A traveller's guide to the lunar mansions of Vedic astrology — and the myths that explain why they shape us the way they do. Before the Twelve, There Were Twenty-Seven Long before Western astrology drew its zodiac of twelve signs, the rishis of India had gone way beyond that. They looked up and saw something different. They watched the Moon, not the Sun. And they noticed that they did not glide through a smooth band of constellations — she rested , night after night, in twenty-seven distinct chambers of the sky. Each chamber had a personality, a story, a temperament, a fragrance of meaning. They called these chambers the nakshatras — literally, "that which does not decay." The nakshatras are what the Vedas actually sing about. And here is the central, breathtaking idea: the position of the Moon in your birth chart — your Janma Nakshatra — is not a label. It is a deity who has agreed to walk with you . It is not a mythological fantasy; is not decoration; it is the diagno...
The journey is full of paradoxes - as there is nowhere to go! We try to solve a non existing problem, and achieve something that is ever present. We must keep in mind that the goal is "No Mind". Work towards it, with the understanding that all efforts are futile. Yet, it is a serious journey, only for those who are sincere in effort and commitment.