Hasta Nakshatra

Mirrored from KRS Channel
Star: Hasta

Rasi (Zodiac): Virgo

Range: 10o 00’ – 23o 20’ Virgo

Padas: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer

Ruling Planet: Moon

Meaning: “The Hand”

Indication: “The Golden Handed Star”

Body Part: Wrist, Hands and the Fingers

Guna (Quality): Rajas

Gana (Race): Deva (Divine, God-Like Dispositions)

Purushartha (Goal): Moksha (Spiritual Liberation/ Emancipation)

Tridosha: Vata (Wind or Air + Space)

Nature/ Category of Star: Laghu (Light/ Not Heavy) and Kshipra (Swift/ Quick)

Varna (Caste): Vaishya (Merchant)

Gotra (Clan): Pulaha (name translates as the “Bridger of Space”)

Direction: South

Pancha Mahabhuta (Element): Agni (Fire)

Shakti (Power): Hasta Sthapaniyaagama Shakti (The Power to “Put one’s Objects of Desire into one’s Hand or to Gain what one is Seeking”)

Basis Above: Seeking to Gain

Basis Below: Obtaining one’s Desire

Desire: To have the Gods place their Faith in Me

Result of Shakti, Basis, & Desire: Puts what one Wishes to Gain in one’s Hand

Activity: Passive

TriMurthi (Process): Brahma (Create)

Direction / Motion: Tiryanga Mukha (Looking Straight/ Facing Forward/Level)

Yoni (Gender): Female

Animal Symbol: Buffalo

Bird: Vulture, Crow

Sounds: Pu, Sha, Na, Thaa

Tree/ Plant: Ambashta, Hog Plum, Jaai, Wild Mango (Latin Name: Jasminum Grandiflora)

Colour: Deep Green