VedaChartsNakshatra · #13 of 27
Hasta
The hand
The skilled hand, making, mending, and holding what matters.
Traditional attributes
Ruling planet
☽ Moon
Deity
Savitr
Symbol
A hand; a closed fist holding power
Gana
Deva
Yoni
Buffalo (female)
Dosha
Vata
Motivation
Moksha
Body part
Hands
Direction
South
Where it sits in the zodiac
Sign
Virgo
10°00' to 23°20'
Pada syllables
The four padas (quarters) of Hasta. In tradition, a child's first-letter name often comes from the syllable of the pada in which their Moon was placed.
Pada 1
Pu
Pada 2
Sha
Pada 3
Na
Pada 4
Tha
If your Moon is here
You have a craftsman's hands and a problem-solver's mind. Your emotional default is to settle a feeling by doing something about it, usually something skillful. You feel grounded when your hands are engaged on something real and useful.
Temperament
Hasta is the hand. Whatever this nakshatra touches gets shaped, fixed, written, played, or healed. People with Hasta prominent tend to be unusually skilled with their hands, craftspeople, surgeons, musicians, masseurs, gardeners, and they tend to settle their feelings by *making something*.
This is also a nakshatra of subtle authority. The hand that gives is also the hand that withholds. Hasta people often end up at the negotiating table or on the manuscript in some quiet but indispensable role.
Strengths
Manual skill, problem-solving, craftsmanship. Reliable in a crisis because they can usually do something practical. Quick wit. Often gifted writers, surgeons, or musicians.
Shadow
Can become controlling, especially in domains they're skilled in. Tendency to fix things that aren't broken. Restless when their hands are idle.
Relationships
Affectionate, competent, helpful. Shows love through making and doing. Best partners are people who understand that an offered repair *is* the love note.
Career & vocation
Surgery, dentistry, sculpture, writing, music, programming, massage therapy, fine arts, agriculture. Anywhere skilled hands and a steady focus matter.