Ashwini
The healers of dawn
Identity card
| Position | 0°00’ – 13°20’ Aries |
|---|---|
| Stars | Sheratan and Mesarthim (β and γ of Aries) |
| Symbol | a horse’s head |
| Deity | the Ashwini Kumara, the physicians of the gods |
| Planet | Ketu |
| Gana | Deva (divine) |
| Yoni | horse |
| Temperament | Kshipra (light, swift) |
| Key word | to begin |
From Vol. II
Ashwini carries the speed of one who carries no weight. You only truly begin when you travel light.
Portrait of Ashwini
Lights
Those born with the Moon in Ashwini bring a morning quality to the way they feel. There is freshness, there is candour, there is that kind of simple courage that has no need to be heroic: it jumps in, and that is that.
Shadows
The shadows are the exact reverse of the light. The first is impatience: other people’s slowness is a physical pain, and their own — when life imposes it — a humiliation.
In love
In love Ashwini is the first chapter of every story: the meeting, the spark, the phase in which everything is possible. That is where these people give their best — generous, enthusiastic, able to make the other feel at the centre of a world that is starting again.
At work
Ashwini’s professional talent is single and unmistakable: starting from zero. Getting things going, founding, opening, coming to the rescue — every situation in which there is no road yet and one has to be invented in a hurry.
The rest is in Vol. II “I Nakshatra”, chapter 6. The texts on this page are translated from the Italian edition. The book
Living Ashwini well
- Choose one project, just one, and carry it through to the end as a spiritual practice.
- Use movement as meditation — walking, running, swimming.
The cards and the stars are a prompt for reflection. They do not predict the future with certainty and are no substitute for doctors, psychologists, lawyers or financial advisers.