12 Facts About Bhrigu

Bhrigu is one of the seven great sages, the Saptarshis, and one of the many Prajapatis created by Brahma.

Bhrigu was the first compiler of predictive astrology and the author of Bhrigu Samhita, an astrological classic.

Bhrigu first visited Brahma at Satyaloka, and to test his patience, he refused to sing in his praise or prostrate before him.

Bhrigu was found on a lotus flower, and was raised by Bhrigu and his wife Khyati, which is why another name of Lakshmi is Bhargavi, daughter of Bhrgu.

Bhrigu is regarded to have had his ashram on the Vadhusar River, a tributary of the Drishadwati River near Dhosi Hill in the state of Brahmavarta, presently on the border of Haryana and the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan in India.

In Tattiriya Upanishad, first six anuvakas of Bhrigu Valli are called Bhargavi Varuni Vidya, which means "the knowledge Bhrigu got from Varuni".

Bhrigu decided to write his famous books of astrology, the Bhrigu Samhita.

Bhrigu collected birth charts, wrote full-life predictions, and compiled them together as Bhrigu Samhita.

Bhrigu Samhita is believed to be one of the first book of its kind in the field of astrology.

The lineage of Bhrigu includes Shukra, Chyavana, Aurva, Richika, Jamadagni, Parashurama, Bhargava, Balai, and Dadhichi.

Later, when Puloma went back to Bhrigu with her prematurely-born yet miraculous child, Bhrgu asked her how the asura had come to know of the location of the asrama.

Bhrigu revealed that it was Agni who had told the asura Puloma about their whereabouts.