Ardra
Nakshatra 6 · 6°40′ Gemini – 20°00′ Gemini
Ardra is the 6th of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its deity is Rudra, the storm, its symbol a teardrop, and its ruling planet Rahu. Tradition reads in it intensity, questioning, renewal after the storm.
Attributes
- Deity : Rudra, the storm
- Symbol : a teardrop
- Lord : Rahu
- Animal (yoni) : the dog
Gana : Manushya (human)
A human temperament, between ambition and sensitivity.
The four padas
- Pada 1 : 6°40′ Gemini – 10°00′ Gemini · navamsa ♐︎ Sagittarius
- Pada 2 : 10°00′ Gemini – 13°20′ Gemini · navamsa ♑︎ Capricorn
- Pada 3 : 13°20′ Gemini – 16°40′ Gemini · navamsa ♒︎ Aquarius
- Pada 4 : 16°40′ Gemini – 20°00′ Gemini · navamsa ♓︎ Pisces
Each pada covers 3°20′. The 108 padas run through the zodiac nine times: the navamsa is the sign of that second cycle, which Vedic astrology reads as a shade of the first.
The Moon's next passages through Ardra
- From Friday 30 October at 04:32 to Saturday 31 October at 02:40
- From Thursday 26 November at 13:15 to Friday 27 November at 10:37
- From Thursday 24 December at 00:21 to Thursday 24 December at 21:15
- From Wednesday 20 January at 11:45 to Thursday 21 January at 08:52
Paris time, from the Moon's real position (NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa). The Moon goes round the 27 nakshatras in 27.3 days.
Deities, symbols and lords: Wikipedia's nakshatra table, after A. L. Basham (1954). Gana and yoni animal: checked against two Jyotish reference tables. The one-line readings are ours.