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Possible depiction of the Moon God Chandra in his chariot with wife and attendant, 2nd-1st century BCE, Shunga period, West Bengal. [15] The origin of Soma is traced back to the Hindu Vedic texts, where he is the personification of a drink made from a plant with the same name. Scholars state that the plant had an important role in Vedic ...
Rāhu (Sanskrit: राहु, ) is one of the nine major celestial bodies in Hindu texts and the king of meteors. [1] It represents the ascension of the Moon in its precessional orbit around the Earth, also referred as the north lunar node, [2] and along with Ketu, is a "shadow planet" that causes eclipses. Despite having no physical existence ...
Budha (Sanskrit: बुध) is the Sanskrit word for the planet Mercury, [2] [3] (Budhan - புதன்)in tamil, personified as a god. Also a god who represented the intelligence. [4] He is also known as Somaya, Rohinaya, [4] and rules over the nakshatras (lunar mansions) of Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, and Revati. [5]
The god of the moon. A story tells that Ra (the sun God) had forbidden Nut (the Sky goddess) to give birth on any of the 360 days of the calendar. In order to help her give birth to her children, Thoth (the god of wisdom) played against Khonsu in a game of senet.
Ketu (Sanskrit: केतु, IAST: Ketú) is the descending (i.e. 'south') lunar node in Vedic, or Hindu astrology. [2] [3] [4] Personified as a deity, Rahu and Ketu are considered to be the two halves of the immortal asura (demon) Svarbhanu, who was beheaded by the god Vishnu.
In Hindu astronomy, there was an older tradition of 28 Nakshatras which were used as celestial markers in the heavens. When these were mapped into equal divisions of the ecliptic, a division of 27 portions was adopted since that resulted in a clearer definition of each portion (i.e. segment) subtending 13° 20′ (as opposed to 12° 51 + 3 ⁄ 7 ′ in the case of 28 segments).
The original Proto-Indo-European lunar deity, *Meh₁not appears to have been male, with many possible derivatives including the Homeric figure of Menelaus. [citation needed] Cultures with male moon gods often feature sun goddesses. An exception is Hinduism and Philippine animism featuring both male and female aspects of the solar divine.
Deity: Soma, Chandra, the Moon god; Indian zodiac: 23° 20' Vrishabha - 6° 40' Mithuna; Western zodiac: 17°06' Gemini - 0°26' Cancer; 6 Ardra - आर्द्रा "the storm god" Betelgeuse: Lord: Rahu (North lunar node) Symbol: Teardrop, diamond, a human head; Deity : Rudra, the storm god; Indian zodiac: 6° 40' - 20° Mithuna