Uttara Ashadha is the latter invincible one, and where Purva wins the argument, Uttara wins the war — slowly, permanently, by being right and staying. Its deities are the Vishvadevas, the universal gods who stand for the whole, and the nakshatra is about integrity: people with the Moon here are principled, dutiful, ambitious for a good name and willing to work a lifetime for it. They are respected more than they are liked, and do not mind.
The Sun rules the nakshatra and it straddles two signs — the first pada in Jupiter's Sagittarius, the last three in Saturn's Capricorn. In Sagittarius the Moon is warm and idealistic; in Capricorn the Sun's authority is disciplined by Saturn into the statesman, the administrator, the builder of institutions. A Moon here starts life in the Sun mahadasha, six years at most, and the Moon's period follows early.
The four padas of Uttara Ashadha
Each nakshatra is divided into four padas of 3°20′. The pada says which sign the Moon is in when a nakshatra straddles two, and which navamsa (the ninth-harmonic sign) it falls in — the finer grain astrologers read for temperament and marriage.
| Pada | Span | Sign | Navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26°40′–30°00′ | Sagittarius | Sagittarius |
| 2 | 0°00′–3°20′ | Capricorn | Capricorn |
| 3 | 3°20′–6°40′ | Capricorn | Aquarius |
| 4 | 6°40′–10°00′ | Capricorn | Pisces |
Uttara Ashadha in kundli matching
Three of the eight kootas of guna milan are read from the nakshatra alone. Yoni (Mongoose): the instinctive match by the nakshatra's animal — Sheep and Monkey are its friends; the Serpent is its enemy. Gana (Manushya): human — practical, mixed, of this world; the same or a compatible gana scores in full. Nadi (Antya): the last pulse, kapha; two Moons in the same nadi are the heaviest dosha, with the classical exemptions. Check a match to see all eight for two charts.
Born under Uttara Ashadha
The Vimshottari dasha starts from the nakshatra of the natal Moon. A Moon in Uttara Ashadha begins life in the Sun mahadasha of 6 years, less the part already spent by the Moon's degree within the nakshatra; the further into Uttara Ashadha the Moon stood, the shorter the balance at birth. The exact balance needs the degree, which your free kundli gives.