Leo Sidereal Sign: Simha
Simha, the fifth rashi, a fixed and solar lion ruled by Surya, with no exaltation or fall, a royal sign of strength in broad daylight.
In Simha, no graha is exalted or in fall: this rashi belongs only to its lord, Surya. The first twenty degrees moreover form the moolatrikona of Surya, where he is most at ease. Simha is the fifth sign, from 120° to 150° in the sidereal zodiac. It is fixed. Odd, it passes for masculine.
Its emblem is the lion. It is given four legs, a large body, a gaze toward the east. It haunts forests and emerges by the head. Its nature is sattva, the clearest. For color, two images: broad and white, or black and white.
It dominates the day, which suits a solar sign. It is called royal. Hear a bearing, a dignity in the wheel of the signs, without the slightest promise made to anyone. You keep simple notions: strength under an open sky, steadiness, and the solitude of the wild places where the animal lives.
On the body of the cosmic being, Simha stands for the stomach. Its nine navamshas, ninths of the sign, start from Mesha.
Simha as Lagna, the Ascendant
Severe while loving people: the portrait of Simha brings these two poles together. Simha, Leo of the sidereal zodiac, is a fixed sign under the authority of Surya, the Sun, whom the old portrait calls royal. If it was rising on the eastern horizon at your birth, it is your lagna.
The old picture grants it competence and vigor. You feed your household through many tasks, several strings to your bow instead of a single profession. Reputation can grow. A weakness for meat slips in, a table detail that lightens the whole, along with a very tight way of keeping accounts. With close relatives, friction exists. More surprising for a royal sign: a share of resignation, knowing how to accept what cannot be changed.
One point allows two readings: for some, you push away what destroys, for others, you slip away from people's eyes. The readings agree on the temperament, which is bilious. This lagna is given three allies, Mars first, then Jupiter and the Sun. It is specified that Jupiter and Venus together do not produce the happy result you would suppose of them.