Vedic Encyclopedia

The 27 Nakshatras

The lunar mansions of Vedic astrology — twenty-seven thirteen-degree segments that the Moon traverses through each sidereal month. Each carries a deity, a symbol, a temperament, and a body of classical reading. Indexed in zodiac order starting from Ashwini at 0° sidereal Aries.

A luminous circular gold-leaf mandala divided into twenty-seven radial spokes, a glowing crescent moon at its center and a ring of small softly-glowing dots along its outer rim, rendered as sacred geometry against a deep midnight-indigo cosmic backdrop dusted with faint stars.

A note on scope

Each nakshatra article reads one slice of one chart. A nakshatra placement is one signature among many — the moon's sign, the ascendant, the planetary period, and the larger transits all shape the actual life. No single mansion writes a fate.

Past the 27 mansions

A nakshatra is one of many signatures

Twenty-seven mansions read one slice of one chart. The other tools below read different slices — the tarot for archetype, numerology for cycle, Saturn return for life-stage. Same chart, different windows.

The full shelf

All tools

Every free tool we ship, grouped by what it actually does. Start here if you don’t yet know what you’re looking for.

78 cards, no shuffling required

Tarot

The major arcana, the four suits, and what each card means. Plus a daily card-of-the-day woven from today’s sky.

Pythagorean + Chaldean

Numerology

Two systems, side by side. Life path, expression, soul urge, personality — from your name and date of birth, with the math shown.

A nine-year cycle, where you are now

Personal year

Numerology applied to time — which year of the nine-year cycle you’re in, and what the cycle traditionally asks of you.

The 29-year reckoning

Saturn return

Saturn comes back to its natal place every 29.46 years. The calculator tells you when yours hits — and what astronomers and astrologers each say about it.

Or take a single tool further
The substrate everything else reads

Your birth chart

The natal computation behind every tool above. Always free, always yours, exportable as JSON or PDF.

When a tool isn’t enough

Deep reports

Six synthesis-style readings that weave all four traditions — Life Crossroads, Annual Forecast, Soul Path, and three more.

Two charts, one reading

Compatibility

The same engine, run on two people — friends, partners, family. Western synastry plus Vedic kuta points.