Nakshatra · Lunar Mansion 24/27
Shatabhisha Nakshatra शतभिषा
healing · mystery · solitude · technology
Shatabhisha is "the hundred healers" — the nakshatra of healing and mystery, ruled by Varuna. Its natives are independent, scientific and mystical, drawn to solitude and to the secret laws that mend the world.
| Number | 24th of 27 |
|---|---|
| Zodiac span | 6°40′–20°00′ Aquarius |
| Ruling planet (Vimshottari) | Rahu (Rahu) |
| Deity | Varuna (god of cosmic waters and healing) |
| Symbol | An empty circle; a hundred stars or healers |
| Gana (temperament) | Rakshasa |
| Yoni (animal) | Horse (female) |
| Nadi (Ayurvedic) | Antya (Kapha) |
| Sanskrit | शतभिषा |
Symbol & deity
Shatabhisha's symbol is an empty circle; a hundred stars or healers, and its presiding deity is Varuna (god of cosmic waters and healing). Its special power — its shakti — is the power of healing (bheshaja shakti). Together these encode the nakshatra's core lesson and gift.
Personality & traits
Strengths: Healing, independent, mystical, scientific, truth-seeking and visionary.
Challenges: Reclusive, secretive, stubborn and emotionally guarded.
Ruling planet — Rahu
Shatabhisha is ruled by Rahu in the Vimshottari system, so a Shatabhisha Moon sets Rahu's dasha as the first major life period, and Rahu's nature deeply colours the personality. the north node — obsession, ambition and the hunger of this lifetime.
Career & vocation
Medicine and healing, science and technology, astrology and the occult, research, aviation.