Nakshatra 21 of 27
Uttara Ashadha
Uttara Ashadha wins slowly and for good. It is principled, responsible and patient, and it can be too serious for its own good.
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. Uttara Ashadha spans 26°40′ Sagittarius to 10°00′ Capricorn.
Its ruler, Sun, 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
- Sun
- Deity
- the Vishvadevas, the universal gods
- Symbol
- an elephant's tusk
- Spans
- 26°40′ Sagittarius – 10°00′ Capricorn
- Padas (navamsa)
- 1 Sagittarius · 2 Capricorn · 3 Aquarius · 4 Pisces
Gifts
- integrity
- endurance
- leadership
Watch for
- rigidity
- carrying too much