Mesha at a glance
- Name
- Mesha मेष
- Western name
- Aries
- Ruling graha
- Mangal (Mars)
- Mangal's day
- Mangalavara (Tuesday)
Why the Mangal Yantra Card
Mesha's lord is Mangal, the planet Mars. Where the collection holds a graha's own yantra, the signs it rules take that card, so Mesha's card is Mangal's.
Vrishchika (Scorpio), the other rashi Mangal rules, takes the same card.
When to begin
Tuesday is Mangal's day, and tradition begins the card on that day, at sunrise. The rest of the practice is the same for every rashi: how families begin a rashi's card.
The card
Mangal, the planet Mars, rules Tuesdays in jyotish and is associated with effort, land and discipline. His yantra, for those who look to Mangal in their kundali.
Questions about Mesha and its card
Which yantra is kept for Aries (Mesha)?
The Mangal Yantra Card, the yantra of Mesha's ruling graha. Vrishchika, the other sign Mangal rules, takes the same card.
Is my rashi my Moon sign or my Sun sign?
Your Moon sign. Vedic astrology reads your rashi from the Moon at your birth, so Mesha is yours if the Moon stood in it then. Moon sign or Sun sign says how to find it.
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, families keep that graha's card. When the kundali names another graha.
The other rashis
Vrishabha (Taurus)Mithuna (Gemini)Karka (Cancer)Simha (Leo)Kanya (Virgo)Tula (Libra)Vrishchika (Scorpio)Dhanu (Sagittarius)Makara (Capricorn)Kumbha (Aquarius)Meena (Pisces)