chinese and Japanese that don't care about putting spaces between words. SentencePiece is also said to do a better job at handling rare words (the so-called "out-of-vocabulary" words).

They replaced the standard ReLU activation function with GeGLU. "ReLU" is short for "rectified linear" and is the smart person's way of saying you chop off the negative numbers and just make them 0. Weirdly enough this is enough non-linearity for neural networks to learn non-linear functions. GeGLU stands for, ehhh, I have no idea what it stands for. The "GLU" part stands for "Gated Linear Unit". It looks like GeGLU does the GLU operation twice. The GLU operation in turn is a tensor product with, it looks like, some learnable parameters. It's a lot more complicated than ReLU, and it's been shown to improve transformer models. Why it improves transformer models, I have no idea.

There's a "normalization" system that normalizes both the input and the output of each transformer sub-layer, "a deviation from the standard practice of solely normalizing one or the other." "Normalization" here means "normal" in the statistical sense -- remember your Gaussian bell curve is also called the "normal" distribution" -- what it does is re-center the numbers around 0 with a standard deviation of 1.

They claim it outperforms LLaMa 2 (both 2 billion and 7 billion models) and Mistral, at question answering, reasoning, math & science, and coding. However, one tester (Matthew Berman) did not find the experience too good (see below) so I'm wondering if it lives up to these claims.

Gemma: Introducing new state-of-the-art open models

#solidstatelife #ai #genai #llms #gemini #openmodels

waynerad@diasp.org

Problem solving across 100,633 lines of code in Google Gemini 1.5 Pro.

The code is for generating some animations.

"What controls the animations on the littlest Tokyo demo?"

The model finds the demo and explains the animations are embedded within a glTF model. The videos doesn't explain what glTF is -- apparently it stands for "GL Transmission Format", where "GL" in turn stands for "graphics library" as it does in "OpenGL".

"Show me some code to add a slider to control the speed of the animation. Use that kind of GUI the other demos have."

The show the code and the slider which was added to the scene, which works.

Next, they give it a screenshot of a demo and asked where the code for it was.

There were a couple hundred demos in the system (they never say exactly how many) and it correctly finds the one the matches the image.

"How can I modify the code to make the terrain flatter?"

Gemini finds the function that generates the height and the exact line within the function to modify. It also provided an explanation of why the change worked.

For the last taks they show, they use a 3D text demo that says "three.js".

"How can I change the text to say, 'goldfish' and make the mesh materials look really shiny and metallic?"

Gemini finds the correct demo and showed the precise lines in it to change, along with an explanation of how to change material properties such as metalness and roughness to get a shiny effect.

Problem solving across 100,633 lines of code | Gemini 1.5 Pro demo - Google

#solidstatelife #ai #genai #computervision #llms #multimodal #google #gemini

harryhaller@diasp.eu

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THE GOPHER REVIVAL IS UPON US

A maxim for anyone writing a web page in the mid 1990s was that it was good practice to bring the whole thing (including graphics) in at around 30 kB in size. It was a time when the protocol still had some pretence of efficient information delivery, when information was self-published, before huge corporations brought everything under their umbrellas.

Recently, this idea of the small web has been experiencing something of a quiet comeback.
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Read on : https://hackaday.com/2023/12/29/the-gopher-revival-is-upon-us/

#gopher #gemini #http #ftp #freenet #browser #web #www

waynerad@diasp.org

"Google is reportedly toying with the idea of using its latest Gemini AI models to analyze images from Google Photos and text from Search to put together a life story for users."

"The technology is currently being explored under 'Project Ellman', and would be powered by Google's new multimodal large language model Gemini." "The idea is to ingest different types of data from multiple sources, like photographs stored on Google Photos or public information pulled from the internet, to create a more personalized chatbot."

"Imagine opening ChatGPT but it already knows everything about your life. What would you ask it?"

Hmm. I usually ask about all sorts of other things. Do people really want a chatbot to ask questions about their own lives?

