Ashlesha - Naga
Aslesa - Aazlesha - Aayilyam - Ahideva - Ahidaivata - Bhujamgabha - Bhaujamga - Uraga - Vaba - Kak (Tibetan)
"Rama and Laxmana Bound by a Serpent" -- from The Huntington Archives
http://huntington.wmc.ohio-state.edu/public/index.cfm?fuseaction=showThisDetail&ObjectID=30029152
The Ninth Nakshatra
16:40 - 30:00 Karkata (Cancer)
Location = "the head of Hydra": delta, epsilon, eta, rho & sigma Hydrae
"The Clinging" - "The Embracing"
Azlesha:
intimate connection , contact
embracing , embrace
intwining, entanglement
adherence , clinging to
the seventh Nakshatra
serpent
uraga
"breast-going"', a serpent , snake, a female snake
a Naga (semi-divine serpent usually represented with a human face)
the Nakshatra Ashlesha (presided over by the Nagas)
lead
bhuja
a bending , curve: the arm, the breast, the hand, the trunk of an elephant, a branch , bough
coil of a serpent
gabha
"slit", the vulva
bhujaMgabha
" serpent-asterism" name of the Nakshatra Aslesha
"All the snake-like associations of clinging, creeping, and poison; of embracing and sexual union."
~~ Valerie Roebuck, Circle, p. 107
Hypnotizing, poisoning, squeezing - destruction of the victim.
"The Gods and the Demons were at war. The Gods made an offering to Ashlesha. This drove away the Demons. One who makes the appropriate offering to the Serpent God, to Ashlesha, drives away his hateful opponents.
In Ashlesha one can defeat one’s enemies. Through it one gains the poison of the serpent to use on others. Those born under Ashlesha make powerful warriors with powerful weapons."
~~ David Frawley, Fruits of Worshipping Each Nakshatra
Ashlesha, for females:
"... this person is careless and unclean about herself and the manner in which she dresses. She is not good-looking but indeed rather homely. She is distinguished by some disfigurement on face of body and is rather miserable and unhappy.
She has a secretive and rather bitter nature and is somewhat harsh and unkind in her dealings with others, where opportunity presents itself.
If she cultivated kindness and tact, her shortcomings might be forgotten by those with whom she comes in contract. But her attitude and appearance are not conducive to popularity."
~~ Shil-Ponde. (1939). Hindu Astrology Joytisha-Shastra. p 94.
Ashlesha in lagna: [Marilyn Monroe film actress & chanteuse; Alice Bailey, theosophical teacher]
Chandra in Ashlesha: [UK Queen Elizabeth II, actress Jane Fonda, actress Katie Holmes, entertainer Barbra Streisand, US Sec. State, Condoleezza Rice]
Ashlesha, for males:
"Outstanding characteristic of these people is their rather unpleasant and unsociable disposition. They are awkward and gauche in their manners and are not quick to profit by their mistakes because of their inability to adapt themselves tot heir surroundings and their apparent reluctance to be gracious or kind to others.
This attitude militates against success in life and is a barrier to progress. These people should live less introspectively and learn to appreciate the good in other people. They should cultivate the habit of doing things for others."
~~ Shil-Ponde. (1939). Hindu Astrology Joytisha-Shastra. p 82.
Chandra in Ashlesha: [P.M. Gordon Brown, musician Paul McCartney]
General Description of Ashlesha characteristics
General
General results of being born in Ashlesha Nakshatra:
You will possess the quality of a penetrating glare.
Character & general events: You will have difficulty showing gratitude. You may be of a duplicitous nature. You will possess the gift of intriguing speech. You have the qualifications of a leader, possibly as a politician. You will be very intelligent.
There is also an indication of being soft spoken and meek. But your external shyness may be misunderstood by others as arrogance. You are not easily swayed by others. Be cautious of this trait when dealing with those of questionable character.
