Revati Nakshatra (रेवती)

Revati belongs to Pushan, the god who guards travellers and herds and finds what is lost. Its symbol is a fish, or a drum. It is the last nakshatra, the end of the journey, and Pushan guides souls safely across.

Your janma (birth) nakshatra is the one the Moon occupied when you were born. It is read as the clearest picture of the mind and temperament. When the Moon is in Revati:

Gentle and nurturing, you guide others through transitions: journeys, endings and new beginnings. Compassion and imagination are your gifts.

Revati gives kindness, imagination and a protective nature. These people are gentle and helpful, especially to the weak, the young and animals. They are creative and intuitive, and they help others through transitions. They can be too trusting.

The nakshatra is one layer of a chart. The sign the Moon is in, the planets aspecting it and the rest of the chart all change how these traits show.

Travel and transport, care of children or animals, the arts, healing, and spiritual work.

Gentle, romantic and devoted. They need a partner who is kind and protects their sensitivity.

Each nakshatra is divided into four padas (quarters) of 3°20′. Each pada falls in a navamsa sign, which colours the nakshatra with that sign's temperament. This is why two people born in the same nakshatra can read quite differently.

In the naming tradition (namakarana) followed across India and Nepal, a child's name begins with the syllable of the pada the Moon occupied at birth. For Revati the four syllables are:

You need the pada, not just the nakshatra, so the birth time matters. A few panchangs differ by a syllable, so families often follow the one their priest uses. Find the nakshatra and pada for a birth.

The average guna milan score between Revati and each other nakshatra, taken over every Moon position in both and counted either way round. A real match depends on the exact padas and on who is the bride, so use these as a guide and check the exact pair.

The Vimshottari dasha, the most widely used timing system in Vedic astrology, starts from the Moon's nakshatra. If you were born with the Moon in Revati, your first mahadasha is Mercury's, which lasts 17 years in full. Only the part the Moon had not yet travelled through Revati remains at birth: a Moon early in the nakshatra leaves most of the period to run, and a Moon near its end leaves little.

Calculate your own dasha periods with exact dates, down to the prana dasha.

Deva gana, the "divine" temperament: gentle, idealistic and generous by nature.

Its yoni, the animal that stands for a nakshatra's instinctive nature, is the elephant. Both gana and yoni are among the eight factors (kootas) compared in traditional kundli matching. Revati shares the elephant yoni with Bharani, the best yoni match. Its sworn enemy is the lion, the yoni of Dhanishta and Purva Bhadrapada, which scores no yoni points in matching.

In muhurta, the choosing of auspicious times, Revati is classed as soft (mridu): favoured for the arts, friendship, romance, music and adornment.