Google's Project Ellman aims for digital twin chatbot

#solidstatelife #ai #genai #llms #multimodal #gemini

waynerad@diasp.org

AlphaCode 2 was created by first, starting with the Gemini Pro model, and then did fine-tuning with a fine-tuning algorithm called GOLD. GOLD stands for "generation by off-policy learning from demonstrations". The nonsensical (to you, probably) term "off-policy" comes from the terminology used in reinforcement learning. The function in reinforcement learning that outputs an action for the agent to take is called the "policy", for reasons I've never figured out. Anyway, an "on-policy" learning algorithm executes the actions and learning from them, interactively. An "off-policy" algorithm learn from a recording, and lacks the ability to actually carry out the actions. In the case of GOLD, the "actions" are derived from "demonstrations". As you might guess, in this context, the "demonstrations" are code samples of working code written by humans for the system to learn from.

The code consists of 15,000 problems with 30 million solutions written by humans. They come from a dataset called CodeContests, which consists of problems and code submitted by contestants from 5 coding contests: Aizu, AtCoder, CodeChef, Codeforces, and HackerEarth.

They said they did two rounds of fine-tuning a generated a "family" of models (all of which were used for code generation), but don't say what the differences were in the different models between each "family".

So, that's the fine-tuning phase. How does AlphaCode 2 actually solve problems?

You give it a coding problem and it generates a million code samples, using a randomized temperature parameter for each sample to encourage diversity. All of them are generated in the C++ programming language.

Next, it tests each solution against example input, and verifies that it generates the example output. This step removes 95% of the samples, bringing the number of candidates down to (only) 50,000.

At this point, they introduce a second model. This mode generates new input for the programs. This input is fed into the program. The second model does not generate the correct output that corresponds to the input, because it doesn't know how to do that. So what's done next is the output is handed to a clustering algorithm, which identifies programs that generate the same output and groups them together. The most popular 10 groups are kept and the rest discarded.

At this point, they introduce a third model. This model looks at the programs and estimates a correctness score. The 10 best are selected and submitted to the coding competition's auto-grader.

If you're wondering what the second and third models are and how they're trained, the third model is another Gemini Pro model trained by fine-tuning in a similar manner as the model that generates the programs. As for the second model, I don't know.

Anyway, a coding competition website called Codeforces was used for evaluation. 12 recent contests with at least 8,000 participants were selected. This resulted in 77 problems. AlphaCode 2 solved 43% of competition problems (vs 25% for the original AlphaCode). Mapping this to competition rankings, 43% puts AlphaCode 2 at the 85th percentile -- it's better than 85% of human competitors.

Commentary: I did Google Code Jam for 15 years before it was abruptly stopped this year. Although Google never gave a reason, I'm guessing it was because AI systems could solve coding problems. However, reading this makes me think that AI systems aren't quite as good at coding competitions as one might be led to believe. Part of this is because the problems used in coding competitions are very hard -- a 43% success rate is actually very impressive, much more impressive than it sounds. The 85% ranking against humans is impressive, too, because the programmers competing in code competitions are above average compared with programmers overall, I strongly suspect. Having said that, holy moly, 1 million programs generated for each problem? From multiple "families" of neural network models all fine-tuned on coding competition programs? The amount of computation power being thrown at solving coding problems is immense. Vastly more than any human brain. Humans are proving pretty hard to beat when it comes to competitive coding.

AlphaCode 2 Tech Report

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ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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#Mrigasira #Nakshatra is a significant nakshatra in #Vedic #astronomy. The nakshatra is defined by piranha shakti, which implies the force to create satisfaction or happiness. The nakshatra is represented by a #deer’s #head or an #arched #bow; these symbols portray courage and vitality.

#Soma or #Chandra are the deities that rule this nakshatra. The Soma deity here represents pious #nectar that grants immortality and eternal boons to people. The Chandra or #moon deity represents hopes and endless positivity in life. The main zodiac signs linked with this nakshatra are #Taurus and #Gemini. The padas of the Mrigasira Nakshatra are Leo, Libra, Virgo, and Scorpio. The ruling planet of this nakshatra is #mars. Prithvi is the element linked with Mrigasira Nakshatra, and Gana associated with it is Deva.

