Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra

What is Uttara Phalguni nakshatra?

Uttara Phalguni is the 12th of the 27 nakshatras, spanning 146°40' to 160°00' of the zodiac across Simha and Kanya. Its lord is Surya, its deity is Aryaman, and its symbol is the back legs of a bed.

Uttara means latter: it is the second of the two Phalgunis, identified with Denebola (Beta Leonis), the star at the Lion's tail. Aryaman is the Aditya of contracts, hospitality, friendship and the customs of marriage. The back legs complete Purva Phalguni's bed: the first is the pleasure, the second the commitment.

Which rashi is Uttara Phalguni in, and who is its lord?

Uttara Phalguni spans two rashis: its first pada, 146°40' to 150°00', is in Simha and the other three are in Kanya. Its lord is Surya, and Surya's Vimshottari dasha lasts 6 years, the shortest of the nine. Surya also rules Krittika and Uttara Ashadha, which also straddle two signs.

A Moon here at birth means life begins in Surya's dasha, with a balance that depends on how far the Moon had travelled through the nakshatra. Since the whole dasha is only 6 years, Chandra's dasha usually follows in early childhood.

What are the four padas of Uttara Phalguni?

The four padas fall in the navamsas of Dhanu, Makara, Kumbha and Meena. The navamsa is the D9, each sign divided into nine, read for marriage and for the real strength of a graha.

Pada 1 begins at 146°40' in Simha; padas 2, 3 and 4 begin at 150°00', 153°20' and 156°40' in Kanya. So a Moon in the first pada is a Simha Moon and a Moon in the last three is a Kanya Moon, and the two are read quite differently. Traditional naming gives the syllables Te, To, Pa and Pi.

What does tradition say about people born in Uttara Phalguni?

The texts describe Uttara Phalguni natives as dependable and generous, keen to keep their word, and good as friends and patrons. Aryaman is said to give a sense of honour, fair dealing and hospitality; Surya adds dignity, self-respect and a wish to take charge. Manushya gana gives it a practical, worldly temperament.

Tradition calls the Simha pada more open and proud, the Kanya padas more careful and exacting. The shadow the texts mention is pride and rigidity about rules.

Which careers are traditionally linked with Uttara Phalguni?

Tradition links Uttara Phalguni with work built on trust and agreements: government service, administration and management, contracts and law, diplomacy, social and welfare work, personnel work, and hospitality.

The 10th house, its lord and the dashas decide the actual work, not the nakshatra.

What does Uttara Phalguni mean for marriage and kundli matching?

Uttara Phalguni is manushya gana, cow (go) yoni, male, and aadi nadi. In Ashtakoota matching nadi carries 8 points, gana 6 and yoni 4. Manushya sits well with manushya and deva and scores lowest against rakshasa. The cow yoni pairs with Uttara Bhadrapada, the female cow, and is counted an enemy of the tiger yoni of Chitra and Vishakha.

Two aadi nadi Moons give nadi dosha, the classical concern, with exceptions listed in the texts. Through Aryaman, tradition counts Uttara Phalguni among the nakshatras favoured for a wedding date. None of this reads the marriage: that comes from the 7th house, its lord, Shukra and the dashas.

What does Uttara Phalguni not tell you?

The name alone does not even tell you the Moon sign. "I am Uttara Phalguni" could be a Simha Moon or a Kanya Moon, and the pada, fixed by the birth time, settles which. Surya as lord says nothing about where Surya actually sits in your chart. Two people born in the same pada still live different lives. It is one factor among hundreds; I read it in the whole chart.