How To Manifest Your SP:

while dhanishta and revati possess an innate sense of rhythm and musicality, purva phalguni, jyeshtha, uttara ashadha and shatabhisha are the true musical genius nakshatras

bharani possesses the skill of evoking intense emotion through their works of art. chitras are virtuosic. magha, ardra and shravana command the stage.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇ ɴᴏꜱꜰᴇʀᴀᴛᴜ ɪꜱ ᴀʟʟ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʙʜᴀʀᴀɴɪ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜰᴏʀʙɪᴅᴅᴇɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ, ꜰᴀᴛᴇ, ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇʙɪʀᴛʜ

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪꜱɴᴇʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ, ᴍᴜʟᴀɴ, ɪꜱ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀɢʜᴀ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴᴄᴇꜱᴛʀʏ, ꜰᴀᴍɪʟɪᴀʟ ʙᴏɴᴅꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴜᴘʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴏɴᴇ'ꜱ ʟᴇɢᴀᴄʏ (ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴛʀᴇꜱꜱ, ʟɪᴜ ʏɪꜰᴇɪ, ᴡʜᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ ᴍᴜʟᴀɴ ʜᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴍᴀɢʜᴀ ꜱᴛᴇʟʟɪᴜᴍ)

ᴍᴇʀᴄᴜʀʏ-ᴋᴇᴛᴜ ᴀꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛꜱ ᴄᴀɴ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʙʟᴜɴᴛ ɪɴ ꜱᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ ᴏʀ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ ɪᴍᴘᴇᴅɪᴍᴇɴᴛ

ᴀꜱʜʟᴇꜱʜᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜰᴇᴍɪɴɪɴɪᴛʏ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴀꜱʜʟᴇꜱʜᴀ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɪꜱꜱᴜᴇꜱ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴍᴀꜱᴄᴜʟɪɴɪᴛʏ

ꜱᴘᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀɢʜᴀ, ᴍᴀɢʜᴀ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴛᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴄʏ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʀ ᴀʀʀᴏɢᴀɴᴛ ᴏʀ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴛᴇᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ (ᴇx: ᴛʏʟᴀ)

ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴀꜱʜʟᴇꜱʜᴀ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ 4ᴛʜ ʜᴏᴜꜱᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟʟɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ ꜱᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀɪɴɢ

ᴀʟʟ ᴠᴇɴᴜꜱɪᴀɴ ɴᴀᴋꜱʜᴀᴛʀᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ (ʙʜᴀʀᴀɴɪ, ᴘᴜʀᴠᴀ ᴘʜᴀʟɢᴜɴɪ, ᴘᴜʀᴠᴀ ᴀꜱʜᴀᴅʜᴀ) ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴛᴇɴᴅᴇɴᴄʏ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜱɪʀᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴜʙᴍɪꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʏɪᴇʟᴅɪɴɢ

ꜱᴜɴ-ᴅᴏᴍɪɴᴀɴᴛ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜰɪɴɪᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟʙᴏꜱꜱ

ᴋᴇᴛᴜ-ᴅᴏᴍɪɴᴀɴᴛ ᴍᴇɴ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ ᴍᴀᴛᴇʀɪᴀʟ, ɪɴ ꜰᴀᴄᴛ, ᴛʜᴇʏ'ᴅ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ᴘʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴘᴜᴛ ᴀ ʀɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰɪɴɢᴇʀ

ᴠᴇɴᴜꜱɪᴀɴ ᴍᴇɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴘᴏɪʟ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀꜱ, ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ ɪꜱ ʜᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ɢɪꜰᴛꜱ

ɪ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴜᴛᴛᴀʀᴀ ʙʜᴀᴅʀᴀᴘᴀᴅᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇᴅ ʟᴇꜱʙɪᴀɴ ʀᴏʟᴇꜱ ɪɴ ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇꜱ (ᴇx: ᴅʏʟᴀɴ ɢᴇʟᴜʟᴀ ɪɴ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ɢɪʀʟ ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ)

