Ashwini [Aries 0 to Aries 13-20']

 

Ashwini [Aries 0 to Aries 13-20'] 

Actions: Installing an Deity / idol - avahani, thread ceremony - upanayanam, parting of hair on the head - Simontan, shaving - cuda karanam, education - vidya rambhan, etc., agriculture.

Nature: Masculine, Vaishyas, spiritual, gentle, looking forward, sight weak, lunar, no. of stars 3, ruled by demigod the Ashwini kumars, traders, shaped like a horse's head, short, Kul.

Direction: looking forward.

ASHWINI is a deva or godly star, auspicious in nature, and is related to the Ashwini-Kumaras, demigods/devas who ride in a golden chariot, healing people, bringing light and happiness.  Ideas to be gleaned from this star are the light of dawn, the transport of goods, and performance of miracles.
          When this star is on the ascendant, we find a likeable person with a lovely appearance, well-dressed and ornamented, efficient in work, living by respectable means, and the prominent member of the family.  It is a resolute person, able to control eating habits, happy, carefree and modest, though more financially successful than most.

 The star Aswini rules horses and their dealers and riders, physicians (this star presides over the celestial physicians, the Aswini Kumaras), merchants, attractive personalities, attendants, astrologers, and commandants.

1st Pada: THE MOON AT;      0 degrees to 3-20 degrees Aries;
 Of unsteady mind, having sinful attachments, indulg-ing in sensual pleasures and with a tendency to criticize others.
2nd Pada: THE MOON AT;      3-20 degrees to 6-40 degrees Aries;
Having scriptural knowledge; having many talents, a jack of all trades;  handsome in appearance and a good learner.
3rd Pada: THE MOON AT;       6-40 degrees to l0 degrees Aries;
Mathematical talents; earning by physical labor; a good teacher or advertiser; suffering from piles; a villainous streak.
4th Pada: THE MOON AT;      10 degrees to 13-20 degrees Aries;
  Effeminate; wise, truthful, rich, liked by the opposite sex, knowledge of astrology.

Doshas / blemishes in the nakshatras found at:
ASWINI:
1st Pada:  Not good for the child or for the father
2nd Pada: Good
3rd Pada: Good
4th Pada: Good

Remedial upaaya to be performed:
Gifts of Gold to the Deity or to the Vaishnavas and brahmanas.