नक्षत्र · Nakshatra 2 of 27 · 13°20′–26°40′ Meṣa
भरणी Bharaṇī(Bharani)
Data
| Span | 13°20′–26°40′ Meṣa |
|---|---|
| Lord | शुक्र Śukra |
| Deity | Yama, lord of dharma and of life's thresholds |
| Symbol | The yoni — the womb, gate of birth |
| Gana | manushya |
| Temperament | Fierce and formidable (ugra) in the classical scheme — a bearing, gestating intensity that holds and delivers. |
Bharani means 'she who bears': these natives carry, gestate and deliver — projects, people, responsibilities — with a discipline learned from Yama himself. There is creative and sensual depth here, and a rare capacity to stay present at life's thresholds (births, endings, transformations) where others look away.
Cited fromTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5BPHS, Chs. 46–49BPHS, Ch. 6Nakshatra tradition
पद · The four padas
| Pada | Reading (by navamsa) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Siṃha navāṁśa (Sun): creative authority — bearing responsibility with visible dignity. |
| 2 | Kanyā navāṁśa (Mercury): service and precision — the midwife's exacting, practical care. |
| 3 | Tulā navāṁśa (Venus): relational artistry — carrying others through beauty, diplomacy and partnership. |
| 4 | Vṛścika navāṁśa (Mars): the deepest intensity — transformative work at the very edge of things. |
Sources
- Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5Taittiriya Brahmana 1.5 (with parallels in Taittiriya Samhita 4.4.10 and Atharva Veda 19.7): the Vedic nakshatra lists with their presiding deities. Vedic corpus, public domain.
- BPHS, Chs. 46–49Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Chs. 46–49 (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): the Vimshottari dasha as the foremost dasha system — sequence and years (Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17; total 120), effects of each graha's dasha, and antardasha doctrine. Sanskrit classic, public domain.
- BPHS, Ch. 6Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Ch. 6 'The Sixteen Divisions of a Rashi' (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): the navamsa (D9) scheme underlying the pada framework — each pada of 3°20′ is one navamsa. Sanskrit classic, public domain.
- Nakshatra traditionCommon Jyotish nakshatra doctrine — symbols, the deva/manushya/rakshasa gana classification, and temperament — standardized across muhurta and jataka manuals and consistent from the medieval synthesis treatises (e.g., Jataka Parijata) onward. Editorial synthesis in our own words; no copyrighted translation reproduced.