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Nakshatra quarter

Ashlesha pada 1

The Sagittarius navamsa, ruled by Jupiter. Ashlesha as a whole.

Ashlesha

What this quarter carries

Ashlesha pada 1 expresses psychological awareness and strategic thinking in direct and assertive ways.

Why the four quarters differ

A nakshatra is 13°20' wide and divides into four padas of 3°20'. Each pada is one navamsa, so the four quarters of Ashlesha fall in four consecutive navamsa signs — this one in Sagittarius. The birth star supplies the impulse; the navamsa decides what it is pointed at. That is why two people sharing Ashlesha are not reading the same chart.

This quarter spans 106°40' to 110°00' of the zodiac measured from the start of Aries.

What is crossing it

Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu hold a pada for weeks or months, so these are periods rather than moments. Dates are to the day.

How this is put together

The navamsa for a quarter is counted, not looked up: the hundred and eight padas of the zodiac run through the twelve signs nine times from the start of Ashwini. The crossings come from the ephemeris.

The illustration is a symbolic one, drawn from the motifs traditionally associated with this reading. It is artwork rather than a canonical icon — nothing in the reading depends on it.