Glossary · nakshatra
Krittika
Krittika is the 3rd of the twenty-seven nakshatras (lunar mansions), spanning 26°40′ Aries–10°00′ Taurus of the sidereal zodiac.
Its ruling graha is Surya (the Sun), its presiding deity Agni (the god of fire), and its symbol the razor or flame.
Krittika is sharp and purifying — the flame that cooks and the blade that cuts away. It gives clarity, ambition, and a no-nonsense honesty, with a protective, sometimes fierce edge. Associated with the Pleiades, it burns off what is impure to leave what is true.
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