Ashwini nakshatra

Aries 0°00′–13°20′ (sidereal) · lord Ketu · deity Ashvins, the twin horsemen · symbol: horse's head

Fast starts, healing, rescue. Ashwini natives move first and explain later; the gift is speed, the lesson is follow-through.

In the vimshottari system

Ashwini's planetary lord is Ketu, so a person born with the Moon here starts life in a Ketu mahadasha — see Ketu mahadasha for what that period carries. The Moon's exact degree within Ashwini 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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