✦ Nakshatra #22 of 27 · ruled by Moon

Shravana Nakshatra

Shravana is traditionally associated with listening, learning, and the gathering of knowledge and wisdom, reflecting its ear symbol. It carries themes of devotion, communication, and connecting people through understanding.

SymbolEar / three footprints
Animal (yoni)Female monkey
DeityVishnu (the preserver)
Ruling planetMoon
ListeningLearningConnection

The Nakshatras are the 27 lunar mansions of Vedic astrology — the sidereal zodiac divided into 27 segments the Moon passes through. The Nakshatra your Moon occupied at birth is a core piece of your Jyotish profile. Here is what Shravana is traditionally associated with.

Shravana strengths & challenges

Strengths

  • Excellent listener and learner
  • Wise and knowledgeable
  • Devoted and trustworthy
  • Good communicator and counselor

Challenges

  • Can be overly concerned with reputation
  • Tendency to overthink
  • Sensitivity to criticism

Relationships

Traditionally caring and attentive, expressing love through understanding and support, and valuing trust and good communication.

Career & motivation

Often linked to teaching, counseling, media and communication, language, scholarship, and knowledge- or service-based fields.

Growth path

The traditional life lesson of Shravana is listening within as much as without.

Related Nakshatras

Shravana shares its planetary ruler (Moon) with:

Find your Nakshatra

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These are traditional Jyotish associations compiled from established references and reviewed by our editorial team — presented as an interest-and-belief framework, not a scientific claim or a statement about any individual. See our editorial policy.