Ashlesha Nakshatra

All four padas are in Kark (Cancer).

Tattva here is the nakshatra's own element in the five-block scheme AstroSage also prints (Ashwini to Mrigashira earth, Ardra to Purva Phalguni water, Uttara Phalguni to Anuradha fire, Jyeshtha to Shravana air, Dhanishta to Revati ether) — not the element of the Moon sign.

The naming letters for Ashlesha are Dee, Doo, De, Do, one per pada. In the Namakaran tradition a child is named beginning with the sound of the pada the Moon occupied at birth, so the pada — not just the nakshatra — decides the letter.

Varna is given per pada because Ashtakoota matching scores the varna of the Moon sign (water signs Brahmin, fire Kshatriya, earth Vaishya, air Shudra). Some tables also assign a varna to the nakshatra itself; those lists disagree from source to source and matching does not use them.

Kark rashi baby names

Ashlesha is the coiled serpent, presided over by the Nagas, and the tradition reads it as the star of grip and insight. People with the Moon here are described as perceptive, persuasive and hard to deceive, with a talent for strategy, research and anything that needs patience before the decisive move. Mercury as lord sharpens the mind. The caution is secrecy and possessiveness — holding on to people, or to grievances, for longer than is good for anyone.

Strengths the tradition names

• Intuition
• Strategic mind
• Mystical ability
• Kundalini potential

What to watch

• Manipulation
• Distrust
• Poison tongue
• Emotional coldness

Work it is traditionally linked with

Occult sciences, Pharmacy, Psychology, Intelligence/espionage.

A nakshatra describes the Moon's position, which millions of people share. It is read as a tendency to reflect on, alongside the whole chart — not as a verdict on a person.

Nadi. Ashlesha is Antya (Kapha) nadi. When both birth stars share a nadi, Guna Milan's Nadi koota scores 0 of 8 (nadi dosha), so a match with any of these stars starts with that gap: Krittika, Rohini, Magha, Swati, Vishakha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Revati. Several traditions list exceptions that cancel the dosha; read the full 36-point report rather than one koota.

Yoni. Ashlesha is Cat yoni. The same yoni — Punarvasu — scores the full 4 of 4. Its sworn-enemy yoni is Rat, so Magha, Purva Phalguni score 0 of 4 in either direction.

Gana. Ashlesha is Rakshasa gana. The Gana koota is directional — the score depends on which partner is the groom — and these are the engine's own values:

Nadi, yoni and gana are 18 of the 36 points; the rest come from the Moon signs and the count between the two stars. Full kundli matching · Matching by name · Nakshatra porutham

Ashlesha is one of the six gandmool nakshatras — Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Moola, Revati — the stars that sit at the three junctions where a water sign ends and a fire sign begins. Many families have a gandmool shanti performed for a child born with the Moon in one of them, traditionally on the day the Moon returns to the same star about 27 days later. It is a ritual observance, not a forecast: a very large number of people are born in these stars and live entirely ordinary lives.

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Times are for New York. The Moon enters and leaves a nakshatra at the same instant everywhere, so another city changes only the clock these are written in. The Moon takes about 27.3 days to come back to the same star and stays roughly a day each time.

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