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Deva Gana: Nine Nakshatras and Six Matching Points
Deva gana is a property of nine Moon nakshatras: Ashwini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Shravana, and Revati. In Ashtakoota the gana koota is worth 6 points, and a Deva Moon with another Deva Moon takes the friendly score. A Deva Moon with a Rakshasa Moon is the pair the tables treat as hardest. The gana does not replace the lagna lord or the mahadasha, which still decide how that Moon behaves in a given decade.

What the nine stars share
They do not share a Vimshottari lord. Ashwini is Ketu, Mrigashira is Mars, Punarvasu is Jupiter, Pushya is Saturn, Hasta is the Moon, Swati is Rahu, Anuradha is Saturn, Shravana is the Moon, and Revati is Mercury. A personality essay that treats Deva gana as one temperament erases nine dasha lords. What they share is the matching column only. Manushya gana is a different nine: Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Purva Bhadrapada, and Uttara Bhadrapada. The Deva list is the one this page is about, and it is not one temperament.
Matching use, kept in its box
Same gana scores the 6 points in the ordinary table. Deva with Manushya is the middle case. Deva with Rakshasa is the low case. That is 6 points out of 36, less than Nadi's 8 and less than Bhakoot's 7. A Deva Moon in Revati can still share Antya nadi with another Antya star and lose the heavier koota. The 7th house of each lagna can still be harmed. Reading a Deva-gana person as automatically gentle, priestly, or lucky imports a moral story the koota does not tell. The Moon's sign tells the mind's rashi. Pushya in Karka is a Saturn-ruled Deva star inside the Moon's own sign. Swati in Tula is a Rahu-ruled Deva star inside Venus's sign. Those are different minds.
Dasha is the lived trait
Hasta and Shravana can open a life with up to ten years of the Moon. Pushya and Anuradha can open with Saturn's balance, up to nineteen years. Revati opens under Mercury, up to seventeen. The antardashas inside those spans change conduct by the product of the years divided by 120. Jyothish SI finds the nakshatra with Lahiri ayanamsa, and the gana is then a lookup. If the birth time is wrong near a star edge, the gana flips and the personality label was never yours. Fix the Moon first. Then let the dasha lord, not the word Deva, describe the decade.
Frequently asked questions
Which nakshatras are Deva gana?
Ashwini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Shravana, and Revati. They do not share one Vimshottari lord.
How many points is gana worth?
Six of thirty-six. Same gana scores as friends. Deva with Rakshasa is the difficult pair. Nadi, at eight points, can still outweigh a friendly gana.
Does Deva gana mean a gentle mahadasha?
No. Pushya is Deva and Saturn-ruled. Saturn's mahadasha is nineteen years of Saturn, whatever the gana column says.
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