Nakshatra Swati

Swati (6°40′ — 20°00′ Libra)

Varahamihira: Moon in Swati indicates a person of mild, calm nature who keeps his passions and desires in check, skilled in trade, compassionate, able to endure thirst, sweet-spoken and merciful.

General guidelines: Swati’s symbol is a young sprout swaying in the wind, and her deity is Vayu, the wind. Swati means new beginnings and its development and includes adaptability, the ability to follow the natural course of events in the field of survival. Neat, sensitive Swati always strives for growth and greater independence, acting in the same way as a young shoot of a plant, which, as it matures, separates itself, despite its vulnerability and fragility.

The lagna or the Moon located here often means a person of philosophy, deep-thinking, spiritual and religious, someone who constantly does not have enough time to organize his knowledge and worldview.

In Swati, there is a special closeness to Saraswati, the goddess of learning, who is invoked, in particular, to achieve success in music and literature. Saraswati worship should be started at the moment when the Moon is in Swati. Also, Swati symbolizes purification, patience and a tendency to constantly rush back and forth or show some insecurity. These tendencies may affect the house in which Swati falls or the planet within it. That Swati’s deity is Vayu confirms her restless and wandering nature and suggests that the bodily wind (vata in Ayurvedic parlance) may be upset. Vata disorders can cause all kinds of diseases, especially flatulence and gastritis, which occur due to accumulation of gases in case Swati is afflicted, which happens if Rahu is in the 6th house of the horoscope. However, if Rahu, while in Swati, occupies the lagna, it can give immense strength and stamina as Rahu, Venus and Saturn in Swati become extremely strong.

Physiology and diseases: Intestines; chest.

Professions, people and homes: People are spiritually independent and have a great mind. Traders and other persons from the sphere of buying and selling. Those who run their own business and engage in independent professional activities. Ascetics and believers. Those who study the deep questions of being.