ALL ABOUT HASTA NAKSHATRA

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Sanskrit Name:  हस्त (Hasta). One meaning of Hasta is “hand,” indicating skill, artistry, and a hard-working nature.

Planetary Ruler:  Moon. In Vedic theology the moon is considered a manifestation of the mind of God. It is associated with creativity, the mind, and the emotions. The moon is especially significant in Vedic astrology, where a person’s sign is considered their moon sign.

Nakshatra Group:  Godly. Nakshatras are divided into three classes — monsters, humans, and gods. Hasta is a godly nakshatra. People in this group are generally good-natured and fortunate in life. However, they may struggle with pride and a sense of entitlement.

Zodiac Sign:  Virgo. Virgos are intelligent, practical, capable problem solvers who like to help others with their abilities. They can be critical of both themselves and others.

Deity:  Surya (Savitṛ). In Vedic theology, Surya is the lord of the Sun and is revered as an expansion of God. The Sun God is worshiped prominently in many cultures and is honored for the integral role the Sun plays in sustaining life.

Symbol:  The hand. This represents power, dexterity, communication, and blessings. The open hand is traditionally used as a symbol of blessing in Vedic culture.

Power:  To attain what is sought. Hasta has the ability to bring goals to life quickly and place tangible results in hand.

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 Hasta are Pu (पू), Sha (ष), Na (ण), and Tha (ठ). The syllable of a person’s first name is sometimes used when calculating an astrological chart if the time of birth is unknown.

• The animal of this nakshatra is a female buffalo.
• They are part of a Bovidae family, which includes bison, caribou, antelope and water buffalo.
• They have thick, large horns joining in the middle of their head.
• Just like a bull they, too, are extremely powerful and can weigh a ton.
• They love being in water and this is especially true for water buffalo found in India.
• Buffalo is also known as the ride of lord Yama.
• Just like other families of Bovidae they eat only grass and bushes and are mainly used in India to push carts and farming activities.
• At one point in life Hasta natives will become either vegan or vegetarians, and due to the nature of water buffalo they love taking long showers and to be in the bathtub.
• Hasta natives like to live near an ocean or a river because they need a body of water they can step in, like a water buffalo.
• The symbol of this nakshatra is hand or closed fists, which symbolically can have many meanings.
• In my research I have seen many Hasta natives have talent for painting, sculpting, crafting, sowing, but the most important part I saw is that they have to keep their hands busy like restless hand syndrome.
• They must do something, whether it’s fixing something, writing, or if there is nothing to do then they’ll be on their cell phone.
• When there is nothing important to do they love playing cards, poker, gambling that requires the magic of the hands like throwing the dice and why not these are the blessed hands of Savitur, which you will learn in the next paragraph.
• Such people love to play the hands of luck. Even traditional Indian girls and women have a passion for stock market and gambling.
• Such people love to perform magic tricks with hands, become pick-pockets and at least one time in their life they may steal from their parent’s wallet or siblings since Moon is debilitated in the 3rd house from Virgo.
• The hands are also useful in fighting and these folks know how to use their hands to knock someone out.
• Just because this nakshatra occurs in a feminine sign of Virgo doesn’t mean Hasta folks have to be just as feminine.
• Virgo may be a feminine sign over all but feminine energy is fierce and ferocious just like how masculine energy is firy.
• Savitur is one of the 12 Adityas, the sun gods, who is the giver of life, and assists with childbirth.
• He is depicted with golden hands and is considered to provide what we desire in our hands.
• He is also the god of vitality, life and light, and that of divine inspiration.
• Savitur has an elder sister, Usha - the dawn, who paves the way for Savitur to walk.
• Savitur is invoked in the famous Gayatri mantra.
• The 24-syllable mantra from Rig Veda, is very esoteric, and is supposed to contain the deepest secrets of the universe within it.
• Hastinapur was the capital city of the Kuru clan in Mahabharata.
• The great Mahabharata war was fought between five pandavas and their cousins, the Kauravas.
• Savitur is known to guard the world of spirits and occult.

• He’s known to increase the life of humans and Gods.
• He is known to have a pleasant tongue, versatile speaker and was called Iron-Jaw.
• Savitur is simply invoked by reciting the Gaytari mantra, which was given to king turned sage, Vishwamitra.
• If you read the hymns of this mantra you will see the line “Tat, Savitur, Varenyam”.
• In translation Savitur means bright as the Sun. Birth of children is also controlled by Savitur, who was blessed to give life in this Universe.
• Savitur is also known for being the setting sun, the one who gets sacrificed.
• In Rig Veda he is known to bring all two footed and four-footed beings to home or rest (death) and to awaken them (giving life).
• This perhaps why it is known as the Widow Maker.

