Shravana Pada 4

20°00′ Capricorn to 23°20′ Capricorn · Cancer 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 4 falls in Cancer navamsha, which draws it inward and emotional — home, memory, and protective feeling.

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

Naming (Naamkaran)

A child born in Shravana pada 4 is traditionally given a name beginning with the syllable "Gha". 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 Cancer navamsha of pada 4, the emphasis shifts toward roles where home, memory, and protective feeling matter most.

Other padas of Shravana

Pada 1 (Aries) · Pada 2 (Taurus) · Pada 3 (Gemini)

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