Kanya at a glance
- Name
- Kanya कन्या
- Western name
- Virgo
- Ruling graha
- Budh (Mercury)
- Budh's day
- Budhavara (Wednesday)
- Card
- Budh Yantra Card
Why the Budh Yantra Card
Kanya's lord is Budh, the planet Mercury, as Mithuna's is, and the collection holds his own yantra.
Mithuna (Gemini), 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 Kanya and its card
Which yantra is kept for Virgo (Kanya)?
The Budh Yantra Card, the yantra of Kanya's ruling graha. Mithuna, 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 Kanya 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)Mithuna (Gemini)Karka (Cancer)Simha (Leo)Tula (Libra)Vrishchika (Scorpio)Dhanu (Sagittarius)Makara (Capricorn)Kumbha (Aquarius)Meena (Pisces)