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Find your Moon sign and birth star.

Your Moon sign is the sign the Moon was in when you were born. Vedic astrology gives it more weight than your Sun sign. This tool also names your birth star, the finer slice of sky the Moon sat in.

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It is the zodiac sign the Moon was in when you were born. Vedic astrology gives it more weight than the Sun sign.

The Vedic zodiac is about 24 degrees behind the Western one. The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day, so your Vedic Moon sign often sits one sign before your Western one.

The tradition divides the sky into 27 star slices, called nakshatras. Your birth star is the one the Moon was in. It is a finer view than the Moon sign.

The Moon changes sign about every two and a half days, so the time matters only on days when it changes sign. The tool tells you when that is the case.