Nakshatra 18 of 27
Jyeshtha
Jyeshtha is the eldest, the one who protects and takes charge. It carries responsibility early and can become proud or lonely holding it.
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. Jyeshtha spans 16°40′ Scorpio to 30°00′ Scorpio.
Its ruler, Mercury, 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
- Mercury
- Deity
- Indra, chief of the gods
- Symbol
- a protective earring
- Spans
- 16°40′ Scorpio – 30°00′ Scorpio
- Padas (navamsa)
- 1 Sagittarius · 2 Capricorn · 3 Aquarius · 4 Pisces
Gifts
- protection
- competence
- courage
Watch for
- pride
- isolation