The nakshatras are the 27 lunar mansions the Moon travels through — your birth star is the one it sat in when you were born, and it holds the deepest flavour of who you are.
✦ Find my nakshatra free →In Vedic astrology, the zodiac is divided into 27 nakshatras of 13°20′ each — the lunar mansions. While your rashi (Moon sign) gives the broad strokes of your emotional nature, your nakshatra (birth star) refines it into something far more specific: your instincts, your gifts, your karmic themes. Each nakshatra has its own ruling planet, deity, symbol and animal, and its own unmistakable character.
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