Coiled serpent
Ashlesha Nakshatra
The Embrace · 16°40'–30°00' Cancer
Deity
Nagas (serpent deities)
Ruling planet
Mercury
Gana
Rakshasa
Your gift
Ashlesha holds kundalini power. Hypnotic, intuitive, and deeply insightful. Masters of hidden knowledge.
Your shadow
Manipulation. Poison of the tongue. Coiling around others until they cannot breathe.
Career and calling
Occult, psychology, medicine, chemistry, snake handling, mysticism.
Love and relationships
All-consuming. Must guard against possessiveness.
Remedy
Chant Naga mantras on Panchami. Offer milk at a Shiva temple. Meditate on truthful speech.
Mantra for Ashlesha
ॐ नागाय नमः
Salutations to the serpent lords.
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