Boons of Mrigasira Nakshatra
The people with the effect of Mrigasira Nakshatra are very creative and have outstanding thinking calibre.
This nakshatra is very favourable in terms of travel and adventures.
The people with Mrigasira Nakshatra are blessed with excellent spiritual capabilities.
This nakshatra is quite beneficial for people as it imparts them with a confident and outspoken nature.

Banes of Mrigasira Nakshatra
People born under Mrigasira Nakshatra’s effect have issues getting married and face problems setting good compatibility with their partner.
This nakshatra also bestows harmful properties to people, such as arrogant nature and short-tempered attitude.
People born under this nakshatra’s influence fall under the trap of brewing and multiple children.

If you are born with the influence of this nakshatra, then make sure that you are aware of all its characteristics. While performing Mrigasira Nakshatra Homam, we will execute worship of soma or Lord Chandra so that best of the boons reach you. Contact us and get this Homam done for you and attain miraculous benefits.

https://www.vedicfolks.com/life-time-management/karma-remedies/homams/mrigasira-nakshatra-and-soma-devata-homam.html

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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#Punarvasu (Being #good #again and again) (80° 00′ to 90°00′ #Gemini & 90°00′ to 93°20′ Cancer)

Punarvasu #nakshatra consists of two bright #stars known as #Castor (Alpha-Geminorium) and #Pollux (Beta-Geminorium). These two stars are significant for those born under Punarvasu as life lessons will often unfold in pairs. In astrology, Punarvasu extends from the zodiac sign of Gemini into the sign of #Cancer. "Punar" means #repeat and "vasu" means ray of #light, thus Punarvasu translates as "becoming light again." The symbol for Punarvasu nakshatra is a quiver of arrows, which is associated with the ability to strive toward a desire or ambition.

Punarvasu brings harmony after the chaos of the storm. There is a sense of renewing creative pursuits and beginning with a fresh new idea. The ruling deity is #Aditi, the goddess of abundance and the mother of all godly beings. Aditi gives a sensitive and nurturing quality to this nakshatra. Jupiter is the ruling planet and bestows optimism and an interest in higher learning. Punarvasu is a star of accommodation and people born under this nakshatra are often home bodies with a strong sense of safety.

Sacred Energy Vortex
Vaaniyambadi Sri #Adhidheeswarar

The energy vortex associated with Punarvasu nakshatra is located in the North Arcot District near #Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India. Those born in the star of Punarvasu should visit this sacred shrine at least once in their lifetime.

Lord #Brahma performed fire rituals that caused #Goddess #Saraswati to lose her oratorical abilities. She performed penance and held great concentration to regain her voice. Goddess Saraswati took the form of Goddess #Vani and received assistance from her teacher, #Hayagreeva. Lord #Shiva commanded Vani to use her glorious voice and sing to him. Thus, the #temple is known as #Vaaniyambadi. It is at this temple that higher learning and philosophy can be completed in the blink of an eye through the grace of Lord Shiva. This temple is an auspicious site for wisdom.

In the sacred shrine at Vaaniyampadi, Goddess Kalaivani Sri Saraswati Devi incarnated as a woman who cooked for Lord Shiva. On each Punarvasu star day and Full Moon day, she performed an abhishekham to Lord Shiva and offered white flowers to Goddess Saraswati. Those born under Punarvasu nakshatra should feed a hungry person and offer prayers to Sri Annpoornai Devi every day. They can offer the food directly to the people or through charities. In addition, these people can offer food to unannounced guests or travelers. This includes offering food to ancestors and pilgrims. Feeding ancestors allows the next generation to prosper and is a good way to prevent family problems.

Punarvasu day is a time of growth and is also a powerful day for teachers to walk around the temple at Vaaniyampadi, from left to right. They can also perform an abhishekham for Lord Sri Adhidheeswarar and Goddess Sri Saraswati. Teachers and those in hotel management should offer prayers for increasing potential in their careers. Offering food on Punarvasu days, Pradosham days, Shivaratri and Wednesdays will benefit the progress of children in education.

