Key Elements of Astrology

Nakṣatra are NOT Ruled by Planets

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Stars (the 27 Nakṣatra) have no “planetary ruler” as the signs do. Planets and nakṣatra are related only for the sake of calculating daśās, and every daśā system relates the two  differently. If you want to understand the 27 nakṣatras (Indian Fixed Stars) forget about these temporary correlations and instead focus on the deva (divinity) that rules the nakṣatra. The Nakṣatra are ruled not by planets by by devas. This is a foreign idea to westerners, so as westerners have gotten into Indian astrology and as Indian astrologers have been influenced by the same, the concept has become confused. If you read my book – 27 Stars 27 Gods, you can very clearly understand how each deva imparts specific characteristics to the nakṣatra he or she rules.

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Author of 27 Stars 27 Gods, Radically Deep Fundamentals of Astrology, and Beautifully Rational Philosophy of Astrology; Sanskrit translator of Bhagavad-Gītā, Bhāgavata Purāṇa, and Mādhurya Kādambinī. Bhakti-tīrtha vidyārthi at JIVA Institute of Vṛndāvana under the learned tutelage of Śrī Satyanārāyana dāsa Bābājī. Bhakti-śāstrī vidyārthi & adhyāpaka at Vṛndāvana Institute of Higher Education. …but all this doesn’t fully describe Vic. For the rest, best to meet him. Or, hypothesize it via “July 27, 1970 at 19:38 in Bay Shore New York.”