Nakshatra 15 of 27
Swati
Swati is independence. It bends without breaking, learns by moving, and needs freedom more than almost anything.
A nakshatra is one of the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology. Yours is the one the Moon stood in when you were born, measured in the sidereal zodiac. Swati spans 6°40′ Libra to 20°00′ Libra.
Its ruler, Rahu, also opens the first of your life chapters (the Vimshottari dasha) if your Moon sits here.
Each nakshatra splits into four padas of 3°20′, 108 in all. Each pada falls in a navamsa sign, so the same mansion can lean four slightly different ways.
- Ruled by
- Rahu
- Deity
- Vayu, the wind
- Symbol
- a young shoot bending in the wind
- Spans
- 6°40′ Libra – 20°00′ Libra
- Padas (navamsa)
- 1 Sagittarius · 2 Capricorn · 3 Aquarius · 4 Pisces
Gifts
- adaptability
- fairness
- self-direction
Watch for
- indecision
- scattered energy