Capricorn Nakṣatras: Uttarāṣāḍa, Śravaṇa and Dhaniṣṭa🔗

Uttarāṣāḍa is also known as the 'Universal Star'. Its energy is very concerned with humanity at large and shows a powerful radiation. Introspective and penetrative, it is characterized by intensity.

Uttarāṣāḍa can bring you to the summit of your skills, support and recognition, not so much through your own personal efforts but with the appropriate support of all the gods.

You can be working like a workaholic, with extreme persistence when motivated by a project, but can step back and not finish what you started.

A strongly placed moon in the natal chart of an Śravaṇa-born can make you reticent to share your trust easily. You are a good mediator, maybe good consultant or advisor in many fields. You are usually respected, noble but of wavering mind.

This instability can lead you to practice mantra chanting, tantra and other rituals. Some may even be engaged in penance and tapas, in order to gain the knowledge of enlightenment.

Under this nakṣatra, all actions are clearly motivated by a growing spiritual urge. The person may be introspective and self-centered, as he perceives the universal consciousness in him and contemplate on it. Over time, the person acquires humbleness in life. You can be attracted to careers such as research, the military, the hunter, boxer or fighter for a cause, government jobs, and social work.

Śravaṇa is also called 'the Star of learning'. It is the birth star of Goddess Sarasvatī who brings knowledge, music, and eloquence to humanity. This nakṣatra is also symbolized by an ear, reflects the ability to hear the cosmic sound, and gives a meditative disposition to the native. It represents transcendental knowledge, and particularly, the knowledge of the Vedas.

One of its great features is outer and inner silence.

Under Śravaṇa, you may have an urge to be alone, silent. You surely have wisdom, and are able to direct people to their appropriate path in life. Therefore, a degree of wisdom is conferred here.

Whatever be the path of the individual, Śravaṇa works on developing the quality of centeredness and alertness. It generates an emotional purification in life. Often, you are attracted to worship, and to others, because of your kind nature. You can be very hard working and persistent in your aim. You like to travel and study other cultures, and you have a lifelong interest in studies of all kinds.

But be aware not to be overly rigid or too conditioned by principles and values that cripple you at times. You have to overcome some seriousness. You can also be hurt by others’ opinion about you, as you are sensitive to it. Sometimes, harsh experiences in early life led you to seek spiritual knowledge.

But first, you may work to be financially stable, and then carry on your search.

Your feeling of low self-esteem will disappear with time and patience; often, you progress slowly, but very steadily. You will do well in professions such as teaching, speech therapy, linguistics, astrology, scholarship, business, geology, research, and the travel industry. Health wise, you may suffer from aliments such as eczema, rheumatism, and diseases related to vata constitution.

Dhaniṣṭa is known as 'the Star of Symphony'. Its symbol is a drum and a tablā (a small drum); both instruments symbolize richness and fullness of sound. In a sense, Dhaniṣṭa deepens the impulse of Śravaṇa's influence to perceive the truth, and makes it more practical. Such a person will combine the balance of the meditator, and the energy of the warrior.

Many seers are born under this nakṣatra, and its extreme energy can bring difficulties into ordinary people's life. Dhaniṣṭa's life force can lead to great spiritual attainment, as well as the opposite.

Born under Dhaniṣṭa, your approach to life is very practical; you are of good behavior and kind hearted. You dislike expressing your disagreement with others 'til the last moment. But once you are angry, you are determined to crush your opponent.

You have excellent insight; you are attentive and can perceive the truth behind names and forms. It can make you feel close to humanity at large and be of a compassionate nature. You are also adventurous, having a free spirit and you definitely have spiritual warrior's quality.

On the other hand, you may as well be overly turned towards the outer world. Your seeking for security makes you overwork to acquire things for better comfort. This attitude may lead you to too much ambition, greed, or jealousy of other's success. You can become rude or even revengeful and fail to value people around you.

Patience and perseverance should be maintained in all the trials of life.

Historians, musicians, poets, doctors and surgeons, property managers, engineers, miners, scientists, researchers, and charitably involved people can be found under this nakṣatra's energy.