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Vishakha nakshatra
Associated with determination, single-minded goals and the pull of ambition.
- Number
- 16 of 27
- Hindi
- विशाखा
- Span
- 20°00′ Libra to 3°20′ Scorpio
- Sign(s)
- Libra and Scorpio
- Ruled by
- Jupiter (dasha lord, 16 years)
- Deity
- Indra and Agni together
- Symbol
- a triumphal arch
A person born with the Moon in Vishakha begins life in the dasha of Jupiter. How much of that period remains at birth depends on how far the Moon had travelled through the star. See dasha.
The four padas
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