Which planet rules Swati Nakshatra?

Swati is ruled by Rahu in the Vimśottarī scheme, which shapes the timing of its daśā periods across a life.

Your birth star is the nakshatra your Moon occupied at the moment of birth — it needs your birth date, time and place to find. Kundaly computes it from your details and reads it against your whole chart, not on its own.

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Swati Nakshatra

Q: What is Swati Nakshatra?

Swati is nakshatra number 15 of the twenty-seven, ruled by Rahu and presided over by Vayu. Its symbol is the young shoot in the wind; coral and its temperament is Deva.

the star of independence — the self-made.

Swati is nakshatra number 15 of the twenty-seven, ruled by Rahu and presided over by Vayu. Its symbol is the young shoot in the wind; coral, its temperament Deva, and in the Nakṣatra-puruṣa it governs the teeth.

Swati at a glance

Ruling planet (Vimśottarī lord): Rahu
Presiding deity: Vayu
Symbol: Young shoot in the wind; coral
Temperament (gaṇa): Deva
Animal (yoni): Buffalo (m)
Body part (Nakṣatra-puruṣa): teeth
Tree (Nakṣatra-vana): Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna)
Opens in: Libra (from 186.67° sidereal)

These are the classical significations of the star itself, from the Nakṣatravana and Bṛhat-Saṁhitā tradition — a lens on temperament and timing, never a verdict on a person or a fortune foretold.

Is your Moon in Swati?

Your birth star is the nakshatra your Moon held at the moment you were born. Kundaly finds it from your birth details and reads it against your whole chart — your lagna, your daśās, the timing of things.

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Swati Nakshatra

Swati at a glance

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