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Ashwini
The physicians’ start. Swift, initiating.
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Nakshatras
The Moon’s stations. A finer grain of sky than the signs.
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Bharani
The bearing. Constraint and birth.
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Krittika
The cut. Fire that clarifies.
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Rohini
The red one. Growth, attraction, the fertile field.
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Mrigashira
The searching head. Curiosity as climate.
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Ardra
The storm. Tear and insight.
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Punarvasu
The return. Renewal after weather.
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Pushya
Nourishment. The most protecting mansion, classically.
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Ashlesha
The coil. Insight that clings.
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Magha
The ancestors. Throne and lineage-weather.
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Purva Phalguni
The first fruit. Pleasure, rest, creative heat.
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Uttara Phalguni
The later fruit. Contract, patronage, reliability.
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Hasta
The hand. Craft, cunning, making.
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Chitra
The bright. Design, appearance, the crafted world.
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Swati
Independence. Wind that will not be housed.
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Vishakha
The forked aim. Ambition that splits.
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Anuradha
Friendship after the fork. Devotion as climate.
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Jyeshtha
The eldest. Protection, pride, the senior weather.
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Mula
The root. Uprooting in order to know.
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Purva Ashadha
The invincible early. Declaration, the first victory.
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Uttara Ashadha
The later victory. Endurance of an aim.
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Shravana
The hearing. Learning by listening.
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Dhanishta
The drum. Rhythm, wealth of timing, the beat.
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Shatabhisha
The hundred healers. Solitude, the unusual cure.
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Purva Bhadrapada
The early blessed feet. Intensity, a two-faced fire.
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Uttara Bhadrapada
The later blessed feet. Depth, rain, the grounded mystic.
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Revati
The nourisher. Completion, crossing, the shepherd of endings.