Nakshatrastubschool: jyotisha· Bṛhat Saṁhitā
Mula
Mūla
nak-mulaDefinition
Rules medicines, physicians, group-leaders, dealers in flowers/roots/fruits, seeds, the very wealthy, fruit-and-root subsisters (XV.17).
Classical
Prāṇa relevance
Governs medicines and physicians (the name Mula = 'root', the medicinal part) — second nakshatra↔medicine node after Ashlesha; not traced.
Cross-book attributes (3) — fill / concur / diverge
DeityFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
associated with the GALACTIC CENTER ('Brahma' / 'Vishnunabhi', the navel of Vishnu) which lies in the middle of Mula; Mula = 'the root or source' [MODERN — Frawley; cosmological role, NOT a root-text deity statement]Ruling GrahaFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
gra-ketu (Vimshottari dasha-lord)Zodiac ExtentFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
00°00' to 13°20' SagittariusConnections (1)
corresponds-to · 1
- The nakshatra Mula ('the root or source') is the zodiacal MARKER of the galactic center in Frawley's orientation: the galactic center ('Brahma' / 'Vishnunabhi', the navel of Vishnu) lies in early Sagittarius, in the first 13°20' = nakshatra Mula, 'in the middle of which is located the galactic center.' Mula thus structurally corresponds to / locates the orientation point of the whole rule.
Sources
- txt-brihat-samhitaXV.17, 28–29Classical✓ verifiedrulership incl. medicines/physicians; cruel class
Notes from other books
- txt-frawley-astrology-seersFrawley: the galactic center is in early Sagittarius, in the first 13°20' = nakshatra Mula, "in the middle of which is located the galactic center"; he makes Mula "the first of the series of lunar constellations" because the ancients named the asterisms with the galactic center marking the start. DIVERGENCE FLAG: BS/standard sequence starts the 27 at Ashvini (Mula = index 19); Frawley's galactic-center orientation makes Mula the series-start. Captured, not reconciled — see question.
Other attributes
- Index
- 19
- Varna Class
- cruel-class