Tara Chakra

In traditional Nirayana Jyotish (Sidereal Astrology), there are 9 types Tara - Group of
constallations. The Nakshatra in which moon is posited at birth is taken as the starting point
and called “Janma Nakshatra”. This nakshatra is the starting point of the Nakshatra Tara
chakra. The word “Tara” means star.

The Sun is the lord of the signs (the body), and the Moon is the lord of the nakshatra (the
mind). The Atma is entangled to the mind; wherever the body goes the atma must go.
Therefore the nakshatras are very important. The Tara Chakra is the 27 nakshatras divided into
3 groups of nine. This chakra is used for fine-tuning the vimshottari dasa results as well as for
making Muhurta (Electional Astrology) specific to an individual chart. It is also useful in daily
predictions / planetary transit effcts.

Tara Chakra covers 27 Nakshatra (27 Constallations /Stars) in 9 different groups (Without
Abhijit Nakshatra = 28th Star), govern by major 9 planet viz. KETU, VENUS, SUN, MOON, MARS,
RAHU, JUPITER, SATURN & MERCURY (Based on Vimshottari dasa system).

Navatara Lord Nakshatra 1 Nakshatra 2 Nakshatra 3

1 Janma

2 Sampat

3 Vipat

4 Kshema

5 Pratyari

6 Saadhak

7 Naidhana

8 Mitra
 Parama
9 Mitra

1. Janma – birth star, one’s own nature, most influential Nakshatra.

2. Sampat – wealth, prosperity & it shows the kind of wealth you should possess, how our
mind works in taking the resources available – family happiness.

3. Vipat – Hurdles, shows dangers to life and business, bad days.

4. Kshema – well-being, cure, time to get healed, if not healed here then can cause problems
in next Nakshatra.

5. Pratyari – obstacles & hyperons can cause death or death-like suffering, if start an activity
on this Nakshatra there will be many hurdles.

6. Sadhak – Efforts & achievement, good for starting activities as they will succeed.

7. Naidhana – death “Mrityu / Vadh Tara”, the worst of the bad stars (3, 5, and 7th Tara).

8. Mitra – friend, friends who are close.

9. Parama Mitra – best friend, supporters, community, and friends will meet you, well for
things dealing with crowds.

Some Special TARA: (CHANDRAT NAKSHATRA BINDU)

Janma – You, the crucial reference point

Karma – Profession, 10th from the Janma Nakshatra (Birth Star), needs to be well placed to
work properly, transits here affect one’s work.

Samudayika – Crowd, 18th in cycle, Samudaya means totaling or sum total, all the people
coming together.

Sanghatika – Group, 16th in cycle, inner (core) group

Jaati – Community, caste, one’s social group, 4th in the cycle, it is the same as the Kshema star,
which is community, so a strong community represents good well-being (bad community will
deny the proper advice that leads to well-being).
Naidhana / VADH – Death, 7th Nakshatra, as the Janma is both a Tara and a special Tara it
shows that these are very important points in birth and death.

Desha – Country, nation, culture (Orissa verse India), 12th Nakshatra / star

Abhisheka – Coronation, 13th Nakshatra / star

Aadhaana – Conception, 19th Nakshatra / star, this is 9 stars before the Janma naksatra which
shows circumstances around the conception. Malefic will confirm troubles with pregnancy.

Vainasika – Destruction / Destroy, 22nd Nakshatra

Maanasa – Mind, the 11th Nakshatra, that which controls the mind, obsessions.

Special Taras Meaning Nakshatra Lord

1 Janma Birth

10 Karma Profession

18 Samudayika Crowd

16 Sanghatika Group

4 Jaati Community

7 Naidhana Death

12 Desha Country

28 Abhisheka Coronation

19 Aadhaana Conception

22 Vainasika Destruction

25 Maanasa Mind
The nakshatra tara chakra has been used to give accurate predictions since the earlier ages,
There were no rashis in the age of Ramayana and Mahabharata, they used Nakshatra as a
primary factor for predictions, Transits were seen using this technique and “Arishtas” or death
could be predicted with this nakshatra tara chakra. The nakshatra tara chakra is used to time
favorable and hard events in transits and also in Dashas.

For e.g. The transits of big planets like saturn, jupiter, rahu, ketu is happening through the 3rd,
5th and 7th nakshatras from Janma Nakshatra such periods can indicate financial crises,
downfall, dangers, worries, health issues and even death if the dasha, antar and pratyantar
also fall in the same group.

 1st and 9th Nakshatra are medium so are the dasha of planets who own those
nakshatra.
 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th nakshatras and the dashas of planets owning those nakshatras are the
best.
 3rd, 5th, and 7th nakshatras and the dasha of planets owning them are bad.