Venus in Ashlesha Nakshatra (Shukra in आश्लेषा)

Ashlesha, the 9th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 106°40′ – 120°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Cancer. Ashlesha is ruled by Mercury, so Venus in Ashlesha stands in Mercury’s star.

Venus and Mercury count each other a friend, so in Ashlesha the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Mercury rules, Jyeshtha and Revati, put Venus under the same star lord.

Venus in Ashlesha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Venus is in an enemy's sign in all four padas of Ashlesha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Cancer. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Venus’s strongest navamsa in Ashlesha is pada 4 (Pisces, exalted), and its weakest is pada 1 (Sagittarius, in a neutral sign).

Ashlesha pada 4 (Cancer 26°40′ – 30°00′) is gandanta: one of the six padas on the junction of a water sign and the fire sign after it, and Venus placed in that quarter of Ashlesha sits on the junction itself.

Neither Venus’s deepest exaltation (Pisces) nor its deepest debilitation (Virgo) degree falls inside Ashlesha, and Venus’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Ashlesha the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Venus’s dignity.

When Venus Is in Ashlesha, 2026–2028

• 23 June 2026: Venus enters Ashlesha, and leaves on 4 July 2026 — 11 days.
• 5 August 2027: Venus enters Ashlesha, and leaves on 16 August 2027 — 11 days.
• 16 September 2028: Venus enters Ashlesha, and leaves on 27 September 2028 — 11 days.

Those are the three spells Venus spends in Ashlesha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 33 days in all. Over the same span Venus stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Venus in Ashlesha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Ashlesha: what the tables locate there for Venus

Of the 84 complete spells Venus has in the table, in any nakshatra, the shortest is 10 days and the longest 43; the Ashlesha spells, at 11, 11 and 11 days, sit inside that range.

• 5 August 2027: Venus meets Ketu at 17° Cancer, in Ashlesha pada 1.
• 11 August 2027: Venus meets Mercury at 23° Cancer, in Ashlesha pada 3.
• 12 August 2027: Venus meets the Sun at 24° Cancer, in Ashlesha pada 3.

Ashlesha as the Setting for Venus

In the nakshatra tables Ashlesha’s deity is listed as Sarpas (Nagas) and its symbol as coiled snake; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Tikshna class (sharp). Those belong to Ashlesha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Ashlesha page. What changes with Venus is everything above: the dignities in Cancer, the relation to Mercury, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Venus in Ashlesha; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Venus in Cancer; Venus in all 27 nakshatras is on the Venus nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and astrology for beginners.

The Other Grahas in Ashlesha