Nakshatra 20 of 27
Purva Ashadha
Purva Ashadha is the undefeated one. It gives conviction, persuasion and a belief that it can win, which can harden into stubbornness.
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. Purva Ashadha spans 13°20′ Sagittarius to 26°40′ Sagittarius.
Its ruler, Venus, 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
- Venus
- Deity
- Apas, the waters
- Symbol
- a winnowing fan
- Spans
- 13°20′ Sagittarius – 26°40′ Sagittarius
- Padas (navamsa)
- 1 Leo · 2 Virgo · 3 Libra · 4 Scorpio
Gifts
- conviction
- persuasion
- renewal
Watch for
- stubbornness
- overconfidence