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Folklore #087 Moon in the signs

The nineteenth mansion is a bundle of torn-up roots, and it sits almost exactly on the centre of the Milky Way.

Its deity is Nirriti, goddess of dissolution, and its lord is Ketu. Mula means 'root' — getting to the bottom of something, by force if necessary. That it lands on the galactic centre is a coincidence the tradition did not know about and modern practitioners have enthusiastically adopted, which is worth saying out loud.

Tradition: Vedic astrology; nakshatra 19, sidereal Sagittarius 0°00'–13°20' · checked Sep 2026

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