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Pisces:—Nature worshipped by women, modest wealth.
The Moon, which orbits the Earth, stays in each zodiac sign for approximately $2\frac{1}{4}$ days. During the first $2\frac{1}{4}$ days, covering the lunar mansions of Ashvati, Bharani, and a quarter of Karthika, the Moon resides in the sign of Aries. Following this, for the next $2\frac{1}{4}$ days, it moves into Taurus, and so on in sequence until the final $2\frac{1}{4}$ days when it resides in Pisces, completing one full revolution around the Earth. The significance of the term "Aries-portion" original: "Medakooru" for Ashvati, Bharani, and a quarter of Karthika is that during these $2\frac{1}{4}$ days, the Moon is positioned in the sign of Aries. Therefore, by looking at one's birth star The 'Nakshatra' or lunar mansion, one can understand which zodiac sign the Moon was occupying at the time of birth. The effects of the Moon's position at the time of birth are given below.
If the Moon is in the sign of Aries (or if the birth star is Ashvati, Bharani, or a quarter of Karthika): reddish eyes, a taste for vegetarian food, a nature that is easily saddened, a love of travel, sexual vitality, weak legs, unstable wealth, misshapen nails, scars on the head, an angry temperament, an unsteady mind, and a fear of entering water.
If the Moon is in the sign of Taurus—three quarters of Karthika, Rohini, and half of Mrigashirsha:—
Beauty, a large face, a love of charity, misfortune, great strength and authority, a mark on the neck, female offspring...