Nakshatra 27 of 27 · Ruled by Mercury
Revati Nakshatra
The Wealthy
The gentle shepherd: safe passage, kindness, and journeys completed.
Zodiac range
16°40′ Pisces – 29°60′ Pisces
Symbol
Fish or drum
Deity
Pushan
Lord
Mercury
Gana
Deva
Yoni
Elephant (female)
Nadi
Antya
Revati personality and character
Revati occupies 16°40′ Pisces – 29°60′ Pisces of the sidereal zodiac, and everyone born with the Moon in this span carries it as their janma nakshatra, their birth star. Its symbol, the fish or drum, and its presiding deity, Pushan, set the mythic tone: the gentle shepherd: safe passage, kindness, and journeys completed. The ruling planet Mercury adds its own signature, since a Revati native begins life in a Mercury dasha and returns to Mercury's lessons at every major turning point.
Temperamentally, Revati belongs to the Deva gana: the divine temperament: gentle, generous, and naturally inclined toward harmony and dharma. Its constitutional current is Antya (Kapha), the nadi of endurance and stability, and its instinctive animal is the female elephant, the figure Vedic tradition uses to describe how this star bonds, plays, and protects. Read together, the attributes sketch a coherent nature long before a full chart is drawn, which is exactly how classical astrologers used the birth star for quick assessment.
The four padas of Revati
Each nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′, and each pada takes the flavour of one navamsa sign: for Revati, pada 1 falls in Sagittarius navamsa, pada 2 in Capricorn, pada 3 in Aquarius, and pada 4 in Pisces. Two people can share a birth star and still differ noticeably because their padas point the same energy through different signs. Your exact pada is shown when you cast your chart with the free Vedic birth chart calculator.
Revati in love and marriage matching
In kundli matching, Revati contributes three of the eight kootas directly: its Deva gana (6 points), its Elephant yoni (4 points), and its Antya nadi (8 points, the heaviest of all). The Tara koota is also counted from the birth star. No nakshatra scores well or badly on its own; everything depends on the pairing, which is why the same Revati native can score 30 with one partner and 14 with another. Run any two birth details through the calculator for the full 36-point table, and see the western view of the same question in our zodiac compatibility guide.
When the Moon transits Revati
Once a month the Moon spends about a day in Revati, and that day carries the star's flavour for everyone: a monthly visit from Pushan. Panchang followers time activities to these transits, and the daily panchang page shows the current nakshatra in real time. For the wider lunar rhythm behind it, our guides to the moon phases and the 2026 full moon calendar complete the picture.
Revati FAQs
- What is Revati nakshatra?
- Revati is the 27th of the 27 nakshatras, spanning 16°40′ Pisces – 29°60′ Pisces of the sidereal zodiac. Its name means the wealthy, its symbol is the fish or drum, its presiding deity is Pushan, and its planetary lord is Mercury.
- Which planet rules Revati?
- Mercury rules Revati. In the Vimshottari dasha system, anyone born with the Moon in Revati begins life in a Mercury planetary period, which colours their early years with Mercury’s themes.
- What gana is Revati?
- Revati belongs to the Deva gana, the divine temperament: gentle, generous, and naturally inclined toward harmony and dharma. Gana carries 6 of the 36 points in traditional kundli matching.
- What is the yoni of Revati?
- The yoni of Revati is the female Elephant, used in the Yoni koota of marriage matching, worth 4 points. Yoni compatibility compares the instinctive natures of the two birth stars.
- Is Revati good for marriage matching?
- Revati contributes its Deva gana, Elephant yoni, and Antya nadi to the eight-koota Guna Milan. No nakshatra is good or bad in isolation; the score depends entirely on the partner’s star. Run any pairing through the free kundli matching calculator to see the full 36-point breakdown.