Birth star 24 of 27
Shatabhisha
शतभिषा
306°40′–320°00′ sidereal longitude
Ruled by Rahu · 24 of 27
The private healer: solitary, mystical, drawn to hidden things.
The tradition links Shatabhisha with healing and privacy. People born under it are often described as independent, reserved and drawn to secrets, science or the unconventional. The name is often explained as 'a hundred healers'.
Strengths the tradition names
- Independent thinker
- Drawn to healing work
- Comfortable alone
Worth watching
- Isolation
- Keeping others out
In love
Described as loyal but private, with a need for solitude. A partner who gives space and does not push tends to suit them.
At work
Often suited to research, medicine, technology and unusual, independent paths.
Why a horse and Varuna?
Its deity, Varuna, is the keeper of cosmic order and the deep waters, a private, watchful power. The animal, Horse, suggests quiet speed, and no figure is listed in our sources.
If you know Western astrology
It sits in sidereal Aquarius, sharing that sign's independent, unconventional streak.
These readings are Vediq's plain-English take on the tradition. The facts below them come from named sources.
Shatabhisha
शतभिषा
- Real stars you can see
- a hundred stars around λ Aquarii
- Varuna
- God in the oldest Vedic list
- Indra
- Horse
- Rakshasa
Where these facts come from
- Surya Siddhanta ch. 8 (E. Burgess, 1860)
- Taittiriya Samhita 4.4.10 (A. B. Keith, 1914)
- Muhurta Chintamani 6.25-30 (Khemraj, 1879)
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Find it in the sky
Real stars
a hundred stars around λ Aquarii
λ Aquarii
When to look
Look up in Sep–Nov evenings. This is an approximate season for mid-northern latitudes; local visibility varies.
Its god, animal and temperament
Varuna
In the oldest Vedic list, the , this star belongs to Indra; later astrology gives it to Varuna.
Vedic name
Satabhisaj
: horse
Stars that share the horse:
: Rakshasa
The tradition sorts the 27 stars into three temperaments. Others with this one:
Sources for this page
- Surya Siddhanta ch. 8 (E. Burgess, 1860)
- observational astronomy
- Taittiriya Samhita 4.4.10 (A. B. Keith, 1914)
- Muhurta Chintamani 6.25-30 (Khemraj, 1879)