Punarvasu nakshatranatives, your #incense is made with the #herb #Bamboo as prescribed by the Vedas.

Burning one of these pillars is like performing a mini fire ritual for that particular star formation. For your specific Birthstar, you will be able to connect inwardly to your planet of energetic origin and gain support with the positive aspects that are you.

Burning the other Nakshatra pillars on that specific Nakshatra day will tune you in with the favorable activities with that star’s energy for the day. It is recommended to at least burn your own personal Nakshatra pillar daily to stay connected to your essence. It is advantageous to burn the days Nakshatra pillar as well.

https://www.astroved.com/astropedia/en/nakshatra/punarvasu-nakshatra

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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#Ardra (The moist one) (66°40′ to 80°00′ Gemini)

In the night sky, Ardra nakshatra is #Betelgeuse (Alpha-Orion), the brightest star in the #constellation #Orion. In the #astrology chart, Ardra is located entirely within the sign of #Gemini.

This nakshatra is represented by a #teardrop, which can symbolize both sorrow and renewal.

Those born under Ardra nakshatra usually go through intense lessons to clear old patterns and gain new understanding. The ruling deity is #Rudra, the God of Storms. He is a destructive aspect of #Shiva who brings chaos and confusion.

#Rahu, the ruling planet of Ardra, also brings disorder and a thirst for knowledge. Those born under this nakshatra have an investigative mind and are oriented toward research. They are not afraid to voice opinions or use intimidation. The highest level of Ardra is transformation through cleansing. This is an extremely sensitive star that links mental ability to emotion.

Sacred Energy Vortex
#Tiruvadhirai Adhirampattinam Sri Abhayavaratheeswarar

The sacred energy vortex which resonates with Arudra nakshatra is located near Pattukkottai in Tamil Nadu, India. People born under Arudra (Tiruvadhirai) star should worship at this temple at least once during their lifetime.

Adhiveeraraman, an emperor who was born under Arudra star, worshipped at this sacred energy vortex. He made offerings to the deities and repaired the temple structure of this shrine, thus the name of the temple became Adhiram pattinam. This is a rare shrine for those born under Arudra star. The radiant light emitted from Lord Shiva’s third eye is known as Raivatha energy. Once a year, this light reaches the world. This occurs in the month of Markazhi on Arudra star day. It is referred to as Arudra Darshana day. In addition, the land receiving this light is known as Adhiram pattinam.

Arudra, also known as #Tiruvadhirai, is the star of Lord Shiva, while Shravana, known as Tiruvonam, is the star of Lord Vishnu. The prefix – thiru means "Sri" or "wealthy." Lord Shiva has great compassion for people in need and he provides them with sanctuary in the universe during Pradosham and Arudra star days. The Arudra region of the universe is one such place where Shiva offers a safe haven during these days. In the sacred space of Arudra, if anyone commits an unethical deed, they must learn devotion as a means to rectify their deed with the grace of Lord Sri Abhayavaradhesswarar.

Those born under Ardra nakshatra can visit Adhiram pattinam on Arudra star days and Mondays to offer food, almonds, pumpkin, cumin, and jackfruit to the poor at this temple. This offering will relieve problems caused by the movement of malefic planets.

Ardra nakshatranatives, your incense is made with the #herb #Thippili as prescribed by the #Vedas.

Burning one of these pillars is like performing a mini fire ritual for that particular star formation. For your specific Birthstar, you will be able to connect inwardly to your planet of energetic origin and gain support with the positive aspects that are you.

Burning the other Nakshatra pillars on that specific Nakshatra day will tune you in with the favorable activities with that star’s energy for the day. It is recommended to at least burn your own personal Nakshatra pillar daily to stay connected to your essence. It is advantageous to burn the days Nakshatra pillar as well.

https://www.astroved.com/astropedia/en/nakshatra/ardra-nakshatra

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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NEW #COMET #NISHIMURA: Astronomers are monitoring a new comet that could become a naked eye-object next month. It is Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura), discovered just a few days ago by Japanese #amateur #astronomer Hideo Nishimura. On Aug. 15th just before dawn in June Lake, California, Dan Bartlett photographed it rising in the #constellation #Gemini:

Right now the comet is shining like a 10th magnitude star, a relatively easy target for backyard telescopes. It could become more than 100 times brighter. Forecasters believe the Comet Nishimura will brighten to 3rd magnitude in mid-September when it passes by the #sun inside the orbit of Mercury. This would make it visible to the naked eye from rural areas.

