Span: 10°00' Taurus – 23°20' Taurus (sidereal)
Ruling lord: Moon
Presiding deity: Brahma
Symbol: ox-cart/chariot (some texts: temple)
Shakti (classical power): growth
Rohini is the 4th of the 27 nakshatras, occupying 10°00' Taurus to 23°20' Taurus in the sidereal zodiac. If the Moon stood in this stretch of sky at your birth, this is your Janma Nakshatra, your birth star.
The traditional reading is: charming, sensual, artistic, wants comfort and beautiful things.
The behavioural marker most often named: draws people in with warmth and taste, and quietly builds material comfort around itself.
The classical anchor for this is the shakti, the power assigned to each nakshatra in the Taittiriya Brahmana. For Rohini it is growth, and the deity Brahma and symbol ox-cart/chariot (some texts: temple) carry the same idea in image form.
Every nakshatra is quartered. Each quarter, a pada, is 3 degrees 20 minutes wide and maps onto a navamsa sign, which shades the reading:
| Pada | Span (sidereal) | Navamsa sign |
|---|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 10°00' Taurus – 13°20' Taurus | Aries |
| Pada 2 | 13°20' Taurus – 16°40' Taurus | Taurus |
| Pada 3 | 16°40' Taurus – 20°00' Taurus | Gemini |
| Pada 4 | 20°00' Taurus – 23°20' Taurus | Cancer |
Because a pada lasts roughly six hours, you need your birth time to know which of the four is yours.
Rohini is ruled by Moon.
Because Rohini is ruled by Moon, anyone born with the Moon here begins life in the Moon period of the Vimshottari dasha cycle, which runs 10 years. That starting point shifts the timing of every period that follows, which is why two people of the same age can be in completely different chapters.
Rohini is nakshatra number 4 of 27, spanning 10°00' Taurus to 23°20' Taurus in the sidereal zodiac. Its ruling lord is Moon, its presiding deity is Brahma, and its symbol is ox-cart/chariot (some texts: temple).
Each nakshatra is quartered into padas of 3 degrees 20 minutes. For Rohini the four padas fall in the navamsa signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, in that order.
Moon rules Rohini. In the Vimshottari dasha system the Moon period lasts 10 years.
Not sure whether Rohini is yours? It takes your date, place and ideally time of birth.
Find my nakshatraThe span and the pada boundaries are arithmetic and exact. The lord, deity and symbol follow the classical sources and vary little between them. The character reading renders the shakti, deity and symbol in plain words; the classical texts themselves are terse here, and anything longer is later compilation.
Recorded source for this entry: BPHS; shakti of growth; deity Brahma, symbol ox-cart/chariot (some texts: temple), lord Moon