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Nakshatra #24 · शतभिषा
Shatabhisha
306.67° – 320.00° sidereal · in Aquarius
The hundred healers — Shatabhisha natives have a healing, secretive, sometimes hidden quality. Rahu rules with Varuna the binder of oaths. Native are often healers (alternative, esoteric, or research-based), keepers of secrets, or those drawn to the occult and hidden truths.
Lord
rahu
Deity
Varuna (god of waters and oaths)
Symbol
Empty circle / hundred healers
Gana
Rakshasa
Nature
Movable
Yoni (compatibility)
Horse (female)
Gender
neutral
Positive traits
- •Healing capacity
- •Esoteric insight
- •Reservedness with depth
- •Capacity to keep oaths
Shadow traits
- •Secretiveness become loneliness
- •Cynicism
- •Difficulty with conventional life
Suited professions
- Alternative healing
- Research / esoteric science
- Astronomy / astrology
- Keeping confidences