🪷 मृगशिरा · Mṛgaśira (Mṛgaśira)

मृगशिरा
Krishna IS Soma — "I am the Moon among nakshatras" (BG 10.21 śaśī). Mṛgaśira ruled by Soma is direct Moon-presence.
— Bhagavad Gītā BG 7.8

🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this nakshatra IS Krishna

Ruling deity Soma (moon-god) · symbol Deer's head · ruling planet Mars. Deer · seeking · gentle-curiosity · Soma-light

Mṛgaśira Source-Anchor Spine

This nakshatra page links Mṛgaśira to its ruling-graha, exact Bhagavad-Gītā source routes where available, the 89-page Jyotiṣa hub, the Viśvarūpa chart/time surfaces, and the reader-local calculator doorway.

Mṛgaśiralocal nakshatra page for Mṛgaśira · मृगशिरा/jyotisha-referenceall 89 jyotiṣa reference pagesMars rulerruling-graha source route for MṛgaśiraBG 7.8Bhagavad-Gītā cross-referenceBG 10.21Jyotiṣa Krishna-aspect source: Krishna IS Soma — "I am the Moon among nakshatras" (BG 10.21 śaśī). Mṛgaśira ruled by Soma is direct Moon-presence./vishvarupa-chartnakshatras inside Krishna's chart-body and Moon pathway/visvarupa-kalanakshatra-devatā as qualitative-time windowBG 10.30Time among reckoners · the jyotiṣa substrate anchor/calculatorfind whether Mṛgaśira is the reader's janma or lagna nakshatra/bindunakshatra as lunar Bindu aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation

Nakshatra #5 · Span: 23°20' Vṛṣabha - 6°40' Mithuna · Ruling planet: Mars · Deity: Soma (moon-god)

Today's Moon (2026-06-24)

The Moon currently transits Citrā · pāda 3 · 182.87° sidereal.

Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)

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Classical attributes

Number
#5 of 27
Span
23°20' Vṛṣabha - 6°40' Mithuna
Ruling planet
Mars
Ruling deity
Soma (moon-god)
Symbol
Deer's head
Vimśottarī Daśā
7 years
Pāda → Rāśis
1: Taurus · 2: Taurus · 3: Gemini · 4: Gemini
Guṇa
Tamas
Caste (BPHS)
Servant

Symbolism

Deer · seeking · gentle-curiosity · Soma-light

Cross-references

📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Nakshatra-Adhyāya · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on nakshatra deities · rulerships · vimśottarī-daśā assignments
  2. Ṛg-Veda · the nakshatra-deity invocations · Soma (moon-god)-sūkta — Vedic-mantric source for the nakshatra's ruling-deity tattva
  3. Sūrya-Siddhānta · sidereal Moon-position computation (~500 CE) — Astronomical treatise behind every nakshatra-traversal
Categories: Vedic Astronomy · Nakshatras (Lunar Mansions) · Jyotiṣa Reference · Tamas Guṇa · Servant Caste (BPHS) · Vimśottarī 7-yr Daśā · BPHS Classical Reference