VISHAKHA

sidereal: 20⁰ ♎︎ - 3⁰20' ♏︎
tropical: ~13⁰ ♏︎*- ~26⁰ ♏︎*

* - approximate for primary demographic of this app & the ayanamsas for that time frame https://twitter.com/lovejustlied/status/1337702796506902529

at this point of the cyclical journey of the nakshatras, vishakha is the point where, after the deep submersion into the material world in swati, one must grapple with one's place in this world & find the resolution/resolve to get one's bearings in order to move forward.

vishakha is the "forked one" or "two branched one" which calls to mind the constant crossroads and forks in the road (one of the symbols of nakshatra) that the native encounters throughout the life & must find their way.

vishakha is the encountering of those forks in the road, where the native finds themselves at a point of divergence & a necessary choice has to be made of which direction to go and to stick with that direction.

however simultaneously the vishakha native is also the point of convergence where they are the active agent that can branch out like the multiple branches growing from the single strong trunk of a tree & where one can find reward in multiplicity.

the lesson found in vishakha is not that one should be stuck to doing one absolute thing but rather to pour oneself wholly into the multitude of experiences that life may throw at you & doing so with conviction that is so rooted like a tree that you cannot be shaken.

vishakha natives are a strong testament to the idiom "if there is a will, there is a way" for it is by the ferocity and power behind their own focus & determination that really gets them far in life, esp. as their endeavors tend to not yield quick reward, so perserverance is key.

the sheer force behind this nakshatra is derived from the essence of the dual deity indragni who presides over this nakshatra. indragni is the combined force of indra, the king of the gods & god of thunder, alongside agni, the god of fire.

indra bestows strength & force like a storm while agni bestows passion, desire, & will that lights our internal flame providing this particular nakshatra with a sheer resilience to overcome obstacles.

because of this strength of will to go after what they desire, vishakha natives can fall into singlemindedness, feeling that their ends justify their means, much like indra who exerted himself rather forcefully to attain what he wanted.

however it is in their high spirits that vishakha retain a youthful demeanor, bulldozing through life with, sometimes reckless, abandon & figuring it out along the way but with an excitedness & fire that refuses to be ignored.

this theme of taking on the world regardless of fortune and to make something of it comes from the fixed stars associated with this nakshatra which are the specfic stars that make up the pans of the scales in libra: zuben elgenubi, zuben elschamali, & zuben elakarab.

all of these stars pertain to the nature of the change of fortune, what those varying changes entail, & how one can approach those changes whether it be good or bad, especially in regards to tipping the scales to make circumstances ultimately better.

with the force of indra & the fire of agni, one has the power to bear fruit from a multitude of places, taking life whatever, however, and wherever it goes & with the weight of their drive & ambition can add on concerted efforts that tip the scales of fortune in their favor.

but it is in those multitude of efforts that the native develops the focus & devotion necessary to remain steadfast in their actual goals & therefore able to apply all that they have picked up in these small divergences to go towards the ultimate thing.

this throwing of oneself wholeheartedly into the throes of life & to make the best of that reveals the imbuement of the energy of expansive & devotional jupiter in this nakshatra.

jupiter, as the planet of expansion, opens their native's eyes to the vastness of experiences that the whole world can provide, compels them to give of themselves wholeheartedly to the world despite one's fortune, & blesses them for their benefic efforts.

in their initial stage in punarvasu, jovian optimism allowed the native to see the potential in the world & with their abundance of ideas/opportunities can shoot their shot as many times as they need to make their mark.

as jupiter goes through its cycle, the vastness of the world becomes more weighted & the painting of a picture of how the world actually is begins when the larger vision of what is true & meaningful to the native becomes apparent setting one forth on their bigger mission.

in vishakha, the materialization of jupiter through particular venus or willful mars, the native has the ability to go through life with focus & devotion to the bigger things they wish to accomplish despite what may be thrown their way.

jupiter, being representative of the guru, calls its natives to experience the world head on & to take in those experiences to inform & to bring focus/scope to the larger journey that will take them to where they will gain the most reward.

and with venus & mars, the rulers of sidereal ♎︎ & ♏︎, vishakha gains that reward through commitment or by sheer force of will. both planets are agents of attachment & desire that fuels passion behind the scope of goals within vishakha.

it's rooting themselves in their passion that allows vishahka to become the point of convergence where their divergent paths meet, all the moments meant to spark a bigger journey where one is set ablaze like lightning, but like flames moving upward to the height of their goals.

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