Nakshatra 8 of 27 · Cancer 3°20' – Cancer 16°40'
Pushya
Nourishment and duty — the most reliably auspicious of the twenty-seven.
What it gives
People trust you with what matters. You provide, consistently.
What it costs
Duty taken on until there is no room left for your own life.
Work it suits
Priesthood, education, dairy and food, public service, nursing, finance.
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 — Cancer navamsa
Pada 1 falls in Cancer navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Cancer concerns — the same essence, pursued through a cancer method.
Pada 2 — Leo navamsa
Pada 2 falls in Leo navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Leo concerns — the same essence, pursued through a leo method.
Pada 3 — Virgo navamsa
Pada 3 falls in Virgo navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Virgo concerns — the same essence, pursued through a virgo method.
Pada 4 — Libra navamsa
Pada 4 falls in Libra navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Libra concerns — the same essence, pursued through a libra method.
Why Saturn matters in this chart
If your Moon is in Pushya, Saturn 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 Saturn 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