Moola Nakshatra in Scriptures

According to Jatakabharana, the person with Moola Nakshatra will be a nice person, humble, respectable, enjoys life, and will be helpful to others. He will have a sacrificing nature.

According to Horasara, the person will be wise, happy, rich, prone to disease, and a big thief. He will be fortunate, unsteady in mind.

According to Jataka Parijata, the person with Moola Nakshatra will be eloquent, but dishonest, will be ungrateful, poverty-stricken.

General Characteristics

Moola Nakshatra is ruled by Ketu. It is located at the galactic center of our universe. The symbol for Moola Nakshatra is ‘Root’ or ‘Base’ or tied bunch of roots. As roots are not visible and hidden inside, it signifies deep-rooted desires or ‘samskaras’ hidden in one’s subconscious mind. Its tied roots represent the bondage and also the slavery of the mind. It also signifies the initiation or beginning. The people with Moola Nakshatra will have interest in research and pursuit of learning new. They will have an inquisitive mindset and get to the deep to find the root cause of any problem.

Moola Nakshatra natives are hardworking and very goal-oriented people. Generally, they will be good looking with an attractive personality. They will be proud of themselves and like to live a joyful life. They will be very loyal and religious minded. They will be purposeful in any of the tasks and can be termed as taskmasters. They will be adventurous and love to explore new ideas. They carry optimism and a cheerful approach wherever they go. These individuals will follow strict principles in life and do not deviate at any cost.

The deity associated with Moola Nakshatra is Niritti, the Goddess of destruction. It is said that she lives in the kingdom of the dead. The energy primarily used here is to break things apart. On the negative side, these people may see others in a negative way. They may not hesitate in using others for personal gains. They will cunningly get the work done by others. Also will be very stubborn and arrogant in their approach. They will be very adamant about their decisions. They may keep the bitterness of others in mind for a long time thereby creating a destructive and agitated mind for themselves.

Apart from the above characteristics, some of the specific characters for different quarters or padas under Moola star are as follows.

Moola Nakshatra 1st Pada – (00° 00’ to 03° 20’ Sagittarius)

Moola Nakshatra 1st pada is ruled by Mars. Here an aggressive and hostile mind takes over the emotions and feelings. They will be highly ambitious and want to achieve everything in a short span of time. They will be well built, protect the family, strong, educated. Most of the time they run behind material prosperity. Often their father will go through some health issues.

Moola Nakshatra 2nd Pada – (03° 20’ to 06° 40’ Sagittarius)

Venus rules over this pada. The natives of 2nd pada will be famous in their circle, enjoys life. does good deeds and is protective of the family. There may not be many problems for wealth and prosperity. But there can be some problems related to marriage and the mother will have some health issues.

Moola Nakshatra 3rd Pada – (06° 40’ to 10° 00’ Sagittarius)

Mercury rules over this pada. These people will be wealthy, scholarly, will have good oratory skills, and behave well. There can be some interest in writing etc. Will be very passionate and can perform some unethical deeds.

Moola Nakshatra 4th Pada – (10° 00’ to 13° 20’ Sagittarius)

Moon rules over this pada. They have a beautiful appearance and like fashion accessories. They may be very secretive in nature. They may like to gossip about others and may create differences with others.

Moola Muhurta in Muhurta or Electional Astrology

Moola Nakshatra is Adhomukhi (facing downwards) Nakshatra and it is suitable to perform activities such as digging wells, borewells, digging for foundation laying, underground construction, mining, etc. can be done.

Moola Nakshatra is Teekshna and Daruna (Ferocious and Bitter) Nakshatra and it is suitable to perform activities like Hatha Yoga, tankrik acts, training animals, aggressive deeds.