Nakshatra #4 of 27
Rohini
"The red one" / "the growing one"
Rohini is widely considered the most fertile and aesthetically gifted nakshatra — associated with beauty, sensuality, material abundance, and a magnetic charm that draws people in.
Ruling Planet
Moon
Deity
Brahma / Prajapati
Gana
Manushya
Nadi
Antya
Yoni (animal)
Serpent (male)
Zodiac Span
Vrishabha (Taurus)
Classical Symbol
An ox-cart, or a banyan tree
Slow, steady, fertile growth — the cart carries a harvest, the banyan tree spreads wide roots.
Why is it called Rohini?
In Puranic myth, Rohini was the Moon god Chandra's favorite among his 27 wives (the nakshatras themselves, personified as daughters of Daksha) — a favoritism said to have angered the other 26 and drawn a curse on Chandra. Her name, "the red/ruddy one," reflects both physical beauty and ripe, reddening growth.
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