Goal-driven and determined, you fix on a target and close the gap. Ambition is your engine; patience is your lesson.
| Number | 16 of 27 |
| Span | 20°00′ Tula (Libra) – 3°20′ Vrishchika (Scorpio) |
| Ruling planet | Guru (Jupiter) |
| Deity | Indra-Agni — power & fire |
| Symbol | a triumphal archway |
Your birth nakshatra decides where the Vimshottari cycle starts for you. With the Moon in Vishakha, life opens in a Guru mahadasha — 16 years of an expansion of wisdom, luck, and meaningful growth.
You are rarely born at the very beginning of it. The Moon’s exact position inside Vishakha decides how much of that 16-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 Vishakha? Find out free.
Reveal my timeline ✦ Computed live · nothing leaves your deviceGoal-driven and determined, you fix on a target and close the gap. Ambition is your engine; patience is your lesson.
| Lean into | Watch for |
|---|---|
| Fix on the target and close the gap | Don’t burn out chasing the goal faster than it will come |
Every nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′ each. Which pada the Moon occupies refines the reading further.
| Pada | Degrees |
|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 20°00′ – 23°20′ Tula (Libra) |
| Pada 2 | 23°20′ – 26°40′ Tula (Libra) |
| Pada 3 | 26°40′ – 30°00′ Tula (Libra) |
| Pada 4 | 0°00′ – 3°20′ Vrishchika (Scorpio) |
Guru (Jupiter). That matters for timing as well as temperament: if your Moon sits in Vishakha at birth, your life opens in a Guru mahadasha, which runs 16 years.
Vishakha spans 20°00′ Tula (Libra) – 3°20′ Vrishchika (Scorpio). Every nakshatra is exactly 13°20′ of the 360° zodiac, and the 27 of them divide it evenly.
The symbol is a triumphal archway and the presiding deity is Indra-Agni — power & fire.