ᴅʜᴀɴɪꜱʜᴛᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴜʀᴠᴀ ʙʜᴀᴅʀᴀᴘᴀᴅᴀ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴏ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ꜱᴇxʏ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜰʟᴀᴍʙᴏʏᴀɴᴛ ᴡᴀʏ, ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪᴅᴇ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʟɪɢʜᴛᴇɴꜱ ᴜᴘ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ (ᴇx: ʙᴀʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴏʙᴀᴍᴀ, ᴍᴀᴅɪꜱᴏɴ ʙᴇᴇʀ, ᴍᴇɢᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʟʟɪᴏɴ, ʙɪʟʟ ꜱᴋᴀʀꜱɢᴀʀᴅ)

ꜱʜʀᴀᴠᴀɴᴀ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ʀᴇʟɪᴀʙʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʀᴜꜱᴛ-ᴡᴏʀᴛʜʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴜꜱᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴍɪꜱᴛʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ

ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇᴀᴠʏ ꜱᴇx ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ʟʟ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ꜱᴀᴛɪꜱꜰɪᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴛɪᴍᴇ? ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴀ ᴘᴜʀᴠᴀ ᴘʜᴀʟɢᴜɴɪ ᴏʀ ᴜᴛᴛᴀʀᴀ ᴘʜᴀʟɢᴜɴɪ ᴍᴀɴ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʜɪᴘꜱ ɪꜰʏᴋᴡɪᴍ

ᴍᴜʟᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴜʀᴠᴀ ᴀꜱʜᴀᴅʜᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴇɴ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ᴡᴀʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ꜱᴏ ᴘᴏᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴛʜᴇʀᴇᴀʟ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ'ʀᴇ ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ᴏʀ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ

ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʟᴇᴛ ʟᴏᴏꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜰᴜɴ? ᴄᴀʟʟ ᴜᴘ ᴀɴ ᴀʀᴅʀᴀ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ

ᴋʀɪᴛᴛɪᴋᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴜꜱʜʏᴀ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ʜᴀʙɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ʙɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ɴᴀɪʟꜱ

ᴄʜɪᴛʀᴀ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴᴛᴏ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇ ɪꜰ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍꜱᴇʟᴠᴇꜱ

(And that's all for now! If it resonates with you, comment below. If you feel confused about something in relation to vedic, don't be afraid to reach out! Have a good day/night!)

The primordial horror of Ashlesha🐍

And a timeless tale

You might have heard that in vedic posts on the internet Bharani and Ashlesha are almost always talked about when topics of femininity, mother nature, primordial feminine, female passivity, raw sexuality and feminine harshness (in any sense) are being discussed. And for good reason too. Bharani and Ashlesha_ two mleccha nakshatras associated with feminine planets (Bharani's nakshatra lord Venus and Ashlesha's rashi lord Moon) and saturated with feminine symbolism, are both connected to primordial, raw, pure power of passive femininity.

I'm going to explore Ashlesha's role in this in a less sexual and more internal context.

Do recommend this for Jyeshtas, Revatis, Bharanis and Punarvasus too, as the themes are going to be familiar to all of these, in different ways.

The medicine and the poison, the monster and the pure angel

To start with, Ashlesha's main symbol_ the coiled serpent, already spells danger. Something is reaching its critical point and cannot be contained, for better or for worse.

Ashlesha's power is vishashleshana shakti ("Vish" means poison, "ashlesha" means control). Ashlesha, having the power to control its energy, power and reactions, learns how to be immune to things, out of necessity.

In a way, Ashlesha's power is to simply have power over things, but that exchange of energy between you and the thing/person you're controlling can be dangerous.

4th house and the sign of Cancer deal with the spiritual/mental/emotional safety of the person, 4th house sitting at the bottom of the zodiac wheel. Being a water sign and ruled by the Moon, it is related to extreme vulnerability and energy flow. Moon is dependancy. Ashlesha's nakshatra lord_ Mercury, is the nervous system. Ashlesha is the very force that binds and connects your emotions to your nerves and their sensations.

Sidenote: Ashlesha is about nourishing(Moon's sign) the nerves(Mercury ruled), Hasta is about controlling(Mercury's sign) the nourishment(Moon ruled).

