Shravana Pada 3

16°40′ Capricorn to 20°00′ Capricorn · Gemini navamsha · nakshatra lord Moon

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 Shravana can feel markedly different. Pada 3 falls in Gemini navamsha, which turns it verbal and curious — communication, versatility, and restless intellect.

Shravana's underlying nature — shravana is the listening star: learning through hearing, connecting through counsel, preserving what is worth keeping — is filtered through that Gemini lens here. Where the nakshatra lord Moon sets the broad theme, the navamsha lord Mercury shapes how it actually expresses in life.

Naming (Naamkaran)

A child born in Shravana pada 3 is traditionally given a name beginning with the syllable "Jo". 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

Shravana natives generally suit education and academia, media and broadcasting, counseling, languages, tradition-keeping professions — careers of the well-tuned ear. With the Gemini navamsha of pada 3, the emphasis shifts toward roles where communication, versatility, and restless intellect matter most.

Other padas of Shravana

Pada 1 (Aries) · Pada 2 (Taurus) · Pada 4 (Cancer)

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