The symbol of Hasta, a hand, illustrates the meaning of the Nakshatra. Hasta indicates awareness and dexterity. Savita is the deity of Hasta. He is the God of sunrise. He wakes us up and inspires us to use our hands. The word Savita means the awakener. Savita helps to awaken us to awareness.
Hasta Nakshatra creates visions and gives us dexterity to achieve our goals. Hasta also grants awareness. We become more skilled, expert, and dexterous.
Savita the deity of Hasta Nakshatra enables humanity to prosper by awakening them to the new dawn. It helps us in setting goals and by accomplishing the goals.
Hasta Nakshatra signifies the importance of inspiration and motivation in our lives. If we are uninspired there is no way we can attain any goal or be successful. If we don’t want to wake up it means that we will not be alive as well. The best way to be inspired is to be more alert. This can be easily done if we pay more attention to every small thing which we encounter in our daily lives.
Location: 10°00’ Virgo to 23°20’ Virgo
Nakshatra lord: Moon
Sign Lord: Mercury
Deity: Savita – God of Sunrise
Symbol: Hand or Clenched Fist
The natives of Hasta are usually brave and chivalrous. Besides other noble qualities, they are grateful and charitable. However, at times they can be merciless and stealthy.
They are usually prosperous in the later part of life.
The native of this Nakshatra are industrious, full of energy, sometimes quarrelsome and courageous.
The Moon also does well in this Nakshatra as it gives motivation and inspiration to pursue goals with intelligence. Sun also indicates better clarity and long-term success. Jupiter is neutral here. Rahu also is comfortable in this Nakshatra. Mars and Sun in Hasta indicate muscular dexterity. This is especially good for sports and combat.
Hasta wakes us and makes us more attentive and active and also inspires us to attain objectives. It helps us in increasing our alertness and attention. It also helps us in becoming deft and dextrous. This helps us in attaining our goals. Mercury is very dextrous, and also very intelligent and refined.
Mercury is also good for the activities of merchants. Hasta Nakshatra also suggests business and commercial activities. Mercury is exalted in this Nakshatra. The natives of this Nakshatra are also skilled with hands. They can become great artists as well.
The natives can get extremely caring once they build intimacy. They may seem to be very attached. However, the weakness of this Nakshatra is that they want to control others; this is based on inherent fear of losing the one they love.
However, the natives need to understand and respect other people’s needs and boundaries. This may help them to enter into mutually more fulfilling relationships.
The natives of this Nakshatra are hard workers and intelligent. They can earn well and become rich by self-effort.
However, the issue with the natives of Hasta Nakshatra is that they have lesser ambition. They may also underestimate their own worth. This attitude can be a blockage for income flow for Hasta natives.
Many times, because of Moon lordship on the Nakshatra the native may get emotionally attached to their investment that may restrict both fund flow as well as growth.
Hasta Nakshatra indicates the digestive system of Lord Shiva. It also represents the two hands of Lord Vishnu.
If Hasta Nakshatra gets afflicted the native may suffer from digestive problems as well as problems in hands. They may suffer from Loose motions, excessive gas formation, breathing troubles, hysteria, typhoid, weakness of arms and shoulders.
Generally, the natives may have health-related issues in childhood, but as the years go by, the situation improves considerably.
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