Properties
Sidereal Location: 16:40°-30:00° in Pisces.
Tropical Location: 10:40°-24:00° in Aries.
Corresponding Fixed Stars: Revati, aka ζ Piscium.
Ruler: Mercury, Pushan – The god of compassion.
Nature: Sattvic
Motive: Moksha (liberation)
Activity: Active
C\M\D: Destruction
A\P\M: Animal
Elements: Air, vata
Qualities and Direction: Soft, friendly, sideways
Sex, Species and Caste: Laborer, angel, elephant, female
Special Power: The ability to nourish like milk.
Activation Ages: 4, 5, 11, 31, 41, 59.
Main themes: Altruism and charity, help and support, donations and adoption, self-sacrifice, philosophy, spirituality and mysticism, raising animals, vegetarianism and veganism.
Appropriate activities: Learning and education, music and art, making and wearing new clothes, leisure and games, parties and guests, holidays and family gatherings, trips and vacations, going abroad, purchasing vehicles, constructing roads, bridges and railways.
Description
The Revati (plentiful\prosperous) lunar mansion gets its name from its deity, Pushan, the celestial shepherd who generously nourishes his flock. Revati was also the name of the wife of Balram, the brother of Krishna. In the mythological story, Revati was a daughter of a king who thought that no man alive was suitable to be her husband, hence he went to the realm of the gods to ask Brahma to marry her to a god. While waiting in the realm of the gods for Brahma to receive them, 108 ages passed back on earth and everyone whom they knew was long since dead, so in consolation Brahma offered Balram, Krishna’s brother, as a suitable match. Both this story and the symbol of this mansion, a small fish swimming in the vast ocean, remind us of how tiny and impermanent we truly are. With such symbolism, it is not surprising that this mansion plays a role in the charts of many great thinkers from Descartes (Sun, Jupiter and Rahu) and Martin Luther (Moon) to Galileo (Moon) and Einstein (Venus).
The deity of this mansion, Pushan, is both the celestial shepherd and the god of compassion who has renounced violence and meat eating, and who is willing to nourish and protect even at his own expense. A good example of this altruism is seen in the case of Angelina Jolie who has adopted children from around the world, and in whose chart this mansion simultaneously contains the Moon, Mars and Jupiter. The symbolism of Pushan and of Revati in general is also very similar to the symbolism surrounding the story of Jesus, leading some to speculate that he could have been born under this mansion. Other famous people with Uttara Bhadrapada prominent in their chart include King Henry VIII (Moon), Martha Stuart (Mars), Yogananda (Jupiter), Queen Victoria (Mars and Rahu), John Lennon (Ketu), Carl Jung and Meryl Streep (Rahu).
Venus is exalted at 28° in Pisces in this lunar mansion, which perfectly represents unconditional love and true caring for others.