This might be a " #hyperbolic comet." In other words, it appears to have a hyperbolic orbit (e>1) with too much energy to remain inside the solar system. If so, the comet will only visit us once, with the sun acting as a gravitational slingshot, sending the comet hurtling out of the solar system after its flyby. Confirmation awaits additional, more precise measurements of its orbit.

https://spaceweather.com/

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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#Punarvasu #Nakshatra - Punarvasu is the seventh Nakshatra in #Vedic #astrology ranging from 20° #Mithuna to 3°20' Karka.

Symbol - The symbol of this Nakshatra is #Bow and #Quiver.

Astronomical Name - The astronomical names of this Nakshatra are #Castor and #Pollux which are the two brightest stars in the constellation of #Gemini.

Deity of Nakshatra - #Aditi, mother of the gods is the deity of Punarvasu Nakshatra.

Ruling Planet - Punarvasu Nakshatra is ruled by #Guru (the planet #Jupiter).

Others - The word Punarvasu is derived from Punah which means 'return', 'repeat' or 'repitition' and Vasu, which means 'a ray of light', 'gem'. Lord Rama was born under this Nakshatra. The deity of this Nakshatra Aditi was the mother of twelve Adityas which were Indra, Vishnu, Bhaga, Twashta, Varuna, Aryama, Pusha, Mitra, Agni, Parjyanya, Vivaswan and Dinakar. In Malayalam Punarvasu is termed Punartham. It is also known as Punarpoosam in many parts of South India.

https://www.drikpanchang.com/tutorials/nakshatra/punarvasu-nakshatra.html

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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Zodiac Sign or #Punarvasu #Nakshatra Rashi- Cancer
Punarvasu Nakshatra Ruling Planet- #Jupiter
Punarvasu Nakshatra Degree Range- 20degree 00' #Gemini - 3degree20' #Cancer
Chara Rashi/ Navamsa- Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer
Punarvasu Nakshatra Lord or God- #Aditi, #Mother of Gods
Punarvasu Nakshatra Yoni- Maarjaar
Punarvasu Nakshatra Quality- #Divine or Sattwic
Punarvasu Nakshatra Dosha- #Vata
Type of Nakshatra- Mutable
Punarvasu Nakshatra Dasha- 16yrs
Punarvasu Nakshatra Numerical Potency- 7
Punarvasu Nakshatra Gender- Male
Punarvasu Nakshatra Nature- Dev or Godly
Punarvasu Nakshatra Guna- #Rajas
Punarvasu Nakshatra Mobility- Movable
Punarvasu Nakshatra Caste- Vaishyas
Punarvasu Nakshatra Animal- #Female #Cat
Punarvasu Nakshatra Names Starting Letter- Kay, Ko, Ha, Hee
Punarvasu Nakshatra Bird- #Swan
Punarvasu Nakshatra Tree- #Bamboo
Punarvasu Nakshatra Traits- Liberal in charity, happy, possessing good qualities, a dunce, satisfied with income, wise, dull, thirsty.
Punarvasu Nakshatra Lucky Number- 3
Punarvasu Nakshatra Symbol- Quiver full of arrow
Punarvasu Nakshatra Gemstone- #Yello-Sapphire
About Punarvasu Nakshatra
Punarvasu, the seventh Nakshatra in astrology is a Nakshatra of renewal. It is one of the brightest constellations which means returned to reside. It is located between Gemini and Cancer and is guided by Cosmic Mother, Aditi.

In the symbol of Punarvasu Nakshatra, you can see a quiver full of arrows. These arrows are not ordinary arrows, they are like ancient astras which after fulfilling their mission return on their own to their master. This symbolizes renewal, recurrence, and eternal beginnings. These arrows signify determination, win over evil, and law establishment.

