The tradition of associating trees with the padams of the 27 stars reveals a profound connection between astrology, nature, and cultural symbolism. Each of the 27 stars in Vedic astrology holds a distinctive energy, and these stars are further divided into four padams, resulting in a total of 108 padams. In this intricate system, trees are seen as vessels of cosmic energy, embodying the unique attributes and influences of each padam.
These tree-padam associations reflect the holistic worldview of ancient cultures, where the natural world was deeply intertwined with human existence. The trees chosen for each padam are believed to resonate with the spiritual and elemental qualities of the corresponding star’s energy. For example, the Ashwini star is associated with the Banyan tree, symbolizing growth, renewal, and vitality. The Revathi star’s padam is aligned with the Bamboo tree, evoking flexibility, adaptability, and spiritual depth.
Such symbolic connections between trees and padams not only deepen the understanding of astrology but also underscore the reverence and respect ancient societies held for the environment. The tree-padam associations encourage people to reflect on their own personal attributes and life journey, drawing inspiration from the characteristics of the designated trees. This tradition fosters a sense of harmony with both the celestial realm and the natural world, nurturing a profound sense of interconnectedness that continues to resonate with cultural practices to this day.
108 healing trees
| Star | Scientific Name | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Ashwini – 1st Pada | Strychnos nux-vomica | Strychnine Tree / Poison Nut Tree, Snake-wood, Quaker Button |
| Ashwini – 2nd Pada | Mimusops elengi | Indian Medlar/ Spanish cherry/ Bulletwood |
| Ashwini – 3rd Pada (2 References) | ||
| Reference 1 | Terminalia catappa | Almond |
| Reference 2 | Prunus amygdalus [Synonym: Amygdalus communis] | Badam |
| Ashwini – 4th Pada | [unknown tree] | English Name: |
| Bharani – 1st Pada | Ficus Racemosa | Fig Tree |
| Bharani – 2nd Pada | Haldina cordifolia | Haldu |
| Bharani – 3rd Pada | Feronia elephantum [synonym: Feronia elephantum] | Wood Apple |
| Bharani – 4th Pada | Tabernaemontana divaricata | Crape jasmine |
| Karthigai/Krittika 1st Pada | Phyllanthus emblica | Gooseberry |
| Karthigai/Krittika 2nd Pada | Sapindus emarginatus | Notched Leaf Soapnut |
| Karthigai/Krittika 3rd Pada | Lagerstroemia microcarpa [Synonym: Lagerstroemia lanceolata ] | Ben Teak |
| Karthigai/Krittika 4th Pada | Desmodium oojeinense [Synonym: Ougeinia oojeinensis] | Sandan |
| Rohini 1st Pada | Syzygium cumini | Java Plum |
| Rohini 2nd Pada | Bauhinia variegata | Kachnar, Orchid Tree |
| Rohini 3rd Pada | Bauhinia vahlii | Maloo Creeper |
| Rohini 4th Pada | Couroupita guianensis | Cannan Ball Tree |
| Mrigashirsham/Mrigashirsha 1st Pada | Diospyros ebenum | Indian Ebony |
| Mrigashirsham/Mrigashirsha 2nd Pada | Hardwickia binata | Anjan |
