Gemini Sidereal Sign: Mithuna
Mithuna, the third rashi, a dual air sign ruled by Budha, a seated couple with a club and a lute, lives among others.
A man and a woman on one seat, he armed with a club, she with a lute: that is the picture of Mithuna. The third rashi, it extends from 60° to 90° in the sidereal zodiac. Budha directs it. A dual and airy sign. Odd, it is held to be masculine.
Everything said about it flows from this scene. Two figures together suggest the couple and two natures joined. A musical instrument suggests play. It is said to dwell in villages, Mithuna living in the midst of others. Its color recalls green grass or a parrot. It is a lovely image.
It is said to have two feet, of equal proportions, turned toward the west. Night gives it its power; it is, in this nocturnal group, the only one to rise by the head. For the body of the cosmic being, one list puts the arms here, another the chest. Both readings remain.
Its nine navamshas, the nine equal portions into which each sign is cut, start at Tula.
Mithuna as Lagna, the Ascendant
A desk covered in open files, and the urge to start one more: that is how a very old portrait shows Mithuna. Mithuna, Gemini of the sidereal zodiac, is a dual air sign ruled by Budha, Mercury. If it was rising in the east at your birth, it is your lagna.
The portrait gives you tender speech and a weakness for well-made work. Your teachers and wise people hold you in esteem. It also credits you with fine qualities, free of malice. Two nuances correct the picture. First, rather inactive habits, which do not stop the wish to run several projects at once: you can easily imagine four projects from the sofa! Then money, which flows in abundantly and flows out just the same.
This time, everyone agrees: the temperament of the sign is mixed. Only one graha is favorable to this lagna: Venus. It is stated that Jupiter and Saturn together do not give the good result you would expect. Another reading concerns a particular case: if these two grahas exchange their signs, one in bhava 9 and the other in bhava 10, the combination is superb.