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Revatī रेवती
“the wealthy, the prosperous”
16°40′ Mīna — 30° Mīna
Vimśottarī lord: Budha · 17 years of daśā Presiding devatā: Pūṣan Gaṇḍānta
At a glance
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Span | 16°40′ Mīna — 30° Mīna | arithmetic — 13°20′ from the start of Meṣa |
| Rāśi | Mīna Rāśi lord: Guru | arithmetic — read off the span above |
| Vimśottarī lord | Budha बुध 17 years of daśā | the standard Vimśottarī sequence |
| Presiding devatā | Pūṣan पूषन् Pūṣan, nourisher and guide of roads | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.5 |
| Gaṇa | Deva | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Yoni | Gaja elephant | Kālaprakāśikā ch. XIII, through the milan tables |
| Nāḍī | Antya अन्त्य | from the milan tables — traditional, not traced to a classical verse |
| Varṇa | Kṛṣīvala farmers, the tilling folk | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 15.28 |
| Karma-guṇa | Mṛdu soft Fit for: love-rites, clothing and ornaments, auspicious ceremonies, and singing — beneficial for friendship’s sake. | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 97.10 |
| Kūrma-cakra direction | North-east | Bṛhat Saṁhitā 14.27 |
| Symbol | a fish, or a drum | traditional — not traced to a verse |
| Stars | ζ Piscium | traditional — not traced to a verse |
The character of the native
What the text says of a person born when the Moon stands in this asterism. This is the verse itself, not a paraphrase of it.
Complete in body, fortunate, brave, pure and wealthy.
The persons and things it rules
Which people, animals, places, trades and goods fall under this asterism — the list a mundane or praśna reading works from.
Water-born fruits, flowers, salt, gems, conches, pearls, lotuses; fragrant flowers; perfumes; merchants; and ships’ helmsmen.
The four pādas
Each nakṣatra divides into four quarters of 3°20′. The quarter the Moon occupies fixes the navāṁśa sign — the divisional chart a reading leans on second only to the rāśi — and, by tradition, the syllable a child is named from. These are arithmetic: the 4 × 27 quarters run one navāṁśa each, in order, right around the zodiac.
| Pāda | Degrees | Navāṁśa | Navāṁśa lord | Nāmākṣara |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16°40′ Mīna — 20° Mīna | Dhanu | Guru | De |
| 2 | 20° Mīna — 23°20′ Mīna | Makara | Śani | Do |
| 3 | 23°20′ Mīna — 26°40′ Mīna | Kumbha | Śani | Cha |
| 4 Gaṇḍānta | 26°40′ Mīna — 30° Mīna | Mīna | Guru | Chī |
arithmetic — pāda k of nakṣatra i takes navāṁśa (4i + k)
This nakṣatra touches a gaṇḍānta — the seam where a water sign ends and a fire sign begins. The tradition asks for śānti before marriage for a birth in that quarter. Horā has not traced the rule to a classical verse, and says so rather than dressing it in one.
Devatā, the character of the native, the persons and things of each asterism, the varṇa grouping, the karma-guṇa classes and the kūrma-cakra direction are all read from Bṛhat Saṁhitā — chapters 14, 15, 97 and 100 — as carried verse by verse in this site’s own library, and every one of them links to its verse. Vimśottarī lords are the standard sequence; gaṇa, yoni and nāḍī come from the milan tables with their own citations. Spans, rāśis, pādas and navāṁśas are arithmetic, not doctrine. The symbol, the star identification and the nāmākṣara syllables are traditional pañcāṅga material that Horā has not traced to a classical verse — they say so on their own rows. Nothing here is invented to fill a gap.