The Nakshatras

Ardra

Nakshatra 6 · ruled by Rahu · Rudra

The sixth mansion, a teardrop under the storm-god Rudra — clearing rain.

Ardra is the storm that breaks before the sky clears: intense feeling that dissolves the old to make room for the new. Its upheaval renews, and its lesson is to let the weather pass without becoming the storm.