Uttara Phalguni

What it gives

You can be relied on, and you honour agreements beyond their letter.

What it costs

Rigidity about form, and difficulty admitting a commitment was wrong.

Work it suits

Contracts, marriage and partnership work, charity, civil service.

The four padas

Each pada is 3°20' wide and maps onto a navamsa sign. Same nakshatra, four different methods of pursuing it.

1. Pada 1 — Virgo navamsa

   Pada 1 falls in Virgo navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Virgo concerns — the same essence, pursued through a virgo method.

2. Pada 2 — Libra navamsa

   Pada 2 falls in Libra navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Libra concerns — the same essence, pursued through a libra method.

3. Pada 3 — Scorpio navamsa

   Pada 3 falls in Scorpio navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Scorpio concerns — the same essence, pursued through a scorpio method.

4. Pada 4 — Sagittarius navamsa

   Pada 4 falls in Sagittarius navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Sagittarius concerns — the same essence, pursued through a sagittarius method.

Why Sun matters in this chart

If your Moon is in Uttara Phalguni, Sun 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 Sun 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.