NAKSHATRA #24
Shatabhisha
The Hundred Healers · Shatataraka
- Range
- 6°40' Aquarius → 20° Aquarius
- Ruler
- Rahu
- Deity
- Varuna — god of cosmic waters
- Symbol
- Circle of one hundred healers
- Gana
- Rakshasa (titan)
Mythology
Shatabhisha "the hundred healers." Its deity Varuna: god of the cosmic ocean, of truth, of cosmic order (rita). The symbol — the circle of a hundred healers: hidden knowledge heals not in one formula but in a hundred ways. Ruled by Rahu — the foreign, the new, the unconventional.
Astrological reading
Moon in Shatabhisha is mysterious, prefers solitary work, deep researcher. Physician, chemist, mystic, programmer. Few but loyal bonds. Risk: habit of self-isolation; the belief "no one will understand."
Themes
- secret healing
- mystic research
- solitary wisdom
- pharmacopoeia