Moon Transit in Shatabhisha

Aquarius, Saturn's sign, holds Shatabhisha at its centre. Rahu rules it, Varuna is its deity, and its symbol is an empty circle or a hundred healers. Rahu stands outside Parashara's table of friendship, and Saturn, the sign lord, counts the Moon an enemy. The Moon here is secluded and thoughtful, the manas turned inward and covered.

Muhurta Chintamani counts Shatabhisha among the chara nakshatras, movable. Travel, vehicles and gardening suit such a day, and medicine suits it above all, since the hundred healers give the nakshatra its name. Marriage, a foundation and a house entry are kept for a dhruva day. The Moon stays about a day.

Ardra, Swati and Shatabhisha births have their janma tara. For the other birth nakshatras:

• Sampat for Mrigashira, Chitra and Dhanishta; kshema for Krittika, Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha.
• Sadhana for Ashwini, Magha and Mula; mitra for Pushya, Anuradha and Uttara Bhadrapada.
• Parama mitra for Punarvasu, Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada.
• Vipat for Rohini, Hasta and Shravana; pratyak for Bharani, Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha.
• Naidhana for Ashlesha, Jyeshtha and Revati.

What the mind hides, from others and from itself, surfaces under this Moon. Varuna sees through the covering, and a person may notice the secret they have kept longest and what it costs. Solitude used well is the practice: a long sit, a fast from speech, water offered to Shiva at night. If a remedy for the body is due, begin it today.