You do not keep any distinction between rich or poor, good or bad. You work well independently & would be suited towards managerial positions. You are not of a cheating nature, but are often mistaken by others. You have difficulty distinguishing between those who are truly in need and those who are not.
You enjoy being recognized for your good deeds. You will be lucky & popular, but have difficulty controlling your temper. You may lose it at inappropriate times and remain silent when it may be necessary. You will have difficulty enjoying your fortune, mainly due to poor association. You will be the recipient of anonymous donations.
3 . Education, sources of income/profession: You may have your education in arts or commerce. In the professional field, you will get speedy promotions & sudden reversals. A heavy loss of money at the age of 35-36th years of age and unexpected and unearned income when you are 40 years of old.
4. Family life: You will have to shoulder much of the family responsibilities, due mainly to your being the eldest. You may experience some miscommunication with your spouse in the realm of finances.
5. Health: You may suffer from intestinal disorders. Be aware of addictive tendencies with intoxication.
Description of the Padaa (quarters) of Ashlesha
Padaa 1
You are rich, kind and intelligent. You will earn your living through automobiles. You will be respected by your community. Your will be amiable and cause no trouble to others.
Padaa 2
You will have difficulty saving large amounts of money. Be mindful of serious curable and preventable diseases.
Padaa 3
You may experience some discord with your relatives. You may suffer from venereal diseases. This moon placement indicates a troubled relationship with your mother.
Padaa 4
There is difficulty for both the father & mother together in a short span of time. Also, you may find that sometimes you earn your money in ways which you must keep somewhat secret, & that also may take place far away from your place of birth.
Description of the Four Padaa (quarters) of Ashlesha
from: Shil-Ponde. (1939). Hindu Astrology Joytisha-Shastra. p 107.
Padaa 1
Usually laborers and people of the service type... Bold, daring, thoughtless and cruel; ungrateful, easily angered, and quite stupid. Cause of great anxiety and misery to the mother; may sell and use drugs; quite often contracts venereal diseases
Drug peddlers are found in the first quarter.
Padaa 2
Thieves or people who borrow money with no intention of returning it are found in the second part
Padaa 3
and when the third and fourth parts are rising, the father of the native will suffer much financially thought the native's acts.
Padaa 4
same as padaa-3
from BPHS, Ch. 94
"Remedies from the Effects of Birth in Jyestha Gandanta"
(Ranjan edition, 1995, p. 1035 Vol 2.)
11-13
"A boy or girl born in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th quarter of Ashlesha nakshatra destroys his/her mother-in-law
and
a boy or girl born in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th quarter of Moola nakshatra becomes the destroyer (cause of death) of his/her father-in-law.
Therefore, suitable measures, as may be possible within one's means, should be taken at the time of the marriage of such boys and girls. There will be no evil effect if the husband has no elder brothers.
9. Ashlesha -- 16:40 - 30:00 Kataka
Ruler:
Body part:
Ears of Kalapurushaa
Related activities:
Auspicious events: Fierce competition, things relating to serpents, as in serpent puja, things relating to poison, rash actions, starting a business, money exchange. [BPHS]
Deity:
Sarpas (Snake that became a God) or Naga
Symbol:
coiled snake
Gana/Caste:
Demonic / Rakshasa
Tibetan deity forms:
Kak - goddess
Dengchen Lhamo, Dragon-tailed goddess
Barbara Pijan Lama Jyotisha, comments on Ashlesha:
One item of confirmation for the 05:00 birth time of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President of the United States, is L.B. Johnson's legendary Cheapness and compulsive re-use of personal items.
"Poor Mouth"
Also, Johnson was famous for "poor mouth" behavior - pretending to be subsistence poor and in debt, while in reality he was one of the richest men in America at the time. Snake-like Ashlesha is known for secreting away piles of money while "squeezing" money from sympathetic others by pretending to be terribly poor.
However, they are capable of supervising greed and waste of corporations and governments on a massive scale.
The compulsion is strictly personal.
