Nakshatra 22 of 27 · Ruled by Moon
Shravana Nakshatra
The Listener
Sacred listening: learning, connection, and wisdom passed by voice.
Zodiac range
10°00′ Capricorn – 23°20′ Capricorn
Symbol
Ear or three footprints
Deity
Vishnu
Lord
Moon
Gana
Deva
Yoni
Monkey (female)
Nadi
Antya
Shravana personality and character
Shravana occupies 10°00′ Capricorn – 23°20′ Capricorn 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 ear or three footprints, and its presiding deity, Vishnu, set the mythic tone: sacred listening: learning, connection, and wisdom passed by voice. The ruling planet Moon adds its own signature, since a Shravana native begins life in a Moon dasha and returns to Moon's lessons at every major turning point.
Temperamentally, Shravana 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 monkey, 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 Shravana
Each nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′, and each pada takes the flavour of one navamsa sign: for Shravana, pada 1 falls in Aries navamsa, pada 2 in Taurus, pada 3 in Gemini, and pada 4 in Cancer. 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.
Shravana in love and marriage matching
In kundli matching, Shravana contributes three of the eight kootas directly: its Deva gana (6 points), its Monkey 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 Shravana 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 Shravana
Once a month the Moon spends about a day in Shravana, and that day carries the star's flavour for everyone: a monthly visit from Vishnu. 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.
Shravana FAQs
- What is Shravana nakshatra?
- Shravana is the 22nd of the 27 nakshatras, spanning 10°00′ Capricorn – 23°20′ Capricorn of the sidereal zodiac. Its name means the listener, its symbol is the ear or three footprints, its presiding deity is Vishnu, and its planetary lord is Moon.
- Which planet rules Shravana?
- Moon rules Shravana. In the Vimshottari dasha system, anyone born with the Moon in Shravana begins life in a Moon planetary period, which colours their early years with Moon’s themes.
- What gana is Shravana?
- Shravana 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 Shravana?
- The yoni of Shravana is the female Monkey, used in the Yoni koota of marriage matching, worth 4 points. Yoni compatibility compares the instinctive natures of the two birth stars.
- Is Shravana good for marriage matching?
- Shravana contributes its Deva gana, Monkey 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.