Uttara Phalguni is the second half of the bed, and where Purva enjoys, Uttara sustains. Its deity is Aryaman, who keeps contracts, friendships and marriages, and the nakshatra stands for the promise kept: people with the Moon here are the reliable ones, generous, honourable, good at partnership and at getting others to work together, and quietly ambitious for position.
The Sun rules the nakshatra and it straddles two signs — the first pada in the Sun's own Leo, the other three in Mercury's Virgo. In Leo the Moon is warm and commanding; in Virgo the Sun's dignity is put to work, and the person serves with a certain pride. A Moon here starts life in the Sun mahadasha, six years at most, and the Moon's ten-year period follows early.
The four padas of Uttara Phalguni
Each nakshatra is divided into four padas of 3°20′. The pada says which sign the Moon is in when a nakshatra straddles two, and which navamsa (the ninth-harmonic sign) it falls in — the finer grain astrologers read for temperament and marriage.
| Pada | Span | Sign | Navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26°40′–30°00′ | Leo | Sagittarius |
| 2 | 0°00′–3°20′ | Virgo | Capricorn |
| 3 | 3°20′–6°40′ | Virgo | Aquarius |
| 4 | 6°40′–10°00′ | Virgo | Pisces |
Uttara Phalguni in kundli matching
Three of the eight kootas of guna milan are read from the nakshatra alone. Yoni (Cow): the instinctive match by the nakshatra's animal — Sheep, Buffalo and Deer are its friends; the Tiger is its enemy. Gana (Manushya): human — practical, mixed, of this world; the same or a compatible gana scores in full. Nadi (Adi): the first pulse, vata in the ayurvedic reading; two Moons in the same nadi are the heaviest dosha, with the classical exemptions. Check a match to see all eight for two charts.
Born under Uttara Phalguni
The Vimshottari dasha starts from the nakshatra of the natal Moon. A Moon in Uttara Phalguni begins life in the Sun mahadasha of 6 years, less the part already spent by the Moon's degree within the nakshatra; the further into Uttara Phalguni the Moon stood, the shorter the balance at birth. The exact balance needs the degree, which your free kundli gives.