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Nakshatras / Purva Phalguni

Purva Phalguni

पूर्व फाल्गुनी

The 11th of the twenty-seven nakshatras, spanning 13°20′ Leo – 26°40′ Leo.

Span
13°20′ Leo – 26°40′ Leo
Ruling graha
Venus
Deity
Bhaga
Symbol
the front legs of a bed
Gana
Manushya

The symbol is the front legs of a bed and the deity is Bhaga, who apportions enjoyment. There is no attempt in the tradition to make this division about anything other than pleasure, rest and the deliberate suspension of work, which is unusual enough to be worth taking seriously rather than treating as frivolous.

Venus rules it, and the reading that matters is about recovery rather than indulgence. Purva Phalguni describes the capacity to stop, and people with weight here are often better at that than the culture around them permits. The failure mode is not laziness, which is rare. It is the more specific problem of resting only after collapse, having refused every earlier opportunity to.

Padas (navamsa)

PadasNavamsa rashiLord
1LeoSun
2VirgoMercury
3LibraVenus
4ScorpioMars

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