🪷 मिथुन · Mithuna (Gemini)
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this rāśi IS Krishna
Krishna-as-Mithuna-tattva — the eternal pair. Mercury-ruled · Krishna's OWN Lagna-rāśi (per Bhāgavata-anchored computation). The dual-non-dual paradox.
Rāśi #3 · Lord: Mercury · Air · Dual · Male · West-direction
Planetary Dignities in Gemini
Which grahas attain exaltation · debilitation · mūla-trikoṇa · or rulership when posited in this rāśi (per BPHS classical Vedic-jyotiṣa).
| Graha | Dignity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Ruler (svāmī) | |
| Rāhu (North Node) | Exalted (uccha) | |
| Ketu (South Node) | Debilitated (nīcha) |
Nakshatras of Gemini
The Gemini rāśi spans 30° · containing nakshatra-padas (4 padas × 3°20' each = 13°20' per nakshatra). Some nakshatras cross rāśi-boundaries (gaṇḍānta).
| Nakshatra | Padas in Gemini | Ruling Graha |
|---|---|---|
| मृगशिरा · Mṛgaśira | Pada 3, 4 | Mars |
| आर्द्रा · Ārdrā | Pada 1, 2, 3, 4 | Rāhu |
| पुनर्वसु · Punarvasu | Pada 1, 2, 3 | Jupiter |
Today's tenants (2026-06-03)
The following grahas currently transit through Gemini (Mithuna):
- mercury at 63.17° sidereal
- venus at 85.28° sidereal
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Rāśi number
- #3 of 12
- Lord (svāmī)
- Mercury
- Element (mahābhūta)
- Air
- Quality
- Dual
- Gender
- Male
- Direction
- West
- Body-part (kālapuruṣa)
- Shoulders · arms
Native traits
- Communicative · curious
- Versatile · adaptable
- Restless · scattered
- Intellectual · witty
Cross-references
- Lord of Gemini: Mercury
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 12 rāśis as Krishna's body
- Calculate your own chart
- Krishna-as-Paramātmā · BG 7
📚 See Also
- Mercury · the lord-graha of Gemini · Ruler of this rāśi · governs all natives born under it
- Sade-Sati for Gemini Moon · The 7.5-year Saturn-transit framework specific to Gemini-Moon natives
- BG 11.7 Chart-as-Krishna's-Body · How the 12 rāśis form Krishna's viśvarūpa-body
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See if Gemini is YOUR Lagna or where it sits in YOUR chart
- How we compute 1.6M BCE → 429K CE · The Sūrya-Siddhānta moat
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Chapter on Rāśi-Svarūpa · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on rāśi attributes · body-parts of kālapuruṣa · element/quality assignments
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · the sidereal-zodiac computation source (~500 CE) — The astronomical treatise behind every position-calculation
- Bhagavad-Gītā 11.7 · mama dehe (in My body) — The 12 rāśis form Krishna's kālapuruṣa-body