Ashwini Nakshatra

Ashwini is the 1st Nakshatra of the zodiac ruled by Ketu and presided over by Ashwini Kumaras.

Vedic Nakshatra

Ashwini (अश्विनी)

Symbol: Horse's Head

Ruling Planet Ketu

Presiding Deity Ashwini Kumaras

Element Earth

Astrological Classification & Padas

Ruling Planet Ketu

Presiding Deity Ashwini Kumaras

Gana Deva

Yoni Horse

Nadi Aadi

Element Earth

Nature (Guna) Light / Swift

Pada Details Pada 1-4 Aries

Characteristics & Native Traits

Overview

Pioneering, energetic, and agile individuals blessed with healing abilities and swift perception.

Personality Traits

Courageous, enthusiastic, independent, and quick in thought and action.

Core Strengths

Natural healers, fast learners, fearless, self-reliant

Challenges & Shadow

Impatience, restlessness, impulsiveness

Male Native Traits

Ambitious, direct, handsome, passionate about travel and high-speed endeavors.

Female Native Traits

Graceful, magnetic speaker, devoted, skilled in organizational and therapeutic arts.

Career & Professional Vocation

Suitable Professions

Medicine, Surgery, Aviation, Athletics, Entrepreneurship, Military

Work & Vocation Traits

Excels in emergency response and high-energy professions

Marriage & Relationship Compatibility

Relationship Dynamics

Warm and spirited partners who value freedom and mutual respect.

Compatible Lunar Mansions

Bharani, Mrigashira, Pushya, Anuradha

Auspicious Color Blood Red

Auspicious Number 9

Auspicious Day Tuesday

Sacred Vedic Mantra

Om Ashwini Kumarabhyam Namah

Vedic Remedies & Spiritual Practices

Worship Lord Ganesha and offer grass or care to horses.

Ashwini Nakshatra, located from 0°00' - 13°20' Aries, is symbolized by the Horse's Head. Governed by deity Ashwini Kumaras and planetary lord Ketu, individuals born under this lunar mansion possess distinctive dynamism, spiritual curiosity, and innate gifts.

Pioneering, energetic, and agile individuals blessed with healing abilities and swift perception.

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