Nakshatras / Mrigashira
Mrigashira
मृगशिरा
The 5th of the twenty-seven nakshatras, spanning 23°20′ Taurus – 6°40′ Gemini.
- Span
- 23°20′ Taurus – 6°40′ Gemini
- Ruling graha
- Mars
- Deity
- Soma, the moon
- Symbol
- a deer's head
- Gana
- Deva
Mrigashira is the searching division. Its symbol is a deer's head, alert and turning, and the tradition consistently describes it through the language of scent and pursuit: something is sensed at a distance and followed. Mars rules it, which supplies the energy for the chase without supplying any instruction about where to stop.
So the gift and the problem are one thing. Curiosity here is genuine and wide, and people with weight in Mrigashira often know a great deal across a surprising range. What they less often have is depth in any one of it, because the search restarts each time the scent goes cold. The discipline that helps is not narrowing interests, which rarely works, but finishing one thing per year in full.
Padas (navamsa)
| Padas | Navamsa rashi | Lord |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Sun |
| 2 | Virgo | Mercury |
| 3 | Libra | Venus |
| 4 | Scorpio | Mars |
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