# Vishakha Nakshatra -- All 4 Padas & Navamsa Signs

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

## The four padas of Vishakha

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

Vishakha stretches from 20°00′ Libra to 3°20′ Scorpio under Jupiter, with the paired deities Indra and Agni presiding. Three padas strive in Venus's air; the fourth arrives in Mars's water carrying Jupiter's exaltation, the classical image of the goal reached. The table below shows each quarter's exact span, syllable and lord relation.

The four quarters, computed

## All four padas of Vishakha at a glance

| Pada                                     | Degree span         | Rashi   | Navamsa (D9)               | Naming syllable | Lord relation & dignity          |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------- | -------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------------- |
| [Pada 1](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/vishakha/pada/1) | 20°00′-23°20′ Libra | Libra   | Aries (Mesha) - Mars       | ती (Ti)         | Friend (mitra)                   |
| [Pada 2](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/vishakha/pada/2) | 23°20′-26°40′ Libra | Libra   | Taurus (Vrishabha) - Venus | तू (Tu)         | Adversary (shatru)               |
| [Pada 3](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/vishakha/pada/3) | 26°40′-30°00′ Libra | Libra   | Gemini (Mithuna) - Mercury | ते (Te)         | Adversary (shatru)               |
| [Pada 4](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/vishakha/pada/4) | 0°00′-3°20′ Scorpio | Scorpio | Cancer (Karka) - Moon      | तो (To)         | Friend (mitra) - Jupiter exalted |

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 quarter20°00′-23°20′ LibraNavamsa sign: Aries (Mesha), ruled by Mars.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/vishakha/pada/1)

[Pada 2 - Second quarter23°20′-26°40′ LibraNavamsa sign: Taurus (Vrishabha), ruled by Venus.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/vishakha/pada/2)

[Pada 3 - Third quarter26°40′-30°00′ LibraNavamsa sign: Gemini (Mithuna), ruled by Mercury.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/vishakha/pada/3)

[Pada 4 - Fourth quarter0°00′-3°20′ ScorpioNavamsa sign: Cancer (Karka), ruled by Moon.](https://merirashi.com/en/nakshatras/vishakha/pada/4)

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

Rashi placement

## Where Vishakha sits in the zodiac

Vishakha's geometry tells its story. Padas 1 to 3 lie in Libra: the campaign phase, where ambition works through alliances, persuasion and patient positioning. Pada 4 crosses into Scorpio: the capture, where the prize is finally held and held hard. The star's symbol, a triumphal archway, stands exactly on that boundary. A Vishakha Moon is therefore a Libra Moon in three quarters and a Scorpio Moon in the last, and natives of the two signs pursue the same goal with different hands, open in Libra, closed around it in Scorpio. Classical readers consistently treat the fourth quarter as the star's culmination, and the navamsa arithmetic backs them up.

Navamsa progression

## How the four quarters of Vishakha unfold

Pada 1, in an Aries navamsa with Mars friendly to Jupiter, is the campaign's launch: frank, energetic, first over the start line. Padas 2 and 3 are the long middle. The Taurus quarter negotiates resources, Venus being Jupiter's classical rival, so ambition and comfort bargain here; the Gemini quarter argues the case, quick and tactical, with Mercury likewise formal toward the lord. Both middle quarters earn rather than receive. Pada 4 is the celebrated one: a Cancer navamsa in which Jupiter is exalted, its strongest dignity, just as the star enters Scorpio. Purpose, emotion and reward finally coincide; classical astrologers treat this as one of the great finishing padas of the zodiac. Vishakha's four quarters are, in order, the vow, the funding, the argument and the arrival.

Deity, gana & lord

## The forces behind Vishakha's padas

Indra and Agni preside together over Vishakha, king and fire, authority and the energy that feeds it; Jupiter rules, giving the ambition a purpose beyond appetite. The star is Rakshasa-gana, and the intensity is real: this is the zodiac's most single-minded drive, banked rather than wild. Each quarter serves the two gods differently: the Aries pada is Agni's spark, the Taurus pada Indra's treasury, the Gemini pada his council chamber, and the exalted Cancer pada the shared feast after victory, where Indra's triumph and Agni's warmth finally sit at one table. The archway is passed through in the fourth quarter; the first three build it.

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. Vishakha occupies 20°00' Libra - 3°20' Scorpio, 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 Vishakha is my Moon in?

Vishakha occupies 20°00' Libra - 3°20' Scorpio, divided into four equal 3°20′ quarters: pada 1 covers 20°00′-23°20′ Libra; pada 2 covers 23°20′-26°40′ Libra; pada 3 covers 26°40′-30°00′ Libra; pada 4 covers 0°00′-3°20′ Scorpio. 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 Vishakha fall in the same rashi?

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

Which pada of Vishakha is considered strongest?

Classical astrology marks structural strength rather than luck. In Vishakha the notable quarter is: pada 4, where Jupiter is exalted in its Cancer navamsa. In every case the wider chart decides far more than the pada does.

Does the pada of Vishakha matter for naming a baby?

In the traditional Namakaran system, yes. Each quarter of Vishakha carries its own starting syllable -- ती (Ti) for pada 1, तू (Tu) for pada 2, ते (Te) for pada 3, तो (To) 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.