# Shatabhisha Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Shatabhisha

Shatabhisha spans 6°40'-20°00' Aquarius, split into four equal 3°20′ quarters. Each pada carries a different Navamsa (D9) sign overlay -- pick yours below.

Shatabhisha, the hundred healers, fills 6°40′ to 20°00′ of Aquarius under Rahu, with Varuna presiding. Its quarters run Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces in the navamsa, and the third, Aquarius in Aquarius, is vargottama with a friendly lord, the concentrated centre of the star. Details for all four are below.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Shatabhisha at a glance

| Pada                                                  | Degree span            | Rashi    | Navamsa (D9)                  | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shatabhisha/pada/1)           | 6°40′-10°00′ Aquarius  | Aquarius | Sagittarius (Dhanu) - Jupiter | गो (Go)         | Neutral                 |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shatabhisha/pada/2)           | 10°00′-13°20′ Aquarius | Aquarius | Capricorn (Makara) - Saturn   | सा (Sa)         | Friend (mitra)          |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shatabhisha/pada/3)Vargottama | 13°20′-16°40′ Aquarius | Aquarius | Aquarius (Kumbha) - Saturn    | सी (Si)         | Friend (mitra)          |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shatabhisha/pada/4)           | 16°40′-20°00′ Aquarius | Aquarius | Pisces (Meena) - Jupiter      | सू (Su)         | Neutral                 |

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 quarter6°40′-10°00′ AquariusNavamsa sign: Sagittarius (Dhanu), ruled by Jupiter.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shatabhisha/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter10°00′-13°20′ AquariusNavamsa sign: Capricorn (Makara), ruled by Saturn.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shatabhisha/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter13°20′-16°40′ AquariusNavamsa sign: Aquarius (Kumbha), ruled by Saturn.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shatabhisha/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter16°40′-20°00′ AquariusNavamsa sign: Pisces (Meena), ruled by Jupiter.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/shatabhisha/pada/4)

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

Rashi placement

## Where Shatabhisha sits in the zodiac

Shatabhisha sits entirely inside Aquarius, Saturn's airy sign of systems and collectives, and the placement explains the star's paradox: a famously solitary, secretive nakshatra whose work is public health in the widest sense. Every pada shares the Aquarian frame, the hundred stars arranged around one empty circle, and heals at the level of patterns rather than persons. Rahu ruling from inside Saturn's sign gives all four quarters their unconventional method and their thick skin, and the two are related; this star can bear the isolation its originality costs. No boundary, junction or extreme dignity interrupts the span. The quarters differ by instrument: philosophy, structure, network, dissolution.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Shatabhisha unfold

Pada 1, in a Sagittarius navamsa, heals by reframing: the teacher-physician, treating bad ideas as the first disease, with Jupiter neutral toward Rahu. Pada 2, in Capricorn under Saturn, Rahu's friend, heals by regimen: protocols, systems, the quarter most at home in institutions and long treatments. Pada 3 is the star's concentrated centre: vargottama, Aquarius in Aquarius, with friendly Saturn ruling; the hundred healers assemble here, and the native works on whole populations, disciplines or technologies at once. Astrologers reasonably rank it the star's strongest quarter. Pada 4, in Pisces under neutral Jupiter, heals by dissolving: the mystic edge of the star, where the boundary between healer and healed thins. The sequence runs diagnosis, treatment, system, mystery, in that order.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Shatabhisha's padas

Varuna, keeper of the cosmic waters and of the deep order behind appearances, presides over Shatabhisha; Rahu rules it. Together they patrol what is hidden: Varuna knows every secret, Rahu is one. Rakshasa-gana intensity turns inward here, into research and reserve. Varuna's jurisdiction shifts by quarter: the law itself in the Sagittarius pada, its enforcement in the Capricorn pada, its infrastructure in the vargottama Aquarius pada, and its mercy in the Pisces pada, where even the sea-god's judgments dissolve into tide. The empty circle at the star's centre is Varuna's seal: the healing works, and does not explain itself.

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. Shatabhisha occupies 6°40'-20°00' Aquarius, 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 Shatabhisha is my Moon in?

Shatabhisha occupies 6°40'-20°00' Aquarius, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 6°40′-10°00′ Aquarius; pada 2 covers 10°00′-13°20′ Aquarius; pada 3 covers 13°20′-16°40′ Aquarius; pada 4 covers 16°40′-20°00′ Aquarius. 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 Shatabhisha fall in the same rashi?

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

Which pada of Shatabhisha is considered strongest?

Classical astrology marks structural strength rather than luck. In Shatabhisha the notable quarter is: pada 3, where the quarter is vargottama (rashi and navamsa agree). In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Shatabhisha matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Shatabhisha carries its own starting syllable -- गो (Go) for pada 1, सा (Sa) for pada 2, सी (Si) for pada 3, सू (Su) 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.