Stormy and transformative — you feel deeply and think fiercely. Upheaval clears the ground for your sharpest insights.
| Number | 6 of 27 |
| Span | 6°40′ – 20°00′ of Mithuna (Gemini) |
| Ruling planet | Rahu (Rahu) |
| Deity | Rudra — the storm |
| Symbol | a teardrop / gem |
Your birth nakshatra decides where the Vimshottari cycle starts for you. With the Moon in Ardra, life opens in a Rahu mahadasha — 18 years of an amplifying hunger for the new, the worldly, and the unconventional.
You are rarely born at the very beginning of it. The Moon’s exact position inside Ardra decides how much of that 18-year period was already spent before you arrived, which is why two people with the same nakshatra can still change chapters years apart. How the 120-year cycle works →
Is your Moon actually in Ardra? Find out free.
Reveal my timeline ✦ Computed live · nothing leaves your deviceStormy and transformative — you feel deeply and think fiercely. Upheaval clears the ground for your sharpest insights.
| Lean into | Watch for |
|---|---|
| Let the storm clear the ground for a sharper truth | Don’t spill your intensity onto people who didn’t cause it |
Every nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′ each. Which pada the Moon occupies refines the reading further.
| Pada | Degrees |
|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 6°40′ – 10°00′ Mithuna (Gemini) |
| Pada 2 | 10°00′ – 13°20′ Mithuna (Gemini) |
| Pada 3 | 13°20′ – 16°40′ Mithuna (Gemini) |
| Pada 4 | 16°40′ – 20°00′ Mithuna (Gemini) |
Rahu (Rahu). That matters for timing as well as temperament: if your Moon sits in Ardra at birth, your life opens in a Rahu mahadasha, which runs 18 years.
Ardra spans 6°40′ – 20°00′ of Mithuna (Gemini). Every nakshatra is exactly 13°20′ of the 360° zodiac, and the 27 of them divide it evenly.
The symbol is a teardrop / gem and the presiding deity is Rudra — the storm.