I have been contemplating justice for a while now. Especially since the student protests happening all across India (where I'm from and where I live) and the varied responses to them, including police brutality. Solidarity with the students always.
I'm a huge fan of Carl Jung's, Bharani Moon work. He introduced the concept of synchronicities to me. Synchronicity, for those of you, who don't know , is a meaningful coincidence, an experience where two or more separate events happen at the same time and seem deeply connected, even though there is no clear cause-and-effect link between them.
Sometimes I'm asked as to how I make the connections I do on these posts and honestly speaking? It's all synchronicities. One thing leads to another as you read and take notes and before you know it, you see patterns emerge.
Even though I don't love her music (I'm more of an r&b girlie), I like reading Weyes Blood's interviews and something she said in one of them struck a chord with me:
"The concept of justice was such a big thing. Like, if somebody beat me up on the playground, and they tried to punish us both, Iâd be like, âNo, Iâm the one that was beaten up! You guys got it all wrong!â I was always trying to play judge. In hindsight, I must have seemed like a huge bratâand I probably was. But at the time, it felt important to set things right. From a very young age, I had issues with authority, especially if they were unfair or oppressive. It was like I was fighting for the kidsâ rights or something. I would get really upset because I had the intelligence to see that just because the teacherâs in a bad mood, that doesnât mean they get to yell at a kid who might have some issues. âCause I had some issues. But around middle school I started getting into punk and sleeping through class and being like, âThereâs bigger fish to fry.â It was around that time that I realized this is a problem that goes up to the top."- Weyes Blood, Bharani Moon
Justice seems to be so deeply tied and rooted in Bharani Nakshatra because its ruling deity is Lord Yama, god of death, dharma and karmic balance. Yama represents impartial rules, truth, and moral duty rather than fear, making justice a core pillar of this lunar mansion.
Something I've noticed over and over again is how most Bharani natives have NO tolerance for unfairness. They hate seeing rules broken or the weak mistreated.
They believe actions have direct results and that truth always comes to light. Most Bharani individuals I know believe in karma.
When they witness wrongdoing, they struggle to stay silent and may react with intense, sharp passion. They hold both themselves and others to high moral and ethical standards.
Bharani has an elephant yoni. And you know how elephants are? They're immovable and stubborn. Elephants are NOT easily swayed (quite literally). Obviously being a Venus ruled nak adds to this but Bharani individuals are uncompromising with their stands. Elephants are massive and cannot be easily pushed around.
When a Bharani native decides what is right, they stand their ground like an elephant, refusing to bend to social pressure or corruption.
Another thing about elephants is that they never forget. Bharani individuals remember kindnesses, but they also track injustices for a long time, waiting for cosmic or legal balance to be restored.
They're also extremely protective of their people/their herd. In nature, elephants form fierce protective circles around their young and vulnerable herd members. Its in their nature to be protective asf. As is the case with any other nak, I'm sure some of ya'll have met some terrible Bharani natives who are nothing like what I'm describing. This post is not about them. Every nak can be made manifest and be expressed in a positive way and a negative way. Human beings have free will. This is about the positive expression of this nak.
Bharani's justice is not just abstract law; it is a primal urge to shield the weak from predators and oppressors.
Elephants are slow to anger, but destructive when pushed. Elephants are generally calm, gentle, and highly patient. They can endure A LOT.
If an elephant is pushed past its limitâor sees its herd threatenedâit charges with unstoppable, destructive power. Bharani fights for justice in the exact same way.
Now, lets get into some historical examples
Martin Luther King Jr- Bharani Rising
"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
Ai Weiwei- Ketu in Bharani
For those of you who don't know, Ai is one of the most famous contemporary Chinese artists and him/his works are openly critical of the government and human rights violations in China.
âTolerating the distortion of history is the first step toward tolerating humiliation in real life.â
Alexei Navalny- Jupiter atmakaraka conjunct Ketu in Bharani
He was a Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. He survived a 2020 nerve agent poisoning, was imprisoned upon returning to Russia in 2021, and died in an Arctic penal colony on February 16, 2024. International investigations later concluded he was murdered using a rare dart frog toxin administered by the state.
Emanuel Swedenborg- Bharani Moon
He was a Swedish polymath. A scientist, inventor, philosopher and mystic.
"Justice is following the divine design in all that one does, and bringing back into the divine design things that have fallen away from that design. Justice is the divine design itself."
Angela Y Davis, Bharani Rising
âThe idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?â
âWhenever you conceptualize social justice struggles, you will always defeat your own purposes if you cannot imagine the people around whom you are struggling as equal partners.â
Immanuel Kant, Bharani Rising (Revati Moon)
Immanuel Kantâs theory of justice defines justice as the universal principle of right, individual freedom, and lawful coercion. It values autonomy over utility.
John Stuart Mill- Mercury conjunct Mars in Bharani
John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, political economist, and politician. His core theory is utilitarianism, which states that actions are right if they promote happiness and wrong if they cause pain. He expanded this moral framework alongside his famous political theory on individual freedom.Â
John Stuart Mill argues in chapter five of Utilitarianism that justice is grounded in utility, defined by the protection of individual moral and legal rights, and driven by a powerful social sentiment tied to perfect obligations.
B.R Ambedkar- Mercury in Bharani
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar defined justice as an inseparable trinity of liberty, equality, and fraternity. As the principal architect of the Indian Constitution and independent Indiaâs first Law and Justice Minister, he dedicated his life to dismantling caste hierarchies, securing fundamental rights, and empowering marginalized communities through structural and legal reform.
Maya Angelou- Revati Sun conjunct Jupiter (including her bc elephant yoni)
"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you canât practice any other virtue consistently."
Norah Jones, Bharani Moon
For her song Flipside, Norah, in the music video, is seen watching a series of clips that pay homage to American protests, keeping in line with the socially conscious message of the song.
âI was really inspired by the news and the stuff thatâs been going on in the world and in this country the last couple years,â Jones says in a statement. âItâs been really volatile and crazy, and I was listening to that Les McCann song âCompared to Whatâ and very much influenced by how just grooving and amazing it is but itâs also very political and itâs just from the gut.â
Dorothy Day, Bharani Moon
Dorothy Day, was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic without abandoning her social activism. She was perhaps the best-known political radical among American Catholics.
"When I feed the hungry, they call me a saint. When I ask why people are hungry, they call me a communist".