Hikoboshi

Astral god. Shinto [Japan]. The consort of the star goddess AME-NO-TANABATA-HINE-NOMIKOTO.

Budha (awakening)

1. Astral god. Hindu (Vedic, Epic and Puranic). The personification of the planet Mercury. The son of SOMA (CANDRA) and TARA or ROHINI. Depicted in a chariot drawn by eight horses or lions (sometimes a single lion). Color: yellow. Attributes: bow, club, rosary, shield and sword. Also Candraja and Candrasuta.

Akasagarbha (essence of the sky)

Astral god. Buddhist (Mahayana) and Lamaist [Tibet]. One of the BODHISATTVAS or spiritual meditation buddhas. He lives in the “womb of the sky.” Color: green. Attributes: book, jewel, lotus and sun disc. Also Khagarbha. In Japanese Buddhism this deity becomes the god Kokuzo.

 

Dhruva (immovable)

Astral god. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). The son of Uttanapada, a star in the constellation of Ursa Minor which was the pole star in the last millennium 1 BC. An avatara of VISˇNU. Also one of a group of Vasu deities answering to the god INDRA.

Brhaspati (lord of prayer)

Astral god. Hindu (Vedic, Epic and Puranic). The personification of the planet Jupiter. In Vedic texts he appears as a priest. The son of Angiras and the guru of the later Hindu pantheon. Considered to be almost identical with BRAHMA. His consort is the goddess TARA and his son is Kaca.