Mula Pada 2

3°20′ Sagittarius to 6°40′ Sagittarius · Taurus navamsha · nakshatra lord Ketu

What this pada means

Every nakshatra divides into four padas, and each quarter falls in a different navamsha sign — which is why two people born under Mula can feel markedly different. Pada 2 falls in Taurus navamsha, which grounds it in the material — patience, resource-building, and sensory pleasure.

Mula's underlying nature — mula digs to the root of everything — and sometimes pulls it up — is filtered through that Taurus lens here. Where the nakshatra lord Ketu sets the broad theme, the navamsha lord Venus shapes how it actually expresses in life.

Naming (Naamkaran)

A child born in Mula pada 2 is traditionally given a name beginning with the syllable "Yo". This links the name to the exact position of the Moon at birth — the reason the pada, not just the nakshatra, is noted on a janma patrika. See Naamkaran muhurat dates.

Career direction

Mula natives generally suit research and investigation, root-cause medicine, philosophy and spirituality, demolition-and-rebuild fields of every kind. With the Taurus navamsha of pada 2, the emphasis shifts toward roles where patience, resource-building, and sensory pleasure matter most.

Other padas of Mula

Pada 1 (Aries) · Pada 3 (Gemini) · Pada 4 (Cancer)

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