🌿 Hasta Nakshatra
(10°00′ – 23°20′ Virgo)

Symbol: The Hand ✋
Deity: Savitar – The Solar God of Skill, Light, and Creative Power
Ruling Planet: Moon 🌙
Yoni Animal: Female Buffalo 🐃
Nature: Clever, Creative, Healing
Gana/Guna: Deva Gana, Rajasic Guna
Element: Fire
Activation Period: Age 18–24 (a time when skills and talents begin to manifest)

✨ The Essence – The Star of Skill & Healing

Hasta is the nakshatra of hands – hands that create, heal, bless, and serve. Just as the hand can hold, release, shape, or protect, this nakshatra carries the energy of skill, dexterity, and craftsmanship.

Its deity, Savitar, is the radiant solar force who blesses beings with light, inspiration, and creative abilities. People born under Hasta often have a natural gift for arts, healing, communication, and service. They are quick learners, detail-oriented, and carry a playful charm.

Yet, like the Moon’s waxing and waning, their moods can shift – sometimes leading to restlessness or over-analysis. Their karmic path often teaches them to channel their sensitive and creative energy into service and healing, rather than scattering it in worry.

This nakshatra is associated with dexterity and resourcefulness. Just as a hand can create and manipulate, Hasta natives are adept at using their skills to navigate life’s challenges and opportunities. They thrive in environments that allow them to showcase their talents and engage in hands-on activities.

🪐 Planetary Behavior in Hasta

🌙 Moon: Emotional sensitivity, nurturing nature, sharp intuition.

☉ Sun: Strong willpower, leadership in skillful or healing fields.

♂ Mars: Skilled workers, surgeons, or athletes – strong hands, quick reflexes.

☿ Mercury: Excellent communicators, writers, or business-minded people.

♃ Jupiter: Teachers, guides, wisdom through practical service.

♀ Venus: Artistic talents, beauty, and grace expressed through hands (painting, music, design).

♄ Saturn: Disciplined workers, healers, or laborers – teaches humility and perseverance.

☊ Rahu: Obsessive with skills or recognition, can master unique arts.

☋ Ketu: Spiritual healing hands, gifted in mantras, reiki, or blessings.

🔱 The Four Padas –

Pada 1: Energetic, ambitious, competitive in skills.
Pada 2: Artistic, sensual, grounded, loves beauty.
Pada 3: Quick-witted, communicative, versatile.
Pada 4: Nurturing, emotional healer, deeply caring.

🌺 Life Themes of Hasta

✨ Gifted with hands – painters, musicians, surgeons, craftsmen, or healers
✨ Healing through touch – nursing, reiki, ayurveda, massage, or spiritual blessings
✨ Cleverness in communication – writing, teaching, business skills
✨ Service-oriented, compassionate, supportive
✨ Restlessness or mood swings due to Moon’s rulership

🌞 Karmic Guidance & Remedies

🌿 Worship Savitar or the Moon for emotional balance and intuition.
🌿 Recite the Gayatri Mantra for divine brilliance
🌿 Work with your hands – channel restlessness into art, healing, or service
🌿 Wear white, silver, or light blue to strengthen lunar harmony
🌿 Practice meditation and pranayama to calm emotional fluctuations

🔮”Hasta is the gentle hand of destiny,
That molds clay into beauty,
That heals wounds with touch,
That serves with humility and grace.”