Properties
Sidereal Location: 00:00°-13:20° in Sagittarius.
Tropical Location: 24:00° in Sagittarius to 07:20° in Capricorn.
Corresponding Fixed Stars: ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, μ and ν Scorpionis, which make up the tail of the scorpion.
Ruler: Ketu, Nirrti\Alakshmi – The goddess of lack, sorrow, and misfortune.
Nature: Tamasic
Motive: Artha (livelihood)
Activity: Active
C\M\D: Creation
A\P\M: Mineral
Elements: Air, Vata
Qualities and Direction: Fierce and cruel, downwards
Sex, Species and Caste: Butcher, demon, dog, neutral
Special Power: The ability to break, uproot, destroy and annihilate.
Activation Ages: 5, 6, 24, 29, 33, 34, 35, 59, 63, 80, 86.
Main themes: Plants and greenery, gardening and agriculture, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, lineages and generations, culling and euthanasia, poisoning and pest control, horror and phobias, secrets and cover-ups.
Appropriate activities: Gardening and agriculture, medication and chemistry, assault and aggression, ambush and betrayal, murder and assassination, poisoning and pest control, arson and incineration, hypnosis and psychotherapy, black magick, animal training, military training, horror movies, digging ditches, trenches, foundations and wells, tunneling and mining, laying infrastructure.
Description
The Mula (root, plant) lunar mansion gets its name from its symbol, the tangled roots of a plant, and astronomically, it corresponds to the center of our galaxy. The symbolism of this mansion alludes to its association both to the creative power of new beginnings and to the fierce power of utter destruction. The deity of this mansion is Nirrti, the goddess of calamity and sorrow who is sometimes known as Alakshmi (poverty, scarcity) and is often associated with the goddess Kali. The worship of this goddess is a form of appeasement and deterrent instead of an invocation and invite, hence the association of this mansion with things rejected, shun and hidden from the limelight like the roots that are hidden deep underground.
This mansion plays a part in the charts of some of the bloodiest figures in history such as Hitler (Moon), Mao (Sun), Vlad III Dracula (Mercury), Putin (Mars), Rasputin (Venus), Lenin (Saturn), Napoleon (Rahu) and Stalin (Sun and Venus). On a more positive note, this mansion is also prominent in the charts of Chuck Norris (Moon), Thomas Edison (Moon and Mars), Isaac Newton (Mercury), George Washington (Rahu) and Jawaharlal ‘Pandit’ Nehru (Ketu).