#Bharani #BharaniNakshatra
Sanskrit Name: भरणी (Bharani) comes from the Sanskrit word भार (load or burden). One meaning of Bharani is “one who bears,” indicating a strong work ethic, self-sacrifice, and a patient, tolerant nature.
Planetary Ruler: Venus. The Ancient Romans worshipped Venus as the goddess of desire, sex, and sensuality. Venus is associated with material pleasures and prosperity, an enjoying spirit, and the arts.
Nakshatra Group: Human. Nakshatras are divided into three classes — monsters, humans, and gods. Bharani is a human nakshatra. People in this group are generally hardworking and motivated to achieve material success. Although they are generally kind, they can also be vindictive and self-serving.
Zodiac Sign: Aries. Arians are loyal, intelligent, confident, and competitive. They make natural leaders. Bharani natives will possess all these Arian qualities and more.
Deity: Yamraj. The lord of death and the underworld, Yamraj determines what happens to souls after they die. He is also known as the lord of dharma, or a person’s duties according to the laws of the universe. Yamraj is praised for his honesty and virtue.
Symbol: The female sex organ. This represents fertility, rebirth, restraint, struggle, secrecy, and forbearance.
Power: Removal of burdens. Bharani is known as a nakshatra that cleanses impurities and removes burdens. This power is also associated with transporting the soul from one body to the next.
Resonant Syllables: In India, the birth nakshatra is traditionally used as one means of choosing the name of a child. The corresponding syllables for the four quarters (padas) of Bharani are Li (ली), Lu (लू), Le (ले), and Lo (लो). The syllable of a person’s first name is sometimes used when calculating an astrological chart if the time of birth is unknown.
Natives born in Bharani Nakshatra are strong, seek happiness through physical activity, are competitive athletic, growth-oriented, pushing limits, hard-working, resilient, do not quit at the mercy of passions, engaging in desires, attracting the opposite sex, naturally sexual, indulgent, romantic, creating life (children), loyal to loved ones, taking care of family.
Bharani Nakshatra in Vedic Astrology 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.
Vedic Story of Yama -
Yama is a deity of justice of past deeds and Dharma or religion. He is also righteous in his deeds, and his knowledge
of scriptures is immense. He is also called the lord of death. He represents the southern direction.
Characteristics of Bharani Nakshatra in Astrology -
- The animal of Bharani nakshatra is the elephant. Elephant is big, bulky, huge, and when elephant runs or stampede the ground shakes.
- Elephant has an excellent memory. He or she will never forget what right or wrong you did to them.
- They can take either revenge on you or hug you 30 years later if you met them by chance.
- Elephant is a family animal, they have partners, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles etc.
- When one dies, they all come to the burial ground because elephants actually know to dig the ground to bury their dead family and relatives on rare occasions.
- Its pretty much an animal with a human heart.
- They can consume 50 gallons of water and 200-600 pounds of food per day.
- They are very protective about everyone they know, not just their own young ones.
- Elephants are also known for their beautiful tusks. A Bharani person is extremely protective of their family and children.
- They lash out at anyone trying to come after them for any type of reason.
- They usually take time to do their tasks and in that they do not like to be disturbed, else they get irritated.
- Once you do anything wrong to a Bharani native they will remind you of what you did to them even after 30 years; they can be your best friend and close family member at times but they will give a hint that they didn’t forget what you did to them when they were 8 years old.
- Elephants have tusks, which are their teeth hence, Bharani people will have quite long teeth and usually some issues with the teeth which is karma due to what is happening with elephant in nature for many years, where people are hurting them for their tusks.
- This translate into Bharani people even having a botched job with a dentist at one point in life where they would have to do several procedures to get their teeth correct.
- The element of Bharani is the Fire of Yoni. This fire is the fire of destined birth.
- It’s the fire of sexual expression when the fire is at its maximum.
- A Bharani person is quite restraint in early part of their life but when they come into their sexual maturity, they blossom much faster and catch to those who have already blossomed before them.
- The Yoni is the gateway of birth and not just a physical private part of a woman.
- The other symbolism is the boat, which takes the native into the realm of ancestors on the other side.
- Act of sex with a Bharani person is like an anchor for the opposite sex.
- They feel fulfilled and attached to the symbolic boat. But due to the devata of Bharani one usually has some issues with the womb either before or after the birth of a child if Bharani is influenced or aspected by a malefic.