Punarvasu constellation consists of two bright stars Castor and Pollux which balance each other. You can easily see these two stars in the night sky. The placement of the Moon in this constellation brings self-control, contentment, smartness, and good fortune to their natives’ life. The lucky color of this constellation is golden yellow. The related body parts of Punarvasu Nakshatra are the nose and fingers. Punarvasu Nakshatra shows one’s transition from darkness to light. It relates to Vastuva Prapana Shakti which is the power of renovation.

Punarvasu Nakshatra - Physical Characteristics
Punarvasu Nakshatra male and female have a calm appearance. They believe in living their life simply and spiritually. Punarvasu Nakshatra natives have a well-built composition. They are very healthy and they do not fall sick frequently. Those who have Punarvasu as their constellation are of short to middle height and there is a warm expression on their face.

Also See: List of Gemstones By Names and Colors
Punarvasu Nakshatra Characteristics- Behavioral Characteristics
Punarvasu Nakshatra natives are calm and composed people who believe in acquiring positive energy by making use of their labor and hard work. They are very confident people and do not get frightened by hurdles coming their way. In fact, they face all their obstacles using their willpower and hard work.

The natives of Punarvasu Nakshatra get satisfied very easily. They believe in a simple and contented life and keep themselves away from any negative energy that can hamper their growth and evolution.

Punarvasu natives are emotionally attached to their family and home but do not hesitate to travel if the situation demands. Just like an arrow, they are determined to reach their goal no matter how difficult it is.

One strange quality of Punarvasu Nakshatra natives is they do not generally succeed in their venture in the first attempt. But, in the second attempt, they almost always acquire their goal. Punarvasu Nakshatra male and female natives are full of patience, contentment, understanding, nobility, and simplicity. Their simplicity sometimes acts as a drawback as they struggle in understanding complicated situations.

Those with Punarvasu rising on the Ascendant dodge accidents, diseases, and physical malfunctions most of the time. Their personality is pleasant, amiable and they are good-natured. They are generous but with terms and conditions. Their charity is based on the ``give and take” mantra. This is actually a good thing as it helps them survive in their difficult times. The natives of Punarvasu are commanding in nature, active, and full of energy.

Their weak aspect is that they are careless and they lack foresight due to their over-optimism. Sometimes, they ignore the warnings which later lead to destructing circumstances. Cancer in their Nakshatra brings instability and fickle-mindedness in their lives. For getting stability, they should engage in spiritual activities.

Favorable Activities For Punarvasu Nakshatra
The Punarvasu Nakshatra is extremely auspicious for activities related to Travel and exploration. You can make pilgrimages or engage in healing activities or medical operations. It is also good for a new beginning in love life or projects. This period is favorable for all the activities related to gardening and agriculture, tasks that require imagination and innovation. It is auspicious for starting construction. You can purchase cars or homes, start your studies, engage in spiritual activities like charity, installation of altars, meditation, and self-exploration in Punarvasu Nakshatra. This period is favorable for child care as well as teaching and also worshipping the Mother Goddess.

Unfavorable Activities For Punarvasu Nakshatra
Punarvasu Nakshatra is favorable for almost all the activities except activities related to lending or borrowing money to someone, legal activities, and activities that can lead to conflict.

Career Options for Punarvasu Natives
The professions that are favorable for people born in Punarvasu Nakshatra are:-

Professions that require imagination and innovation such as Artisans and story writers, Philosophers and Astrology writers
Professions related to trades and sales
Professions related to Transport, Travel, and Tourism
Visionaries
Jobs in Hotels and Restaurants
Construction industry such as architects and on-site jobs.
Science and Technology fields like Civil Engineers, Astronauts, jobs related to satellites and space, and psychology.
Teachers in schools, colleges as well as universities.
Spiritual fields such as monks, priests, gurus. Jobs that include preaching self-enhancement.
Import-export business and recycling experts.
Historians and dealers of antique products.
Jobs related to agricultural, farming activities, and animal husbandry
Communication industry like radio and telephone journalism, courier companies, postal department, newspaper and mail order related jobs.
All sports played by hands like archery and shooting
Patriots and Aviators
Also See: Which Nakshatra is Best to Start Business in 2021