| Mrigashirsham/Mrigashirsha 3rd Pada | Azadirachta indica | Neem |
| Mrigashirsham/Mrigashirsha 4th Pada | Mitragyna parvifolia | Kaim |
| Thiruvadhirai/Ardra 1st Pada | Acacia catechu | Cutch Tree, black catechu, black cutch, cashoo, catechu, wadalee gum |
| Thiruvadhirai/Ardra 2nd Pada (3 References) | ||
| Reference 1 | Mundulea sericea | Cork Bush, silver bush, Rhodesian silver-leaf |
| Reference 2 | Pterocarpus marsupium | Indian Kino Tree, Vijayasar, Malabar kino tree |
| Reference 3 | Butea monosperma [synonyms: Butea frondosa] | Flame of the forest, Bastard teak, Bengal kino tree |
| Thiruvadhirai/Ardra 3rd Pada | Calotropis procera | Rubber Bush, apple of sodom, french cotton, sodom apple |
| Thiruvadhirai/Ardra 4th Pada | Calotropis procera | Rubber Bush, apple of sodom, french cotton, sodom apple |
| Punarpoosam/Punarvasu 1st Pada | Bambusa arundinacea | Indian Thorny Bamboo, giant thorny bamboo, male bamboo, spiny bamboo, spring bamboo |
| Punarpoosam/Punarvasu 2nd Pada | Melia dubia | Malabar Neem |
| Punarpoosam/Punarvasu 3rd Pada | Prunus amygdalus [Synonym: Amygdalus communis] | Badam |
| Punarpoosam/Punarvasu 4th Pada | Phyllanthus emblica | Gooseberry |
| Poosam/Pushya 1st Pada | Ficus religiosa | Peepal, holy fig tree, peepul, sacred fig tree,Bodhi Tree |
| Poosam/Pushya 2nd Pada | Hardwickia binata | Anjan |
| Poosam/Pushya 3rd Pada | Xylia xylocarpa | Burma Ironwood, Pyinkado |
| Poosam/Pushya 4th Pada | Vitex negundo | Chaste Tree |
| Ayilyam/Aslesha 1st Pada | Calophyllum inophyllum | Beauty Leaf, Alexandrian laurel |
| Ayilyam/Aslesha 2nd Pada | Morus Alba | White Mulberry, Russian Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry |
| Ayilyam/Aslesha 3rd Pada | Ziziphus mauritiana | Jujube tree, Common jujube, Indian jujube, Chinese date |
| Ayilyam/Aslesha 4th Pada | Artocarpus heterophyllus | Jackfruit |
| Magham/Magha 1st Pada | Ficus bengalensis | Banyan tree |
| Magham/Magha 2nd Pada | [unknown tree] | English Name: |
| Magham/Magha 3rd Pada | Madhuca longifolia | Indian Butter Tree |
| Magham/Magha 4th Pada | Nyctanthes arbortristis | Har singar, Coral Jasmine, Tree of Sorrow, Queen of the night |
| Pooram/Purva Phalguni 1st Pada | Artocarpus heterophyllus | Jackfruit |
| Pooram/Purva Phalguni 2nd Pada | Albizia lebbeck | Siris tree, Woman’s tongue |
| Pooram/Purva Phalguni 3rd Pada | Elaeocarpus serratus | Ceylon Olive, Wild Olive tree |
| Pooram/Purva Phalguni 4th Pada | Artocarpus heterophyllus | Jackfruit |
| Utthiram/Uttara Phalguni 1st Pada | Linum usitatissimum | flax, linseed, linseed oil, lint bells |
| Utthiram/Uttara Phalguni 2nd Pada | Delonix elata | White Gulmohar, White Poincian |
| Utthiram/Uttara Phalguni 3rd Pada | Strychnos nux-vomica | Strychnine Tree / Poison Nut Tree, Snake-wood, Quaker Button |
| Utthiram/Uttara Phalguni 4th Pada | Pongamia pinnata | Pongam Tree, Indian Beech Tree, Pongame Oil Tree |
| Hastham/Hastha 1st Pada | Bauhinia racemosa | Bidi Leaf Tree |
