Each Nakshatra has its particular power or Shakti. These are the powers of the Devatas or deities that rule over and define them.

This is a special teaching that derives from an ancient Vedic text called Taittiriya Brahmana I.5.1 and from the medieval commentary of Bhattabhaskara Mishra. It has not been highlighted elsewhere.

Shaktis of Nakshatras mainly refers to positions of the Moon but can be extended to the Ascendant and other planets.The Nakshatras reflect a 27 fold division of the zodiac based upon the movement of the Moon that goes around the zodiac every 27 days.

The first paragraph on each Nakshatra below relates to the Vedic textual reference. The others consists of my comments based upon it. Note that this is a teaching that I first uncovered and translated around twenty years ago, though many Vedic astrologers have since come to use it. 

Each of these Nakshatra Shaktis has various effects described metaphorically as “above” and “below” and a final effect. The symbols used are those of common factors such as plants, healing, worship, marriage and death.