Magha

What it gives

Natural dignity and a real sense of responsibility to those who came before.

What it costs

Entitlement, and contempt for those without your standards.

Work it suits

Administration, heritage work, genealogy, law, senior management.

The four padas

Each pada is 3°20' wide and maps onto a navamsa sign. Same nakshatra, four different methods of pursuing it.

1. Pada 1 — Leo navamsa

   Pada 1 falls in Leo navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Leo concerns — the same essence, pursued through a leo method.

2. Pada 2 — Virgo navamsa

   Pada 2 falls in Virgo navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Virgo concerns — the same essence, pursued through a virgo method.

3. Pada 3 — Libra navamsa

   Pada 3 falls in Libra navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Libra concerns — the same essence, pursued through a libra method.

4. Pada 4 — Scorpio navamsa

   Pada 4 falls in Scorpio navamsa, which colours the nakshatra with Scorpio concerns — the same essence, pursued through a scorpio method.

Why Ketu matters in this chart

If your Moon is in Magha, Ketu is the lord of your first Vimshottari mahadasha. How much of that period you were born into depends on how far the Moon had already travelled through the nakshatra. The condition of Ketu in your chart therefore colours the whole early part of your life — which is a far more specific statement than anything a sun sign can offer.