Nakshatra 4 of 27
Rohini
रोहिणीFertile, attractive and growing — the Moon's own favourite, associated with abundance.
The essentials
Born under Rohini
Personality
People with the Moon in Rohini come across as naturally charming, graceful, and aesthetically refined due to the combined influence of the Moon and its placement in Vrishabh. Their Manushya (human) gana gives them an approachable, relatable demeanor, making them well-liked in social settings. Guided by the creative energy of Prajapati (Brahma) and symbolized by the ox-cart, they project a sense of poised stability and steady momentum. However, their serpent yoni gives a quiet, observant, and intense inner layer beneath their gentle exterior.
Strengths
The Moon's placement here grants deep emotional expressiveness, artistic talent, and an instinctive eye for beauty and design. The ox-cart symbol endows them with practical determination, allowing them to turn creative visions into tangible wealth and comfort. Their strong sense of composure and nurturing capacity helps them build lasting material and social security.
Challenges
Rohini's dark side involves strong possessiveness, jealousy, and an intense fixation on material indulgence. The serpent yoni can make them secretive, stubborn, and overly cautious when guarding their personal assets or relationships. They may struggle with vanity, self-absorption, and an inability to let go of comfortable routines when change is required.
Work and career
Classically, Rohini natives excel in arts, design, fashion, agriculture, beauty products, and luxury goods trade. Prajapati’s creative agency paired with the Moon's presence in earthy Vrishabh suits them for roles involving real estate, food production, and hospitality. The ox-cart symbol also aligns them with transportation, commerce, and industries that require steady, practical productivity.
Love and relationships
In romantic life, Rohini natives are deeply sensual, affectionate, and protective partners who value emotional and material stability. They require a partner who offers genuine devotion, physical closeness, and a secure home environment. Due to the intense nature of their serpent yoni, they demand complete loyalty and can become highly possessive if they feel unappreciated.
Written from the classical attributes shown on this page — the ruling planet, the element, the nakshatra scheme — and checked against them before publishing. It describes the traditional reading of this nakshatra, not a prediction about you.
The four padas
Each nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′. A pada is exactly one navamsa (D9) division, so each one carries a second sign alongside the nakshatra’s own — and the traditional first syllable of a child born under it.
In matchmaking (Guna Milan)
Ashtakoota matchmaking scores 36 points across eight kootas, and six of them are read straight off the birth nakshatra. These are Rohini’s.
- Gana
- Manushya — temperament. Same gana scores all 6 points; Deva with Rakshasa scores 1.
- Yoni
- Serpent — physical affinity. The same yoni scores 4; a natural enemy scores 0.
- Nadi
- Antya — the 8-point koota. A partner with the same nadi scores zero (Nadi dosha), so this one field decides nearly a quarter of the total.
- Varna
- Shudra — worth 1 point.
- Vashya
- Chatuspada — mutual influence, worth 2 points.
- Tara
- Counted by distance between the two nakshatras, so it depends on both charts.
Naming a Rohini baby
The namakarana tradition takes the child’s first syllable from the pada the Moon occupied at birth — so a Rohini child born in pada 1 is named from O, pada 4 from Vu. You need the exact birth time to know which pada.