Chitra Nakshatra: meaning, characteristics, lord and career

Chitra is the fourteenth Nakshatra occupying 23 degrees 20 minutes Virgo to 6 degrees 40 minutes Libra. Its planetary ruler is Mars, and its ruling deity is Lord Tvastar.

Lord Tvastar, the ruling deity of Chitra

He designs, shapes, and colors all objects on earth and the heavens. He is the God behind everything from the design of a leaf to the design of a thunderbolt, a mighty weapon with a thousand edges used by Lord Indra. In the story of Mahabharata, he fashioned the city of Indraprastha for the Pandavas. He’s rightly known as Vishvakarman (maker of all things) and the celestial architect. Lord Tvastar uses an iron Parasu (an axe) to sculpt beautiful objects with unmatched accuracy. The detail-oriented, technical, and exacting nature of this nakshatra, especially in the Virgo sign, is the main reason why Venus, a free-flowing creative planet, is debilitated here.

Chitra personality and characteristics

Civil engineers, town planners, architects, carpenters, construction workers, masons, blacksmiths, jewelry makers, graphic designers, craftsmen, and fashion designers are seen from this nakshatra. He also shapes the embryo into a child and so he’s invoked for an offspring. Childbirth specialists, midwives, gynaecologists and embryologists are also seen from this Nakshatra. A mythological tale describes a feud between Lord Tvastar and his elder brother, Lord Indra, so the native may not have the best relationship with one’s elder brother. In another tale, his designs were overshadowed by those of the Rbhu brothers, so the native would have to continually update one’s skills and protect one’s designs from being stolen. Lord Tvastar had 10 daughters, so the native is likely to have daughters. In another tale, there were differences between Lord Tvastar and his son and so that may play out in the life of the native too.

Careers linked to Chitra

If in your birth chart, you have Sun, or the lord of the 6th, 10th, or the 11th house in Chitra then the following careers are suited to you.

Financial Analysts, Computer Network Architects, Computer Programmers, Video Game Designers, Web Developers, Actors, Craft Artists, Editors, Film and Video Editors, Graphic Designers, Multimedia Artists and Animators, Carpenters, Civil Engineers, Interior Designers, Landscape Architects, Stonemasons, Instructional Designers and Technologists, Dentists, General, Midwives, Surgeons, Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers, Cutters and Trimmers, Hand, Etchers and Engravers, Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers, Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators, Foundry Mold and Coremakers, Furniture Finishers, Jewelers, Machinists, Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic, Patternmakers, Wood, Potters, Manufacturing, Sewing Machine Operators, Watch Repairers, Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters, Fashion Designers, Floral Designers, Automotive Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Bicycle Repairers, Motorcycle Mechanics, Ship Engineers,

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