The lords of the eight quarters beginning from the east are respectively—Indra, Agni (fire), Yama (god of death), Nirṛti , Varuṇa (god of rain) Vāyu (the wind), Soma (the Moon) and Īśāna ( Śiva ). The four prime quarters (east, south, west, north) are masculine and the four sub-quarters (south-east, south-west, north-east, north-west) are feminine.