Nakshatra
Ardra
आर्द्रा · Moist one
Vimshottari lord: Rahu. A dasha is one planetary period in that scheme, a pada is a quarter of a nakshatra, and a navamsa is a ninth of a sign.
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Ardra falls wholly in Gemini, from 6 degrees 40 minutes to 20 degrees. Rahu is its lord in the Vimshottari dasha scheme, which gives it a period of 18 years, the third longest of the nine. Iyer's table names a star of Orionis for it. A navamsa is a ninth part of a sign, and the four quarters of Ardra take those named Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
The Brihat Jataka entry for the Moon in Ardra is not repeated on this page. Iyer's closing note on the chapter says its effects come in full only when the Moon is strong, and that condition covers every line.
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- The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira, tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer (1885)
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- The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira, tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer, 2nd ed. (1905)
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