नक्षत्र · Nakshatra 6 of 27 · 6°40′–20°00′ Mithuna
आर्द्रा Ārdrā(Ardra)
Data
| Span | 6°40′–20°00′ Mithuna |
|---|---|
| Lord | राहु Rāhu |
| Deity | Rudra, the storm god — the howler who clears the air |
| Symbol | A teardrop; a gemstone glistening after rain |
| Gana | manushya |
| Temperament | Sharp and stormy (tīkṣṇa) — intensity of feeling that renews like a monsoon. |
Ardra, 'the moist one', is the tear that clears the eye and the storm that clears the sky: these natives feel deeply, think fiercely, and are unafraid of life's turbulent passages. Far from an unlucky star, Ardra gives brilliant, unconventional minds — its gift is renewal, and its natives are often exactly who you want beside you when things fall apart, because they know how to rebuild.
Cited fromTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5BPHS, Chs. 46–49BPHS, Ch. 6Nakshatra tradition
पद · The four padas
| Pada | Reading (by navamsa) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dhanu navāṁśa (Jupiter): the storm finds meaning — turbulence transmuted into philosophy and teaching. |
| 2 | Makara navāṁśa (Saturn): disciplined intensity — engineering order out of chaos. |
| 3 | Kumbha navāṁśa (Saturn): the radical scientist — original, humanitarian, systems-minded. |
| 4 | Mīna navāṁśa (Jupiter): rain becomes compassion — deep empathy born of one's own storms. |
Sources
- Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5Taittiriya Brahmana 1.5 (with parallels in Taittiriya Samhita 4.4.10 and Atharva Veda 19.7): the Vedic nakshatra lists with their presiding deities. Vedic corpus, public domain.
- BPHS, Chs. 46–49Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Chs. 46–49 (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): the Vimshottari dasha as the foremost dasha system — sequence and years (Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17; total 120), effects of each graha's dasha, and antardasha doctrine. Sanskrit classic, public domain.
- BPHS, Ch. 6Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Ch. 6 'The Sixteen Divisions of a Rashi' (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): the navamsa (D9) scheme underlying the pada framework — each pada of 3°20′ is one navamsa. Sanskrit classic, public domain.
- Nakshatra traditionCommon Jyotish nakshatra doctrine — symbols, the deva/manushya/rakshasa gana classification, and temperament — standardized across muhurta and jataka manuals and consistent from the medieval synthesis treatises (e.g., Jataka Parijata) onward. Editorial synthesis in our own words; no copyrighted translation reproduced.