The Moon's twenty-seven rooms.

Why nakshatras matter

The Moon spends roughly one day in each nakshatra. Its position at your birth gives your janma nakshatra, the starting point of the Vimshottari dasha and a major key to your emotional and instinctive life.

Nakshatras are also used in compatibility, muhurta (timing) and the finer interpretation of every planet. A planet in a nakshatra is coloured by its ruling deity and its animal symbol.