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.
Uttara Bhadrapada
333°20'00" – 346°40'00" · lord Saturn
- Symbol
- Twin
- Deity
- Ahir Budhnya
- Lord
- Saturn
- Gana
- Manushya (human — mixed, practical)
- Yoni
- Cow
- Nadi
- Madhya (pitta)
- Varna
- Kshatriya
- Element
- Ether
Uttara Bhadrapada is the depth beneath the storm — Ahir Budhnya, the serpent of the deep, is its deity and Saturn its lord. It is the calmest of the last nakshatras: wise, patient, charitable, and much steadier than the one before it. People born here tend to be sought out for advice and to keep their own troubles quiet.
Strengths
Wisdom, patience, compassion, and a settling effect on the people around.
Needs watching
Withdrawal, and carrying private difficulty without telling anyone.
Suited work: Counselling and spirituality, charity work, research, writing, medicine, agriculture.
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.