Which nakshatra’s are the most difficult?
Some nakshatras have very difficult themes. The stories of the Gods in Vedic literature gives some of the meanings associated with each of the nakshatras.
From the book ‘Light on Life’ we get these definitions:
‘fierce/severe’ – aka Ugra (Bharani, Magha, all Purva’s) terrorists, assassins, pursuing lawsuits, violence, force, weapons, confronting enemies, battles ,ruining enemies, disgrace, destruction, demolishing a structure, deceit, imprisoning, capturing others with force, poisonÂing, burning, striking with weapons, murders
‘sharp or Dreadful’ – aka Tikshna (ardra, ashlesha, jyeshta, mula) mesmerism, exorcism, incantations, invoking spirits, -destructive activities, success in attacks, murder, acts of torture, punishment, imprisonment, separation of friends. Acts of separation or alliance implying strong, well-defined, impassioned, focused, arduous activities
On the lighter side:
‘soft mild tender’ – aka Mrdu (Miga,Chitra,Anuradha, Revati) favourable for activities pertaining to subtle things such as wearing new apparel, learning dancing, music and fine arts, sexual union, performance of auspicious ceremonies etc.good for ‘making friends, sexual union, enjoyment of garments and ornaments, performance of auspicious ceremonies like marriage, and music’, easy-going, pleasure-loving
I think the 5 nakshatra’s that stand out the most for their harsh qualities are:
Mula – some qualities include: sharp, active, butcher, neuter, vata, tamasic, dog, rakshasa.
Nirriti is the deity= a name of Rudra. Nirriti (‘calamity), dissolution who personifies evil , death, and corruption. Is alsos known as Alakshmi, the opposite of Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity.
Ardra – deity is Rudra, Rudra is often equated with Shiva. Born to assassinate Brahma in one story. Has the qualities of sharp dreadful, dissolution, vata, sharp, tamasic.
Associated with rage, anger, killing, cruelty, internal and external conflict, rejection, outcast, abandonment, betrayal, tears, loss , sadness
Ashlesha – some qualities in include sharp/dreadful, active, dissolution, outcast, female, cat, rakshasa.
-coiled serpent, the deity is Sarpa’s, everything associated with snakes. snakes = wily, creepy creatures which hypnotize their prey with their movements and their eyes before entwining themselves around their victims. Snakes, which enjoy secrecy , often misunderstood, operate out of sight.
-insincerity, avarice, deception, cold-bloodedness, and for poisonous, painful, fanged bites. People who are very self serving, like robbers, behind-the-scenes manipulators and greedy, cunning, miserly.
The Bhadrapada’s are similar to each other, with Purva Bhadrapada being harder than Utttara Bhadrapada. Both are Rudra nakshatra’s and have the themes of death and destruction, rise and falls, the funeral cot, anger, storms, cynicism, harsh speech, greed, and ‘a fascination for the ecstasy of evil and the darker side of life. ‘
I think it’s important to note that any nakshatra can go wrong if: it has natural malefics in or aspecting into it, it’s located in a trik, it’s Vimshottari lord is in bad shape in the chart, and if any of these factors are in difficult yogas.
Another factor is don’t use the karaka qualities of the Vimshottari lord of a nakshatra to define the nakshatra’s attributes, eg Anuradha isn’t like the karaka qualities of Saturn. Different dasa systems that are nakshatra based use different grahas as the nakshatra lord.
The drekkonas can be a contributing factor to a negative placement of a graha. Like the 2nd Drekkana of Scorpio is called Passa, which means ‘a noose’, and can bind one, addictions, prison, being stuck somehow. These meanings are not part of the meanings of Anuradha, but a graha placed there may exhibit some of those qualities. Another example is Revati whose meanings are desirable qualities, but Revati is totally in a Sarpa Drekkana. Sarpa drekkana’s: Rudra qualities, harsh, poison, conflict, serpent, wiley demon, creeping, crawling, wicked , cheating, dishonest. Claire Nakti says Revati has a lot of negative attributes, but I think that is wrong, what she’s seeing comes from the Sarpa drekkana Revati is in.
