Signs · 3 of 12
Gemini (Mithuna) in Vedic astrology
The 3rd sign: air, dual, ruled by Mercury.
- Sanskrit
- Mithuna मिथुन
- Ruled by
- Mercury
- Element
- Air
- Quality
- Dual (dvisvabhava)
- Gender
- Male (odd sign)
- Direction
- West
- Body (Kalapurusha)
- Neck, shoulders and arms
- Rising
- Rises head-first (shirshodaya)
- Nakshatras
- Mrigashira (pada 3–4), Ardra, Punarvasu (pada 1–3)
Gemini in Jyotish
Gemini is the 3rd sign of the zodiac, 30° from 60° to 90° of the sidereal zodiac. It is a air sign, dual (dvisvabhava), and ruled by Mercury. In the body of the Kalapurusha, the cosmic person whose body is the zodiac, it is the neck, shoulders and arms.
No planet is exalted or debilitated in Gemini.
A dual sign adapts, combining both; a air sign is communicative and mobile. As your lagna or Moon sign, Gemini colours the whole chart with these qualities and with the nature of Mercury.
Gemini as your Moon sign or lagna
Read your Gemini horoscope, or check whether Gemini is your Moon sign or your ascendant. Chapter 2 of our course, the 12 signs, explains how the signs work together.
Sources: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika for the signs, planets and houses; Muhurta Chintamani for the nakshatra classes and the guna milan attributes. Wording is our own.