Mulaमूल

Mula opens at 0° Sagittarius with Ketu as its ruling planet. Its presiding deity is Nirriti — the goddess of dissolution, calamity, and the breaking down of what has accumulated past its usefulness. In Sagittarius, which seeks expansion and philosophical meaning, Mula introduces a radical movement: the drive to get to the absolute bottom of things, to reach the root even if the entire plant must be uprooted in the process.

Rakshasa in nature and positioned at the galactic centre, Mula carries an intensity that classical texts treat with particular care. Its symbol is a bundle of roots tied together — the foundational system beneath the visible plant. Significations include investigation, the drive to expose what lies beneath appearances, extremism in pursuit of truth, and liberation through the dissolution of what is no longer serving. What Mula loses, it tends to lose completely.

The body areas are the hips and thighs — the foundation from which the body moves, the structural base that initiates direction. Ketu's seven-year Mahadasha begins when the Moon is in Mula. SahiKundli treats this Moon placement with particular attention: Nirriti's quality of dissolution can manifest as significant loss, uprooting, or dismantling during the Ketu period, but classical texts also note its ultimate connection to liberation — what is lost is what was never truly ours.