The Moon's 27 mansions
Nakshatras
The zodiac divided into 27 spans of 13°20' each, one for every day of the Moon's circuit.
Shravana
280°00'00" – 293°20'00" · lord Moon
- Symbol
- Ear
- Deity
- Vishnu
- Lord
- Moon
- Gana
- Deva (divine — gentle, cooperative)
- Yoni
- Monkey
- Nadi
- Antya (kapha)
- Varna
- Mleccha
- Element
- Air
Shravana is listening — the ear is its symbol, Vishnu its deity, the Moon its lord. Knowledge here arrives by hearing rather than reading, and this is the nakshatra of the teacher, the counsellor and the person everyone tells things to. It gives an unusually good memory for what people said and a reputation built on being trustworthy with it.
Strengths
Listening, learning, teaching, and a reputation for discretion and good counsel.
Needs watching
Gossip if the discretion fails; over-sensitivity to what is said about oneself.
Suited work: Teaching and counselling, media and languages, law, medicine, public relations.
Gana, yoni and nadi are the three attributes used in marriage matching; the varna and tattva describe temperament and element. The reading below describes the nakshatra itself, not the whole chart — the Moon's nakshatra is the strongest single indicator of temperament, but it is one factor among many.