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Ashlesha nakshatra
Associated with insight and intensity, a clinging, coiling nature that can protect or entangle.
- Number
- 9 of 27
- Hindi
- आश्लेषा
- Span
- 16°40′ Cancer to 30°00′ Cancer
- Sign(s)
- Cancer
- Ruled by
- Mercury (dasha lord, 17 years)
- Deity
- the Nagas, serpent deities
- Symbol
- a coiled serpent
A person born with the Moon in Ashlesha begins life in the dasha of Mercury. How much of that period remains at birth depends on how far the Moon had travelled through the star. See dasha.
The four padas
| Pada | From | To | Navamsha sign |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16°40′ Cancer | 20°00′ Cancer | Sagittarius |
| 2 | 20°00′ Cancer | 23°20′ Cancer | Capricorn |
| 3 | 23°20′ Cancer | 26°40′ Cancer | Aquarius |
| 4 | 26°40′ Cancer | 30°00′ Cancer | Pisces |
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