Jupiter in Mula Nakshatra (Guru in मूल)

Mula, the 19th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 240°00′ – 253°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Sagittarius. Mula is ruled by Ketu, so Jupiter in Mula stands in Ketu’s star.

Ketu’s row in the friendship lists counts Jupiter neutral; Jupiter’s own row names no node, so Jupiter’s view of the lord of Mula has no entry, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Ketu rules, Ashwini and Magha, put Jupiter under the same star lord.

Jupiter in Mula, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter is in its own sign in all four padas of Mula, because the whole nakshatra lies in Sagittarius. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Jupiter’s strongest navamsa in Mula is pada 4 (Cancer, exalted), and its weakest are padas 2 (Taurus, in an enemy's sign) and 3 (Gemini, in an enemy's sign).

Mula pada 1 (Sagittarius 0°00′ – 3°20′) is gandanta: one of the six padas on the junction of a water sign and the fire sign after it, and Jupiter placed in that quarter of Mula sits on the junction itself.

Jupiter’s moolatrikona, Sagittarius 0°–10°, covers padas 1, 2 and 3 of Mula.

When Jupiter Is in Mula, 2026–2028

Jupiter does not enter Mula at any point between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. It stands in Punarvasu when the table opens and in Chitra when it closes, having visited 8 of the 27 nakshatras, and from Chitra Mula is 5 nakshatras further on. So Jupiter in Mula is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Inside Mula: what the tables locate there for Jupiter

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Jupiter's stations in Mula. On 15 April 2031 Jupiter stations retrograde inside Mula, in pada 2. At a station Jupiter’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Mula.

Mula as the Setting for Jupiter

In the nakshatra tables Mula’s deity is listed as Nirriti and its symbol as tied roots; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Tikshna class (sharp). Those belong to Mula whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Mula page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Sagittarius, the relation to Ketu, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Mula; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Jupiter in Sagittarius; Jupiter in all 27 nakshatras is on the Jupiter nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Mula article.

The Other Grahas in Mula