- The fire of creation shows a Bharani person is fulfilled through having a child. The womb is the result of Yoni’s presence. The devata of this nakshatra is the graceful Yama.
- He’s the one who takes you in his cradle on his black buffalo to show you the reality of Universe vs. the illusion you were living as a physical body.
- Knowing these small facts about Yama we see that the native is attracted to death, loves to know what is on the other side.
- They even go through near death and out of body experiences.
- Bharani natives always get skin issues in the leg, some form of injury to the leg in their lifetime.
- Knowing that Yama is the one who judges us after our death, the Bharani native always judges people and love being in the place of either being a lawyer or fights for injustice or being in a human resource position where they deal with legal policies, rules, regulations.
- Such natives are also attracted to pathology, undertaker and gynecologist.
- Since Yama took a stance against his stepmother a Bharani native will have a hard time getting along with mother, especially if it’s a stepmother and will also rebel against their father for not seeing what was happening with them.
- Yama is about keeping the order in the Universe, following rules and laws.
- This can also translate into following a code; whether code of ethics, code of God, cult or government.
- You will notice such people love Samurai culture of code and love wearing ancient body armors.
- The Bharani natives will have an interest in studying about Indian culture and history alongside for instance, about Mythology.
- This interest comes due to the fact that bodies in their culture were mummified as they knew after death and rebirth the native will come and collect their belongings and their body.
- Since these cultures dealt with death in such a mystical and beautiful way it only relates to honoring Yama.
- The ritual of death is one of the most important ritual your body can experience while on this planet.
- Whatever culture honor death, honors Yama.
- Shamanism is a big thing with Bharani people.
- They either take interests in becoming one or make friends with modern day shamans.
- Shaman is a person who connects with the dead souls and works in the world of death.
- Yama due to his injury on leg and his brother, Shani, who gets debilitated in Bharani both are slow movers.
- Since Yama gets delayed due to obstacles in his path the Bharani natives, too, gets delayed in their undertakings and any type of work they take on.
- Such people even if promptly somehow always are delayed in que.
- Sun being the hottest and biggest thing in the sky shows no one can look into his eyes or else they go blind.
- Bharani native’s always at some point in early childhood do not look at their father eye-to-eye.
- They always either look elsewhere or close their eyes.
- They also tend to have very gloomy eyes or eyes with shadow of darkness around it.
- You can easily spot Bharani eyes.
- Being the son of Sun, Yama has a great authority, which transpires into human behavior.
- Bharani native is all about having the authority.
- They sometime may not even listen to others because they feel their authority is being questioned.
- There is always some minor or major issue that occurs at the last minute in whatever task they try to take.
- If they start shooting a movie then on the scheduled day, they would encounter rain on the location set.
- If they are lawyers then last minute some paper work or witness might go missing.
- Yama is about taking life, taking the soul from human bio-mechanical suit and transporting it into its true form on the other side; we can see this same behavior in Bharani children where they would say phrases like “All done, I am finished, goodbye, I am done with you, I am finished with you.”
Attributes of Bharani Nakshatra in Astrology -
- It is possible to have an idea of Bharani Nakshatra's nature from the nature of Rahu in Astrology, Mangal, and Yama.
- Rahu gives extravagant enjoyment of material pleasure and is later on the cause of sorrow.
- Mangal gives courage, strength, exaltation, and hope.
- Yama gives purity, cleanliness, justice, and integrity. The sense of restraint is also Yamas' gift; he is the lord of Dharma, a stern disciplinarian, a ruthless expositor of truth, and a refuge for kings and law-abiding subjects.
Description of Bharani Nakshatra in Vedic Astrology -
- According to Hora Sara: The native who has a quietly disposed mind will be unsteady in thinking, be after women, dear to his brothers, self-respected, courageous, helpful to friends, long-lived, and with less number of sons.
- According to Jataka Parijata: The native will have a defective limb, will be addicted to another's wife, cruel, ungrateful, and will possess wealth.
- According to Sage Narada:: The native born in Bharani Nakshatra will be skillful in sexual acts, be truthful, resolute in his undertakings, bereft of sickness, fortunate, and will eat limited food.
- According to Brihat Samhita: The native makes one carry out one's determination, truthful, free from ill health, efficient, and happy.
Bharani Nakshatra Pada Description -
Bharani Nakshatra 1st Pada:
- Those who are born in the first Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are kingly, daring, winners of wars, mixed results with family and friends, wide-eyed, golden complexioned, and always carry weapons.
