Ashlesha nakshatra

Cancer 16°40′–30°00′ (sidereal) · lord Mercury · deity Nagas · symbol: coiled serpent

The embrace that binds. Penetrating insight, hypnotic persuasion; the lesson is what the coils are for.

In the vimshottari system

Ashlesha's planetary lord is Mercury, so a person born with the Moon here starts life in a Mercury mahadasha — see Mercury mahadasha for what that period carries. The Moon's exact degree within Ashlesha sets how much of that first period remains at birth; the dasha calculator works it out from your birth details.

Is your Moon here? Check with the free nakshatra calculator.

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