Punarvasu: Jupiter's Star of Return

The earlier padas of Punarvasu fall in Gemini, Mercury's sign. The last pada falls in Cancer, the Moon's sign, where Jupiter is exalted if Jupiter itself is in that pada of Cancer. A planet in early Punarvasu and a planet in the last pada do not share a sign lord. They share Jupiter as the dasha lord of the star. Personality blurbs that give one Punarvasu type miss the sign split. Mercury's air and the Moon's water are both possible hosts. The theme that does hold is return, restoration, a second try, which is what the name says.

Moon in Punarvasu starts Jupiter, not Mercury, even in the Gemini padas. A late Moon in the star leaves a short balance and then Saturn's 19 years, because Saturn follows Jupiter. An early Moon leaves more of the 16. Childhood under Jupiter is the houses Jupiter rules from that lagna, not a generic optimism. For Aries, Jupiter rules the 9th and 12th, fortune and loss together. For Virgo, Jupiter rules the 4th and 7th, home and marriage. The trait is the lordship. The star supplies the style of return and the fact that Jupiter is the first teacher of the life.

Punarvasu does not suit or reject a Sun sign. In matching it is one of twenty-seven stars with a nadi, a yoni, a gana, and a tara count to the other Moon. Aditi's motherhood image is a deity theme, not a promise of children. Children remain the 5th house and Jupiter as putrakaraka, which this star already echoes because Jupiter is its lord. If the 5th lord is weak, a Punarvasu Moon does not repair it. The star colors the Moon. The house of the Moon from the lagna decides where the returning mind spends itself.