Passion with caution

Purva Ashadha Nakshatra

Purva Ashadha, as per mythology, is ruled by Goddess Apah. She is the goddess of water, the water element of nature. If we start from the story of the origin of the creation, it talks about the presence of cosmic waters.

Right at the beginning, there was nothing but water. This gives us an idea of Goddess Apah's powers.

She is behind everything that's created. For that reason, in my view, Venus, the planet of creation, is ruling this Nakshatra. From the cosmic waters was born Lord Brahma, and from them, all the other gods and the entire creation was created. Apart from the creative aspect linked to Goddess Apah, the water element that she governs has a purifying and nourishing impact on our life. I remember reading it in the Bhagavad Gita that water is behind the production of food. Water is behind our survival.

Saturn in Purva Ashadha

Saturn in Purva Ashadha, firstly is a very strong position as Saturn shares a strong friendship with Venus. Here we are combining Saturn's patience and technical prowess with purification, extraction, distillation. A prime example is oil and gas engineers who have to understand how oil has to be extracted, how oil has to be refined. All of it requires working out details patiently.

The other example is a career in data analytics, working out details, purifying information. This requires patience and technical skills. No matter which direction the native would take in one's life, the native would be seen as the best, a master technician. The native would be very methodical, resilient, persistent.

Purva Ashadha creates the desire to achieve something extraordinary in the world and Saturn bestows on the native the patience, the resilience to achieve it and the risk-taking side attached to Purva Ashadha would be much better controlled when Saturn is there. The native, despite being inherently optimistic, would remain practical. That is why I find this position very strong. One way or the other, I think the native would find a solution to any problem.

The Ugra side linked to this nakshatra and the rajasic side linked to this nakshatra is also going to be better controlled. Of all the planets we are going through in Purva Ashadha, I think Saturn is the strongest position given it's a coming together of passion and caution, optimism and practicality. It's a beautiful position.