Nakshatra 9 of 27 · आश्लेषा नक्षत्र
Ashlesha Nakshatra
Ashlesha closes Cancer, ruled by Mercury and presided over by the Nagas. Its coiled serpent is the image: hidden power, hypnotic intelligence, the capacity to wait and to strike. An Ashlesha Moon is perceptive, secretive, persuasive and emotionally deep, with a talent for reading people and a tendency to hold on. Natives do well in strategy, psychology, medicine and any field where insight beats force. It is one of the gandanta junctions, where a water sign meets fire. The Mercury dasha it begins in lasts seventeen years.
- Span
- 106°40′ – 120°00′
- Rashi
- Cancer
- Lord (Vimshottari)
- Mercury · 17 years
- Deity
- The Nagas, serpent deities
- Symbol
- Coiled serpent
- Gana
- Rakshasa
- Nadi
- Antya
- Yoni
- Cat
- Naming letters
- Di, Du, De, Do
Ashlesha today
Computed at sunrise for the reference place; times are local to it. The Moon changes nakshatra roughly daily, the Sun about every fortnight.
Tara bala for Ashlesha-born, today
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Moon in Ashlesha
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Sun in Ashlesha
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Lord Mercury today
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The planet that rules this nakshatra and opens its Vimshottari cycle.
The four padas of Ashlesha
Each nakshatra is divided into four padas of 3°20′. The pada sets the navamsa (D9) sign of a Moon placed there and the traditional first syllable of a name.
Ashlesha in a birth chart
- •Penetrating perception
- •Persuasion and strategy
- •Secrecy and clinging
- •Healing or harming with words
These are the classical themes of a Moon in Ashlesha. How they play out depends on the rest of the chart — the Moon's house, its lord Mercury's own placement, and the dasha running now. The AI astrologer reads all of that together.
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FAQ
Ashlesha nakshatra — common questions
What is Ashlesha nakshatra?
Ashlesha (आश्लेषा) is the 9th of the 27 nakshatras, spanning 106°40′–120°00′ of the sidereal zodiac (16°40′ to 29°60′ Cancer). Its Vimshottari lord is Mercury, its deity The Nagas, serpent deities, its symbol the coiled serpent. It belongs to the Rakshasa gana and the Antya nadi, with the cat yoni.
Which rashi is Ashlesha in?
Entirely in Cancer: all four padas of Ashlesha fall in that sign, so anyone born with the Moon in Ashlesha has Cancer as their Moon sign.
What is the first dasha for someone born in Ashlesha?
Mercury mahadasha, which lasts 17 years in full. How much of it remains at birth depends on how far through Ashlesha the Moon had travelled — the balance of dasha — so two people born under Ashlesha can have very different first chapters. The dasha calculator computes yours to the day.
What are the naming letters for Ashlesha?
By pada: pada 1 — Di, pada 2 — Du, pada 3 — De, pada 4 — Do. Traditional naming (namakarana) picks a first syllable from the pada the Moon occupied at birth.
Is today good for someone born in Ashlesha?
That is tara bala: count today's nakshatra from Ashlesha and fold into nine. Sampat, Kshema, Sadhaka, Mitra and Ati Mitra are favourable; Vipat, Pratyari and Vadha are not; Janma is neutral. The card on this page computes it from the ephemeris each day.