Nakshatra 13 of 27 · Virgo 10°00' – Virgo 23°20'
Hasta
Skill of the hand — what you can actually make, heal or hold.
What it gives
Dexterity, craft, and a healing touch in the most literal sense.
What it costs
Grasping; the same hand that gives struggles to open.
Work it suits
Crafts, surgery, massage and physiotherapy, trading, art.
The four padas
Each pada is 3°20' wide and maps onto a navamsa sign. Same nakshatra, four different methods of pursuing it.
Pada 1 — Libra navamsa
Pada 1 falls in Libra navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Libra concerns — the same essence, pursued through a libra method.
Pada 2 — Scorpio navamsa
Pada 2 falls in Scorpio navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Scorpio concerns — the same essence, pursued through a scorpio method.
Pada 3 — Sagittarius navamsa
Pada 3 falls in Sagittarius navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Sagittarius concerns — the same essence, pursued through a sagittarius method.
Pada 4 — Capricorn navamsa
Pada 4 falls in Capricorn navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Capricorn concerns — the same essence, pursued through a capricorn method.
Why Moon matters in this chart
If your Moon is in Hasta, Moon is the lord of your first Vimshottari mahadasha. How much of that period you were born into depends on how far the Moon had already travelled through the nakshatra. The condition of Moon in your chart therefore colours the whole early part of your life — which is a far more specific statement than anything a sun sign can offer.
See it in your own chart