The 27 Nakshatras

Deity, symbol, ruling planet and personality for every lunar mansion. Use the nakshatra calculator to find your own birth star. Nakshatra Calculator →

Ashwini

Ashwini natives are quick starters — healers, rescuers and pioneers who act before others finish thinking, though patience with slow processes is their lifelong lesson.

Bharani

Bharani carries the energy of bearing and transformation — natives shoulder heavy responsibilities, hold strong values, and often stand at thresholds of profound change.

Krittika

Krittika cuts through pretence — natives are sharp, purifying and protective, with a fiery honesty that burns falsehood but must be tempered with warmth.

Rohini

Rohini is the Moon’s favourite — natives are magnetic, artistic and growth-oriented, drawing abundance naturally but needing to guard against material attachment.

Mrigashira

Mrigashira is the seeker — gentle, curious natives forever on a quest for the finer thing, the deeper answer, the better place; restlessness is both gift and challenge.

Ardra

Ardra natives grow through storms — intense feelers and penetrating thinkers whose breakthroughs come after upheaval, often excelling in research and technology.

Punarvasu

Punarvasu means "return of the light" — natives are resilient optimists who recover, rebuild and renew, carrying a generous, philosophical spirit.

Pushya

Pushya is the most nourishing nakshatra — natives are caretakers, teachers and providers, deeply dutiful, considered supremely auspicious for all beginnings except marriage.

Ashlesha

Ashlesha holds serpent wisdom — hypnotic, strategic and perceptive natives who read people effortlessly; their power uplifts when guided by ethics.

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Magha

Magha is the seat of ancestral authority — natives carry natural dignity and leadership, honouring lineage and tradition while seeking recognition worth earning.

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Purva Phalguni

Purva Phalguni celebrates life — creative, romantic and pleasure-loving natives who bring joy wherever they go, learning over time to pair enjoyment with commitment.

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Uttara Phalguni

Uttara Phalguni is the nakshatra of noble alliances — dependable, generous natives who honour their word, thrive in partnerships and lead through service.

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Hasta

Hasta is skill embodied — dexterous, clever and industrious natives who make things with their hands and minds, wit and healing being their signature crafts.

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Chitra

Chitra is the divine architect’s star — natives possess a designer’s eye and charisma, building beautiful, structured things and lives; vanity is the shadow to watch.

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Swati

Swati bends without breaking — independent, diplomatic natives who flourish through flexibility, trade and self-made growth away from their roots.

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Vishakha

Vishakha is single-pointed ambition — determined natives who pursue goals across years, unstoppable once committed; balance keeps their victories sweet.

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Anuradha

Anuradha blooms in adversity like a lotus in mud — devoted, organisation-minded natives who succeed through friendship, discipline and quiet persistence.

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Jyeshtha

Jyeshtha means "the eldest" — natives carry protective seniority, sharp intelligence and hidden occult depth, guarding what they love with fierce responsibility.

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Mula

Mula digs to the root — investigative natives who must reach the foundation of every matter, dismantling the false to plant the true; philosophy and healing suit them.

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Purva Ashadha

Purva Ashadha is the invincible wave — proud, persuasive natives who declare early victories and carry others along on conviction and charm.

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Uttara Ashadha

Uttara Ashadha wins the lasting victory — patient, principled natives whose success arrives later but stays, built on universal rather than personal goals.

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Shravana

Shravana is the listening star — learned natives who absorb, connect and transmit knowledge; teaching, media and counsel are natural homes.

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Dhanishta

Dhanishta keeps the cosmic rhythm — musical, wealthy-minded natives who synchronise groups, excelling wherever timing, rhythm and resources meet.

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Shatabhisha

Shatabhisha is the hundred physicians — secretive, scientific natives drawn to healing, research and the mysteries behind the veil; solitude restores them.

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Purva Bhadrapada

Purva Bhadrapada burns for a cause — intense, idealistic natives capable of great sacrifice and radical transformation, walking between worlds.

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Uttara Bhadrapada

Uttara Bhadrapada is the deep still water — wise, restrained natives whose calm hides oceanic depth; they anchor families and causes for the long haul.

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Revati

Revati is the safe harbour — compassionate, protective natives who guide travellers and complete cycles; the zodiac ends in their gentle, generous waters.