Shravana Nakshatra Pada 3

Primary naming sound

Some families use a pada's sound in Namakarana (traditional naming ceremony). This is an optional cultural custom; families and traditions may choose differently.

Traditional interpretation

In Mercury-ruled Gemini Navamsha, Shravana may emphasize the exchange between listening, questioning, and retelling.

Shravana pada 3 occupies Gemini Navamsha, traditionally ruled by Mercury. A pada is a Nakshatra's quarter, and Navamsha is a one-ninth sign division. Shravana's ear symbol is traditionally associated with listening and the transmission of knowledge.

Gemini and Mercury bring wording and comparison to the ear symbol. A traditional reading may follow how a message changes as it is questioned or retold. Attention to a speaker's meaning and to the listener's interpretation gives this theme its tension. Retelling an explanation in your own words and inviting correction illustrates listening as an exchange rather than one-way reception.

This quarter cannot determine work, health, wealth, success, relationships or marriage, the possibility of having children, moral character, or spiritual rank. Read it within the full birth chart, including the Moon's sign, house and aspects and Mercury's condition.

How this page is calculated

The primary sound follows Anantrix's selected convention. Devanagari identifies the sound, while the familiar Latin spelling helps readers recognise and search it. Traditional naming tables sometimes differ, so useful alternate spellings are shown without treating any one spelling as universal. The Navamsha follows the standard repeating fire, earth, air and water sign sequence, and every pada covers an equal 3°20′ span in the Lahiri sidereal zodiac.