Mrigashira Nakshatra

About Mrigashira nakshatra

Mrigashira is the 5th of the 27 lunar mansions. It runs from 23°20′ Taurus to 6°40′ Gemini in the sidereal zodiac (Lahiri ayanamsa). Its ruling planet (swami grah) is Mars, its deity is Soma, the Moon, and its symbol is a deer's head.

People born with the Moon in Mrigashira are traditionally described as searching, gentle, curious and good with words.

• Lord: Mars
• Deity: Soma, the Moon
• Symbol: a deer's head
• Gana: Deva
• Yoni: serpent
• Nadi: Madhya
• Nature: soft

Mrigashira nakshatra padas and name letters

Each pada is 3°20′ and has its own letter and navamsa sign.

• Pada 1: letter Ve, Taurus (Vrishabh) rashi, navamsa Leo.
• Pada 2: letter Vo, Taurus (Vrishabh) rashi, navamsa Virgo.
• Pada 3: letter Ka, Gemini (Mithun) rashi, navamsa Libra.
• Pada 4: letter Ki, Gemini (Mithun) rashi, navamsa Scorpio.

Mrigashira in kundli matching (kundli milan)

In ashtakoota guna milan, Mrigashira gives Deva gana (6 points), serpent yoni (4 points) and Madhya nadi (8 points), together 18 of the 36 points.

1. Find both birth nakshatras.
2. Compare nadi: same nadi scores 0.
3. Compare gana and yoni.
4. Add the remaining kootas for a score out of 36.

Mrigashira personality, love and career

Searching, gentle, curious and good with words. In love, the deva gana style shows. At work, these qualities suit roles that reward them.

• Strengths: searching, gentle, curious and good with words.
• Nature in muhurat: soft.
• Planet to know: Mars.

Mrigashira and dasha

Vimshottari dasha starts from the birth nakshatra lord, so Mrigashira natives begin in Mars mahadasha (7 years in full).

1. Mars mahadasha, 7 years
2. Rahu mahadasha, 18 years
3. Jupiter mahadasha, 16 years
4. Saturn mahadasha, 19 years
5. Mercury mahadasha, 17 years
6. Ketu mahadasha, 7 years
7. Venus mahadasha, 20 years
8. Sun mahadasha, 6 years
9. Moon mahadasha, 10 years

Mrigashira in muhurat

Muhurat texts class Mrigashira as soft. Light nakshatras suit travel and trade, fixed ones suit foundations, soft ones suit art and marriage, sharp and fierce ones suit firm or bold tasks.

Mrigashira nakshatra in depth

The word nakshatra is often translated as lunar mansion. The Moon moves roughly 13 degrees a day, so it spends about one day in each of the 27 nakshatras and completes the circle in a little over 27 days. Ancient astronomers used these star groups as a calendar long before the twelve signs became popular, and that is why Indian families still ask for the janma nakshatra before anything else. Mrigashira sits at position 5 in that circle, after Rohini and before Ardra.

The deity of Mrigashira is Soma, the Moon. In traditional reading the deity hints at the inner motive of the nakshatra, while the symbol, a deer's head, gives a picture that is easy to remember. The ruling planet (swami grah) Mars adds its own colour, and because Vimshottari dasha begins from the birth nakshatra lord, Mars becomes the first planetary period in the life of anyone born with the Moon here.

Matching uses three attributes of Mrigashira directly. Gana describes temperament, and Mrigashira is Deva gana. Yoni describes instinct and comfort, and Mrigashira carries the serpent yoni. Nadi describes constitution, and Mrigashira is Madhya nadi. Together these three kootas carry 18 of the 36 guna milan points, which is why two people's nakshatras matter so much in kundli milan.

In muhurat, Mrigashira is a soft nakshatra. Muhurat texts sort nakshatras into groups such as fixed, movable, soft, light, sharp and fierce, and each group suits certain kinds of work. Families look at this when choosing a day for naamkaran, griha pravesh, travel, purchases or a wedding, along with tithi, weekday and lagna.

For a newborn, the pada matters most. Each of the four padas of Mrigashira gives a different starting letter: Ve, Vo, Ka, Ki. Families who follow the custom pick a name that begins with the letter of the birth pada, then often check the name number (naam ka ank) in numerology (ank jyotish) as a second, lighter step.

How to find your nakshatra

Your janma nakshatra is where the Moon stood at birth.

1. Open the free nakshatra calculator.
2. Enter date, time and place of birth.
3. Note the nakshatra and pada.
4. Read this guide for your nakshatra.