Those reptilian instincts, that primal awareness and animalistic conciousness that Ashlesha leaves you with are as vulnerable as they are scary. To the person themselves, they have been stripped bare of their defences, and no matter how hard they try to find a way to be safe, it feels like the only safety is in no defence. Building or cultivating defence is not natural to the pure, passive Ashlesha. It requires some kind of action, and any action, in its essence, requires the disregard of absolute receptivity_ the state in which Ashlesha is naturally in (Bharani too, by the way).

Ashlesha is about not lying to yourself about your weaknesses, it's about knowing how vulnerable you really are. In a way, it's also about testing the limits of pain to know how much you can hurt, how much of that pain you really feel and have been repressing, how much of it you can handle. It's about settling in your nature and slowly gaining strength, so that your weaknesses are not really weaknesses, but just parts of you that have not yet reached their full potential. It's not a place of excess, but a place of economy and necessities.

From the viewpoint of the feminine, it's their natural place_ the watery, sensitive, impressionable, pure force. But it does not want to stay in that one place. It's known that still water is dangerous, it's been associated with all kinds of unpleasant things. Being in the state of Ashlesha is like that_ it's like the water that has nowhere else to go and wants to flow (release) with any opportunity to do so, but there's danger there too.

For the feminine in that state, there is danger in staying and there is danger in going.

There is a lot of concern for purity because it recognizes that it needs to move on but it absolutely cannot do so without doing it correctly, or the purpose will be defeated and all the work will be wasted.

Some hate medicine, some favor all kinds of vaccinations. Ashlesha needs to build immunity but it's also paramount for it to feel everything with as little interference as possible, preferably none at all. Purity has to be radical.

So, there is struggle and patience built into them. But whatever they do, in the end, their strength, their energy, their power is growing towards a critical point. It's like if you take a sensation from one part of the body to the other or if water goes from one end of the vessel toward the other_ it's still there, the only temporary relief might be moving that energy inside you, waiting more and more impatiently towards that perfect opportunity to release.

So we go back to the start_ the coiled serpent, the dangerous force, the deep need.

In terms of sexual energy, the feminine is both intensely desirous and incredibly cautious. The need/desire of Ashlesha to move on to the next stage while waiting indefinitely to do so because of safety concerns can be interpreted as the desire/need for sexual experience, and the fear of abuse/not being pure anymore. The theme of the complete passivity is intertwined with this nakshatra, as if the origin and rules that were set in Bharani demand to be fulfilled.

The law of nature and the passive feminine are restrictive and suffocating to masculine, active forces. If the feminine does not settle and gain power through her natural passivity (flow, receptivity, being as opposed to doing), then she's at the risk of being annihilated.

The result of Ashlesha nakshatra: "destruction of the victim"

No mention of who the victim is. The point is, that in Ashlesha, a place of dependancy, attachment and control, where everyone is either the abuser or the abused, there is no place for mercy. The stronger one wins.

This is the game of subtelty and ruthlessness_ trying to gain some sense of humanity after feeling like a dangerous, vulnerable animal_ a monster that wants to take, because it's an innocent creature that has little.

But no matter how much you wait, how much you gain, it's all going to turn to poison, unless you can dare to oppose.

To break the chain_ it's a risk, but what else is there to do when safety becomes a cage?

But the smart, calculative Ashlesha knows the dangers, it just waits for when it's strong enough to attack, it waits until it knows every medicine and poison, until it hurts so much that it does not hurt anymore, so that when it faces the enemy, the victim will no longer be a victim, but an opponent, who has been hiding its strength under the covers of fragility, who uses what others called a weakness to strike. Until the poison is medicine and the tears are poison, it waits. But when the milk turns sour and the gentle touch suffocates, it's ready to go.

The tale of Snow White

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Crediting Claire Nakti for mentioning this association in her Ashlesha video

Snow White's story is a great example of how Ashlesha's energies play out.

I'm not going to go into too much detail of why it's related to Ashlesha, as I think it's going to be obvious as I go on, but the key associations are: the pure young woman (reinforced by the symbolism and imagery that her name evokes), the controlling feminine authority, danger, poison, power struggles.

I love the 2012 film "Mirror Mirror", because it does not hesitate to show the power struggle between Snow White and the evil queen. The struggle is depicted mostly through metaphors and/or symbolism in the original tale.

