Krittika
The flame that cuts
Identity card
| Position | 26°40’ Aries – 10°00’ Taurus |
|---|---|
| Stars | the Pleiades, the most famous star cluster in the sky |
| Symbol | a razor, or a flame |
| Deity | Agni, the god of fire |
| Planet | Sun |
| Gana | Rakshasa (instinctive) |
| Yoni | goat |
| Temperament | Mishra (mixed) |
| Key word | to purify |
From Vol. II
The fire that was left in your keeping can do both things: cut and nourish.
Portrait of Krittika
Lights
Those born with the Moon in Krittika carry a natural dignity that has no need to raise its voice — the Sun rules this mansion, and you can feel it. They are people of an almost physical frankness: they cannot pretend, they do not want to pretend, and their direct word becomes precious in a world that skirts around things.
Shadows
The shadows are those of the blade. A critical streak, to begin with: the eye that separates true from false cannot switch off, and turned on loved ones it becomes a shower of corrections that wounds even when it is right — especially when it is right.
In love
Her tenderness exists, and it runs deep: it lies under the bark, and shows itself in deeds more than in words — in the dish prepared, the problem solved, the defence without hesitation in front of the whole world. Let whoever loves a Krittika learn to read this language; let whoever is a Krittika learn, now and then, to translate it out loud.
At work
Put fire and the blade to work and you have the map of Krittika’s vocations. Everything that cooks and transforms: cooking above all — this is the mansion of chefs, of bakers, of those who nourish with fire — but also metallurgy, ceramics, every furnace trade.
The rest is in Vol. II “I Nakshatra”, chapter 8. The texts on this page are translated from the Italian edition. The book
The cards and the stars are a prompt for reflection. They do not predict the future with certainty and are no substitute for doctors, psychologists, lawyers or financial advisers.