Punarvasu Nakshatra Remedies
Those who are suffering from affliction to Punarvasu Nakshatra should worship divine mother goddesses like Aditi, Durga, Laxmi, Saraswati, etc. If you chant the root mantra " #Om" or " #Aum" 108 times, your all sufferings will vanish and life will be enlightened. It is advisable to chant this mantra in the period of lunar transition for receiving maximum benefits. People who are receiving positive vibes from this constellation should also chant this mantra to boost prosperity in their life. Purnavasu Nakshatra natives should wear colors like green, yellow, and white for all auspicious occasions. Also, they should perform all the important actions corresponding to the position of the constellation for the most beneficial results.
https://www.anytimeastro.com/blog/nakshatra/punarvasu-nakshatra/

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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Zodiac Sign or #Ardra #Nakshatra Rashi- #Gemini
Ardra Nakshatra Ruling Planet- #Rahu
Ardra Nakshatra Lord or God- #Rudra
Ardra Nakshatra Symbol- #Teardrop and #Diamond
Ardra Nakshatra Degree Range- 6°40’ - 20°00 Gemini
Ardra Nakshatra Mode of Functioning- Balanced
Ardra Nakshatra Quality- #Human
Chara Rashi/ Navamsa- Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces
Ardra Nakshatra Lucky Number- 4
Ardra Nakshatra Yoni- Shwaan
Ardra Nakshatra Dosha- #Vata
Type of Nakshatra- Sharp and Forceful (Tikshna)
Ardra Nakshatra Dasha- 18 yrs
Ardra Nakshatra Numerical Potency- 6
Ardra Nakshatra Gender- Female
Ardra Nakshatra Guna- #Tamasic
Ardra Nakshatra Element or Tattwa- #Water
Ardra Nakshatra Lucky Color- Fresh #green
Ardra Nakshatra Mobility- Dual
Ardra Nakshatra Caste- #Butcher
Ardra Nakshatra Animal- #Dog, especially #Female dog
Ardra Nakshatra Names Starting Letters- Koo, Ghaa, Jna, Cha
Ardra Nakshatra #Bird- #Andril
Ardra Nakshatra Lucky Stone- Diamond
Ardra Nakshatra #Tree- #Pippali (Piper longum)
Ardra Nakshatra Traits- Wavering mind, Crafty Speaker, Royal money, Longevity, Intelligent and intellectual, seek Materialistic pursuits, Passionate and Hard working, Result oriented, Relentless worker.
About Ardra Nakshatra
Ardra Nakshatra is the sixth Nakshatra out of all the 27 Nakshatras. It can be seen as a single bright star in the #Orion constellation in the sky. During night, Ardra Nakshatra appears as a red giant brightest star.

Etymologically, the word Ardra means “the moist of the eyes.” It symbolizes the tear drop associated with all sorts of sorrows. Tear drops are also linked with the cleaning process and represent freshness and renewal. As per #Vedicastrology, Ardra Nakshatra is the futuristic Nakshatra which relieves the natives from the decaying past through a series of stormy events. Ardra Nakshatra is also symbolized by the diamond that relates to hard work and intellectual abilities. Alternatively, scholars symbolize Ardra Nakshatra with “a man’s head” which signifies identical ideas of mind’s brilliance and mentality.

The Presiding deity of Ardra Nakshatra or Ardra Nakshatra Lord is Rudra. As per the Puranas, Rudra is the fiercest and most accomplished incarnation of Lord #Shiva. Ruled by Rahu and Lord Rudra, the children born in Ardra Nakshtra are said to be born with the qualities of both destructor and creator.