It'd be great to mention that Snow White's tale is said to be based on actual real life women. The first_ Margaretha von Waldeck who lived in the 16th century Germany, died young and as evidence by her last letter suggests (her handwiting indicated that her hand was shaking), she died by being poisoned, and it was also known that her stepmother was jealous of her. She also lived in a town where children had to work in the mines (inspiring the seven dwarves).

In "Mirror Mirror" Snow White is played by Ashlesha moon 🐈‍⬛ Lily Collins, and Evil Queen is played by Magha moon 🐀 Julia Roberts.

There is tiny chance that Lily is Pushya moon but that would only be true if she was born before one in the night, so I'd say she's Ashlesha, especially after observing her.

The beginning of the movie: the queen is sitting on her lavish golden throne (Magha's symbol), dressed in an equally lavish golden dress (Sun's color), positioned above Snow White, who is forced to kneel before her. The Queen is weaving her insults and humiliations into her words that seem genuinely caring at first, even Snow White falls for it in the beginning. That's how the feminine repression and bullying works in Ashlesha_ it's all the more powerful because it's gradual and seems non-threatening, especially to masculine people.

As always, the villain and the hero are determined by which nakshatra is the focus of the story. In this case, from Ashlesha's perspective, the its enemy nakshatra_ Magha, is obviously the villain. This theme of "whose story is this" is another display of the power struggle in this transition. I highly recommend watching this film, because for all of its jokes and slight changes, it still retains the original message.

"The kingdom fell into an icy despair..."

_ narration from the queen

Ashlesha's yoni animal is the male cat, Magha's is the male rat, its enemy yoni. As Magha comes directly after Ashlesha and begins the second stage of nakshatras, marking the start of the sign of Leo, together they also mark the first gandanta point.

The Evil Queen is a blatant example of a Magha character, especially symbolically. It is implied and then obvious that she married the king for power and material advantages. Her ego is almost cartoonishly bloated, and all of these qualities are amazingly contrasted to Snow White_ a quieter character, who is naturally humble and subtler, not as direct as the rat yoni Magha.

In the beginning of the film she's dressed in a more golden dress, symbolizing her merging with and submission to the queen, stuck in the helpless state. After she gets the bravery to sneak out into the town, she wears a hooded cape the color of cooler, brighter yellow (more her coloring). When she comes back to attend the ball, she wears a pure white (symbolizing her purity and cool energy, resonant to Ashlesha) dress as her swan (grace, humility) costume. The Queen is dressed in bright red as a peacock (confidence, vanity, pride). That white dress is the one she stays in as she runs away and finds the home of the seven dwarves, the same white as the snow in the forest. In this adaptation, the whole kingdom is in an eternal winter under the queen's enchantment, just like the Ashlesha stage.

As she finds dwarves, they quickly become each other's allies and supporters, and, in a way, it taught her her own power. As she was gathering strength to attack and become the new ruler of the kingdom, she already was a ruler of her new tiny kingdom (dwarves_ her new family).

In the Ashlesha stage there is a separation from the things you were clinging to. At first it's seen as a tragedy, but with distance and time, the individual realizes that it needed solitude. Snow White is forced to run away (because of danger, to literally not die), but she thrives away from the queen (restrictive, abusuve influences). There's another side to this: an avoidant person, aware of its sensitivity, who does not realize how much they crave real connection. Attachment to the "wrong" people and environments and longing for the "right" ones is the issue here, along with the paradox of needing to escape and move on (critical point, built up tension and energy) but risking the much needed purity by doing so (just what I've discussed above).

Since a lot of the time the vulnerable Ashlesha feels dependant on outside forces, the movement is forced, for better or for worse, but it never recoils completely or gives all of its energy away, as it feels like it has to remain guarded.

Snow White learns to fight on her own, with the support from a genuinely nurturing environment.

She starts to wear a blue dress (cool toned, contrasting Queen's gold and red) while she's literally fighting on the side of the Queen's exiles.

When the prince joins her and the dwarves, they hear the "beast" that has been terrorizing the kingdom. She locks everyone else in the hut so that she alone can face the enemy (even though they don't let her), which is a key point in retaining your power in the state of Ashlesha. Her desire to face it alone shows not only the growth of her bravery, but mainly, her strength, as it was precisely what allows bravery for her.

