Properties
Sidereal Location: 23:20° in Capricorn to 06:40° in Aquarius.
Tropical Location: 17:20° in Aquarius to 00:40° in Pisces.
Corresponding Fixed Stars: The Delphinus (dolphin) Constellation.
Ruler: Mars, The Vasus – Gods of plenty.
Nature: Tamasic
Motive: Dharma (righteousness)
Activity: Active
C\M\D: Maintenance
A\P\M: Plant
Elements: Ether, pitta
Qualities and Direction: Mutable, upwards
Sex, Species and Caste: Laborer, demon, lion, female
Special Power: The ability to bestow glory and wealth.
Activation Ages: 26, 35, 38, 39, 38, 44.
Main themes: Meteoric rise, popularity and success, capital and wealth, the limelight, music and dancing, public performances, cinema and theatre, promises and oaths, relationship problems, tragic ends.
Appropriate activities: Business and sales, dating and sex, making and wearing jewelry, sowing and planting, music and art, engagements and marriage, leisure and games, parties and guests, holidays and family gatherings, trips and vacations, going abroad, building elevators, towers and skyscrapers, constructing aircraft and balloons, placing poles, antennae and flags.
Description
The Dhanishta (most wealthy\famous\successful) lunar mansion gets its name from its deities the Vasus, the 8 gods of plenty and prosperity. The symbol of this mansion is the drum, which signifies the drumroll before the unveil, the musical drum leading the steps of the dance, as well as the battle drum dictating the rhythm of the march. In the Mahabharata one of the 8 Vasus, Dyaus, the sky god, the Hindu version of Uranus and Tengri and the origins of the names Jupiter and Zeus, was trapped as the result of a curse in the body of a man named Devavrata (god’s boon).
Despite being smart, learned and an undefeated warrior, his life was full of tragedies. In his youth he was forced to take the vow of celibacy and swear to always serve the ruler of the Kuru kingdom, hence he became known as Bhishma – He of the terrible oath. Later on that oath left him helpless when he witnessed the injustice towards the Pandavas and eventually he was even forced to face them on the battlefield. Even his death was as tragic as his life, coming at a very old age and after many hardships from the arrows of his beloved grandnephew Arjuna.
Just as in the mythological story, this mansion is often seen in the charts of people who rose to the very top yet found a tragic end, such as Marilyn Monroe (Moon and Jupiter), Princess Diana (Moon and Ketu), Elvis Presley (Saturn) and Tupac Shakur (Mars and Rahu). Other natives of this mansion were instead blessed with a very long (although not quiet) life, for example Hugh Hefner, Einstein, Queen Victoria and Fidel Castro (Jupiter), Friedrich the Great (Mercury), Catherine the Great (Rahu) and Queen Elizabeth II (Mars and Jupiter). Other notable examples include Mohammad Ali (Moon and Venus), Michael Jordan (Sun), Chuck Norris (Mercury), Michelle Obama (Moon) and Julian Assange (Mars).
Mars is exalter at 28° of Capricorn in this lunar mansion, who’s energetic yet dangerous nature, along with its rhythmic beat, create the perfect environment for this militaristic planet.