Mercury's nakshatras
Ashlesha, Jyeshtha and Revati: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
- 5-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Mercury's three
- Ashlesha
- Jyeshtha
- Revati
A first look at the lesson
Mercury rules the 9th, 18th and 27th nakshatras: Ashlesha, Jyeshtha and Revati. They sit 120° apart, one in each third of the zodiac.
Ashlesha runs from 16°40′ Cancer to 0° Leo. Its deity is the Nagas (serpents) and its symbol a coiled serpent. Coiling and gripping, with a serpent's insight.
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More lessons on this subject
- What a nakshatra isTwenty-seven lunar mansions of 13°20′, from Ashwini to Revati, two and a quarter in every sign.
- Padas: quarters of a nakshatraEach nakshatra has four padas of 3°20′: 108 in all, nine in every sign.
- The nine nakshatra lordsNine lords in a fixed order, Ketu to Mercury, three rounds over the 27 nakshatras.
- Ketu's nakshatrasAshwini, Magha and Mula: their deities, symbols and where they lie.
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