Feeling for the suffering

Mula Nakshatra

I'd like to share a quotation from the Bhagavad Gita which says our intellect is in the mode of goodness. If we understand what is proper action, what is improper, what is duty, what is not duty, what is to be feared and what not to be feared, what is liberating and what is binding. If we have the reasoning ability to understand the differences, our intellect is in the mode of goodness. Mula falls entirely in the sign of Sagittarius and as per mythology more importantly it's ruled by goddess Nirrti.

Goddess Nirrti has many aspects to her personality and two of them are she's known to be behind mass destruction and she's also known to be the mother of places which have been abandoned and of people who have been discriminated against in the society. Goddess Nirrti in her destructive form is known to mutilate everything at sight. Imagine a wildfire, a cyclone, a hurricane, such natural disasters destroy everything they touch and goddess Nirrti has this thankless job of destruction as destruction is an important first step for a new creation and in this destruction she takes the lives of the ones most vulnerable.

This may paint a very negative picture of goddess Nirrti but we must understand that destruction is necessary and she has the thankless job. Take your mind back to the pandemic. I think COVID-19 was a very Mula-like event as during that time the most vulnerable, the old, the ones who had health issues were the ones who had to lose their lives and perhaps goddess Nirrti had to do this job. Loss of life and destruction can be a huge lesson for humanity. She plays that role.

Moon in Mula

If Moon is in Mula, I think you'd feel for the ones who are suffering. You might encounter circumstances in your life that teach you the value of empathy. You may go through some tragedy of some kind which makes you very humble and caring towards the ones who are going through something similar. I find this position to be strong, as the softer maternal side of Mula would be very prominent in the native's behaviour.

Your care for others can also lead to a career in Ayurveda, or using root therapy of some kind, or simply a career in medical research. You'd be a very research-minded person. Everything you find interesting, you'd like to get to the bottom of things. I think the demonic side linked to Mula would be on display.

I think you'll be up in arms against the ones who are making others suffer. In a way you'd be a social worker of some kind. That would be your natural thinking process. There's a lot to like about this position.

The major downside is the native can fall prey to addictions. We must not forget this nakshatra is ruled by Ketu. The native may resort to drugs, for example, for stimulation. Or the person may like to follow an isolationist policy.

The person may cut off ties with people around oneself. Circumstances in life, however, eventually would make the native very sound, very grounded, very practical and very realistic in one's thinking. That's my view of Mula.