Rohini is the Moon's own star, the one the Moon loved best of the twenty-seven daughters of Daksha in the old story, and it lies in the sign of the Moon's exaltation. Everything about it is growth and attraction: its name means the red one, the growing one; its symbol is the loaded cart; its deity is the creator. People with the Moon here are charming, sensual, fertile in every sense, and good at making things — money, gardens, families, art — increase.
Because the Moon rules both the nakshatra and, through exaltation, feels at home in the sign, the Rohini Moon is among the most settled and pleasure-loving in the zodiac. Venus, the sign lord, adds taste. The difficulty is possessiveness and a dislike of change. A Moon here starts life in the Moon's own mahadasha, ten years, and the childhood is often close to the mother and materially secure.
The four padas of Rohini
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 | 10°00′–13°20′ | Taurus | Aries |
| 2 | 13°20′–16°40′ | Taurus | Taurus |
| 3 | 16°40′–20°00′ | Taurus | Gemini |
| 4 | 20°00′–23°20′ | Taurus | Cancer |
Rohini in kundli matching
Three of the eight kootas of guna milan are read from the nakshatra alone. Yoni (Serpent): the instinctive match by the nakshatra's animal — Horse and Elephant are its friends; the Mongoose is its enemy. Gana (Manushya): human — practical, mixed, of this world; 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 Rohini
The Vimshottari dasha starts from the nakshatra of the natal Moon. A Moon in Rohini begins life in the Moon mahadasha of 10 years, less the part already spent by the Moon's degree within the nakshatra; the further into Rohini the Moon stood, the shorter the balance at birth. The exact balance needs the degree, which your free kundli gives.