The zodiac divides two ways. Twelve signs of 30° each track the Sun; twenty-seven nakshatras of 13°20′ each track the Moon — one for roughly every day of the Moon's journey around the chart. The nakshatra your Moon occupied at birth is your Janma Nakshatra, and it does more work in Vedic astrology than the sign does: its ruling planet starts your Vimshottari dasha sequence, and how far the Moon had travelled through it decides the dasha balance you were born with.
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Shravana nakshatra
| Ruling planet | Moon |
|---|---|
| Span | 10°00′ – 23°20′ Capricorn |
| Sign | Capricorn |
| Symbol | An ear; three footprints |
| Deity | Vishnu — the preserver |
| Gana | Deva |
| Yoni | Monkey |
| Nadi | Antya |
What it means
Listening. Shravana learns by hearing and ends up being the person who knows everyone and remembers what was said. The Moon in Capricorn gives a retentive, reputation-conscious mind — strong for scholarship, teaching, media and counselling.
The power to connect — samhanana shakti .
Characteristics
- Learns by listening
- Retentive memory
- Extremely well connected
- Conscious of reputation
- Traditional and scholarly
- Receptive — makes others feel heard
Where it tends to work
- Teaching and scholarship
- Media, broadcasting and podcasting
- Languages and translation
- Counselling and advisory work
- Music
Caution
What it hears, it repeats — and it minds too much what is being said about it when it is not in the room.
Predictive Role
Characteristics
The Four Padas
Each nakshatra divides into four quarters of 3°20′. The pada decides which sign the Moon falls in on the Navamsa (D9) chart — which is why two people born hours apart in the same nakshatra can read quite differently.
| Pada | Range | Navamsa sign | Navamsa lord |
|---|
Where It Tends To Work
Nakshatra attributes — gana, yoni and nadi — are fixed traditional classifications and are used in Ashtakoot matching. They describe tendencies, not verdicts: no single nakshatra placement decides a life on its own, and it must be read alongside the rest of the chart.