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.
Vishakha
200°00'00" – 213°20'00" · lord Jupiter
- Symbol
- Archway
- Deity
- Indra-Agni
- Lord
- Jupiter
- Gana
- Rakshasa (fierce — forceful, self-willed)
- Yoni
- Tiger
- Nadi
- Antya (kapha)
- Varna
- Mleccha
- Element
- Fire
Vishakha is the forked branch — two goals, one drive. Jupiter rules it and Indra-Agni, a paired deity, presides. This is the most ambitious of the 27: it gives sustained purpose and the willingness to wait years for a result. The fork is the difficulty — energy split between two aims, or a goal reached only for a second to appear behind it.
Strengths
Ambition, determination, patience with long projects, and the ability to convert effort into position.
Needs watching
Obsession with the goal, and dissatisfaction on arriving. Jealousy where the aim is comparison.
Suited work: Politics, business leadership, research, law, competitive sport, banking.
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.