The Sacred Space Conference

Found only in Vedic astrology, the Lunar Mansions, or “Nakshatras,” are an older zodiac of 27 sections of sky — one for each day in a lunar month — that run “behind” the 12 Sun signs you already know. Each one has a myth, a symbol, and a God associated with it: depending on which Nakshatra your Moon lands in, these three things give you clues to master the dilemmas of your life. The Mansions are also more important than Sun signs in determining relationship compatibility between partners, and they determine longer-term planetary cycles, or Dasas. If the horoscope tells you what karmas are inherent in a chart, the Dasas tell you when those karmas will activate.