VedaChartsNakshatra · #22 of 27
Shravana
The hearing; the listening
The listener, student of teachers, keeper of traditions.
Traditional attributes
Ruling planet
☽ Moon
Deity
Vishnu
Symbol
An ear; three uneven steps
Gana
Deva
Yoni
Monkey (female)
Dosha
Kapha
Motivation
Artha
Body part
Ears, genitals
Direction
North
Where it sits in the zodiac
Sign
Capricorn
10°00' to 23°20'
Pada syllables
The four padas (quarters) of Shravana. In tradition, a child's first-letter name often comes from the syllable of the pada in which their Moon was placed.
Pada 1
Khi
Pada 2
Khu
Pada 3
Khe
Pada 4
Kho
If your Moon is here
You are a listener by nature, tuned to teachers, traditions, and the wisdom of people who have gone before you. Your emotional default is to learn your way into understanding rather than argue your way there. You absorb more than you let on.
Temperament
Shravana is the ear. People with this nakshatra prominent are listeners by nature, they take in more than they put out, they remember what was said, and they often end up as the keeper of traditions or the trusted confidant of the people around them.
This is the nakshatra of the disciple who becomes the teacher. They learn through hearing, lectures, conversations, oral traditions, and they often have a voice or speaking style of their own that draws others to listen back. The shadow is when the listening turns into gossip, or when they over-identify with whichever teacher they're currently studying.
Strengths
Receptive intelligence, memory, oral fluency. Skilled at language, music, teaching, counseling. Often deeply spiritual.
Shadow
Tendency to gossip when bored. Over-attachment to authorities. Difficulty trusting their own conclusions when they conflict with a respected teacher.
Relationships
Faithful and verbal. Partners feel heard. Best matches are with people who also know how to listen, Shravana needs to be heard back.
Career & vocation
Teaching, journalism, counseling, music, religion, broadcasting, languages, anything that turns hearing into a vocation.