ALL ABOUT MAGHA NAKSHATRA

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Sanskrit Name: मघा (Magha). Some meanings of the word magha are “power,” and “wealth,” indicating good fortune, inner strength, and a strict demeanor.

Planetary Ruler: Ketu. Known in the Puranas as the headless body of the shadow planet Rahu, Ketu is associated with intensity, loss, and transcendence.

Nakshatra Group: Monstrous. Nakshatras are divided into three classes — monsters, humans, and gods. Magha is a monstrous nakshatra. People in this group are generally intuitive, strong-willed, and assertive. They may be prone to anger and violence.

Zodiac Sign: Leo. Leo is famously associated with the king of the jungle, the lion. Leos are powerful, brave, big-hearted individuals who may struggle with pride.

Deity: Daksha, or the Pitris. In Sanskrit, “pitri” refers to one’s deceased ancestors. Daksha is the leader of the Prajapatis, who are considered the original progenitors of mankind and thus the original ancestors.

Symbol:  A palanquin or throne. This represents royalty, nobility, power, and wealth.

Power: To renounce. Although Maghas attract much material opulence and success, this nakshatra has the ability to let go. This power is also associated with the ultimate renunciation of the mortal body at death.

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 Magha are Ma (मा), Me (मी), Moo (मू), and May (मे). The syllable of a person’s first name is sometimes used when calculating an astrological chart if the time of birth is unknown.

Magha's literal meaning is power, wealth, or gift. Therefore, Magha means powerful or wealthy. Magha nakshatra in 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. 

Deity:  The Pittar -

The ones who were burnt after death and the ones who were not burnt, the ones who were known and the ones who were not known, and the knowns who are roaming in lower births (like ghosts), we are giving our offerings in Yadnya for all of them on Magha Nakshatra. 

• The animal symbol of Magha is a male rat.
• How a male rat represent such a regal royal nakshatra with a heavy dose of ancestral baggage?
• The keyword here is “ancestors”. How do we have ancestors? How do we get them? What is the process of having someone behind us? Is it the blessings of God or our past life karmas to have ancestors? No, it’s just sex. 
• It is sex that gives us ancestors, as at one point you will also be ancestors to your descendants.
• Without sex and sexual intercourse we would not have ancestors. Whether its Yogananda, Swami Vivekananda or B. Lahiri Mahasaya; they all came through sex.
• This is one of the main reasons why a male rat represents Magha.
• Male rats are the most sexual animals out there. They reproduce at a rapid speed.
• A female rat can have sex 500 times in 6 hours time period, which is another story for Purva Phalguni.
• Male rats can even die having sex because they have no control over their sexual drive and can run themselves dry.
• Based on an individual horoscope a Magha person can be a sex maniac, a simple man, a yogi or a rock star, but they have one thing planted in their DNA, which is to re-produce.
• Yogananda was a Magha ascendant but he was a celibate monk, but if you try to understand this nakshatra deeper you will understand that from the moment he stepped onto United States soil and till today he has millions and millions of followers, devotees and students, which are like children to him.
• It wasn’t the physical interaction that gave him so many children, it was the spiritual intercourse of his soul into our mind that made millions of us his children.
• Magha natives love having a large family to come home to, love family gatherings, lavish food and real home environment.
• The male rat wants to see his or her children thriving inside the lion's den.
• The bird of Magha is the eagle and the reason why this bird has been assigned to this nakshatra is due to its foresight.
• Eagle can see its prey 3 miles away and like a fighter jet with a laser GPS it sets a target on its food and grabs it without ever giving any indication of its arrival.
• Magha natives see their lives through-&-through.
• They know from the very beginning what they want to achieve and become.
• When they set a goal its not for short term, it’s a goal which is 20 years ahead in time.
• Magha is also connected with ancestral land and growing crops on that land to feed the future generation, thus most Magha dominant people love either to get involved in real estate business or are extremely adamant on attaining their own property.
• Magha natives usually get their ancestral property in their name or somehow always have to deal with parental property issue, but some can even lose.
• The story of Magha is about honoring our Pitris (ancestors) especially during no moon day or new moon day every month.
• We should honor our ancestors with food, sweets and prayers, which will help us to find food, shelter and clothing in the Pitri loka, where we will eventually go after this life and stay with our ancestors.
• The symbol of Magha is a room with a royal throne.
• This symbol is for you. You are to be the next generation to sit on that throne and do the rightful duty, which your ancestors want you to perform in the world.
• You will notice most Magha natives love to sit on an executive chair with high back and nice cherry leather.
• It feels like a throne, a kingly throne from where you are able to perform duty.
• There are good and bad guys sitting on such chairs but their purpose as a Magha native is always to do good for people, family and children.
• Even the head of the mafia loves and dies for their family and children.
• They want to make sure they inculcate good qualities in them, send them to good schools and have them married into a good family while behind the scenes they are pulling all the plugs and painting houses (it’s a term I heard in an Irishman movie where painting houses simply meant killing the enemy with a gun as the blood splatters on the wall).
• Whenever a Magha individual sits on a powerful chair they start to become responsible about their circumstances.

