Your yoni is an animal temperament, and you do not choose it: it comes from the nakshatra the Moon occupied when you were born. Twenty-seven nakshatras share fourteen animals between them, each animal usually holding one male nakshatra and one female, which is why two people can share a yoni and still differ.
Classical matching uses yoni to read the instinctive, physical layer of a partnership, the part that has little to do with values or conversation. It is one of the eight kutas of Ashtakoot, worth four points, and the seven enmity pairs below are where it deducts them.
Yoni is not BNN. Bhrigu Nandi Nadi reads a partnership through karakas, yutis and yatra timing, not through Ashtakoot points. Yoni is published here as classical reference. For the BNN view of a match, use BNN Match.
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Serpent yoni
| Sanskrit | Sarpa |
|---|---|
| Natural enemy | Mongoose |
| Nakshatras | Rohini, Mrigashira |
Nature
Private, magnetic and very hard to read.
Still on the surface and highly alert underneath. The serpent yoni observes far more than it reveals, and strikes only when it has decided.
Temperament
Serpent-yoni natives are the most private of the fourteen. They read a room instantly, remember what they read, and give away almost nothing in return. This makes them compelling and slightly unnerving; people are drawn to them without being able to say what they actually think. They are capable of great devotion, but it is earned slowly and withdrawn without announcement.
Strengths
- Reads people and situations with unusual accuracy
- Magnetic presence without effort
- Keeps confidences absolutely
- Waits with patience for the right moment
Cautions
- Secretive where openness would serve better
- Withdraws instead of addressing a problem
- Long, quiet resentment
- Can be cutting when finally provoked
Pairing
Intense with its own kind. Hardest with Mongoose, the one temperament that is entirely unafraid of it, which a serpent experiences as constant challenge.