# Mrigashira Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

> Mrigashira nakshatra's four padas (quarters) -- exact degree arcs and Navamsa (D9) sign overlays for each. Pick your pada to see how it modulates Mrigashira's traits, career, and relationships.
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Mrigashira (Mrigashira) - Four padas

## The four padas of Mrigashira

Mrigashira spans 23°20' Taurus - 6°40' Gemini, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Mrigashira, the searching deer, runs from 23°20′ Taurus to 6°40′ Gemini under Mars, with Soma as its deity. It is one of the eight nakshatras split across two rashis: two padas in Venus's earth, two in Mercury's air, with navamsas running Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio. The full pada geometry is tabulated below.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Mrigashira at a glance

| Pada                                       | Degree span          | Rashi  | Navamsa (D9)                | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity   |
| ------------------------------------------ | -------------------- | ------ | --------------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mrigashira/pada/1) | 23°20′-26°40′ Taurus | Taurus | Leo (Simha) - Sun           | वे (Ve)         | Friend (mitra)            |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mrigashira/pada/2) | 26°40′-30°00′ Taurus | Taurus | Virgo (Kanya) - Mercury     | वो (Vo)         | Adversary (shatru)        |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mrigashira/pada/3) | 0°00′-3°20′ Gemini   | Gemini | Libra (Tula) - Venus        | का (Ka)         | Neutral                   |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mrigashira/pada/4) | 3°20′-6°40′ Gemini   | Gemini | Scorpio (Vrishchika) - Mars | की (Ki)         | Same lord - Mars own sign |

Computed from the classical pada geometry (13°20′ per nakshatra, 3°20′ per pada), the standard navamsa cycle, and the Avakahada naming-syllable table used for Namakaran -- not stored guesses.

Choose a pada

## Pick your exact quarter

[Pada 1 - First quarter23°20′-26°40′ TaurusNavamsa sign: Leo (Simha), ruled by Sun.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mrigashira/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter26°40′-30°00′ TaurusNavamsa sign: Virgo (Kanya), ruled by Mercury.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mrigashira/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter0°00′-3°20′ GeminiNavamsa sign: Libra (Tula), ruled by Venus.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mrigashira/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter3°20′-6°40′ GeminiNavamsa sign: Scorpio (Vrishchika), ruled by Mars.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mrigashira/pada/4)

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Rashi placement

## Where Mrigashira sits in the zodiac

The sign boundary at 30°00′ Taurus cuts Mrigashira exactly in half. Padas 1 and 2 belong to Taurus: the search happens among real things, and these quarters hunt comfort, craft, land or the perfect material form. Padas 3 and 4 belong to Gemini: the same seeking turns toward ideas, conversation and connection, lighter on its feet and quicker to move on. A Mrigashira Moon can therefore be a Taurus Moon or a Gemini Moon, and the two halves of the star are honestly different people. The constant is the deer itself, the scenting, following quality Mars gives it; the rashi decides whether the trail leads through a marketplace or a library.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Mrigashira unfold

Pada 1 opens in the Leo navamsa with the Sun friendly to Mars: the boldest quarter, seeking recognition as much as discovery. Pada 2, in Virgo, sets Mars against Mercury's exacting rule; the search narrows into research, and this quarter's lesson is finishing one trail before starting three others. Pada 3, first of the Gemini half, takes a Libra navamsa: the social seeker, drawn to partners in curiosity, with Venus neutral toward Mars. Pada 4 is the strongest classical seat of the four: the Scorpio navamsa returns to Mars's own sign, lord and quarter unified, and the deer becomes a tracker. What the earlier quarters browse, this one pursues to the end, with the focus and privacy Scorpio brings. The journey runs from display to precision to company to depth.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Mrigashira's padas

Soma, the Moon-deity of nectar, presides over Mrigashira, which is why a Mars-ruled star feels so gentle: the strength is in the seeking, not the striking. Deva-gana by class, it keeps its manners even at full stretch. The deity's nectar takes a different form each quarter: applause in the Leo pada, mastery in the Virgo pada, rapport in the Libra pada and truth itself in the Scorpio pada, where Mars finally hunts on home ground. Across all four, Soma promises that the sweetness is real, and Mars insists it must still be tracked down.

Find your pada

## How to find your pada

How to find your pada

Your pada is read from the Moon's exact sidereal degree at birth. Mrigashira occupies 23°20' Taurus - 6°40' Gemini, and a new quarter begins every 3°20′ within that band, so a Moon near one of the boundaries in the table above can shift padas with only a small birth-time correction. Enter your date, time and place of birth in the free birth chart calculator to get the Moon's precise degree, then match it against the spans above.

[Find my exact pada](https://merirashi.com/en/birth-chart-calculator)

## Frequently asked questions

Which pada of Mrigashira is my Moon in?

Mrigashira occupies 23°20' Taurus - 6°40' Gemini, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 23°20′-26°40′ Taurus; pada 2 covers 26°40′-30°00′ Taurus; pada 3 covers 0°00′-3°20′ Gemini; pada 4 covers 3°20′-6°40′ Gemini. Your own pada follows the Moon's exact sidereal degree at your birth, which needs a calculated chart -- a birth date alone cannot resolve a band this narrow, but a free birth-chart calculation from date, time and place settles it immediately.

Do all four padas of Mrigashira fall in the same rashi?

No -- Mrigashira straddles a sign boundary, which is its most practical structural fact. Padas 1 and 2 fall in Taurus, while padas 3 and 4 sit in Gemini. Two people born under Mrigashira can therefore have different Moon signs, so settle the rashi first and the pada second when reading a chart.

Which pada of Mrigashira is considered strongest?

Classical astrology marks structural strength rather than luck. In Mrigashira the notable quarter is: pada 4, where Mars occupies its own navamsa sign. In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Mrigashira matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Mrigashira carries its own starting syllable -- वे (Ve) for pada 1, वो (Vo) for pada 2, का (Ka) for pada 3, की (Ki) for pada 4 -- chosen from the Moon's pada at birth. Most families treat the syllable as a meaningful custom rather than a binding rule; for chart interpretation it is the pada's navamsa sign, not its sound, that carries the analytical weight.