The name, which conveys a major part of this asterism’s energy, related primarily to the feminine side of nature and its capacity to receive, hold, nurture and destroy. Yama, despite being the lord of death, is a very jovial deity, is the deity of this nakshatra. Bharani natives can be summed up in one word as “extremist”. Its sexual animal is the elephant, which represents their elephantine appetites in sex. Imedlda Marcos, one of the richest women in Asia, had her moon placed in Bharani. She became well known for her massive shoe collection, whose number ran into thousands.