Pushya is the eighth birth star among 27 Nakshatram in Hindu
Jyothisha or astrology. In Malayalam Jyothisham, Pushya occurs is Karka Rashi.
Pushya Nakshatra is known as Pooyam in Malayalam.
Pooyam birth star is
housed in Karka Rashi (Cancer Zodiac)
according to Hindu moon astrology calendar followed in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
The term Pushya is used in North India .
In Tamil Nadu, the Nakshatra is known as Poosam.