20°00′ Gemini – 3°20′ Cancer · ruled by Jupiter · deity Aditi, the boundless mother
Punarvasu, whose deity is Aditi, the boundless mother, is the star of return — the quiver of arrows that come back. What is lost is recovered; what fails is forgiven and retried.
The gift: resilience, optimism, and generosity without a ledger.
The lesson: returning to what was outgrown, just because it is familiar. Named kindly: this is the gift pointed the wrong way, and naming it is most of the work.
| Lord (Vimshottari) | Jupiter — the planet whose period a Punarvasu birth begins in |
| Deity | Aditi, the boundless mother |
| Span | 20°00′ Gemini – 3°20′ Cancer |
| Moon sign (Rashi) | Gemini (Mithuna) for padas 1–3, Cancer (Karka) for the rest |
| Gana (temperament) | Deva — the refined class: cooperative, harmony-seeking, uncomfortable with cruelty even when it would be convenient. |
| Nadi (constitution) | Vata — the constitutional current used in classical matching |
| Yoni (instinct) | Marjara — the cat, the instinct-symbol used for temperament compatibility |
| Rajju | Nabhi — the navel, an older matching rule read alongside the eight dimensions |
| Quarter | Navamsa shade | Name syllables |
|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | An Aries shade — the most direct quarter of the star: initiative first, reflection after | Ke |
| Pada 2 | A Taurus shade — the steadiest quarter: the star's gifts want to become something tangible and kept | Ko |
| Pada 3 | A Gemini shade — the most curious quarter: the star's nature expresses itself through words, pairs and exchange | Ha |
| Pada 4 | A Cancer shade — the most feeling quarter: the star's gifts are offered protectively, to a chosen few | Hi |
The pada is the quarter of the star the Moon occupied at your birth. It sets the navamsa sign and the first syllable tradition gives a name. The calculator below tells you yours.
Classical matching reads two birth stars across eight dimensions. Four of them — ease (Tara), instinct (Yoni), temperament (Gana) and constitution (Nadi), 21 of the 36 points — depend on the stars alone, so they can be read for Punarvasu exactly. These stars pair most naturally with it:
Stars that share Punarvasu's Vata nadi — Ashwini, Ardra, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Jyeshtha, Mula, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada — raise the constitutional flag the tradition watches, which comes with listed cancellations and is a conversation, never a verdict. The other fifteen points read from the two Moon signs, which the padas decide; a full check needs both charts.
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Which planet rules Punarvasu?Jupiter. In the Vimshottari system the lord of your birth star opens your first planetary period, so a Punarvasu birth begins life in a Jupiter chapter.
Which Moon sign is Punarvasu in?Punarvasu spans 20°00′ Gemini – 3°20′ Cancer — the Moon sign is Gemini (Mithuna) for padas 1–3, Cancer (Karka) for the rest.
Which nakshatras match Punarvasu best?On the four star-based dimensions of classical matching, Anuradha, Pushya, Swati pair most naturally with Punarvasu. The full 36-point reading also needs both Moon signs and weighs the cancellations the tradition lists.