श्रवणShravana Nakshatra

The Story Behind Shravana

Shravana means 'hearing', and its symbol is an ear — or three footprints, recalling Vishnu's three strides that measured the universe. Vishnu is the deity, the preserver, and the Moon rules the nakshatra in Capricorn. The combination describes a specific faculty: learning by listening rather than by doing, and preserving what is heard accurately enough to pass it on. Shravana is the nakshatra of oral tradition, of the student who receives the teaching intact, and of the scholar who can quote the source. Its classical association with fame follows from the same root — reputation is, literally, what is heard about you.

Shravana Padas: All Four Quarters

Each nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′, and each pada falls in a different navamsa (D9) sign. Two people born under Shravana days apart can therefore read very differently — the pada is what separates them.

1. Pada 110°00′ – 13°20′ CapricornAries navamsa

   The first pada falls in Aries navamsa ruled by Mars, giving Shravana's receptive nature initiative. These natives take what they have learned and act on it fast — entrepreneurs, campaigners, teachers who build institutions. Unusually assertive for this nakshatra. The shadow is speaking before the listening is finished.

2. Pada 213°20′ – 16°40′ CapricornTaurus navamsa

   The second pada, Taurus navamsa under Venus, is Shravana's most artistic and materially settled quarter. Music, languages and the voice itself are strongest here; natives accumulate steadily and value comfort. Genuine aesthetic refinement. The risk is a conservatism that treats any change to the tradition as loss.

3. Pada 316°40′ – 20°00′ CapricornGemini navamsa

   The third pada sits in Gemini navamsa ruled by Mercury, the most communicative quarter of a communication nakshatra. These natives are broadcasters, writers, translators and teachers, and they move information faster than anyone around them. Media careers dominate. The difficulty is breadth substituting for depth, given how easily material is acquired.

4. Pada 420°00′ – 23°20′ CapricornCancer navamsa

   The fourth pada, Cancer navamsa under the Moon, its own ruler, is the most emotionally attuned quarter. Listening becomes counselling; natives are therapists, carers and confidants, and family reputation matters intensely. Deeply devotional. The cost is absorbing other people's difficulties without a mechanism for putting them down.

Moon in Shravana

The Moon in Shravana listens properly, which is rarer than it sounds. These natives absorb information through conversation, remember what people told them years later, and are frequently the person others confide in. Chandra here is traditional, well-mannered, scholarly and quietly concerned with reputation. The placement supports languages, music and any learning that arrives through the ear. The characteristic difficulty is over-sensitivity to what is said about them — Shravana hears the criticism as clearly as the praise and tends to carry it considerably longer.

Your Moon nakshatra (janma nakshatra) is set by the Moon's exact position at birth. Generate a free kundli to find yours, or read how Vimshottari dasha is calculated from it.

Remedies & Upay for Shravana

Vishnu worship is the direct upay — the Vishnu Sahasranama recited or heard is the specific classical prescription, and hearing is the operative word for this nakshatra. Recite the Chandra mantra 'Om Shram Shreem Shraum Sah Chandraya Namah' on Mondays and offer white flowers or rice with milk. Supporting education, funding scholarships and preserving oral or documentary tradition all match. Where sensitivity to opinion is the difficulty, the traditional correction is a period of deliberate silence and withdrawal from public commentary rather than any attempt to change the commentary.

Remedies listed here are the classical prescriptions for the nakshatra itself. Whether any of them applies to you depends on the rest of the chart — gemstones in particular should never be chosen on a nakshatra match alone. See our methodology for how ProxaAI computes and validates a reading before it is shown.