नक्षत्र · Nakshatra 15 of 27 · 6°40′–20°00′ Tulā
स्वाती Svātī(Swati)
Data
| Span | 6°40′–20°00′ Tulā |
|---|---|
| Lord | राहु Rāhu |
| Deity | Vāyu, god of wind and breath |
| Symbol | A young shoot swaying in the wind |
| Gana | deva |
| Temperament | Movable and adaptable (chara) — strength through flexibility, like bamboo in wind. |
Swati, 'the self-going', is the independent one: these natives bend without breaking, adapt without losing their root, and typically build their lives — and often their wealth, for this is a star of trade — by their own effort. Freedom is their oxygen; their art is staying connected while remaining unmistakably themselves.
Cited fromTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5BPHS, Chs. 46–49BPHS, Ch. 6Nakshatra tradition
पद · The four padas
| Pada | Reading (by navamsa) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dhanu navāṁśa (Jupiter): the free thinker — independence in search of meaning and truth. |
| 2 | Makara navāṁśa (Saturn): the self-made builder — autonomy converted into disciplined enterprise. |
| 3 | Kumbha navāṁśa (Saturn): the networked individualist — freedom exercised inside communities and markets. |
| 4 | Mīna navāṁśa (Jupiter): the wandering sage — flexibility ripening into intuitive 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.