Quick, pioneering, and physically restless — you begin things others hesitate to touch. Healing and fresh starts follow you, but so does impatience.
| Number | 1 of 27 |
| Span | 0°00′ – 13°20′ of Mesha (Aries) |
| Ruling planet | Ketu (Ketu) |
| Deity | Ashwini Kumaras — celestial healers |
| Symbol | a horse’s head |
Your birth nakshatra decides where the Vimshottari cycle starts for you. With the Moon in Ashwini, life opens in a Ketu mahadasha — 7 years of a long inward tide that keeps loosening whatever no longer fits.
You are rarely born at the very beginning of it. The Moon’s exact position inside Ashwini decides how much of that 7-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 →
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Reveal my timeline ✦ Computed live · nothing leaves your deviceQuick, pioneering, and physically restless — you begin things others hesitate to touch. Healing and fresh starts follow you, but so does impatience.
| Lean into | Watch for |
|---|---|
| Trust your first instinct and start before you overthink | Don’t abandon what you began the moment it slows |
Every nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′ each. Which pada the Moon occupies refines the reading further.
| Pada | Degrees |
|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 0°00′ – 3°20′ Mesha (Aries) |
| Pada 2 | 3°20′ – 6°40′ Mesha (Aries) |
| Pada 3 | 6°40′ – 10°00′ Mesha (Aries) |
| Pada 4 | 10°00′ – 13°20′ Mesha (Aries) |
Ketu (Ketu). That matters for timing as well as temperament: if your Moon sits in Ashwini at birth, your life opens in a Ketu mahadasha, which runs 7 years.
Ashwini spans 0°00′ – 13°20′ of Mesha (Aries). Every nakshatra is exactly 13°20′ of the 360° zodiac, and the 27 of them divide it evenly.
The symbol is a horse’s head and the presiding deity is Ashwini Kumaras — celestial healers.