Revati nakshatra
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Revati is the 27th of the 27 nakshatras, the lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Its name is traditionally read as “the prosperous”; its symbol is a fish; a drum to mark time, and its presiding deity is Pushan, the nourishing shepherd.
- Number
- 27 of 27
- Ruling planet
- Mercury
- Deity
- Pushan, the nourishing shepherd
- Symbol
- A fish; a drum to mark time
- Zodiac span
- 16°40′–30° Pisces
- Gana
- Deva
- Yoni
- Elephant
- Nadi
- Kapha
- Pada navamsas
- Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces
Character and symbolism
Revati closes the zodiac as the shepherd who sees every traveller safely home. Its classical themes are protection on journeys, kindness and completion.
As with everything in a chart, these are classical descriptions of a temperament, not a verdict on any person — a nakshatra is one layer of a reading, always weighed with the rest of the chart.
Where Revati sits in the zodiac
Each nakshatra spans 13°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, divided into four padas (quarters) of 3°20′. Revati occupies 16°40′–30° Pisces, entirely within Pisces. Its four padas take the navamsa signs Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces — the sub-chart positions used in the D9 (Navamsa) divisional chart.
Ruling planet and your starting dasha
Revati is ruled by Mercury, which carries a 17-year period in the Vimshottari dasha cycle. If your Moon sits in Revati, Mercury’s mahadasha is the period your life begins in, and the themes classical texts associate with Mercury colour how this nakshatra expresses itself.
Revati in marriage matching
Three of this nakshatra’s classifications feed the 36-point Guna Milan used in Kundali matching. Revati belongs to the deva (divine) temperament group — read as gentle, harmonious and light in nature, which the Gana koota (6 points) compares between partners. Its yoni is the Elephant, one of fourteen animal archetypes whose pairings the Yoni koota (4 points) scores for instinctive compatibility. And its nadi is Kapha (phlegm) — the Nadi koota (8 points) awards full marks only when the two nadis differ.
None of these classifications is good or bad on its own — they only ever describe a pairing, and even then they are a starting point beside the full charts.
Frequently asked
Which planet rules Revati nakshatra?
Revati is ruled by Mercury. In the Vimshottari dasha system, a person born with the Moon in Revati begins life in a Mercury mahadasha of up to 17 years — how much of it remains depends on how far the Moon had moved through the nakshatra at birth.
Which rashi (sign) does Revati fall in?
Revati lies entirely within Pisces, spanning 16°40′–30° Pisces of the sidereal zodiac.
What are Revati's gana, yoni and nadi?
Revati is classified as Deva gana, Elephant yoni and Kapha nadi. These three classifications are inputs to Guna Milan marriage matching — gana compares temperament groups, yoni instinctive compatibility and nadi constitution.
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