Mithuna at a glance
- Name
- Mithuna मिथुन
- Western name
- Gemini
- Ruling graha
- Budh (Mercury)
- Budh's day
- Budhavara (Wednesday)
- Card
- Budh Yantra Card
Why the Budh Yantra Card
Mithuna's lord is Budh, the planet Mercury, and the collection holds his own yantra, so the sign takes it.
Kanya (Virgo), the other rashi Budh rules, takes the same card.
When to begin
Wednesday is Budh'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
Budh, the planet Mercury, rules Wednesdays and is associated with speech, writing and trade. His yantra suits the desk of anyone who works with words or numbers.
Questions about Mithuna and its card
Which yantra is kept for Gemini (Mithuna)?
The Budh Yantra Card, the yantra of Mithuna's ruling graha. Kanya, the other sign Budh 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 Mithuna 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
Mesha (Aries)Vrishabha (Taurus)Karka (Cancer)Simha (Leo)Kanya (Virgo)Tula (Libra)Vrishchika (Scorpio)Dhanu (Sagittarius)Makara (Capricorn)Kumbha (Aquarius)Meena (Pisces)