Abhijit and Star Vega (a Lyr)

[ricardocc]

I've been studying nakshatras for some time and now i'm starting to study their relations with the fixed stars.

From the books were are told that the Abhijit Nakshatra extends from 6* 40' to 10 *53 of Sign Capricorn and that is ruled by the star Vega (a Lyr) and the presiding deity is Brahma. But when we look at the zodiacal place of the star Vega, she's in 21* 19 Sagittarius... in Purva Ashada

How can this be? Can some one some light upon this matter?

Many thanks.

Ricardo

[Khoo Hock Leong]

Ricardocc

I can't give you the full answer for your questin but what I know is that the position of the fixed star and the Nakshatra that it has influnece sometimes can be add odds.

For example, Spica and Arcturus rule Chitra and Swati respectively but both of them are fixed at 0 degree Libra which is a Chitra.

Warmest Regards

[ricardocc]

Khoo

Thank you for the reply. In my researches I manage to find some logics for the relations of the stars with the Nakshatras, but are some really puzzeling.

Regarding your example: I consider Spica (30º Vir) ruling Chitta, but for Swati i consider Symra (l Vir)- 09º48 Lib
I'm following an article from Dr. Balakrishna were you can see some similar considerations on other nakshatras. Although I'm not 100 % convinced by some attributions it's a very interesting point of view.

This matter is really a puzzle for me. I start to study back the sources of this , and i get lost. The ancients sources talk about the 27 nakshastras and the list of the names is well know, with the list comes also the number of stars associated to each nakshastras ( the name nakshastra means asterism of stars) : Ashvini - 3 stars , Bharani - 3 stars, Krittika - 6 stars and so on.
I found also that the first lists started with Krittika , being this the 1st Nakshastra and not Ashvini, and that the star related with this nakshastra are the Pleiades.
For me now there are 2 options: Or we find new stars to atribute to each Nakshastra or we have to re-think the limits of each house. For eg.:
We know that the Pleiades belong to Krittika, in the present division these stars are in the 3rd pada of Krittika - 05º Tau . So imagine that we consider that the Pleiades are the 1st degrees of Krittika, that they are on the 1st pada, and we redesign the rest of the nakshastras from this point?

Well these all are a rumble of thoughts and doubts.... ehehehhe

Let me know what do you think about all this.

Best Regards

Ricardo

[Khoo Hock Leong]

Well what I do is this.

I go to the page where there is a list of fixed stars by Western Astrologers. This give the fixed star Tropical positons which keep shifting. So I just do the necessary subtraction to get the fixed sidereal position of each star. There is no reference point used in the way I fixed the fixed stars.

I have not gone down to the detail of fixing the fixed stars at tha pada level. Mine is only at the Nakshatra level.

So when I read transits, I see whether any important planet passes through the fixed star position. In addition, I also see whether the transitting planet passes through that Nakshatra and that would also give some influence on the fixed star through the Nakshatra. The 1st method is used by Tropical Astrologers. The 2nd method would be by Hindi Astrologers.

By the way Arcturus has some influnece on Swati even though it may not be ruling Swati. I read it somewhere.

[ricardocc]

In these last hours i've been reading a lot of things. Thanks to previous topics from this forum i manage to find the Surya-Siddhanta. In this old text is mention the relations of the fixed stars with the Nakshastras and this has send some light on this matter to me. Nevertheless there are still some strangely misplaced stars like Arcturus rulling over Swati and the Vega issue.

But still one f my questions stays the same: what is the fiducial point of the Nakshastras. But maybe i'll start another topic on this matter.