Nakshatra 6 of 27
Ardra
Ardra is the storm that clears the air. It brings intense feeling, sharp intellect, and growth that usually comes through upheaval rather than comfort.
A nakshatra is one of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Yours is the one the Moon stood in when you were born, measured in the sidereal zodiac. Ardra spans 6°40′ Gemini to 20°00′ Gemini.
Its ruler, Rahu, also opens the first of your life chapters (the Vimshottari dasha) if your Moon sits here.
Each nakshatra splits into four padas of 3°20′, 108 in all. Each pada falls in a navamsa sign, so the same mansion can lean four slightly different ways.
- Ruled by
- Rahu
- Deity
- Rudra, the storm
- Symbol
- a teardrop
- Spans
- 6°40′ Gemini – 20°00′ Gemini
- Padas (navamsa)
- 1 Sagittarius · 2 Capricorn · 3 Aquarius · 4 Pisces
Gifts
- intensity
- insight through crisis
- renewal
Watch for
- volatility
- dwelling on pain