| Hastham/Hastha 2nd Pada | Cocos nucifera | Coconut |
| Hastham/Hastha 3rd Pada | Lannea coromandelica | Indian Ash Tree, Moya, Wodier |
| Hastham/Hastha 4th Pada | Putranjiva roxburghii [ Nagera putranjeeva] | Putranjiva, Lucky Bean Tree , Child’s amulet tree |
| Chithrai/Chithra 1st Pada | Aegle marmelos | Bel, Beli fruit, Bengal quince, Stone apple, Wood apple |
| Chithrai/Chithra 2nd Pada | Butea monosperma [synonyms: Butea frondosa] | Flame of the forest, Bastard teak, Bengal kino tree |
| Chithrai/Chithra 3rd Pada | Pithecellobium dulce | English Name:Manilla Tamarind, Madras Thorn, Sweet tamarind, Monkeypod |
| Chithrai/Chithra 4th Pada | Thevetia peruviana [ Synonym: Cascabela thevetia ] | Mexican oleander, Yellow Oleander, Lucky Nut |
| Swathi 1st Pada | Lagerstroemia speciosa | Pride of India, Queen Crape Myrtle,Queen of flowers |
| Swathi 2nd Pada | Tamarindus indica | Tamarind |
| Swathi 3rd Pada | Cassia siamea | Siamese Senna, Siamese cassia |
| Swathi 4th Pada | Bauhinia tomentosa | St.Thomas tree, Yellow Orchid Tree, Yellow Bell Bauhinia |
| Visakham/Visakha 1st Pada | Feronia elephantum | Wood Apple |
| Visakham/Visakha 2nd Pada | Dalbergia latifolia | bombay blackwood or rosewood, indian rosewood, malabar rosewood |
| Visakham/Visakha 3rd Pada | Musa acuminata x balbisiana Colla (AAB Group) ‘Poovan | Indian banana “Mysore”, Mysore banana, Champa banana (North-East India) |
| Visakham/Visakha 4th Pada | Albizia saman | Rain Tree, Coco tamarind, Acacia preta, French tamarind, Saman, Monkey pod |
| Anusham/Anuradha 1st Pada | Mimusops elengi | Indian Medlar/ Spanish cherry/ Bulletwood |
| Anusham/Anuradha 2nd Pada | Lagerstroemia speciosa | Pride of India, Queen Crape Myrtle,Queen of flowers |
| [3 References] | ||
| Reference 1 | Hopea ponga | Ponga |
| Reference 2 | Hopea parviflora | White Kongu,Hopea,Iron wood of Malabar |
| Reference 3 | Capparis sepiaria | Wild Caper Bush |
| Anusham/Anuradha 4th Pada | Tectona grandis | Teak |
| kettai/Jyestha 1st Pada | Artocarpus heterophyllus | Jackfruit |
| kettai/Jyestha 2nd Pada | Thespesia populnea | Indian tulip tree, Aden apple, Portia tree |
| kettai/Jyestha 3rd Pada | Ficus religiosa | Peepal, holy fig tree, peepul, sacred fig tree |
| kettai/Jyestha 4th Pada | Azadirachta indica | Neem |
| Moolam/Moola 1st Pada | ||
| Reference 1 | Shorea robusta | Sal |
| Reference 2 | Ficus religiosa | Peepal, holy fig tree, peepul, sacred fig tree,Bodhi Tree |
| Reference 3 | Hardwickia binata | Anjan |
| Reference 4 | Anthocephalus cadamba | Kadam |
| Reference 5 | Eugenia racemosa | Powderpuff Mangrove, Fish-killer tree, Fish-poison tree, Fish-poison wood, Freshwater mangrove, Small-leaved barringtonia |
| Reference 6 | Aporosa lindleyana | Lindley’s Aporosa |
| Moolam/Moola 2nd Pada | Ailanthus Excelsa | Indian Tree of Heaven, Coramandel ailanto |
| Moolam/Moola 3rd Pada | Magnolia champaca | Champa,Golden Champa |
| Moolam/Moola 4th Pada | Hardwickia binata | Anjan |