Ardra Nakshatra in English is referred to as Ardra/Aradra. Whereas, Ardra Nakshatra in Tamil is referred to as Tiruvatirai Natchathiram ( திருவாதிரை நட்சத்திரம்), the name of Ardra Nakshatra in Malayalam is Thiruvathira Nakshatra (തിരുവാതിര നക്ഷത്ര) and name of Ardra Nakshatra in Telugu is #Arudra (ఆర్ద్ర).

Ardra Nakshatra Characteristics- Physical Characteristics
The main Ardra Nakshatra physical characteristics involve their large face, curly hair and sullen expression. They look strong and powerful outwardly. They possess an intelligent mind and a tender heart.

Ardra Nakshatra Characteristics- Behavioral Characteristics
People born in Ardra Nakshatra have childlike dispositions. They can instantly switch from intense joy to intense sorrow and vice versa within minutes. Ardra Nakshatra makes its natives go through transformations which helps them gain knowledge and sometimes creates confusions. Ardra is the place where intellect is born thus, natives of Ardra star are intellectual and intelligent. They are very curious about their surroundings and like to know the reason behind everything. They feel content in observing and enjoying a process.

Ardra signifies “Yatna Shakti” which means the power to make efforts by chasing the desired goals. The energy of Ardra Nakshtra always results in accomplishment. Thus, the natives of this Nakshatra find success in their every endeavour. They never accept their defeat and it makes them look for the ultimate fulfillment. Ardra Star natives are passionate and ardent at work, they work relentlessly and put all their efforts to achieve their goals.

The best Ardra Nakshtra characteristics of a male and female is their probing aspect. They are powerful, lovable and nourishing. They are competitive in nature and are achievement oriented. They are self made people whose self efforts are of profound order. Ardra constellation natives work really hard to achieve what they want. They may appear strong and a bit arrogant from outside but inside they are soft and compassionate people.

The main drawback of Ardra Nakshatra natives or the negative characteristic is their impolite and critical nature. They can be sarcastic and fearsome to others. Usually, children born in Ardra Nakshatra struggle to balance the mental and emotional aspects. They go through various upheavals in their lives and witness numerous U-turns. Ardra Nakshatra male and female should take proper care of traveling and marriage related aspects.

Ruled by Rahu, Ardra natives are completely under the illusionary energies of Ardra Nakshatra ruling planet. They stay confused and disperse their intellectual and mental energies into meaningless pursuits. They struggle on the material plane on the Earth and invest most of their time in materialistic trailing.

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Career Options for Ardra Nakshatra Natives
Here are some of the best Ardra Nakshatra Career options for people born in this Nakshatra.

Professions related to Electrical Engineering, Computer Software Development, and Sound Engineering.
Artistic Professions such as music, photography, fictional and science fiction genre writing and novel writing.
Computer game designing & Sci Fi Buffs, 3D & Virtual Reality can also be good career options for Ardra Nakshatra natives.
Philosophy, Mathematics & Research related professions.
Scientific studies and medical professions.
Children born in Ardra Nakshatra can be good Surgeons and Physicians related to poisons.
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Favorable Activities For Ardra Nakshatra
Ardra Nakshtra is considered very auspicious for demolition, destruction and discarding objects. Unlearning old and bad habits and dissecting things works more effectively when the Ardra star is in the sky. In this Nakshatra, engaging in confrontations, research related activities, creative work and propitiating fierce deities are also considered very auspicious.

Unfavorable Activities for Ardra Nakshatra
All kinds of beginnings, initiations, travel, marriage, giving/receiving honors, religious activities are considered unfavorable in Ardra Nakshatra.

Ardra Nakshatra Remedies
The best remedy for the Ardra Nakshatra natives is to worship Rudra, the fierce form of Lord Shiva. It balances the energy of Rahu and Ketu and helps the natives to get balance and harmony in life.

They should chant Ardra Nakshatra Mantra “Om Aeem” 108 times during the lunar transition of Ardra Nakshatra. It is said that reciting this root Mantra can alleviate afflictions of Ardra Nakshtra.

People born in Ardra Nakshtra should wear Red, Metallic, Green, Silver, Black and dark grey colors for prosperity. They are advised to perform all the important actions corresponding to the course of Ardra constellation for great benefits.

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