Transition to Magha

There's a blatant display of power from snow white, right at the end, after she reclaims the kingdom (and at the end she's wearing a blue dress with a bright golden-orange ribbon_ finding her own power and embracing it, without losing herself). It's the last test and a chilling reminder that Ashlesha's stage is prolonged, almost never over, and can subtly sneak up on you and defeat you if you lower your guard.

At her wedding with the prince, she's given a ripe, red apple.

"And so it was Snow White's story, after all"

_ the magic mirror.

She gives the Queen her apple back, finally cleansing herself completely from that poison and using it to harm her enemy. Now she's the one in power, repeating the queen's own words back to her.

The result of Ashlesha nakshatra: the destruction of the victim.

The individual moves to Magha nakshatra_ ruling, power, lineages, detachment from the body (Ashlesha is the attachment to the body), and takes their own place on their throne.

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magha

as the hidden octave put it, "magha is about bringing the ancestors into the future with new bodies"

as said in the vedas,

"prajām anu prajāyase tad u te martyāmṛtam" "In your progeny, you yourself are born, that is, o mortal, immortality for you."

"svāṃ prajāṃ pitaraṃ pitryaṃ saha āvareṣu adadhus tantum ātatam" "The ancestors have placed their ancestral power in their own later offspring, as a thread stretched”

"this is why we do our worship to our ancestors in brahmanism, and perform śrāddha rituals for the dead. because what they chose to do, how they chose to live forms an important part of our person, which is then moulded by the environment around us. through honouring them, we are respecting the “us” in ourselves." — kiron krishnan

magha natives are often highly family oriented, & their family often plays a major role in their life, image and achievements

michael jackson (magha moon) and his siblings, managed by their father joe jackson, first embarked on their musical careers via the band 'The Jackson 5'

The Jackson 5 in 1972. From left to right: Tito, Marlon, Michael, Jackie, and Jermaine Jackson.

magha is associated with ethno-national pride and inherited ancestral gifts and merits

tyla seethal (magha moon) is from johannesburg, south africa.

'they never had a pretty girl from jo'burg

see me now, and that's what they prefer'

— lyrics from tyla's song 'jump'

when jennifer hudson asked tyla how is feels to represent her country, she replied

"it feels so good. I've always wanted to have a South African on the same stages as the greats.

I just feel like that's the goal, and I really want to become an example for other African artists wanting to do the same"

tyla won a grammy award for 'best African music performance'

tyla in johannesburg, for her 'Jump' music video

in a 'what's in my bag' interview with vogue, tyla revealed that she carries a 3 kg bag of maize meal

"so in south africa, we use this to make pap. pap is like this (the maize meal), hot water and some salt. It's a workout to make," she said after revealing the south african staple

the presiding deity of magha are the pitris, the ancestors — magha natives are acutely aware of this thread which ties the generations of a lineage together, and we see this reflected in the lives and works of magha natives

magha's family oriented nature

I really love your insights on Jyeshtha nakshatra & I was wondering what your thoughts were on Jyestha ascendant, because I don't find myself relating to the 'amassing wealth, fame and power' aspect of this nakshatra (at least not materially, spiritually is a different story) that frequently gets discussed

I recall you once spoke about the hyper-independence of Jyestha and how these natives essentially need to figure out how to do things from scratch. I would love if you could elaborate on that or share any other observations/insights you might have regarding this nakshatra and an ascendant placement here

HI!!! Omg I appreciate that, I love your insights too!!! So intuitive and always push me to research and expand my understanding on naks. I love following you!

This is really long so please bear with me but when I studied this nak it made me grow such great empathy and respect for them.

For me, the ascendant represents the life path. In the case of Jyestha rising, it’s not so much a material path as it is a deeply spiritual one. Their journey involves confronting and ultimately releasing the mindset they grew up with—almost like holding a funeral for the old self—so they can fully step into the higher calling symbolized by the Leo Midheaven.

The life of a Jyestha ascendant is one of liberation. The first half of their life is often spent trying to break free from the environment they were born into—especially if that environment was stifling or neglectful. The second half is about liberating themselves from the inner compulsion to constantly prove their worth. That’s why Jyestha can sometimes reflect Leo-like qualities: they develop this powerful public persona, one that radiates resilience, presence, and inner strength. The world sees them as indestructible. But if they haven’t done the inner healing work, the pain rooted in their 4th house—often associated with Saturn’s influence—can still haunt them.

