# Mula Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Mula

Mula spans 0°00'-13°20' Sagittarius, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Mula opens Sagittarius, holding its first 13°20′ under Ketu, with Nirriti presiding. It begins exactly at the Scorpio-Sagittarius junction, the most discussed gandanta in the nakshatra wheel, and its quarters run Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer in the navamsa. The table below gives each pada's precise span, syllable and lord relation.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Mula at a glance

| Pada                                 | Degree span               | Rashi       | Navamsa (D9)               | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity           |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------- | --------------- | --------------------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula/pada/1) | 0°00′-3°20′ Sagittarius   | Sagittarius | Aries (Mesha) - Mars       | ये (Ye)         | Friend (mitra)                    |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula/pada/2) | 3°20′-6°40′ Sagittarius   | Sagittarius | Taurus (Vrishabha) - Venus | यो (Yo)         | Friend (mitra) - Ketu debilitated |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula/pada/3) | 6°40′-10°00′ Sagittarius  | Sagittarius | Gemini (Mithuna) - Mercury | भा (Bha)        | Neutral                           |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula/pada/4) | 10°00′-13°20′ Sagittarius | Sagittarius | Cancer (Karka) - Moon      | भी (Bhi)        | Adversary (shatru)                |

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 quarter0°00′-3°20′ SagittariusNavamsa sign: Aries (Mesha), ruled by Mars.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter3°20′-6°40′ SagittariusNavamsa sign: Taurus (Vrishabha), ruled by Venus.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter6°40′-10°00′ SagittariusNavamsa sign: Gemini (Mithuna), ruled by Mercury.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter10°00′-13°20′ SagittariusNavamsa sign: Cancer (Karka), ruled by Moon.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula/pada/4)

[Find my exact pada](https://merirashi.com/en/birth-chart-calculator)[Back to Mula overview](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/mula)

Rashi placement

## Where Mula sits in the zodiac

Every pada of Mula falls in Sagittarius, Jupiter's fire, and the setting redeems the star's fierce reputation: root-work carried out in the sign of meaning. The structural fact to know is the opening seam: 0°00′ Sagittarius stands on the water-to-fire junction with Scorpio, so the first degrees of pada 1 sit in a gandanta zone that classical astrology reads carefully, particularly for the Moon. Treat that as a request for precision, not a prophecy; the same quarter carries a friendly Mars navamsa and real courage. Away from the seam, Mula's Sagittarian ground keeps all four quarters honest: whatever they uproot, they uproot in search of truth, and the sign lends the search its optimism.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Mula unfold

Pada 1, in an Aries navamsa with Mars friendly to Ketu, does the star's heaviest lifting at the gandanta edge: the root-cutter, brave and direct, best read with an accurate birth time. Pada 2 places Ketu in the Taurus navamsa, its debilitation: the quarter that learns to release the material, where letting go of possessions, comforts and fixed positions is the curriculum and lightness is the reward. Pada 3, in Gemini, investigates instead of severing: the researcher of origins, with Mercury neutral toward Ketu. Pada 4, in Cancer, brings the search home, and the Moon's opposition to Ketu makes it the most feeling quarter: roots of family and memory, examined with love and some difficulty. The star moves from cutting to releasing to understanding to reconciling, which is the order deep work actually takes.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Mula's padas

Nirriti, goddess of dissolution, presides over Mula, and Ketu rules it, the most uncompromising pairing in the nakshatra wheel and the most misread. Their joint work is subtraction: removing what is false so what is true has room. Rakshasa-gana intensity serves that purpose. By quarter, the dissolution changes tools: the sword in the Aries pada, the open hand in the Taurus pada, the question in the Gemini pada, the tear in the Cancer pada. The bundle-of-roots symbol is worth taking literally; nothing here attacks the tree. Mula digs because it intends the tree to stand on what is real.

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. Mula occupies 0°00'-13°20' Sagittarius, 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 Mula is my Moon in?

Mula occupies 0°00'-13°20' Sagittarius, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 0°00′-3°20′ Sagittarius; pada 2 covers 3°20′-6°40′ Sagittarius; pada 3 covers 6°40′-10°00′ Sagittarius; pada 4 covers 10°00′-13°20′ Sagittarius. 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 Mula fall in the same rashi?

Yes. The whole of Mula sits inside Sagittarius, so all four padas share the same Moon sign. What changes from quarter to quarter is the navamsa sign -- Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and Cancer -- which is why two Mula natives with the same rashi can still feel noticeably different.

Which pada of Mula is considered strongest?

Mula is one of the more evenly balanced nakshatras: none of its quarters carries an exalted, debilitated, own-sign or vargottama marker, so its padas differ by element and temperament rather than by classical rank. Pada 2 carries the most demanding note -- Ketu debilitated in the navamsa -- which asks for patience, never fear. In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Mula matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Mula carries its own starting syllable -- ये (Ye) for pada 1, यो (Yo) for pada 2, भा (Bha) for pada 3, भी (Bhi) 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.