Shravana Nakshatra: Traits, Career, Marriage & Remedies

Shravana (श्रवण) is the 22nd of the 27 Nakshatras, spanning 10°00′ to 23°20′ of Capricorn (Makara). Its name means “hearing” or “listening”, and its symbol is an ear — Shravana is the nakshatra of learning, knowledge, and wisdom gained through listening. Ruled by the Moon and presided over by Vishnu, the preserver, it carries a connecting, knowledge-spreading nature. If your Moon sits here, Shravana lends a thoughtful, studious, devoted character — the wise listener.

Essential facts

• Span: 10°00′ – 23°20′ Capricorn
• Ruling planet (Nakshatra lord): Moon (Chandra)
• Sign lord: Saturn (Capricorn)
• Deity: Vishnu (the preserver)
• Symbol: an ear; also Vishnu’s three footprints (the three strides of Vamana)
• Animal (yoni): female monkey
• Gana (temperament): Deva (divine)
• Nadi: Antya (Kapha)
• Body part (Kalapurusha): the ears and genitals

The ear and the listener

In the Vedic world, knowledge was preserved by listening (shruti — “that which is heard”). Shravana is the nakshatra of this sacred hearing: learning, scholarship, and wisdom passed through attentive listening. With the Moon’s receptive sensitivity, Saturn’s discipline, and Vishnu’s preserving, connecting power, Shravana natives are studious, wise, and good listeners who gather and spread knowledge. Its symbol of Vishnu’s three footprints evokes connection across the worlds. Its shakti is samhanana shakti — the power to connect and bind together.

Personality and core traits

People strongly influenced by Shravana tend to be:

• Studious and knowledgeable — natural scholars, learners, and listeners.
• Wise and thoughtful — they absorb, reflect, and counsel.
• Disciplined and dependable — Saturn’s steadiness and responsibility.
• Devoted and connecting — caring, faithful, good at linking people and ideas.
• Sometimes anxious or gossip-prone — the shadow of a listening, talking nature.

The four padas

Each pada of 3°20′ maps to a Navamsa (Shravana spans the 4th–7th navamsas of Capricorn):

• Pada 1 (10°00′–13°20′) — Aries Navamsa (Mars): energetic, assertive learning.
• Pada 2 (13°20′–16°40′) — Taurus Navamsa (Venus): practical, resourceful, value-focused.
• Pada 3 (16°40′–20°00′) — Gemini Navamsa (Mercury): the most communicative and scholarly quarter.
• Pada 4 (20°00′–23°20′) — Cancer Navamsa (Moon): the most caring, devotional, and intuitive.

Career and profession

Shravana’s studious, connecting, knowledge-spreading nature points to:

• Teaching, academia, and scholarship — gathering and passing on knowledge.
• Counselling and advisory work — the wise listener and guide.
• Media, languages, and communication — connecting people and ideas.
• Music and the spoken word — the ear’s domain; speech and sound.

Marriage and compatibility

In matchmaking, Shravana’s attributes are: yoni monkey, gana Deva, nadi Antya (Kapha) — checked in Guna Milan. Shravana brings care, dependability, and devotion to a marriage. As always, Guna Milan is only a screen — the full reading weighs the 7th house, Venus, and the Navamsa.

Strengths, challenges & remedies

Strengths: wisdom, learning, dependability, devotion, good listening. Challenges: anxiety, over-talking, rigidity, sensitivity to criticism.

Where Shravana’s ruler the Moon is afflicted, classical remedies steady the emotions — Monday observance, the Chandra mantra, and emotional self-care; study and listening to sacred knowledge honour its deity Vishnu. Fit them to the chart.

Reading Shravana in your chart

Look beyond the Moon’s nakshatra alone: the pada, the strength of the Moon (its lord) and Saturn (sign lord), and the running dasha refine the picture. Acharya Jyotish surfaces these automatically and reads them through eight classical schools.

Generate your free Kundli to find your Moon’s nakshatra and pada. Explore more in Ashwini Nakshatra and Shravana’s ruler in Chandra (Moon).