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Folklore #081 Moon in the signs

The thirteenth mansion is a hand, and its deity is Savitar, the Sun as the power that sets things in motion. It is skill: whatever you can actually do with your hands.

Its lord is the Moon. The five stars of Corvus really do make a hand shape, which is unusually literal for a constellation. Tradition gives it craft, dexterity, healing touch and sleight of hand, and it is the mansion most associated with making a living from a trade.

Tradition: Vedic astrology; nakshatra 13, sidereal Virgo 10°00'–23°20' · checked Sep 2026

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The thirteenth mansion is a hand, and its deity is Savitar, the Sun as the power that sets things in motion. It is skill: whatever you can actually do with your hands.

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The thirteenth mansion is a hand, and its deity is Savitar, the Sun as the power that sets things in motion. It is skill: whatever you can actually do with your hands.

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