Krittika

Krittika, the 3rd of the 27 nakshatras (lunar mansions), running from 26°40' Mesha (Aries) to 10°00' Vrishabha (Taurus) in the sidereal zodiac. Its symbol is the razor or flame. Its presiding deity is Agni, the sacred fire, bringing purification, sharpness, and cutting through. Its ruling planet is the Sun, so someone born with the Moon here begins life in the Sun's dasha (planetary period). Its themes are sharpness, purification, drive. Classically it is a mixed (misra) nakshatra, both at once, and the tradition reads it as neither good nor bad on its own.