Degrees and padas: where Anuradha sits in the zodiac
Anuradha is the 17th of the 27 nakshatras and spans 3°20′–16°40′ Scorpio (213°20′–226°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, counted from 0° Aries). Each nakshatra is 13°20′ wide, in four padas of 3°20′. All four padas lie in Scorpio, so a Anuradha Moon is always a Scorpio Moon (Rashi). Before it comes Vishakha; after it, Jyeshtha.
| Pada | Degrees in the sign | Sign (Rashi) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3°20′–6°40′ | Scorpio |
| 2 | 6°40′–10°00′ | Scorpio |
| 3 | 10°00′–13°20′ | Scorpio |
| 4 | 13°20′–16°40′ | Scorpio |
Anuradha sits wholly in Scorpio, the Moon's sign of debilitation, so a weak-by-sign Moon is part of every Anuradha reading; the padas carry Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio Navamsas, the fourth being vargottama. Texts read that debility as softened when the Moon is bright, well aspected or in a strong house.
What Anuradha traditionally signifies
Mitra is the god of contracts kept in good faith, and Anuradha's classical significations are his: friendship, alliances, hospitality to strangers, foreign travel and the kindness that makes cooperation possible. The lotus adds the ability to flourish in difficult surroundings, and the archway, in the other reading of the symbol, the honor that follows service. Saturn as lord adds discipline, endurance and a seriousness about commitments. Anuradha is deva gana with the deer as its yoni animal and is classed as soft (mridu), chosen in muhurta for friendship, art and gentle beginnings.
Moon in Anuradha: how the birth star is traditionally read
An Anuradha Moon is traditionally read as loyal, hard-working and emotionally deep: a person who builds a circle and keeps it, who does better in a team than alone, who can be trusted with a secret and who travels far from home.
The harder reading, when the Moon or Saturn is afflicted, is melancholy, jealousy and a tendency to give more than is returned. Mars's condition as lord of Scorpio, Saturn's placement and the Moon's house decide which prevails.
Your first Mahadasha: Anuradha starts life in Saturn's period
In Vimshottari dasha the birth nakshatra decides the first major period (Mahadasha): its lord opens the sequence, and the Moon's exact degree within the star sets how much of that period was already spent at birth. For Anuradha the lord is Saturn, whose period lasts 19 years, so life begins inside Saturn Mahadasha with anything from days to almost 19 years of it left; Mercury's 17 years follow. The Saturn Mahadasha guide covers how that period is traditionally read.
Starting life in Saturn's nineteen years is read as an early seriousness, often a childhood with responsibility or distance from a parent; Mercury's seventeen then arrive in the late teens or twenties and lighten the register, which is why an Anuradha-born person's twenties are read from Mercury's house.
How to know whether Anuradha is your nakshatra
Your nakshatra is the one the Moon occupied when you were born, measured on the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa by default). The Moon moves about 13° a day, close to one nakshatra every 24 hours, so an unknown birth time can leave two candidates, and the pada needs the time to within a couple of hours. The nakshatra calculator returns the star, lord and pada from your birth details; the Moon sign calculator shows the Rashi.
When to have the AI Jyotishi read your chart for your nakshatra
What is worth asking is how your chart treats a debilitated Moon: its brightness, its house, the aspects on it, Saturn's placement as the star's lord, and whether the long Saturn opening is done. Those are the things that turn Anuradha's loyalty into a strength or a burden.
The AI Jyotishi reads your chart after it is calculated, takes the Moon's nakshatra together with the houses and the running dasha, and lists which parts of the chart it looked at. Software, not a human astrologer. Interpretation, not a prediction or professional advice.
FAQ
Anuradha nakshatra questions
What is Anuradha nakshatra known for?
Friendship, devotion and success abroad: Mitra's star, with the lotus as its image, is read as cooperation that outlasts hardship. In a chart that promise is read through the Moon's house and Saturn's condition, not from the star alone.
What are Anuradha nakshatra characteristics?
Classically: loyal, disciplined, warm beneath a reserved surface, good in groups, drawn to distant places, prone to brooding. These are readings of the birth star; the Ascendant and the planets with the Moon shift the balance.
Who is Anuradha nakshatra compatible with?
There is no table that settles it. Guna Milan weighs both partners' birth stars on eight counts, Anuradha bringing deva gana and deer yoni into the comparison, and then reads both charts in full, 7th houses and Venus included. Kundli matching runs that with both charts.
Is a Moon in Anuradha weak?
By sign, yes: Scorpio is the Moon's debilitation sign. Classical texts soften that when the Moon is bright, well aspected or in a strong house, and they read Anuradha's Saturn as giving the Moon endurance. The chart as a whole decides, which is why the sign alone is not a verdict.
Which Rashi is Anuradha nakshatra in?
Scorpio, entirely: 3°20′–16°40′ of the sign, so every Anuradha Moon is a sidereal Scorpio Moon.