Krittika nakshatra is the Pleiades: fire that purifies

Krittika, the 3rd nakshatra, is the Pleiades. Deity: Agni, the sacred fire. Lord: the Sun. Name: “the cutters”.

This video belongs with Krittika Nakshatra: Meaning, Deity, Traits and Padas, which has the full explanation and its classical sources.

Transcript

The third of the twenty-seven nakshatras has a famous star cluster: Krittika is the Pleiades. Its deity is Agni, the sacred fire, and its lord is the Sun. Its name means the cutters. Krittika is the fire that purifies: sharp discernment, honesty, and the courage to cut away what is false. Find your own Moon's nakshatra with a free kundli at sunyra.ai.

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