VedaChartsNakshatra · #21 of 27
Uttara Ashadha
The latter invincible; the lasting victory
The patient invincible, the long game, played without flinching.
Traditional attributes
Ruling planet
☉ Sun
Deity
Vishvedevas
Symbol
An elephant's tusk; the planks of a bed
Gana
Manushya
Yoni
Mongoose (male)
Dosha
Kapha
Motivation
Moksha
Body part
Waist, thighs
Direction
South
Where it sits in the zodiac
Sign
Sagittarius
26°40' to 30°00'
Sign
Capricorn
0°00' to 10°00'
Pada syllables
The four padas (quarters) of Uttara Ashadha. In tradition, a child's first-letter name often comes from the syllable of the pada in which their Moon was placed.
Pada 1
Bhe
Pada 2
Bho
Pada 3
Ja
Pada 4
Ji
If your Moon is here
You play the long game. Your emotional life is built around patient, lasting victories, not quick wins. You are at your best when you trust the slow compound interest of steady effort and refuse to be rushed.
Temperament
Uttara Ashadha is the *later* invincible, the steady triumph that compounds over years. The Vishvedevas are the universal gods of dharma, and Uttara Ashadha people carry a sense that doing right repeatedly, over decades, is the actual work.
Where Purva Ashadha sprints, Uttara Ashadha walks. They tend to build careers, families, and reputations slowly, and they reach their full strength in middle age. The shadow is rigidity, the conviction that their slow path is the only valid path.
Strengths
Persistence, integrity, leadership through steadiness. Trusted across decades. Strong in roles that compound, legal practice, medicine, institutional leadership, slow craft.
Shadow
Inflexibility. Difficulty changing direction even when evidence demands it. Can be harsh on people who chose faster paths.
Relationships
Marriage-minded, traditional, devoted. Slow to commit, slow to leave. The relationships of this nakshatra are often lifelong.
Career & vocation
Law, medicine, government, finance, classical arts, religious institutions, anything that rewards a long, ethical career.