This Saturnian 4th house can manifest as internalized beliefs shaped by caregivers who told them, directly or indirectly, that they weren’t strong enough, creative enough, or capable enough to rise above their circumstances. Even if they reach massive success, those narratives can linger. For Jyestha, the real battle isn’t “rags to riches”—they often accomplish that with shocking ease. The deeper struggle is the need to keep proving themselves over and over. There’s always another mountain, another enemy, another challenge, because the real fight is within: the fear of not being enough.

That’s why I sometimes I think Kanye West has a Jyestha placement because the energy is this intense narrative of “they still want me to fail. I’m not a kid!” But often, it’s not “they”—it’s the trauma itself. The intrusive thoughts of I’m not strong enough, I’m not good enough, the desperate need to be better, better, better—just to prove to the public and to themselves that nothing can break them.

While Jyestha can achieve tremendous success, they may just as easily lose it if they haven’t cultivated the inner peace to say: I am enough. I am more than my wealth. I am more than my trauma. I don’t need to keep fighting. Without this peace, they can begin to perceive threats everywhere—even where none exist—because they’re conditioned to stay on high alert, ready to defend what they’ve built. And what they’ve built isn’t just material wealth—it’s a throne, a legacy forged entirely by their own hands. Nothing was handed to them; they had to prove their worth from the ground up, echoing the energy of the Leo Midheaven opposed the Aquarius 4th house.

That’s the turning point—and it’s not an easy one. Getting Jyestha (and even Ashlesha) out of the “I must always struggle” mindset is difficult, because the fight has been their entire identity. But in truth, their most important battle is between their wounded self and their higher self.

That’s why it’s so powerful for Jyestha natives to build things from scratch. They need to see their progress and record that progress over time—especially when it comes to shadow work via scripting or rewriting their history LITERALLY. Watching themselves evolve, watching their efforts pay off—that’s what builds their confidence especially if they do it in secret away from the public eye. That’s what helps them transform. Their success may come easy and quickly through their vigorous work ethic, but it’s important for them to focus more on their old habits and mindsets finally falling away once they recognize their intrinsic value, not just the performance of strength.

Ultimately, the fight isn’t external. It’s a spiritual war within the psyche. Jyeshtha often carries a Saturn-influenced 4th house, and with Aquarius energy there, they may have experienced betrayals by father figures or close male relationships that continued to put them in a insubordinate or “little boy/girl” position,blocking them from opportunities. These betrayals, paired with the emotional neglect via words and beliefs, can leave deep wounds that influence how they view power, trust, and self-worth.

But when they stop needing to grind to feel valuable—when they allow rest, healing, and spiritual integration—that’s when Jyestha ascendants begin to embody the true essence of their path: not as warriors in constant battle, but as wise elders who have mastered themselves.

Honestly, I think this is the true mastery of Scorpio. Vishaka is the sudden storm—chaotic, violent, and shocking. It represents the moment the Scorpio is caught off guard, taking a devastating hit they never saw coming, the ultimate Tower moment. Then comes Anuradha, the witness. The one who says, Never again.This is the stage of learning boundaries, loyalty, and devotion—but also developing a quiet strength, shaped by pain and may even hold onto that pain so they can never forget, the reverse tower moment. By the time we reach Jyestha, there’s a transformation: instead of just reacting to chaos, they become the chaos. They create the storm on their own terms, using it as a defense mechanism to prevent another Vishaka moment. It’s a form of preemptive power—controlling what hurt them so it can never catch them off guard again.

But for Jyestha ascendants, there’s a crucial point of healing—and it lies in the 2nd house of Mula. Mula energy is about uprooting, cutting to the core, and destroying those false foundations of worth and value. In the 2nd house, it demands a deep excavation of self-worth and survival instincts. Jyeshtha ascendants must confront the painful roots of how they define value—especially their own.

Mula in the 2nd house reminds them: your worth is not just in what you build or your abundance of things. It is already embedded in you. Yes, you created your empire, but the abundance was already yours—it was owed to you, divinely planted there through the pain you endured, especially in childhood. You do not need to constantly prove you are worthy of having it. You do not need to tear yourself apart, creating more chaos to have the excuse to rebuild again and again just to feel deserving.

