Dhanu
Dhanu, the Vedic name for Sagittarius: the 9th rashi (sign) of the sidereal zodiac. Its lord is Jupiter, its element Fire (Agni: warmth, drive, and spirit), and its nature dvisvabhava, dual: it adapts, mediates, and does two things at once. In the Kalapurusha, the zodiac read as one body, it governs the hips and thighs. Because Vedic astrology measures against the fixed stars, Dhanu sits about 24° behind Western Sagittarius, so a planet in the first 24° or so of Western Sagittarius is usually in Vedic Vrishchika (Scorpio).
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