Birth star 5 of 27
Mrigashira
मृगशिरा
53°20′–66°40′ sidereal longitude
Ruled by Mars · 5 of 27
The gentle seeker: curious, restless, always chasing the next scent.
The tradition links Mrigashira with searching. People born under it are often described as curious, gentle and hard to keep in one place. The search itself can matter more than the goal.
Strengths the tradition names
- Endless curiosity
- Gentle manner
- Good at finding leads
Worth watching
- Never feeling settled
- Scattered attention
In love
Described as tender and playful, but easily drawn by the next interesting person or idea. Space and variety help.
At work
Often suited to research, travel, writing or any role built around exploring and finding things out.
Why a serpent and Soma?
Its deity, Soma, is tied to the Moon and to the sacred drink, a gentle, seeking energy. The animal, Serpent, and the figure, antelope's head, evoke a creature alert and always sniffing the air.
If you know Western astrology
It spans sidereal Taurus and Gemini, so it mixes Taurus sensing with Gemini curiosity.
These readings are Vediq's plain-English take on the tradition. The facts below them come from named sources.
Mrigashira
मृगशिरा
- Real stars you can see
- head of Orion
- Soma
- Serpent
- Deva
Where these facts come from
- Surya Siddhanta ch. 8 (E. Burgess, 1860)
- Muhurta Chintamani 6.25-30 (Khemraj, 1879)
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Find it in the sky
Real stars
head of Orion
λ Orionis
When to look
Look up in Jan–Mar evenings. This is an approximate season for mid-northern latitudes; local visibility varies.
Its god, animal and temperament
Soma
Vedic name
Mrgasirsa
Classical figure
antelope's head
: serpent
Stars that share the serpent:
: Deva
The tradition sorts the 27 stars into three temperaments. Others with this one:
Sources for this page
- Surya Siddhanta ch. 8 (E. Burgess, 1860)
- observational astronomy
- Taittiriya Samhita 4.4.10 (A. B. Keith, 1914)
- Muhurta Chintamani 6.25-30 (Khemraj, 1879)