According to Wikipedia, "Johnson was famously frugal.
Even as President, White House tapes recorded him asking a photographer to take his family portraits for free, saying he was a very poor man living on a weekly paycheck and had a very great deal of financial debt. In fact Johnson was a multimillionaire, but he still wasn't charged for the photographic portraits.
The White House press corps made jokes at his expense regarding his habit of turning off all lights in the White House when the rooms were not in use.
Johnson's secretary revealed years later that he would wash and reuse Styrofoam cups."
("Fresca" = a bitter soft drink made from grapefruit juice and carbonated water.)
Denial of Wealth
The compulsion to seek poverty discounts and behaviors of extreme, compulsive frugality - even when one is quite wealthy -- is a known behavior of manipulative Ashlesha nakshatra.
Embezzling, False Billing, and Stealing
Ashlesha may overtly or covertly steal resources from others in the compulsive belief that there is "no other way" for one to obtain these "life sustaining essentials". Ashlesha is very quiet and is rarely detected in the act of theft. Ashlesha does not intend to harm. This one is simply obsessively trying to "get what one desperately needs". This nakshatra does not engage in violent crime; and the Serpent almost always works alone in its manipulative schemes.
Ashlesha professionals such as physicians, psychologists, accountants or attorneys may feel a compulsive need to "squeeze" profits from large "parental" organizations such as charities and governments by false invoicing or billing for services not rendered. (See Chandra in Ashlesha for the core emotional trauma profile.)
Ashlesha are very quiet and unassuming during their "squeezing" operations; they have skilled record-keeping knowledge (Budha-ruled) and endurance to pursue small-dose, long-term accumulations. Ashlesha are famous shop-lifters, pick-pockets, & embezzlers. Even the very wealthy Ashlesha may steal food.
Control Fixation on small, personal objects
Ashlesha natives are famous for writing (quite long) letters on scraps of multiple old envelopes and in the margins of already-used correspondence. But this is not just modern recycling ethic! It is an obsessive need to "squeeze" more usage out of a resource or an object.
Ashlesha have a deep self-loathing which expresses control fixation upon small, personal-use objects (writing paper, drinking cups, plastic water bottles, tea-bags, razor blades, toothbrushes, undergarments...)
Ashlesha illnesses
The Ashlesha native can make oneself quite sick from toxicity or infection, due to compulsive reuse of intimate personal items without being able to relinquish control enough to wash or replace the item.
See: Ashlesha lagna for educated woman who died of long-term poisoning from compulsively reusing old tea-bags.
Ashlesha compulsion vs. "socially responsible practice"
In our era of shrinking natural resources and astronomically expanding global population, the ethic of "reduce, reuse, recycle" is commendably promoted throughout the modern world. Choosing to "squeeze" more utility from a resource or an object, before disposing of it, or "going without" an environmentally expensive luxury such as air-conditioning, is a noble social practice in many cases.
What makes Ashlesha's behavior different from modern and traditional conservation practices is (1) the compulsive quality and (2) cheap, tight control on personal items (drinking cups, razor blades) while happily allowing the greater world to "run amok".
Ashlesha rarely has a rational, altruistic global conservation motive. Its concerns are strictly personal. Also, Ashlesha is unable to stop hoarding, stealing, scrimping, saving, and obsessively re-using -- even in the face of abundant natural resources or personal wealth.
Socially responsible practices like "reduce, re-use, recycle" are rational programs of social behavior change that are sensible responses to limitations in global environmental resources.
Reusing one's razor blades until the face bleeds with shaving, or drinking from an unwashed teacup after red mould has grown around the rim, or compulsively over-billing for professional services when the legitimate billing would still create a very substantial profit, are not rational responses to environmental stress. They are compulsive behaviors, connected with Ashlesha's deep trauma of not being able to get the attention of the distracted parent, without slithering into their lap and "squeezing" to get affection.
intercalary nakshatra = Abhijit
updated: 06 January 2009
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