The Hand — skill, dexterity, the power to grasp & shape
- Ruling planet
- Moon
- Deity
- Savitar / Surya (solar creative force)
- Symbol
- Hand / Palm / Closed fist
- Gana
- Deva
- Nature
- Laghu (light)
- Degrees
- 10°00′ Virgo – 23°19′ Virgo
- Falls in
- Virgo
What this star is for
The star of the hand, skill, and manifestation — craftsmanship, dexterity, cleverness, healing touch, the power to grasp and shape reality. Moon-ruled + Savitar → manual skill + wit + the ability to obtain what one seeks.
Where it tends to work
Crafts, handwork, healing/therapy, detailed skilled trades, analysis, wit-based work (comedy/writing).
The four padas
Each nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′, and each pada lands in a different navamsa sign. Two people born a day apart can share Hasta and still run visibly different lives, because the pada changes which sign the ninth harmonic puts them in — which is why an app that stops at the sign is stopping too early.
| Pada | Range | Navamsa |
|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 10°–13°20′ | Aries (Mars) |
| Pada 2 | 13°20′–16°40′ | Taurus (Venus) |
| Pada 3 | 16°40′–20° | Gemini (Mercury) |
| Pada 4 | 20°–23°20′ | Cancer (Moon) |
Why the nakshatra is the clock
The Moon's nakshatra at birth decides which planetary period a life starts in and the whole sequence that follows — the Vimshottari dasha. That is the single most practical thing in this system and it costs nothing to check: the app computes your dashas from exactly this, on your device, and shows you the dates.
Hasta is ruled by Moon, so a Moon here begins life in a Moon period, at whatever point of it the Moon's exact degree had already run through.