Aslesha

• Nakshatra Deity: Sarpas (Serpents)
• Symbols: Coiled Snake, Circle, Wheel, Female Cat
• Kind: Teekshana / Daruna / Cruel
• Facing or Looking Towards: Adho Mukha (facing downwards)

• Nick Name: Star of Embracing, Entwiner, clinging star
• Foundation Above: Approach of the Serpent.
• Foundation Below: Agitation / Trembling.
• Desire: To overcome enemies.
• Shakti (Power): Visha-Asleshana Shakti – To inflict poison and destroy the victim.  

• Puranic Stories:
  1. Vinata – Kadruva – Eggs – Snakes – Birds 
  2. Adisesha avatars like Balarama and Lakshmana
  3. Janamejaya – Takshaka Snake – Sarpa Yagna – Astika 

Vinata – Kadruva – Eggs – Snakes – Birds 

• Kashyapa Prajapati is the father of the universe. He created all the species with the help of his several wives.
• Vinata – is one of the wives of Kashyapa, is the mother of birds. 
• Kadruva – is another wife, who is the mother of Snakes.
• They were jealous of each other. 
• They were playing games and betting against each other. The one who loses has to be the slave of the other.  
• Kadruva wanted a win by hook or crook, cheated Vinata. Vinata became a slave of Kadruva. 
• Vinata gave birth to two eggs, while Kadruva gave birth to thousands of eggs. 
• The eggs of Kadruva started to break and many snakes started coming out. 
• Vinata was jealous about having kids, are broke one of her two eggs. 
• Out of the egg, came out Anooruva (one with no thighs) and cursed his mother for breaking her egg early and making him crippled. He was a very strong man and later became the chariot rider of Sun.
• The second son of Vinata, is Garuda – who was instrumental in getting Vinata out of slavery. 

Adishesha’s Avatars – Lakshmana & Bala Rama 

• They were very aggressive in making decisions – always will do things hurriedly. 
• Lakshmana did not sleep at all during the vanavasa. 

Janamejaya – Takshaka Snake – Astika – Sarpa Satra (Yagna)

• Parikshit (the grandson of Arjuna, son of Abhimanyu) was the only person that could live after the Mahabharata. 
• Parikshit was protected by Krishna – as Krishna entered the womb when Parikshit was at an embryo stage. The embryo started seeing Vishnu with Shanka, Chakra etc – so he is named as Parikshit. 
• Parikshit was bitten by a snake and later died, due to a curse of a Rishi’s son (for insulting the Rishi with a dead snake). 
• Janamejaya (the son of Parikshit) did Sarpa Yagna due to invoke all snakes to fall into the fire of the Yagna.    
• Astika (Son of Jaratkaru – and Jaratkaru Manasa Devi) stopped the yagna – asking Janamejaya to restore balance / order in the world. 

సర్పాణాం ఆశ్రేషా అభ్యాగచ్చంతః పరస్తాత్ అభ్యానృత్యంతో అవస్తాత్

Sarpanaam = Snakes are (Also can be read as 2 Snakes are)

Asresha = 2 things – twined into one – (Like a phrase where the words have different meanings individually, but the phrase will carry a different meaning)

Abhyagachchantaha = will come very near to something like achievement. Will leave it there and try another one. Sudden changes in life.

AbhyaNrityanto = will hurriedly approach something. After having tried many things prior to this, in the old age native tries to hurriedly achieve something. There can be interest in dancing.

• Will  keep doing the same thing for years together. 
• Will protect a lot of wealth as a guardian. Can be working as cashiers etc in bank. If the native earns, he will be very carefully spending and guards his wealth to be given to the next generation.
• Snakes do not build their dwellings, they dwell in ant-hills. Usually, Aslesha will buy 2nd hand homes or will have to live in company provided quarters – while their own homes are rented out for good money. 
• Snakes follow a curved path – life is curvy, will take a long time to settle or study will something and will be employed in something else.
• Could be working slaves to bosses. Depending on societies and culture, could work like a slave to spouse’s parents and the spouse.
• Snakes do not have ears. Could have a problem in ears. 
• Snakes do not have legs, may be paralyzed or may have problems in walking. Afflictions are other combinations are mandatory.
• May sleep with eyes – half open.
• Premature deliveries, under developed body parts, abortions – can be possible.
• Native usually remembers enemies and will do a tit-for-tat.  

Coiled Serpent: Snakes stay coiled up for a long time to conserve heat in them. Native will remain in same place for a long time. 

Female Cat: Female cats are more aggressive than male cats. They usually protect their children. Natives are like this, they nurture their kids very well. 

Circle / Wheel: Natives may reinvent the wheel in many things. Natives may go in circles around many things.

Yoga Tara: 19th Deg

Other Special Degrees: 

*Ex – Exaltation

*Db – Debilitation

*MB – Mrityu Bhaga