| Pooradam/Purva Ashada 1st Pada | Salix Tetrasperma | Indian Willow |
| Pooradam/Purva Ashada 2nd Pada | Murraya exotica/Murraya paniculata | chinese box, thanaka |
| Pooradam/Purva Ashada 3rd Pada | Santalum album | Sandalwood, Indian sandalwood, Fragrant sandalwood, White Sandalwood |
| Pooradam/Purva Ashada 4th Pada | Citrus limon | Lemon |
| Uthradam/Uttara Ashada 1st Pada | Artocarpus heterophyllus | Jackfruit |
| Uthradam/Uttara Ashada 2nd Pada | Terminalia chebula | Chebulic Myrobalan, Myrobalan |
| Uthradam/Uttara Ashada 3rd Pada | Buchanania axillaris | Cuddapah Almond, Buchanan’s Mango |
| Uthradam/Uttara Ashada 4th Pada | Pandanus odorifer | Kewda, Fragrant Screw Pine, Umbrella tree, Screw pine, Screw tree |
| Thiruvonam/Shravana 1st Pada | Calotropis procera | Rubber Bush, apple of sodom, french cotton, sodom apple |
| Thiruvonam/Shravana 2nd Pada | Diospyros ebenum | Indian Ebony |
| Thiruvonam/Shravana 3rd Pada | Mesua ferrea | Cobra saffron, Ceylon ironwood, Indian rose chestnut |
| Thiruvonam/Shravana 4th Pada | Areca catechu | Betel Palm, Areca palm, Areca-nut palm |
| Avittam/Dhanista 1st Pada | Acacia ferruginea | Rusty Acacia |
| Avittam/Dhanista 2nd Pada | Acacia nilotica subsp. indica | Gum Arabic |
| Avittam/Dhanista 3rd Pada | Annona squamosa | Sugar Apple, Custard apple |
| Avittam/Dhanista 4th Pada | Myristica fragrans | Nutmeg |
| Sathayam/Shatabhisha 1st Pada | Barringtonia acutangula | Barringtonia, Freshwater Mangrove, Indian Oak, Indian Putat |
| Sathayam/Shatabhisha 2nd Pada | Prosopis cineraria | Khejri Tree |
| Sathayam/Shatabhisha 3rd Pada | Annona reticulata L. | Netted Custard Apple, Bullock’s heart, Bull’s heart |
| Sathayam/Shatabhisha 4th Pada | Adenanthera pavonina | Red Sandalwood, Coral-wood, Peacock flower fence, Red beadtree |
| Poorattathi/Purva Bhadrapada 1st Pada | Mangifera indica | Mango |
| Poorattathi/Purva Bhadrapada 2nd Pada | Shorea robusta | Sal |
| Poorattathi/Purva Bhadrapada 3rd Pada | Azadirachta indica | Neem |
| Poorattathi/Purva Bhadrapada 4th Pada | Bauhinia vahlii | Maloo Creeper |
| Uthrattathi/Uttara Bhadrapada 1st Pada | Azadirachta indica | Neem |
| Uthrattathi/Uttara Bhadrapada 2nd Pada | Delonix regia | flamboyant, flame tree, gul mohur, mohur, peacock flower |
| Uthrattathi/Uttara Bhadrapada 3rd Pada | Semecarpus anacardium | Marking Nut, dhobi nut tree, Indian marking nut tree, Malacca bean, marany nut, marsh nut, oriental cashew nut, varnish tree |
| Uthrattathi/Uttara Bhadrapada 4th Pada | Aphanamixis polystachya | Pithraj Tree |
| Revathi 1st Pada | Borassus flabellifer | Palmyra Palm, African fan palm, borassus palm, doub palm, great fan palm, lontar palm, ron palm, tala palm, tal-palm, toddy palm, wine palm |
| Revathi 2nd Pada | Thevetia peruviana | Mexican oleander, Yellow Oleander, Lucky Nut |
| Revathi 3rd Pada | Pterocarpus santalinus | red sandalwood, sanderswood |
| Revathi 4th Pada | Artocarpus heterophyllus | Jackfruit |