• Spread from 0'00" degree to 13'20" Leo (Simha). Magha affects the virtues and vices of the father's family, wealth, glory, beauty, strength and prowess, luster and effulgence, superior qualities, the sharpness of intellect, nobility, prestige, replenishment, increased wisdom, brilliance, capacity, and willingness to donate, ancestors on the paternal side-all these.
• Ravi in "Ashwini" is brilliant, no doubt, but the brilliancy is of incendiary character. It burns everything about it. Surya is then a terrible ball of fire. But in Magha, Ravi is like an emperor, confident and self-assured. If happy and pleased, he is in a mood to make any benediction or gift.
• When Ravi is in Magha, Shani gets alarmed, which is natural. By character, Shani is of a mean disposition, the nature of a slave, and Shani cannot brook the beauty and the dignity of Ravi's position in Magha. That is why Shani is "Neecha" and anti-meridional in Ashwini, and the meanness and wiliness of Shani increases.
• If Shani is the lord of the 9th and 10th houses and is placed in the 4th house and associated with Magha, he adversely influences the 4th and 10th houses' effects. Magha is the cause of brightness and light. Therefore, old and gloomy Grahas cannot stand it. Magha stands for noble impulses and incentives; the gift of Magha must always be a noble one. 
• Magha has been described as a glorious one. Anthropomorphically it is the nose of Kalpurusha.

• According to Hora Sara: If Magha is one's birth Nakshatra, one will be wise, modest, have many people to serve him, enjoy luxuries, respect Gods and his father, and be very industrious.

• According to Jataka Parijata: If a native is born under the star (Magha) - i.e. when the Moon is in that asterism, he will be lustful but devoted to virtue, indulgent to his wife, proud and wealthy.

• According to Sage Narada:: One born in Magha will be stout-bodied with prominent cheeks and protruding abdomen. He will be irascible, an orator, very patient in disposition, will honor gods and preceptors, and be radiant.

• According to Brihat Samhita: A person whose birth takes place under the star Magha will be very rich and will have many servants, will enjoy pleasures, worship the Gods and the manes, and be very industrious.

• Ruled by Aries (Governed by Mars).
• The native will be ambitious, energetic, competitive, willful, aggressive and hard working, will be pushing limits, doing whatever it takes, masculine, drawn to the military, and be a sports athlete or soldier.
• Those born in the first pada like to be alone, suffer from ear diseases, talk much, cruel, deceive, hate others, and always be sick.

• Ruled by Taurus (Governed by Venus in Astrology)
• The native is a slow starter, struggles early in life, underdeveloped ego and sense of self when young, balanced in leadership qualities, possess egotistical traits, knowing when to act, when to be aggressive, fight for another day.
• Those born in the second pada are long-lived, wealthy, endowed with many children, endowed with perfectly proportioned body and respected in their relatives' circle.

• Ruled by Gemini (Governed by Mercury).
• The natives are mentally driven, cunning, intelligent, educated, social, good with languages, speakers and listeners, natural writers and readers, and egotistical in speech.
• Those born in the third pada are learned, wise, experts, truthful, knowledgeable, endowed with many children. They are always happy, sexy and experts in all arts and famous.

• Ruled by Cancer (Governed by Moon).
• The natives are emotional, caring, motherly, nurturing of people and have creative aspirations, family driven, prideful and loyal of loved ones, lover of country and homeland, caring about seniors and older people.
• Those born in the fourth pada support Gods and Brahmins, capable administrators, wealthy and carry out good works.

• Nadi:  Aanthya or last.
• Gana (Nature):  Rakshasa or daemon.
• Yoni (Animal Symbol):  Mooshak or mouse.
• Result of wearing new clothes on Ashwini Nakshatra:  Illness.
• Result of first menses on Ashwini Nakshatra: Liked by others, romantic, respected, likes to be at father’s home, troubled by diseases.
• Result of performing Shraddha on Ashwini Nakshatra:  Help from family.
• Beneficial Activities on Ashwini:  Digging a well or a borewell, plowing and sawing seeds.
• Beneficial Savskara or Ceremonies on Ashwini:  Wedding.

• Magha is known to be a ugra nakshatra which are best for funeral rights, going to war, causing destruction, learning about death, search for paranormal and ghostly things, anything to scare someone, tantric fire rituals and funeral home or where dead rest.
• In this nakshatra one should also honor their ancestor known as Pitri pooja especially when no moon occurs on this day.

• The caste of this nakshatra is the “Worker”, which translates into a workaholic.
• Magha individuals are the masculine type regardless of gender.
• They want to take charge and make sure that the desire and idea they have within them must be implemented into practical work.
• A Magha individual feels they need to somehow fulfill something from their past or to raise the family name by attaining the most widespread success, sometimes its material and sometimes its spiritual.
• They become masters of powerful hustle.

• One of the best remedies for Magha is to do Pitri Tarpan on Amavasya or new moon day.
• This is the day when Pitris (our ancestors) energy is fully active and ready to bless us.
• The ritual requires feeding vegetarian food via help of a Hindu priest, but regardless of your religion just make some food and have a priest, rabbi, imam, monk bless it and feed it to birds.
• The other remedy for Magha is to sit on a high back chair like an executive chair, which makes you feel like the CEO of a company or the President.
• Sitting on such chairs will remind you of your duty into this world and to be the one to take the torch of your ancestors and move it forward.
• Having a brass eagle in the SW and NW direction of the house is also very beneficial for Magha individuals, especially when you are going through the dasha of the planet, which is in Magha.