Revati is the last of the twenty-seven, and its name means wealthy, or the one who nourishes. Its deity is Pushan, who guards travellers and herds and brings the lost home, and its symbol is the fish swimming in the deep. People with the Moon here are gentle, caring, imaginative and protective — of animals, children, the vulnerable — and they have a knack for arriving safely and for helping others to. They are often musical, and often drawn to the sea or to distant places.
Mercury rules the nakshatra and Jupiter the sign, so the Revati Moon joins a quick, sympathetic intelligence to a deep faith: the counsellor, the guide, the one who knows the way. The difficulty is a softness that can be imposed upon and a tendency to sacrifice too much. A Moon here starts life in the Mercury mahadasha, seventeen years, usually a bright, sensitive childhood, and Ketu's short period follows.
The four padas of Revati
Each nakshatra is divided into four padas of 3°20′. The pada says which sign the Moon is in when a nakshatra straddles two, and which navamsa (the ninth-harmonic sign) it falls in — the finer grain astrologers read for temperament and marriage.
| Pada | Span | Sign | Navamsa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16°40′–20°00′ | Pisces | Sagittarius |
| 2 | 20°00′–23°20′ | Pisces | Capricorn |
| 3 | 23°20′–26°40′ | Pisces | Aquarius |
| 4 | 26°40′–30°00′ | Pisces | Pisces |
Revati in kundli matching
Three of the eight kootas of guna milan are read from the nakshatra alone. Yoni (Elephant): the instinctive match by the nakshatra's animal — Sheep, Serpent, Buffalo and Monkey are its friends; the Lion is its enemy. Gana (Deva): godly — gentle, giving, at ease with others; the same or a compatible gana scores in full. Nadi (Antya): the last pulse, kapha; two Moons in the same nadi are the heaviest dosha, with the classical exemptions. Check a match to see all eight for two charts.
Born under Revati
The Vimshottari dasha starts from the nakshatra of the natal Moon. A Moon in Revati begins life in the Mercury mahadasha of 17 years, less the part already spent by the Moon's degree within the nakshatra; the further into Revati the Moon stood, the shorter the balance at birth. The exact balance needs the degree, which your free kundli gives.