Nakshatra · Lunar Mansion 25/27
Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra पूर्व भाद्रपदा
intensity · idealism · duality · transformation
Purva Bhadrapada is the nakshatra of spiritual fire and intensity, ruled by Aja Ekapada the one-footed serpent. Its natives are passionate idealists who burn with conviction, two-faced in the sense of seeing both this world and the next.
| Number | 25th of 27 |
|---|---|
| Zodiac span | 20°00′ Aquarius – 3°20′ Pisces |
| Ruling planet (Vimshottari) | Jupiter (Guru) |
| Deity | Aja Ekapada (the one-footed serpent of fire) |
| Symbol | The front legs of a funeral cot; a two-faced man, a sword |
| Gana (temperament) | Manushya |
| Yoni (animal) | Lion (male) |
| Nadi (Ayurvedic) | Adi (Vata) |
| Sanskrit | पूर्व भाद्रपदा |
Symbol & deity
Purva Bhadrapada's symbol is the front legs of a funeral cot; a two-faced man, a sword, and its presiding deity is Aja Ekapada (the one-footed serpent of fire). Its special power — its shakti — is the power to raise spiritual fire (yajamana udyamana shakti). Together these encode the nakshatra's core lesson and gift.
Personality & traits
Strengths: Idealistic, passionate, visionary, fiercely independent and spiritually intense.
Challenges: Extreme, anxious, eccentric, cynical and prone to fanaticism.
Ruling planet — Jupiter
Purva Bhadrapada is ruled by Jupiter in the Vimshottari system, so a Purva Bhadrapada Moon sets Jupiter's dasha as the first major life period, and Jupiter's nature deeply colours the personality. wisdom, fortune, the guru — the great benefic (Brihaspati).
Career & vocation
Spirituality and the occult, research, radical reform, statistics, anything intense or unorthodox.