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Rohini

Chariot, ox-cart

Rohini, nakshatra 4 of 27 (10°00′ Vrishabha – 23°20′ Vrishabha), ruled by Moon, presided over by Brahma (Prajapati); symbol: chariot, ox-cart.

Rohini is the 4th of the twenty-seven nakshatras, the lunar mansions of Indian astrology, spanning 10°00′ Vrishabha – 23°20′ Vrishabha of the sidereal zodiac. Its presiding deity is Brahma (Prajapati), and its traditional symbol is the chariot, ox-cart. In the Vimshottari system its ruling planet is Moon, so a person whose moon falls in Rohini begins life in the Moon period (dasha).

Each nakshatra is classified by gana, or temperament — divine (deva), human (manushya) or demonic (rakshasa) — and Rohini is counted manushya. Astrologers use the nakshatra of the moon at birth for naming (each pada has its own syllable), for matching horoscopes before marriage and for choosing auspicious times (muhurta). The descriptions of each nakshatra in Sanskrit texts such as the Brihat Samhita and in modern handbooks vary, and are best read as traditional associations of its deity and symbol.

Personality

charming · creative · sensual · fertile · artistic · stable · possessive

In Vedic astrology a person whose moon falls in Rohini is described as charming, creative and attractive, blessed with the fertile abundance of the 'red one', the bright star Aldebaran. In myth Rohini was the favourite of the moon god's twenty-seven wives, and the moon is said to be especially happy here; its deity is Brahma or Prajapati, the creator, and its symbol is a chariot or ox-cart.

Traditional descriptions credit Rohini natives with beauty, artistic talent, a pleasant voice, steadiness, and a love of comfort, nature and fine things; they are said to be good at growing and building wealth and family. Their weaknesses are said to be possessiveness, jealousy, materialism, indulgence and stubborn attachment to what they have.

In relationships Rohini is portrayed as affectionate, romantic and devoted, though apt to be jealous. In work it is linked with the arts, music, fashion and beauty, agriculture and food, trade, hospitality and finance. Counted among the human (manushya) temperaments, its Vimshottari lord is the Moon, whose Navaratna stone is the pearl. Jyotisha reads such qualities as tendencies within the whole horoscope.

Stone: Pearl

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