नक्षत्र · Nakshatra 4 of 27 · 10°00′–23°20′ Vṛṣabha
रोहिणी Rohiṇī(Rohini)
Data
| Span | 10°00′–23°20′ Vṛṣabha |
|---|---|
| Lord | चन्द्र Candra |
| Deity | Prajāpati (Brahmā), lord of creation |
| Symbol | An ox-cart or chariot; the red star Aldebaran |
| Gana | manushya |
| Temperament | Fixed and fertile (dhruva) — steady growth that takes root and flowers. |
Rohini, 'the growing one', is the Moon's most beloved mansion: fertility, beauty, charm and material abundance thrive here. These natives make things grow — gardens, families, businesses, art — and draw others magnetically; their lesson is holding that magnetism lightly, without possessiveness.
Cited fromTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5BPHS, Chs. 46–49BPHS, Ch. 6Nakshatra tradition
पद · The four padas
| Pada | Reading (by navamsa) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Meṣa navāṁśa (Mars): ambition wakes in the garden — initiative applied to building and growing. |
| 2 | Vṛṣabha navāṁśa (Venus): vargottama and lush — the fullest Rohini expression of beauty, taste and abundance. |
| 3 | Mithuna navāṁśa (Mercury): the charming communicator — commerce, art and words that seduce. |
| 4 | Karka navāṁśa (Moon): deep nurturance — home, food and family as creative masterpieces. |
Sources
- Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa 1.5Taittiriya Brahmana 1.5 (with parallels in Taittiriya Samhita 4.4.10 and Atharva Veda 19.7): the Vedic nakshatra lists with their presiding deities. Vedic corpus, public domain.
- BPHS, Chs. 46–49Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Chs. 46–49 (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): the Vimshottari dasha as the foremost dasha system — sequence and years (Ketu 7, Venus 20, Sun 6, Moon 10, Mars 7, Rahu 18, Jupiter 16, Saturn 19, Mercury 17; total 120), effects of each graha's dasha, and antardasha doctrine. Sanskrit classic, public domain.
- BPHS, Ch. 6Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (attrib. Maharshi Parashara), Ch. 6 'The Sixteen Divisions of a Rashi' (97-chapter recension, R. Santhanam ed.): the navamsa (D9) scheme underlying the pada framework — each pada of 3°20′ is one navamsa. Sanskrit classic, public domain.
- Nakshatra traditionCommon Jyotish nakshatra doctrine — symbols, the deva/manushya/rakshasa gana classification, and temperament — standardized across muhurta and jataka manuals and consistent from the medieval synthesis treatises (e.g., Jataka Parijata) onward. Editorial synthesis in our own words; no copyrighted translation reproduced.