Every month the Moon travels through twenty-seven mansions in the sky. In the old stories they are the daughters of Dakṣa, the wives of the Moon, and each one holds a different face of the Divine Mother.
This companion is an invitation to meet them. Written for students and devoted beginners alike, it gently opens the heart of Jyotiṣa. You'll learn what a nakṣatra is, how the sidereal sky differs from Western astrology, and how to find the star-house your Moon was resting in when you were born.
Each of the twenty-seven nakṣatras is given its own page, with a black-and-white photograph and:
its ruling planet, deity, symbol, śakti, gaṇa, yoni and aim
her story, drawn from the Vedas and Purāṇas
her gift and her shadow
the Mother's teaching, a simple practice for daily life
what it means if your Moon rests here
Learn your star-house slowly, the way you would come to know a new friend.
Every month the Moon travels through twenty-seven mansions in the sky. In the old stories they are the daughters of Dakṣa, the wives of the Moon, and each one holds a different face of the Divine Mother.
This companion is an invitation to meet them. Written for students and devoted beginners alike, it gently opens the heart of Jyotiṣa. You'll learn what a nakṣatra is, how the sidereal sky differs from Western astrology, and how to find the star-house your Moon was resting in when you were born.
Each of the twenty-seven nakṣatras is given its own page, with a black-and-white photograph and:
its ruling planet, deity, symbol, śakti, gaṇa, yoni and aim
her story, drawn from the Vedas and Purāṇas
her gift and her shadow
the Mother's teaching, a simple practice for daily life
what it means if your Moon rests here
Learn your star-house slowly, the way you would come to know a new friend.
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