Punarvasuपुनर्वसु

Punarvasu spans 20° Gemini to 3°20' Cancer — again bridging an air-water boundary — and is ruled by Jupiter. Its presiding deity is Aditi, the Vedic goddess of boundlessness and the mother of the Adityas. Aditi's quality is unconditional nourishment: the sky that contains all, the mother who takes back what was lost. The nakshatra's name literally means 'the return of the good light' — Punar (again) and Vasu (good, radiant).

Deva in nature, Punarvasu carries a quality of optimism and philosophical resilience. Its symbol is the quiver of arrows — the capacity to aim again, to recover and re-launch after the arrow has been spent. Key significations include renewal, the homecoming after loss, philosophical perspective, and a fundamentally generous view of life. Classical texts describe a person with a prominent Punarvasu Moon as someone who tends to land on their feet.

The body areas are the lungs and ears — breath and the capacity to hear clearly. Jupiter's sixteen-year Mahadasha begins when the Moon occupies Punarvasu at birth. In SahiKundli readings, this Moon placement is associated with emotional resilience and the ability to return to centre after disruption. The Aditi quality — boundlessness, the sky's capacity to receive everything — gives the placement a quality of philosophical spaciousness.