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.
Revati
346°40'00" – 360°00'00" · lord Mercury
- Symbol
- Fish
- Deity
- Pushan
- Lord
- Mercury
- Gana
- Deva (divine — gentle, cooperative)
- Yoni
- Elephant
- Nadi
- Antya (kapha)
- Varna
- Shudra
- Element
- Ether
Revati is the last nakshatra — a fish swimming in the ocean of the sky, Pushan the protector of travellers for a deity, Mercury for a lord. It is gentle, imaginative and kind, with a strong protective instinct towards animals, children and anyone lost. Being the end of the cycle, it carries both completion and a certain wistfulness.
Strengths
Kindness, imagination, artistic sensitivity, and care for the vulnerable.
Needs watching
Over-sensitivity, difficulty with boundaries, and being taken advantage of.
Suited work: Travel and transport, the arts and music, veterinary and childcare work, spirituality, hospitality.
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.