Punarvasu — a bow and quiver of arrows, ruled by Jupiter
Punarvasu means "the light that returns." Its deity is Aditi, the boundless mother of the gods, and its symbol is a quiver of arrows — arrows that, in the old telling, come back to be fired again. Renewal is your specialty. You lose things, homes, plans, versions of yourself, and rebuild with a calm that puzzles onlookers. Jupiter as lord lends generosity and philosophical breadth: you genuinely believe in second chances because you have been one.
Punarvasu spans Gemini 20°00′ – Cancer 3°20′. Its presiding deity is Aditi; its symbol is a bow and quiver of arrows; its gana (temperament class) is deva. The Vimshottari lord is Jupiter — anyone born with the Moon here starts life in a Jupiter mahadasha.
Resilience without bitterness. You recover, restore, and re-aim; you forgive more easily than most and teach others to. Optimism in you is earned, tested the long way round. People bring you their fresh starts for blessing.
The return can become a loop: repeating a cycle instead of completing it, contentment used to dodge ambition, generosity given until you are the one depleted. Some doors, once rebuilt, are meant to stay closed.
Teaching, counseling, publishing, restoration work of any kind, travel that circles home, ventures with a philosophical spine. You do especially well reviving what others gave up on: turnarounds, comebacks, second editions. Institutions in decline hire you at exactly the right moment.
Deva gana with a cat's independence: affectionate, undemanding, and easiest to love after a rupture, because repair is your first language. You need a partner who lets you roam and return.
The classical naming syllables for Punarvasu's four padas are Ke, Ko, Ha, Hi — one per quarter. Tradition starts a child's name with the syllable of their Moon's pada.
Which of your endings was actually an intermission?