Rohiniरोहिणी

Rohini spans 10° to 23°20' of Taurus and is ruled by the Moon — making it the nakshatra where the Moon is most at home, exalted in the same sign. The presiding deity is Brahma, the creator, whose creative energy expressed through the Moon's fertile, reflective quality gives Rohini its characteristic abundance. Classical texts describe the Moon as 'attached' to Rohini above all other nakshatras — a fact that gives the nakshatra both its richness and its tendency toward attachment.

Manushya in nature, Rohini operates fully in the human realm of experience, pleasure, and relationship. Its symbol is the ox cart — the vehicle of abundance, carrying goods from field to home. Significations include beauty, artistic sensibility, a love of sensory richness, fertility, and the capacity to grow things patiently. The shadow side is possessiveness: the same quality that creates beauty can resist change.

The body area associated with Rohini is the throat and voice — the instrument through which creative energy is expressed. The Moon in Rohini at birth initiates its own ten-year Mahadasha in the Vimshottari sequence. In SahiKundli's interpretation, this placement is noted as one of the most fertile configurations for the Moon — creativity, emotional receptivity, and a sensory engagement with the world are all heightened.