Purva Ashadha

Born with Chandra in Purva Ashadha, the star of the waters, you are broad-minded, optimistic and hard to defeat — polite, just and generous, with a refined taste for art, drama and good living. Shukra's star in Guru's sign blesses law, banking and finance, food and trade, travel, film and music, and work for the welfare of others; Devi's temples are close to this star. Your generosity can outrun your means and your firmness can harden into pride; both mellow with age. Look after blood sugar and the joints of the hips and legs.

The four padas

Pada 1 — Simha navamsha (Surya); names begin with Bhu (भू). Charming, sincere and steady — KP's best Purva Ashadha: profitable business, higher studies, success in examinations and a faithful marriage.

Pada 2 — Kanya navamsha (Budh); names begin with Dha (धा). Enthusiastic and courageous; KP names transport, audit and tax, banking, and heading colleges or religious bodies — speculation is not for you.

Pada 3 — Tula navamsha (Shukra); names begin with Pha (फा). Devoted to Devi, traditional and sincere; KP promises a harmonious marriage and names judges, architects and designers, music and popular public life.

Pada 4 — Vrishchika navamsha (Mangal); names begin with Dha (ढा). Charming, with ideas that keep changing; KP names engineering, accounts and audit, journalism, radio and music, and senior secretarial posts.

Health

The thighs, hips and lower spine: sciatica, rheumatism and colds; blood sugar. Keep sugar in check, stay warm and active, and see a doctor for anything persistent.

Work the books name

• the law and judging
• banking, accounts and finance
• revenue and tax
• food, sugar, silk, cotton and rubber
• railways, roads and building
• air travel and transport
• film, music and entertainment
• social welfare
• Ayurveda and medicine — women's and children's hospitals
• Devi temples and religious service

A day under this star is good for

• water works — wells, tanks and irrigation (Apas is its deity)
• confronting a problem you have put off
• Shukra's matters in a Shukra hora (KP)