Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada

Purva Bhadrapada (20W Aquarius — 3°20′ Pisces)

Varahamihira: Those with the Moon in Purva Bhadrapada will suffer from misfortunes, give their acquired property at the disposal of their partners, they will speak difficult and accessible; they are stingy and know how to make money.

General guidelines: Purva Bhadrapada’s symbol is the facade of a funeral hearse (sometimes a two-faced man), and her presiding deity is Ajaykapada, a gloomy deity whose name may mean “one-legged unborn” (or possibly “one-legged goat”). Obviously, Ajaykapada is a form of Rudra, which we have come across while discussing the Ardra nakshatra. Purva Bhadrapada is traditionally associated, both physically and metaphorically, with fire and heat, combustion and catabolic activity. Perhaps because of the connection with Rudra, the god of destruction, who rules over fire and heat, especially (given the image of the funeral hearse) the fire and heat of funeral pyres on which corpses are cremated.

A two-faced creature can mean the hour of death, when both the farewell perspective of this world and the other world, which belongs to the realm of the dead, simultaneously opens. Or it can mean duplicitous behavior, indicate a person who has a different life, where she does not always let everyone in.

If the lagna or the Moon falls in Purva Bhadrapada, it often indicates an excessively serious, fearful, easily excitable, nervous personality, who may nevertheless be gifted with oratory. Purva Bhadrapade is full of passion, impetuousness and anger, and under her influence naturally falls cynicism, rudeness, insults, greed and bewitched admiration, up to ecstasy, evil and the dark side of life. She rules over draining afflictions, falls and apostasy, wounds and injuries from accidents and assaults. Punishment and penance are under her authority, since the deeds performed under her influence often cause painful and disturbing circumstances in life, accompanied by remorse, despair and difficulties.

Physiology and diseases: Ribs; lateral surfaces of the legs; left thigh and soles of feet.

Occupations, People and Homes: Those associated with death and dying: undertakers, murderers, etc. People who are cruel in deeds or words. Exuberant and fiery individuals such as radicals, fanatics and terrorists. Ascetics, as well as masochists and those who kill their flesh. Black magicians. Prison or mental hospital.