The Moon's 27 mansions
Nakshatras
The zodiac divided into 27 spans of 13°20' each, one for every day of the Moon's circuit.
Chitra
173°20'00" – 186°40'00" · lord Mars
- Symbol
- Pearl
- Deity
- Vishwakarma
- Lord
- Mars
- Gana
- Rakshasa (fierce — forceful, self-willed)
- Yoni
- Tiger
- Nadi
- Madhya (pitta)
- Varna
- Mleccha
- Element
- Fire
Chitra is the jewel — brilliance, design and the eye for form. Mars rules it and Vishwakarma, the architect of the gods, is its deity. This nakshatra makes things beautiful and makes them properly; it dislikes shoddy work in any field. There is strong personal magnetism here and an interest in appearance that is aesthetic rather than vain.
Strengths
Design sense, technical brilliance, magnetism, and high standards held to.
Needs watching
Vanity, and mistaking the surface for the substance. Impatience with the ordinary.
Suited work: Architecture, design and engineering, fashion, jewellery, photography, surgery.
Gana, yoni and nadi are the three attributes used in marriage matching; the varna and tattva describe temperament and element. The reading below describes the nakshatra itself, not the whole chart — the Moon's nakshatra is the strongest single indicator of temperament, but it is one factor among many.