This placement challenges Jyestha to stop questioning their intrinsic value. It pushes them to understand that their voice, their talents, their legacy—they are not up for debate and never were. The healing comes not through domination or survival alone, wasting your energy but through a kind of surrender: accepting that worthiness is not something earned through pain, but something reclaimed after it.

" He who inhabits the soul, how can the heart forget him? "

Parveen Shakir is the finest poetess in the history of urdu literature:

“ye dukh nahi ke andheron se sulah ki humne, malal yeh hai ke ab subha ki talab bhi nahi.”

If you aren’t doing it authentically + from your heart, why do it at all?

how i manifested (+revised) my dream body ౨ৎ

This is my first post on my new account, though I am NOT new to the law and NOT new to loablr either. This post is specifically about how I manifested my dream body instantly with no technique besides knowing :)

PART ONE - the old story

In the old story, I was so fixated on my body and my weight all of the time, I was tracking my calories and weighing myself and my food obsessively and constantly gaining and losing weight. Back then, my beliefs were that 1) Excess food causes weight gain, 2) If I don't track my food and weigh myself, I will become too fat/skinny, and 3) There is something wrong with my body, and I need to diet/exercise to fix it.

Noticing these beliefs were key to changing the way I viewed food and my body, and therefore changing how I knew food to effect me and how I knew my body to be.

When I was overweight, I knew my body was too big, I knew I was eating too much, I knew excess calories made me gain weight. When I was underweight, I knew I had no appetite, I knew I was too bony, I knew that exercise makes you gain muscle which is why I had none, etc. I had to identify the limiting beliefs that made me know my body was a certain way.

PART TWO - writing the new story

Once I identified the beliefs that were holding me back and kept me from my goals ("I know I eat too much, even if I affirm I'm skinny, I'm still going to gain weight."), I could then change them. I wrote down a list of these beliefs, like I did above, and came up with reversals. For example;

"I overeat, so I will gain weight" -> "Calories aren't even real, so I can eat whatever I want and stay the same weight."

"I eat junk food, so I'll never be skinny" -> "I love how fast my metabolism is, I can eat junk all day and still stay so skinny." or "Junk food is just like other foods. Raspberries can't make me fat so neither can hamburgers."

"I don't exercise enough to be toned" -> "It's crazy how I'm naturally so toned and fit without trying."

The key for me was changing key beliefs that kept me dieting and exercising to lose weight, to sever the tie between calories consumed and weight, and hours exercising and muscles. These are limiting beliefs. We literally create our reality. Not ice cream, not soda and chips, none of that can overcome YOU as a divine creator. It sounds silly when you spell it out like that, doesn't it?

PART THREE - how i did it

Okay, now we understand that the secret is to change the rules of our own reality to allow us to know a higher truth (my higher truth? I am a skinny legend). So how do we put this into practice?

All you have to do is know. You set these rules, so you know they are true, reality is bound to them. You must know you are successful, know that reality is in the 4d, and feel truly satisfied in that realm. You can do this using whatever method you need to, but personally, I just knew deep within me that I was my ideal weight, and that nothing could change that, that is simply the reality, that is simply the way things are. I thought about old pictures I took of myself, and remembered how skinny I looked in them, I thought about the last time I saw my friends and how much littler they said I'd gotten, I thought about the last time I stood on the scale and how it read the exact weight I knew myself to be. And I just knew, deep within me, that was simply how things were.

And the last step, for me, was to feel truly joyful at this realization. To feel satisfied it came into fruition. Without seeking confirmation, because I already KNEW.

And what do you know? Pictures of myself in my phone from weeks ago, they were my ideal body. The girl I saw in the mirror when I stood up from my meditation? She had my ideal body. My clothes? XS and S, all of them. I had revised my ideal body all the way back to the day I bought them. And confirmed this by checking pictures I took in the dressing room.

I'm telling you right now it is possible if you know in your heart you've always had your desire. It's always been fulfilled within you. You make the rules because you are a divine creator. Nothing outside of you can change what you know to be true.

That's all for now ౨ৎ