Gems for Mula Nakshatra, Second Pada

Mula is a Ketu nakshatra lying in Sagittarius, deity Nirriti. A Moon in Mula opens life in Ketu mahadasha, a balance of the 7-year period. The second pada of Mula falls in a Taurus navamsa. Taurus belongs to Venus, so gem sellers recommend diamond for that pada and cat's eye for the nakshatra lord. Both sentences can be true as labels and false as advice. Cat's eye strengthens Ketu. Diamond strengthens Venus. Which one is better is the wrong question until the lagna says which graha you meant to strengthen.

If Ketu is in a difficult house, feeding Ketu because the birth star is Mula copies the star and ignores the house.

The Vimshottari lord of every pada of Mula is Ketu. The Taurus navamsa changes the D9 sign of that slice of Sagittarius. It does not hand the mahadasha to Venus. A person can be in Ketu's remainder with a Venus navamsa and still need to judge Venus separately, by the houses Venus rules. For Capricorn and Aquarius, Venus is yogakaraka, and diamond is a more serious candidate than it is for a lagna where Venus owns the 8th.

Nirriti's star has a fierce reputation. The reputation is not a gem prescription. The sharp nakshatra class includes Mula. Sharp is a muhurta category.

During the Ketu balance, a Ketu remedy is at least aimed at the running lord, and cat's eye is the stone people name, with all the usual caution about strengthening a malefic. During a later Venus mahadasha, 20 years, diamond matches the period only if Venus is a planet you want louder. Wearing both because a pada contains both ideas doubles the amplifiers.

Read the lagna lord, the house of Ketu, and Venus's lordship. The better gem is the one whose graha is both running and worth the volume. Often that answer is neither stone.