Exploring The Final Gandanta Nakshatra: Revati

Being a gandanta point and mercury ruled nakshatra, Revati moon is a difficult placement. Their childhood is difficult as they go through mercury dasha first, followed by Ketu dasha. Sometimes they have a kind of inborn body deformity. Although this is considered to be a wealthy nakshatra, people with Revati moon are generally not born into a household with money. They become rich over time. 

It’s the birth nakshatra of Saturn, so the Saturnine themes are prevalent in their early childhood.This nakshatra can give a tremendous inferiority complex. These people are highly critical and hold very high standards for themselves and others. But when you are so fixated on finding faults it projects onto yourself as well. Sometimes their inferiority complex makes them extremely cruel, dominating, and ruthless.

They hate mediocrity and are very ambitious. Because they know they have the potential to rise to the pinnacle. They don’t tolerate lack of ambition or stupidity in other people as well. They consider themselves “elite” due to the strong drive within them. Mercury and Jupiter combination gives them both the skill and knowledge to be experts in whichever field they are in. Revati moon has a lot of ambition and always wants to excel in whatever they do. There is a strong alpha quality to Revati women. Revati men are dominating in indirect ways. This nakshatra plays differently in both genders. Their animal consort symbol ‘Elephant’ is known for its good memory. Coupled with that they have excellent 'attention to detail'.

In other words, this Nakshatra gives its natives good potential to grow and acquire powerful positions in the world. They are also pretty dominating but not in overt manner. The Revati men in particular come across as playful, and funny. They have a sweet exterior but a critical and judgemental interior. All Revati moons are very guarded about their emotions in particular. They are extremely sensitive, and are often very careful with their words. Irrespective of their genders, they come across as very sophisticated.

They are good at casting illusions due to mercury's influence. They might say stuff they don't mean to check your reaction. They are like social scientists who love to trigger people and see their reactions.

At the core of it all, they are simply wounded children. They often do a lot for others while growing up but the world always treats them unfairly. They are often taken for granted. They are often broken to the point where they become emotionless just like the joker (Joaquin Phoenix movie).

In actuality, Pisces is a deeply emotional water sign. In the early part of their life, they have very intense feelings for those around them, especially those who are weak, and helpless. In fact, they often keep up with a lot of abuse in their close relationships simply because they care a lot. But being repeatedly hurt makes them lose their sense of goodness. They feel a strong need to oblige others to the point where they are pushed beyond their limits. Like in the movie, "the girl with the dragon tattoo" where both the lead actors were Revati moons.

They deal with their difficult lives and tumultuous emotions by being playful, and childlike. They just need someone to baby them and take care of them. Because they reach a point in their lives where they get tired of taking care of others.

Pushan their deity rules over travels (12th house- foreign travels & isolation). Revati moons love to travel the world and enjoy every kind of experience. They can be very indulgent with themselves, sometimes being borderline debauche. Because they don't have any sense of duality.

Another aspect where Revati moons suffer a lot is popularity. They prefer to be isolated because they are subject to a lot of ridicule and rumour due to their eccentric behaviour. They too stop caring after a point and become very self-centred, logical and practical to self-preserve. Their emotional nature, romantic ideals, and yet very high standards also makes them quite lonely. They also become very guarded eventually about their emotions, and appear cold-hearted. Their need for complete detachment and liberation comes after many trials and tribulations. Also they have very kind hearts and will forgive at the drop of the hat. Sometimes they take more pain on themselves to save causing others pain.

Their manipulative, and controlling side can also be very ruthless and ugly as well. Their elitism, and extreme intelligence can make them intolerant towards others. It really depends on how they use their brains. They have infinite potential to do good, or cause immense psychological damage. Especially when something triggers their inferiority complex, they can be extremely evil. They can be very fussy about tiny details, very cold, calculative and cruel as well.

Some Revati natives can also develop 'god complex', and 'imposter' syndrome due to them being deva gana nakshatra. Their kindness is also sometimes a projection of their fragile ego, and broken selves. They can also sometimes act as if they are beyond this world. They are a package of contradictions which makes them isolated.

The key stage of Revati nakshatra is to rise over one's evil tendencies. It has infinite capacity to do good but at the same time if they give in to their negativity, they can put all their good karma at stake. Sidereal Pisces placements particularly Revati moon natives have very profound thinking. It could be because both gurus influence Brihaspati and Shukracharya influence this sign. E.g, Revati moon Rabindranath Tagore. His literary works were very philosophical. He even wrote a lot about women. As Venus gets exalted in Pisces.

Pisces natives have a soft corner for women's suffering. He wrote about the condition of widows in India and their state of mind in "Chokher Bali" book. Another masterpiece is "The Postmaster" where he gave the quote "no one can fathom the depth of a woman's heart".

In this story, he focuses on the theme of "final partings". This theme is very important in the lives of Revati. He expressed his depth of understanding through the final few lines of the story.

"The lukewarm heart of the voyager consoled itself with eternal philosophy: life was a river of partings and departments, of death and uprooting, of longing and belonging. What was the use of looking back? Who belonged to whom in this world?

But Ratan’s little heart harboured no such philosophy. She had been circling the old hut cradled in the river of her own tears. Perhaps she nursed a tender hope that her dadababu would return one day. Anchored by its roots, she refused to move away from the debris of her own heartbreak.

Oh, heart! How irrational, how human! Denying the erroneous, we turn a blind eye to the dictates of reason. Courting disbelief, we go on, clinging to false hope with unending might. We go on, until the day the cords are cut. Until the day the heart is bled dry and finally cracks. And then we wake up; opening our wounds once more, we run back to the same places, to those same faces, to that same precipice of disaster, welcoming danger, challenging life with all its misadventures, ceaselessly, back to the start."

It shows his understanding of the world. That knowledge gives us some support to deal with the emotional wounds of this material existence. Those who are deprived of this knowledge have to deal with the heartbreaking truths of life on their own.