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Although, I'm Shravana Nakshatra...i loved this post TOO TOO much and I really wish I were one of these Nakshatras instead 😮💨🥲
SHIVA’S ENTOURAGE:
Ardra, Mula, Purvabhadrapada and Uttarabhadrapada
The truth-bringers, psychics, mystics and occultists.
All of these Nakshatras connect back to Shiva, but how?
Let’s learn more about the lore surrounding the deity Shiva, and how he is the key thread between all of these Nakshatras.
THE ORIGINS OF SHIVA:
In Vedic lore the big 3 creator gods are: Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva. They are thought to create the reality we live in now.
However, Shiva wasn’t always known as “Shiva” here’s how he came to be:
Firstly, Brahma was creating the world and needed help, so he created more people to help him with the task of creating earth.
However, once these people were in existence, they disobeyed him, dismissed his commands, and pursued their own journeys.
This made Brahma angry, so angry that his brows furrowed together so hard that and little purple baby-like enitity popped out from inbetween his eyebrows.
This entity that appeared is known as “Rudra”.
Brahma named him “Rudra” which means “howler” “the crier” “the one who howls”. Since when he was born he was screaming and howling. He was born out of anger and distress.
However, Rudra went on to help Brahma in his task of creating the earth. Rudra began populating Earth with people. Except the “people” he populated it with were angry monster-like creatures. He was causing destruction inadvertently.
So Brahma told him he needed to control his anger and he that could master himself through the discipline of yoga.
So Rudra takes his advice and goes on a pilgrimage to the top of a mountain, where he mastered the practice of yoga and then returns to Brahma.
Upon returning to Brahma, Brahma gives him the new name “Shiva” which means: “calm, benevolent, peaceful”.
Through his evolution he maintained his true essence of being a “destroyer” but ultimately learned how to control and direct his energy in a positive way. His tendencies are to destroy in the name of truth, knowledge and enlightenment.
It’s important to note that Rudra is the same deity as Shiva, just in his raw, unfiltered form.
RUDRA’S VIBE:
Rudra is the fierce and powerful deity associated with storms.
He is the untamed version of Shiva.
He is known to be angry, wild, destructive and fierce.
Whilst other deities have luxurious dwellings, Rudra lives in crematoriums and graveyards. He’s thought to be a vagabond, he doesn’t have a singular resting place. He is considered the outcast amongst other deities.
His physical appearance is said to be unkempt and wild, uncombed hair, smeared face with crematorium ashes.
Rudra doesn’t care about the superficial desires, yet constantly strives to discover spiritual truth, discarding whatever doesn’t align with that truth.
He strives to destroy falsities and illusions.
This is not a deity known to bestow prosperity or grants superficial wishes. He’s a deity that’ll destroy illusions that reveal truth.
He won’t maintain the comfort your delusions bring you. He will pull you out of them, violently.
He’s interested in the deeper parts of life, the occult, mysticism, philosophy etc.
*KEY NOTE: Rudra has 11 avatars that manifest different forms of his energy. *
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HOW ARE THESE FOUR NAKSHATRAS CONNECTED?
Ardra, Mula, Purvabhadrapada and Uttarabhadrapada.
Remember Rudra/Shiva are the same thing, just different forms. Rudra has 11 avatars.
ARDRA’S deity is: Rudra
Rudra is the fierce form of Shiva
MULA’S deity is: Nirriti
Nirriti is thought to be a similar form of Rudra
PURVABHADRAPADA’S deity is: Eja Ekapada
Eja Ekapada is one of the 11 Rudra avatars
UTTARABHADRAPADA’S deity is: Ahir Budhya
Ahir Budhya is one of the 11 Rudra avatars
ARDRA, MULA and THE BHADRAPADAS: COSMIC SOULMATES. 🪐
You’ll find that these Nakshatras are always bound together, in relationships, friendships and family lineages. Where one of them exists, they are somehow involved with the other.
Check If you have Mula, Ardra, Purvabhadrapada or Uttarabhadrapada in your big three or as Atmakaraka, then you are attracted to other individuals with this same placements.
THEIR COMMON PURPOSE IN LIFE:
➤ These individuals all hold a common purpose: bringing truth to the world.
➤ These individuals struggle especially in early life. They usually have to overcome some harrowing obstacles before achieving true success in life.
➤ They are burdened with the ability to see beyond the veil, so much so that it alienates them from others, due to the knowledge they possess.
➤ They are often outcasted amongst their peers, they are seen as different, unusual and mystical. They don’t fit into mainstream society.
➤ Metaphorically they are the shamans dwelling on the outskirts of society, meant to guide others bc of the truth they hold.
➤ They help to wake people up, and elevate society with knowledge and truth.
➤ They are meant to be teachers.
➤ Much like Rudra/Shiva himself they strive for truth often ignoring the superficial pleasures in life. They prefer not to get drunk in the illusion of Maya but they prefer getting to the bottom of things, ripping the veil away.
➤ From a young age, they intuitively know there’s a deeper meaning life, and they strive to discover it.
➤ Getting to the root of it all, because for them life is meaningless without truth.
➤ They each have a destructive tendencies each in their own ways. But their destructiveness has purpose to it, leading to transformation of their lives and those around them with the behavior.
What Ardra, Mula and The Bhadrapadas all have in common:
Truth seekers
Students of the occult
Masters of occult knowledge
Prioritizes spiritual path in life
Spiritualists
Knows what it is like to be outcasted and rejected by peers
Spiritually powerful
Psychic abilities
Teachers
Knowledge- bringers
Loners
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शुभ रामनवमी 🪷
श्रीराम राम रघुनन्दन राम राम । श्रीराम राम भरताग्रज राम राम । श्रीराम राम रणकर्कश राम राम । श्रीराम राम शरणं भव राम राम ॥
Rama who is the delight of the Raghus । Rama who is elder brother of Bharata । Rama who is tormentor of his enemies । I come under refuge of God Rama.
श्रीरामचन्द्रचरणौ मनसा स्मरामि । श्रीरामचन्द्रचरणौ वचसा गृणामि । श्रीरामचन्द्रचरणौ शिरसा नमामि । श्रीरामचन्द्रचरणौ शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥
I remember the feet of Sri Ramachandra in my mind । I praise the feet of Sri Ramachandra by my speech । I salut the feet of Sri Ramachandra by bowing down my head । I take refuge on the feet of Sri Ramachandra by bowing myself down.
