Hasta
Also called: hasta nakshatra
Hasta, the 13th of the 27 nakshatras (lunar mansions), running from 10°00' Kanya (Virgo) to 23°20' Kanya (Virgo) in the sidereal zodiac. Its symbol is the hand. Its presiding deity is Savitar, the inspiring Sun, bringing skilled hands that make the ideal real. Its ruling planet is the Moon, so someone born with the Moon here begins life in the Moon's dasha (planetary period). Its themes are skill, craft, dexterity. Classically it is a swift (kshipra) nakshatra, good for quick business and anything wanted finished today.
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