Properties
Sidereal Location: 06:40°-20:00° in Libra.
Tropical Location: 00:40°-14:00° in Scorpio.
Corresponding Fixed Stars: Arcturus, aka α Bootis.
Ruler: Rahu, Vayu – The god of air and wind.
Nature: Tamasic
Motive: Artha (livelihood)
Activity: Passive
C\M\D: Destruction
A\P\M: Animal
Elements: Fire, Kapha
Qualities and Direction: Mutable, sideways
Sex, Species and Caste: Butcher, angel, buffalo, female
Special Power: The ability to disseminate to the 4 corners of the world.
Main themes: Individuality and uniqueness, secession and independence, rebels and outcasts, innovation and thinking outside the box, communication and marketing, rumors and gossip.
Appropriate activities: Marketing and advertisement, business and sales, dating and sex, making and wearing jewelry, sowing and planting, music and art, engagements and marriage, trips and vacations, going abroad, purchasing vehicles, constructing roads, bridges and railways.
Description
The Swati (Unusual\Separate\Individual) lunar mansion gets its name from the bright star Arcturus, which looks as if positioned quite far from other stars in the night sky, as if secluded. Both the symbol of this mansion, a single blade of grass swaying in the wind, and its deity Vayu, the wind god, emphasize its free, independent and individualistic nature. In the mythical story, the gods made a bet as to which one is the most important for the function of a human body. Each god showed in turn the disastrous effect of his departure, but only when Vayu (as breath) came to leave, all other gods felt themselves being violently thrown away. Both in the stories of Vayu himself and in the stories of his avatars Hanuman and Bhīma, they are all shown immunity to demons and an ability to easily defeat them. This ability is a parable to the cool, detached and logical nature of this mansion which is able to counteract temptations, along with its ability to go against the flow of public opinion.
The Sun enters deep debilitation at 10:00° of Libra in this lunar mansion, which is unsurprising given its dispassionate and non-conformist nature.