• Spread from 10'00" to 23'20" Cancer (Kanya). The 12 names of the sun are: (1) Arun, (2) Aditya, (3) Tapan, (4) Divakar, (5) Bhaskar, (6) Bhanu, (7) Martanda, (8) Mihir, (9) Ravi, (10) Bivakar, (11) Sahasramsu and (12) Surya.
• This star causes all the attributes these names etymologically connote. From the Surya, we derive creativity and creation, and from creation, we derive light, luster, and strength.
• Surya is the prime cause of dominion, kingship, power of immunity, and the light that dispels darkness.
• Budha is the cause of knowledge. If placed in this star, he sheds light all around. Ravi, with this Nakshatra, enhances the instinct of dominion and the capacity to rule over others. It brushes up human intelligence, making it more luminous and makes a man vibrant with life and light.
• The symbol is a closed hand or fist. It would follow that this signifies determination and clenched resolution. To keep everybody within one's grip, the possessive instinct follows from the nature of this star. The magicians and the pick-pocketers are also born under this star.

• According to Hora Sara: The native born in Hasta Nakshatra will be sensually disposed, clever, good in speaking, and be disposed of thievishly. He will be rich and be intent on living in foreign places. He will show enthusiasm in war, be very expert, and destroy enemies.

• According to Jataka Parijata: If the Moon is in (Hasta), the native will be devoted to love and virtue, befriend the learned and live in opulence.

• According to Sage Narada: One born in Hasta will be a learned man, a thief, enthusiastic, serve others, live in foreign lands, be valorous, and addicted to females.

• According to Brihat Samhita: The star Hasta makes one industrious, impudent, fond of drinking, merciless and thievish.

• The native will have traits like physical vitality, aggressive, willing to work hard, good at business dealings, possess strength, works quickly, can be argumentative.
• Those born in the first pada of Hasta Nakshatra are quick, strong, wealthy, drunkards, doing bad works, stingy, quarrelsome, suffer from phlegmatic diseases and ups and downs in life.

• The native will be practical, down to earth, honest, moral, sweet speaking and very creative, making emotional connections through art, artistic work with hands, building something with value, and possess physical artistic pursuits,.
• Those born in the second pada of Hasta Nakshatra are slow, but endowed with good qualities, having fewer enemies, learned in the scriptures, stable minded, handsome, interested in the goodwill of others, attracted by womenfolk, and reserved.

• The native will be intelligent, clever, having great knowledge, well informed and educated, communicative, natural writer, writing documents, drafts, books, both fiction and non-fiction.
• Those born in the third pada of Hasta Nakshatra are good transactors, highly sexy, bad intentional, but do religious performances, interested in the wise and happy friendship.

• The native has some strong dose of feminine energy, calmness, behaved and bristled with compassion, motherly, nurturing, emotionally built of helping others, serving others with their hands, lending compassion, and a helping hand.
• Those born in the fourth pada of Hasta Nakshatra are respectful, short-tempered, of clear mind, protectors of those unprotected, and possess control over their senses. They are brave, kind, and respected.

• Nadi: Aadhya or First.
• Gana (Nature): Dev or God.
• Yoni (Animal Symbol): Mahishi or buffalo.
• Result of wearing new clothes on Hasta Nakshatra: Success.
• Result of first menses on Hasta Nakshatra: Wealthy, friendly, will have sons, gets an important position, generous, and enjoys pleasures.
• Result of performing Shraddha on Hasta Nakshatra: Greatness.
• Beneficial Activities on Hasta: Selling, learning, wearing new clothes and jewellery, stage performance, art, and craft, washing precious clothes for the first time, travelling, plantation, marketing, digging a well or a borewell, learning to dance, starting a new job, ploughing, sowing seeds, Vaman, Virechan, Shiramokshan and entering a new property.
• Beneficial Savskara or Ceremonies on Hasta: Naming, piercing, first solid feeding to baby, introducing letters to a baby, haircut, shave, threading, manicure, pedicure, intercourse for progeny, first shave of a baby, start learning a new subject, threading ceremony, Anugraha, Deeksha and wedding.

• Hasta is a Kshipra Nakshatra, which means any activity that requires fast reaction, fast healing and fast results should be done when the Moon is transiting this nakshatra.
• Activities like giving medicine, starting a competitive race, business or bet, planting a plant or requiring quick results from your email or text can be planned on this nakshatra day.

• The caste of this nakshatra is the merchant class.
• This is perhaps the most poetic caste combination we know.
• Hasta people are true businessmen and they love to make money.
• They are your stockbrokers, big bankers, pyramid scheme starters, multilevel marketing executives or magicians at the fair.
• Their job is to play the hand of money.
• Hasta natives can be great marketing and financial executives in a company because they will do whatever it takes to bring that money in their hand.

• The best remedy for such folks is to take a diary and write their desires before going to sleep and keep that diary in a private place, where no one is able to get their “hands” on it.
• It’s important to use only 1 pen, preferably an ink pen because ink is connected with energy of Mars.
• Writing things down has extremely high vibrational energy that is able to manifest things in Hasta individual’s life.
• The other most powerful remedy is to recite Gayatri mantra in the morning while looking into their palms.