How to Use the Lunar Mansions for Health & Healing

The 27 lunar mansions, known as Nakshatras, form a celestial bridge between the soul and the stars, operating within the realm of the subtle body. Each Nakshatra has a planetary ruler, a distinct focus, specific qualities, an objective.These lunar mansions possess unique characteristics directly connected to longevity, health, and healing. When working with them for well-being, there are two primary methodologies.

The first method involves using the inherent attribution of the lunar mansion itself and the moon's passage through those lunar mansions. The second works to link the moon's transit through lunar mansions to work with the planetary ruler governing specific ailments or body parts that associated with a planet. his planetary rulership method aligns more closely with Ayurvedic and medical astrology techniques.

The benefit of working with the moon's transit through the lunar mansions is that it provides more opportunities to align with celestial forces. Synchronizing your well-being with these planetary and lunar influences awakens a deeper level of empowerment, not just for health, but by strengthening your connection to cosmic intelligence, creating a bridge that unites the soul.

Method 1: Healing by Lunar Mansion Transit

This is the easiest method to use, as it follows the moon's monthly transit through each lunar mansion. When the moon transits the mansions listed below, it is an excellent time to begin the corresponding health-related activities.

Lunar Mansions that Govern Health and Healing:

• Ashwini (Rules over regeneration and vitality): Start a new health regime, work on building strength, muscle, stamina, or regeneration.

• Hasta (Rules over alchemy and the application of medicine): Focus on applying healing medicines or making a shift in your state of health.

• Shatabhisa (Known as "the hundred physicians"): Work on elevating your existing health or addressing subtle aspects. This is ideal for removing toxins or addictions. New innovations in health (e.g., PRP, stem cells) are highly supported.

Secondary Lunar Mansions that Influence Health:

This group works with attributes that support health but does not govern it as directly as the first.

• Rohini: Focus on diet, nourishment, and building tissue.

• Pushya: Apply lineage or ancestral medicine, especially spiritual or shamanic healing.

• Chitra: Restructure a form or habit to support health.

• Jyeshtha: Change the flow of lifeforce, especially for dormant or chronic issues. Practices like Yoga Kriyas and breathwork are effective here, as are treatments for mental weariness, feeling stuck, or addiction.

• Mula: Focus on detoxification, eliminating old habits, or separating from unhealthy familial ties.

• Purva Bhadrapada: Engage in detoxification and purification, especially through spiritual practices or emotional healing.

  
  

When the moon transits through any of these mansions (once a month), it is the ideal day for application.

** Tip: For a more potent effect, synchronize your practice with the day of the week that corresponds to the mansion's planetary ruler (e.g., if the ruler is Mars, act on a Tuesday).

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Method 2: Healing by Planetary Ruler

This method requires a bit more knowledge but is still very approachable. It is more aligned with the practices of Paracelsus and medical astrology. Here, we use the planetary ruler of a specific ailment to find the perfect timing via the moon's transit.

Method:

1. Identify the planet that rules over the bodily system or ailment you wish to heal.

2. Find the lunar mansions ruled by that planet.

3. Track the day the moon transits into one of those lunar mansions.

4. Apply your medicine, healing practice, or begin an herbal remedy on that day.

   
   

Example:

• Illness: General weakness, anemia, a blood disorder.

• Planet: Mars rules the blood.

• Mars-ruled Mansions: Ashwini, Chitra, Dhanishta.

• Action: Begin your healing practice or remedies when the moon transits into Ashwini, Chitra or Dhanishta.

This method can be expanded by incorporating zodiac signs, but to keep it approachable, we will stick to the planetary rulers of the lunar mansions. Using this method provides more monthly opportunities to work with planetary forces.

For an added layer of alignment, you can also consider the Sun's position. For instance, to heal with Mars, the most potent time would be when the Sun is in Aries (a sign Mars rules) and when the moon is in a Mars-ruled mansion. However, do not wait for this perfect alignment, as the moon provides numerous opportunities each month.

Planetary Reference: Ailments & Lunar Mansion Rulership

• Ketu: Subtle body, chronic/karmic disorders, psychosomatic illnesses, neurodegenerative diseases, mental confusion, phobias.

  • Rules Lunar Mansions : Ashwini, Magha, Mula

• Venus: Kidneys, hormones, reproductive organs, skin, sugar balance.

  • Rules Lunar Mansions : Bharani, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha

• Sun: Heart, cardiovascular system, spine, immunity, vision, vitality.

  • Rules Lunar Mansions : Krittika, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha

• Moon: Breasts, ovaries/testes, uterus, stomach, lymphatic system, menses, emotions.

  • Rules Lunar Mansions : Rohini, Hasta, Shravana

• Mars: Blood, bone marrow, muscles, rectum, inflammation.

  • Rules Lunar Mansions : Mrigasira, Chitra, Dhanishta

• Rahu: Toxins, nervous system, radiation, unusual diseases, addictions, rapid growth.

  • Rules Lunar Mansions : Ardra, Swati, Shatabhisa

• Jupiter: Liver, insulin, gallbladder, pituitary gland, fat metabolism.

  • Rules Lunar Mansions : Punarvasu, Vishakha, Purva Bhadrapada

• Saturn: Bones, joints, skin, hair, hearing, chronic diseases.

  • Rules Lunar Mansions : Pushya, Anuradha, Uttara Bhadrapada

• Mercury: Speech, respiration, nerves, memory, thyroid, circulation.

  • Rules Lunar Mansions : Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati

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Note: The lunar mansions Purva Bhadrapada and Uttara Ashadha are considered twice as strong as their counterparts, due to the repetition of planetary rulership within the mansion and sign. Any healing remedy applied on these days under their respective planetary rulers will be more impactful.

Conclusion

The ancient system of the Nakshatras offers a profound and practical path to holistic well-being by realigning our personal health with the cosmos's natural rhythms. Whether you begin with the simple method of following the Moon's transit through health-specific mansions or advance to the targeted approach of planetary rulers, you are engaging in a timeless practice. This is more than just scheduling; it is an act of cosmic partnership. By consciously synchronizing our healing efforts with these celestial cycles, we move beyond unconscious action and into a state of empowered participation in our own vitality. We begin to form deeper connections in our state of being and reveal how above and below are connected within each of us. It is an act that unifies universal intelligence with our own capacity of healing to ultimately bridge the divine expanse of the stars with the intimate reality of our body and soul.