- Those who are born in the first Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are driven, action-oriented, willful, fame/recognition seeking, responsible and creative.
- Those who are born in the first Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are making a better world/environment, wanting to inspire, confidence through the creation.
- Those who are born in the first Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are lovers of children, politics, having students, people to lead self-absorbed, ignorant, offensive to others.
Bharani Nakshatra 2nd Pada:
- Those born in the second Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are neutrals, magicians, brushed by death, win over women, do not pride, and know their job. They are also well versed in trading and are learned.
- Those born in the second Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are hard-working, organized, routine organized, focused on details, perfectionist and service-oriented.
- Those born in the second Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are helpful in others' issues, solving health problems, fixing issues, thinking about actions, fearing results of actions, self-critical, judgmental, and not-picky.
- Those born in the second Pada of Bharani Nakshatra have anxiety issues, procrastination tendencies, nervous energy, failing to see the big-picture.
Bharani Nakshatra 3rd Pada:
- Those born in the third Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are fearless, sexy, enthusiastic, daring, always lovable, conduct auspicious celebrations in the house; respected by the king, and learned in many fields.
- Those born in the third Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are relationship-seeking, relationships take centerfold, and be the dominant partner in a relationship.
- Those born in the third Pada of Bharani Nakshatra have partnerships to get things moving, very sexual energy is put towards maintaining or developing relationships, business partnership, love romances, etc.
- Those born in the third Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are creative type personality, artistic, crafting, design work, know music and how to balance energy.
Bharani Nakshatra 4th Pada:
- Those born in the fourth Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are poor, cruel, affected, angry, intolerant, stubborn, endowed with many children, slip at the time of results of any job and deceive anybody to get their job done.
- Those born in the fourth Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are action takers, natural investigators, looking deep into matters, take things head-on, detective, a truth seeker.
- Those born in the fourth Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are heroic and helpful, thrives in emergencies, dangers, courageous, going where no one dares, extending help to those that others fear hidden sciences, underground interests, occult, astrology, tarot, paranormal, using actions based on occult knowledge.
- Those born in the fourth Pada of Bharani Nakshatra are creative, lean on the dark side of life, dark poetry, art, music or dark sexual practices, dark obsessions, possible stalker tendencies, paranoia, guarded, vengefulness.
Compatibility Factors of Bharani Nakshatra -
- Nadi: Madhya or middle.
- Gana (nature): Manushya or human.
- Yoni (animal symbol): Gaja or elephant.
- Result of wearing new clothes on Bharani Nakshathra: Loss of clothes.
- Result of first menses on Bharani Nakshathra: May enjoy flirting, may face abortions And have challenges to get pregnant.
- Result of performing shraddha on Bharani Nakshathra: Prosperity.
- Beneficial activities on Bharani: Diplomacy, attack on the enemy, manufacturing weapons, buy couch or bed and marketing.
- Beneficial samskara or ceremonies on Bharani: No ceremonies are suggested on this nakshathra.
Caste of the Native with Bharani Nakshatra in Vedic Astrology -
- Bharani is an outcaste nakshatra, which means they will always do and like things, which are against the social norms of society.
- They will feel excited and ostracized by friends, family and the outer world.
- This is why the outcast nakshatra individuals do extremely well spiritually and become legends because they do not believe in the status-quo.
- Since Bharani is the nakshatra of ancestors, due to the nature of soul being extracted by Yama and taken to pitra loka, these natives behave like Yama.
- Bharani natives are not afraid of the gore, blood, dead nor the rotting flesh.
- On a normal basis such natives would be great pathologist, but on the other side can become victims of the underworld, the world of crime, murder and extortion.
- These professions are known to be outcaste as no one wants to hear about such work for the day.
- Bharani people, even being the outcaste, do their work by following all the rules and regulations of the game they are playing.
Remedies for the native with the Bharani Nakshatra in Vedic Astrology -
- The best remedy for this nakshatra is to honor one’s ancestors, cooking food for them and offering in their name to a temple, mosque, church or synagogue.
- The other remedy is to keep their teeth in great shape at all times, using a brass elephant statue at home where the trunk of the elephant is raised up with full tusks.
- The direction of the elephant statue depends upon the planet sitting in this nakshatra because each planet has their own direction.
Sun- East
Moon- Northwest
Jupiter- Northeast
Mars- South
Venus- Southeast
Mercury- North
Saturn- West
Rahu- Southwest
Ketu- Northwest