Revati is the last mansion of the zodiac, ruled by Mercury and presided over by Pushan — the nourisher, the guide of souls, the deity who shepherds beings from one shore to another. Its symbol is a fish or a pair of fish, the closing image of Pisces and of the whole annual round.
Classical texts treat Revati with unusual tenderness. It is the nakshatra of completion, of safe arrival, of the soft wisdom that has watched many things finish well. Where the early nakshatras are about beginnings and the middle ones about building, Revati is about endings that bless. Pushan's role in Vedic literature is to guide the dead, but more broadly he is the deity who knows the way — the cosmic pathfinder.
People with strong Revati placements often have an instinct for transitions. They are the friends who help others move house, change jobs, leave relationships, die well. There is a maternal-paternal warmth that does not depend on biological role. Many are teachers of beginners, hospice workers, librarians, ferry-people of all kinds. Mercury's rulership lends the verbal skill needed to translate between worlds; the Pisces backdrop lends compassion.
The shadow is the same warmth diffused: a softness that cannot say no, a guidance that has lost its own destination, the helper exhausted by helping. Revati under stress can become the person who has shepherded so many across that they have lost the path themselves.
Classical remedies honour Pushan through care for travellers — actual ones, and metaphorical ones. Mercury is honoured through careful, kind speech.
One mansion in one chart, one strand of many. Revati closes the circle; tomorrow Ashwini opens it again.