Nakshatra #9 · आश्लेषा

Ashlesha

106.67° – 120.00° sidereal · in Cancer

The embracer — Ashlesha natives have a serpentine quality: penetrating insight, hypnotic charm, healing touch, and sometimes venom. Mercury rules — sharp intellect; the Nagas as deities give occult depth and ancestral wisdom.

Lord

mercury

Deity

Nagas (serpent deities)

Symbol

Coiled serpent

Gana

Rakshasa

Nature

Sharp

Yoni (compatibility)

Cat (male)

Gender

female

Positive traits

•Penetrating insight
•Healing touch
•Strategic thinking
•Hypnotic presence

Shadow traits

•Manipulation
•Resentment held
•Venomous words when wounded

Suited professions

Surgery
Hypnotherapy
Strategic / intelligence work
Snake handling (literal or in mythology)