Rashi profile
Gemini
Mithuna
the rashi in full
Everything about Gemini, section by section. The part of the sky it covers. The nakshatras inside it. Which grahas are strong here, and what is standing in it right now. Every number on this page is calculated, not written by hand.
Gemini today01 · Arc, element, ruler
The basics
- Arc
- 60° – 90°
- Sidereal degrees, counted from 0° Mesha. Lahiri ayanamsa.
- Element
- Air
- Modality
- Mutable
- Ruler
- Budh (Mercury)
- Also rules Virgo
02 · Significations
What this rashi is like
These points are not written for each sign separately. Every rashi is made of three things — an element, a quality and a ruling graha. Each card below comes from one of those three, and says which one. So any rashi with the same element gets the same points under Nature.
From the element
Nature
- Thinks best by talking. An idea becomes clear when it is said out loud.
- Friendly with many people, close to a few.
- Looks for the logic first. Feelings come second.
From the quality
How it thinks
- Changes its answer when the facts change. That is on purpose, not weakness.
- Can hold two answers at once without feeling stuck.
- Prefers to find a middle way instead of pushing. People often read this as a yes when it is not.
From the ruling graha
What it takes on
- Getting the details right — the message, the paperwork, the numbers.
- Explaining things so others understand.
- Passing information between people, and passing it correctly.
From the element and quality together
Where it struggles
- Can argue itself out of a feeling that was right.
- Says yes in the room, then changes it later. People think a thing is settled when it is not.
Why we do not tell you your future
Because no one can. Jyotish says what a rashi and a graha stand for. It does not say what will happen to you on a given day. No classical text claims it does. If we wrote that here, we would be making it up. What we can tell you is real, and it is above: which grahas are in this rashi right now, and where its ruler is.
Gemini today03 · The sky today
What is standing here right now
Calculated for right now. Open this tomorrow and it will be different, because the sky moved.
- Mangal (Mars)23°39′
- Its ruler, Budh (Mercury), is currently in Virgo at 1°24′.
- The Moon is passing through here now — it stays about two and a quarter days.
- The Sun enters Gemini in 281 days.
04 · Nakshatras
The nakshatras inside it
A rashi is 30° wide. A nakshatra is 13°20′. They do not divide evenly, so a rashi holds two or three nakshatras — some whole, some only partly. What is always the same is the number of padas: nine in every rashi. That is why the full circle has 108.
- MrigashiraPart
0° to 6°40′ of the sign
2 padas34
- ArdraWhole
6°40′ to 20° of the sign
4 padas1234
- PunarvasuPart
20° to 30° of the sign
3 padas123
05 · Dignity
Which grahas are strong here
Some grahas are strong in this rashi and one may be weak. This is the classical table, with the exact degrees the old texts give. Strong does not mean good luck — it means the graha acts freely here.
- Budh (Mercury)Own signRules this rashi
06 · Houses
The twelve houses, counted from Gemini
If Gemini is your rashi, count houses from it like this. Your 1st is Gemini, then each sign in order. Every other page on this site counts the same way.
| House | Sign | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gemini | you, your body and how you come across |
| 2nd | Cancer | money, speech and the family you were born into |
| 3rd | Leo | courage, siblings and short journeys |
| 4th | Virgo | home, mother and peace of mind |
| 5th | Libra | children, study and what you create |
| 6th | Scorpio | daily work, routine, illness and debt |
| 7th | Sagittarius | partners, marriage and anyone you deal with one to one |
| 8th | Capricorn | what you share with others, inheritance, and what is out of your hands |
| 9th | Aquarius | belief, teachers, fortune and long journeys |
| 10th | Pisces | work, standing and what the world sees |
| 11th | Aries | gains, friends and the wider network |
| 12th | Taurus | spending, rest, letting go and life abroad |