Hastha Nakshatra in Kanya / Virgo Zodiac captured in sky with mobile astrophotography
Hastha lunar mansion consists of 5 stars in the Corvus constellation falling in the lunar traverse band of Virgo.
The literal meaning of Hastham in sanskrit would be hand. No wonder the symbol of this mansion is hand or fist.
The hindu mythological story of the deity in hastha is about Savitur. Savitur (One of the 12 Adityas and the son of Mother Aditi and his name translates to the “Golden Handed”) Everything he touches turns to light. He has the ability to manifest what we are seeking and place it our hands.
There is another interesting story related to Savitur — Prajapati Daksha, organized a grand yagna in which all the Gods were invited except for Lord Shiva and his wife, Sati. The reason behind it was that Sati, the daughter of Prajapati Daksha, married Shiva without the consent of her father.
This infuriated Prajapati Daksha as Shiva (a smoker of weed and who lived in the Shamsaans) was considered an outcast. Sati, despite not being called in the Yagna, goes to attend the Yagna, thinking that her father would forgive her.
But Prajapati Daksha instead humiliates her and her husband in front of everyone. The insult was too much for Sati to take, and she jumps in the pyre lit for performing the Yagna and dies. This angers Lord Shiva when he comes to know about it.
He sends Mahakali, Veerbhardra, and Kaal Bhairav to devastate and kill all those who are present in the Yagna. Apart from damaging other Gods, Kaal Bhairav chops off the hand of ‘Savitur.’
Savitur’ s chopped off arms get replaced with golden arms by Shiva when the mistake is brought to his notice. Therefore, he was also called as ‘Hiranya Hasta’, the one with golden hands.
It is 13th of the 27 Nakshatras. Hasta occupies 10–00′ to 23–20′ of Virgo Zodiac.
Alchiba — α Corvi -
Kraz — β Corvi
Gienah — γ Corvi
Algorab — δ Corvi
Minkar — ε Corvi
Let us look at the hastha lunar mansion captured as Corvus constellation in the night sky using astrophotography.
Corvus is a small constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. The four brightest stars in Corvus — Algorab , Gienah, Minkar, Kraz– form an asterism known as the Sail, or the Spica’s Spanker, because the stars Gienah and Algorab point the way to Spica star, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo and the 15th brightest star in the night sky.
And, that is going to be the next star that we would be seeing. Spica — Chithra Nakshatra. Until then, have a great day :-)