Ashlesha Nakshatra

About Ashlesha nakshatra

Ashlesha is the 9th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 16°40′ Cancer to 0°00′ Leo in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Mercury, its deity is the Nagas, serpent deities, and its symbol is a coiled serpent.

People born with the Moon in Ashlesha are traditionally described as perceptive, strategic, private and persuasive.

• Lord: Mercury
• Deity: the Nagas, serpent deities
• Symbol: a coiled serpent
• Gana: Rakshasa
• Yoni: cat
• Nadi: Antya
• Nature: sharp

Ashlesha nakshatra padas and name letters

Each pada is 3°20′ and has its own letter and navamsa sign.

• Pada 1: letter Di, Cancer (Kark) rashi, navamsa Sagittarius.
• Pada 2: letter Du, Cancer (Kark) rashi, navamsa Capricorn.
• Pada 3: letter De, Cancer (Kark) rashi, navamsa Aquarius.
• Pada 4: letter Do, Cancer (Kark) rashi, navamsa Pisces.

Ashlesha in kundli matching (kundli milan)

In ashtakoota guna milan, Ashlesha gives Rakshasa gana (6 points), cat yoni (4 points) and Antya nadi (8 points), together 18 of the 36 points.

1. Find both birth nakshatras.
2. Compare nadi: same nadi scores 0.
3. Compare gana and yoni.
4. Add the remaining kootas for a score out of 36.

Ashlesha personality, love and career

Perceptive, strategic, private and persuasive. In love, the rakshasa gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: perceptive, strategic, private and persuasive.
• Nature in muhurat: sharp.
• Planet to know: Mercury.

Ashlesha and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Ashlesha natives begin in Mercury mahadasha (17 years in full).

1. Mercury mahadasha, 17 years
2. Ketu mahadasha, 7 years
3. Venus mahadasha, 20 years
4. Sun mahadasha, 6 years
5. Moon mahadasha, 10 years
6. Mars mahadasha, 7 years
7. Rahu mahadasha, 18 years
8. Jupiter mahadasha, 16 years
9. Saturn mahadasha, 19 years

Ashlesha in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Ashlesha as sharp. Light nakshatras suit travel and trade, fixed ones suit foundations, soft ones suit art and marriage, sharp and fierce ones suit firm or bold tasks.

Ashlesha nakshatra in depth

The word nakshatra is often translated as lunar mansion. The Moon moves roughly 13 degrees a day, so it spends about one day in each of the 27 nakshatras and completes the circle in a little over 27 days. Ancient astronomers used these star groups as a calendar long before the twelve signs became popular, and that is why Indian families still ask for the janma nakshatra before anything else. Ashlesha sits at position 9 in that circle, after Pushya and before Magha.

The deity of Ashlesha is the Nagas, serpent deities. In traditional reading the deity hints at the inner motive of the nakshatra, while the symbol, a coiled serpent, gives a picture that is easy to remember. The ruling planet (swami grah) Mercury adds its own colour, and because Vimshottari dasha begins from the birth nakshatra lord, Mercury becomes the first planetary period in the life of anyone born with the Moon here.

Matching uses three attributes of Ashlesha directly. Gana describes temperament, and Ashlesha is Rakshasa gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Ashlesha carries the cat yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Ashlesha is Antya nadi. Together these three kootas carry 18 of the 36 guna milan points, which is why two people's nakshatras matter so much in kundli milan.

In muhurat, Ashlesha is a sharp nakshatra. Muhurat texts sort nakshatras into groups such as fixed, movable, soft, light, sharp and fierce, and each group suits certain kinds of work. Families look at this when choosing a day for naamkaran, griha pravesh, travel, purchases or a wedding, along with tithi, weekday and lagna.

For a newborn, the pada matters most. Each of the four padas of Ashlesha gives a different starting letter: Di, Du, De, Do. Families who follow the custom pick a name that begins with the letter of the birth pada, then often check the name number (naam ka ank) in numerology (ank jyotish) as a second, lighter step.

How to find your nakshatra

Your janma nakshatra is where the Moon stood at birth.

1. Open the free nakshatra calculator.
2. Enter date, time and place of birth.
3. Note the nakshatra and pada.
4. Read this guide for your nakshatra.