Bhadrapada means blessed steps. The symbol of both the Bhadrapad is a hearse (a vehicle which carries a dead body). How to correlate blessed steps with a hearse? On deeper reflection, it means that Bhadrapada stars refer to the path on which we journey from one life to the other.
Other symbols of this Nakshatra are swords which symbolizes chord cutting from ties and other attachments and a man with two faces, symbolising a soul looking in two directions, backwards towards the former life, and forwards towards the next. Purva Bhadrapad is a serious Nakshatra which helps in personal transformation.
Location: 20° Aquarius to 3°20’ Pisces
Nakshatra lord: Jupiter
Sign lord: Saturn, Jupiter
Deity: Aja Ekapada (fire dragon)
Symbol: Hearse (a vehicle that carries dead body)
The native born in Aquarius can be optimistic, honest, reliable, and able to take work from others. The natives born in Pisces may be lovers of music, they may also be art lovers, they may be polite, they are generally broad minded and joyful by nature.
Natives of Purva Bhadrapad are easily given to melancholy. They generally underrate themselves. They are intelligent and are gifted speakers.
However, they can be jealous as well as greedy. Their faith in God can keep on dwindling.
The deity of this Nakshatra is Aja Ekapada (fire dragon). The native can become violent or angry easily. However, the lordship of Jupiter over the Nakshatra would also pacify the anger fast. The nature of Purva Bhadrapad natives may be highly unpredictable.
The influence of Jupiter the Nakshatra lord and Saturn the sign lord of Aquarius makes the native of this Nakshatra great scientists, researchers and teachers. They may also be interested in astrology and spirituality.
The natives are generally persistent in their efforts. They may also have extreme will power. They also seldom give up. These attitudes help them climb the ladder of success with ease. They are a go-getter; they are interested in limitless fame.
With their persistent efforts they succeed in the professional front. They have an edge over others in work. Not everyone can manage and work as efficiently as them. Creative ideas will make all assignments seem like a game for them which they are able to tackle easily.
The Nakshatra is not satisfied or satisfied with external things. They may become cold in relationship with time.
The natives of Purva Bhadrapad seek inner-essence and significance of everything. The natives are mature with respect to relationships. They can be excellent guides. They will start a relationship quickly, on a whim, and will also end it in the same fashion.
They need constant excitement and change, or their lives will fall into a boring routine which may be difficult for them to handle.
They generally do not eye long term relationships to start with. However, if they build an intimate and intellectually stimulating relationship with another human being, they will remain committed in that relationship.
The native may not feel happy or find peace in the pursuit of wealth and success. The native may be lucky financially if Mercury, Moon, Venus and Ketu are involved they may be bestowed with financial luck.
Though, the native of this Nakshatra normally do not run too much after money. However, if this Nakshatra gets afflicted by Saturn, Mars, Sun and Rahu the native may become greedy.
They might not find peace with whatever they have. The native has the tendency of distancing oneself from the outside material world especially towards the later part of life.
If they just follow their intuition, making money won’t be tough for them. They have good value in the organization they work for.
The Purva Bhadrapad rules the two sides of Lord Vishnu’s body. Natives born in Aquarius sign are prone to circulatory system problems, swelling of feet, jaundice and abdominal tumour.
For natives born in the Pisces sign and if Purva Bhadrapad nakshatra is afflicted, it can cause enlarged liver, hernia and corn in the feet.
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