Hasta [Virgo 10-00' to Virgo 23-20']

 Hasta [Virgo 10-00' to Virgo 23-20']

Action:  Installing a Deity /  idol  - avahani, thread ceremony - upanayana, parting of hair on the head - simontan, shaving - cudakaran, constructing a house - griha rambham, marriage - vivaha, coronation.

Nature: Feminine, Vaishyas, salvation, looking forward, sight weak, solar, short, gentle, no. of stars 5, ruled by god Sun , Karpanchak, shaped like an arm, traders, Akul.

Direction: looking forward.

Objects: Merchandise, commodities, conveyance, dresses, ornaments.

Places: Embassy.

HASTA is represented by the clenched fist.  It indicates a person of purity in thought and deed mixed with the power to control.  It is deva or godly in nature.  It indicates the ability to create, heal or remove ignorance.  Hasta is a light star giving a pleasant temperament.  It is of merchant caste.
         When this star is on the ascendant, we get a likeable character, skilled with the hands, sociable and entertaining but fixed in purpose.  A Hastan is handsome in appearance, orthodox in behavior, sensitive, artistic and inclined towards public service.  A Hastan is able in contests, fond of foreign lands, eloquent in speech and of a thievish mind.
             When the Moon tenants this star, the person is thievish, merciless, impudent, industrious in work and inclined towards intoxication.

To Hasta belongs thieves, elephants, those who travel in conveyances, chauffeurs, artists, commodities, cereals, scholars of the Vedas, traders, and men of prowess.

1st Pada: THE MOON AT:    10 degrees to 13-20 degrees Virgo:
    strong and able to defeat enemies; perhaps of short life; of quick temper; in positions of servitude.
2nd Pada: THE MOON AT:     13-20 degrees to 16-40 degrees Virgo:
   of good qualities and sweet speech; living in one's homeland; few brothers.
3rd Pada: THE MOON AT:     16-40 degrees to 20 degrees Virgo:
     interested in music; evil-minded; separated from the father.
4th Pada: THE MOON AT:     20 degrees to 23-20 degrees Virgo:
     of right conduct; strong and of high status; heavy eater; helped by the mother's family.

Doshas/blemishes in the nakshatras found at:
HASTA:
1st Pada: Good
2nd Pada: Good
3rd Pada: Affects parents.
4th Pada: Good

Remedial upaaya to be performed:  No need.