The yantra card for each zodiac sign
For eleven of the twelve rashis the card is either the ruling graha's own yantra or the yantra of the deity tradition keeps on that graha's day, as the Navagraha page pairs them, graha by graha. Meena (Pisces) is the one exception: its card is a devotional choice. Each sign's name opens its own page.
| Rashi | Ruling graha | Card | Why this card |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesha (Aries) | Mangal (Mars) | Mangal Yantra Card | Mangal's own yantra. |
| Vrishabha (Taurus) | Shukra (Venus) | Mahalaxmi Yantra Card | In tradition, Friday is Shukra's day, and many families keep it for Mahalaxmi. |
| Mithuna (Gemini) | Budh (Mercury) | Budh Yantra Card | Budh's own yantra. |
| Karka (Cancer) | Chandra (the Moon) | Chandra Yantra Card | Chandra's own yantra. |
| Simha (Leo) | Surya (the Sun) | Gayatri Yantra Card | In tradition, the Gayatri mantra is addressed to Savitr, the Sun. |
| Kanya (Virgo) | Budh (Mercury) | Budh Yantra Card | Budh's own yantra. |
| Tula (Libra) | Shukra (Venus) | Mahalaxmi Yantra Card | In tradition, Friday is Shukra's day, and many families keep it for Mahalaxmi. |
| Vrishchika (Scorpio) | Mangal (Mars) | Mangal Yantra Card | Mangal's own yantra. |
| Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Guru (Jupiter) | Gayatri Yantra Card | In tradition, Guru is the graha of wisdom, and the Gayatri mantra is a prayer for it. |
| Makara (Capricorn) | Shani (Saturn) | Hanuman Yantra Card | In tradition, Shri Hanuman is worshipped on Saturdays, Shani's day. |
| Kumbha (Aquarius) | Shani (Saturn) | Hanuman Yantra Card | In tradition, Shri Hanuman is worshipped on Saturdays, Shani's day. |
| Meena (Pisces) | Guru (Jupiter) | Ayodhya Ram Mandir Card | A devotional pairing rather than a planetary one: devotion to Shri Ram. For Guru's own pairing, the Gayatri Yantra Card, as for Dhanu. |
Which sign is mine: Moon sign or Sun sign?
Go by your Moon sign. Vedic astrology reads your rashi, your janma rashi, from the sign the Moon stood in when you were born. The Moon changes sign every two to two and a half days, so finding it takes your date, time and place of birth, the three things a kundali is cast from. If your family had a kundali made when you were born, your rashi is written in it.
If you know only your Sun sign, the Vedic one is often not the Western one: the rashi page explains why the two differ and how to tell yours.
What if my kundali points to another graha?
In tradition the reading comes before the sign. When an astrologer reading your kundali names a graha, or you are in a graha's mahadasha, the long period one graha is held to colour, families keep that graha's card rather than the sign's. The Navagraha page names a card for each of the nine grahas, Rahu and Ketu among them, though in the classical reckoning those two rule no rashi.
A yantra is its deity's form in geometry, kept with its mantra on its day. Your rashi's card does not change your kundali, and we make no promise of a result: it is offered as devotion.
How families begin a rashi's card
Tradition begins a card on the day of the sign's ruling graha, at sunrise, and each sign's page names that day. The card is cleansed with water and a pinch of haldi, a small ghee lamp is lit and one flower offered, and the mantra on the activation card is chanted 108 times, one mala. Then comes the sankalpa, the intention, in one sentence. It takes about thirty minutes, and no pandit is needed.
Questions about yantras by rashi
Is there a card for every rashi?
Yes. The table names one for each of the twelve: the ruling graha's own yantra where the collection has it, the yantra of the deity tradition keeps with that graha where it does not, and for Meena a devotional choice.
Can I keep more than one yantra?
Yes. When your sign and your intention point to different cards, many families keep both, one in the puja ghar and one in the wallet. The buying guide matches each intention to a card.
Will my rashi's yantra change my kundali?
No. Your kundali is the sky at your birth, and no yantra changes it. In tradition the yantra is kept as devotion, with its mantra.