Jyeshta Nakshatra

Struggle for perfection

I am Jyeshta.
I am filled with Indra’s power to fight and win.
I am personification of soul’s fierce energy to oppose all the negative forces.
I teach you that true power lies in self-mastery – not in controlling others.
I always want to improve, progress, arise and strive for perfection.

The name Indra comes from indriyas, which is the word to describe our sense organs. Indra, symbolic king of heaven, represents what is highest within our inner energy kingdom, and what gives strength and protects all our other inner “gods” or Divine qualities: the life force within us, which enlivens the senses and controls them at the same time. Indra was also often seen as the symbol of the soul itself, which rules over all powers of our physical body (indriyas) and energy body (the symbolic gods, or devas), as well as has the power to defeat all the demons (inner blockages), vritras (“restrainers”, representing inner sabotaging powers), dispell the darkness, restore health and re-establish the light. Presiding over Jyeshta or “chiefmost” nakshatra, he represents what is highest, most perfect and most mature within us. He inspires us to constantly “fight” for our own self-perfection and self-mastery, by controlling our desires and senses, so we may ascend to higher level of existence (arohana shakti).