NAKSHATRA #25
Purva Bhadrapada
The Former Lucky Foot
- Range
- 20° Aquarius → 3°20' Pisces
- Ruler
- Jupiter
- Deity
- Aja Ekapada — the one-footed goat god
- Symbol
- Two front legs (of a funeral cot)
- Gana
- Manushya (human)
Mythology
Purva Bhadrapada "before the lucky foot." Its deity Aja Ekapada: the one-footed goat god, symbol of purifying destruction. The symbol — the front legs of a funeral cot: the boundary between life and death, mystic transition. Jupiter rules — wisdom and excess at once.
Astrological reading
Moon in Purva Bhadrapada is intense, emotional, mystic. Philosopher, mystic, deep artist type. Grows through crisis, low tolerance for the ordinary. Risk: oscillating between depression and mystic escape; pull toward extremes.
Themes
- intensity
- emotional storm
- mystic insight
- purification