The Moon's 27 mansions
Nakshatras
The zodiac divided into 27 spans of 13°20' each, one for every day of the Moon's circuit.
Purva Ashadha
253°20'00" – 266°40'00" · lord Venus
- Symbol
- Fan
- Deity
- Apas
- Lord
- Venus
- Gana
- Manushya (human — mixed, practical)
- Yoni
- Monkey
- Nadi
- Madhya (pitta)
- Varna
- Brahmin
- Element
- Air
Purva Ashadha is the invincible one — a fan for a symbol, Apas the water deity, Venus for a lord. It gives conviction that does not waver and a persuasive power that carries other people with it. Water is its element in every sense: it wears down what stands in the way rather than striking it. Declared aims are usually reached.
Strengths
Conviction, persuasiveness, resilience, and popularity that is earned rather than sought.
Needs watching
Stubbornness and an unwillingness to admit a mistake once stated publicly.
Suited work: Law and debate, politics, shipping and water trades, the arts, teaching.
Gana, yoni and nadi are the three attributes used in marriage matching; the varna and tattva describe temperament and element. The reading below describes the nakshatra itself, not the whole chart — the Moon's nakshatra is the strongest single indicator of temperament, but it is one factor among many.