Nakshatra
Revati
रेवती · Wealthy
Vimshottari lord: Budha. A dasha is one planetary period in that scheme, a pada is a quarter of a nakshatra, and a navamsa is a ninth of a sign.
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Revati is the 27th nakshatra and closes the circle, from 16 degrees 40 minutes to 30 degrees of Pisces. Its principal star, zeta Piscium, was the marker of the sidereal starting point, and Iyer says that star stood about 20 degrees east of the equinox in 1885. The last navamsa of Pisces, the final ninth of the sign, counts as a riksha sandhi, a junction point, and its Vimshottari dasha belongs to Mercury and lasts 17 years.
Chapter XVI of the Brihat Jataka lists for the Moon in Revati perfect limbs, the liking of all people, a refusal to covet another's property, and wealth. The 1905 edition adds courage in fight, where the 1885 edition says deeply learned. The ordering of the nakshatras then starts again with Ashvini.
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- The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira, tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer (1885)
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- The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira, tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer, 2nd ed. (1905)
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- Surya-Siddhanta, tr. Ebenezer Burgess (1860)
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