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.
Punarvasu
80°00'00" – 93°20'00" · lord Jupiter
- Symbol
- Quiver
- Deity
- Aditi
- Lord
- Jupiter
- Gana
- Deva (divine — gentle, cooperative)
- Yoni
- Cat
- Nadi
- Adi (vata)
- Varna
- Vaishya
- Element
- Water
Punarvasu means 'good again' — the nakshatra of return and renewal. Jupiter rules it and Aditi, the boundless mother, is its deity, so it carries generosity, forgiveness and an unusual ability to start over after loss. Its symbol is a quiver of arrows: what is spent can be replaced. People born here are philosophical, hospitable, and hard to keep down.
Strengths
Optimism, generosity, teaching ability, and genuine recovery after setback.
Needs watching
Repeating the same cycle rather than learning from it; over-giving until the quiver is empty.
Suited work: Teaching, philosophy and religion, publishing, hospitality, counselling, travel.
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.