नक्षत्र · Nakshatra 7 of 27 · 20°00′ Mithuna – 3°20′ Karka
पुनर्वसु Punarvasu
Data
| Span | 20°00′ Mithuna – 3°20′ Karka |
|---|---|
| Lord | बृहस्पति Bṛhaspati |
| Deity | Aditi, boundless mother of the gods |
| Symbol | A quiver of arrows; a bow returned to rest |
| Gana | deva |
| Temperament | Movable and benevolent (chara) — light that leaves and reliably returns. |
Punarvasu means 'good again' — the return of light after the storm. These natives carry an unbreakable resilience: they can lose the arrow and recover it, leave home and find it again, fail and begin anew with wisdom intact. Generosity, optimism and a gift for teaching mark this mansion of second chances.
Cited fromTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5BPHS, Chs. 46–49BPHS, Ch. 6Nakshatra tradition
पद · The four padas
| Pada | Reading (by navamsa) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Meṣa navāṁśa (Mars): the returning hero — courage renewed after every setback. |
| 2 | Vṛṣabha navāṁśa (Venus): restoration made tangible — rebuilding comfort, wealth and stability. |
| 3 | Mithuna navāṁśa (Mercury): the storyteller of return — wisdom shared through words and ideas. |
| 4 | Karka navāṁśa (Moon): homecoming itself — vargottama-strength nurturance and deep emotional wisdom. |
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.