The 3rd of the twelve rashis · 60°–90° of the sidereal zodiac
Mithun Rashi
Gemini Moon sign · ruled by Budh
Mithun is your rashi if the Moon was in Gemini when you were born: the rashi your rashifal, Sade Sati and naam akshar go by. People with the Moon in Mithun are curious, talkative and quick-witted. Its lord is Budh, its nakshatras are Mrigashira (padas 3–4), Ardra and Punarvasu (padas 1–3), and a Mithun child’s name traditionally begins with one of Ka (का), Ki (की), Ku (कू), Gha (घ), Ng (ङ), Chha (छ), Ke (के), Ko (को), Ha (हा).
Also written Mithuna, Mithunam.
Mithun at a glance
The sign’s own facts, the same for every Mithun Moon.
People with the Moon in Mithun
The Moon is the karaka (significator) of the mind, so its rashi says how a person feels and takes things. Your lagna and the rest of the chart shape it further.
They learn fast, enjoy company and handle many things at once; boredom is their enemy, and the mind can scatter or change its view often. Mithun is Budh's rashi, so they shine in communication, trade, writing and anything that needs a sharp mind.
What Varahamihira says
Brihat Jataka says a person born with Chandra in Mithuna (Gemini) has a sharp mind, is learned in the shastras (the classical texts) and is good at carrying messages between people. Such a person is witty, quick to read what others are thinking, skilled at dice, sweet of speech and fond of music and dance. The verse also gives fine features, curly hair, a raised nose and a big appetite. Varahamihira adds (17.13) that this holds in full only when the Moon, Mithun and its lord Budh are all strong at birth.
Brihat Jataka 17.3
Strengths
A Dvisvabhava (dual) sign ruled by Budh, Mithun adjusts to people quickly and can explain one thing three different ways until it lands, which makes it the family member who walks a parent through the bank's new way of doing things or drafts the application to the municipal office. Budh also governs numbers, so the household accounts are often safest in Mithun hands.
What to watch
Quick with words, Mithun can let a light remark travel further than it was meant to, especially among relatives. In the classical rule Budh turns harsh when joined with a malefic graha (a troublesome one such as Shani, Mangal or Rahu), and Mithun too takes colour from the company it keeps. A short walk each evening, with no news or messages, gives this busy mind room to settle.
Work, marriage and health for Mithun
Jyotish also reads a chart with the Moon sign as its lagna (Chandra lagna): the 10th from the Moon for work, the 7th for marriage, and the rashi’s own limb and element for health. The 7th sign describes the partner’s nature, not the rashi your partner will have. This is tradition, not a forecast; your full kundli decides.
Work and career
For Mithun the 10th sign from the Moon is Meen (Pisces), ruled by Guru (Jupiter), so the tradition looks to teaching, advice, law and finance. Mithun's own lord Budh (Mercury) adds trade, writing, accounts and IT, which makes a commerce teacher, an accountant, a lawyer or an editor a natural fit. Parashara calls Budh the giver of speech, so mediation, sales and negotiation suit this rashi too.
Marriage
The 7th sign from the Moon is Dhanu (Sagittarius), also ruled by Guru (Jupiter), so tradition reads a partner who is principled, open-hearted and fond of learning or dharma. Dhanu is a Dvisvabhava (dual) sign, as Mithun is, so the two adjust easily, and long talks and shared interests keep the shaadi lively. Mithun's changing views can run into such a partner's plain speaking, so it helps to take each other's words lightly.
Health
Tradition links Mithun to the breast (chest) in the Kalapurusha, the zodiac pictured as one body (Brihat Jataka 1.4), and as a Vayu (air) rashi to the breath and to a mind that is always busy. So the sensible care here is regular meals, fresh air and real rest.
Mithun’s nakshatras and naam akshar
Each rashi holds nine padas, a quarter of a nakshatra each. The pada the Moon was in gives the syllable a name traditionally begins with.
| Nakshatra | Lord | Span in Mithun | Padas in Mithun | Naam akshar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrigashira | Mangal (Mars) | 0°–6°40′ | 3–4 | Ka (का), Ki (की) |
| Ardra | Rahu | 6°40′–20° | all four | Ku (कू), Gha (घ), Ng (ङ), Chha (छ) |
| Punarvasu | Guru (Jupiter) | 20°–30° | 1–3 | Ke (के), Ko (को), Ha (हा) |
Shani, Guru and Rahu for Mithun now
These houses are counted from your Moon, as the rashifal counts them. Sade Sati is Shani in the 12th, 1st or 2nd from the Moon, about seven and a half years; a dhaiyya is Shani in the 4th (Kantaka) or 8th (Ashtama), about two and a half. The same for every Mithun Moon; your own chart decides how they land.
- Shani (Saturn)Now in Meen, your 10th house from the Moon, so neither Sade Sati nor a dhaiyya is running. Next: Sade Sati from 8 August 2029 until 5 October 2029, then from 17 April 2030 until 27 August 2036 and Kantaka Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 4th) from 22 October 2038 until 5 April 2039, then from 13 July 2039 until 28 January 2041, then from 6 February 2041 until 26 September 2041. Sade Sati · dhaiyya dates.
- Guru (Jupiter)Now in your 2nd house from the Moon, the house of family, savings and the way you speak. After that it moves to your 3rd (courage, younger siblings and short journeys) from 31 October 2026, back to your 2nd from 25 January 2027, back to your 3rd from 26 June 2027 and to your 4th (home, mother, vehicles, property and peace of mind) from 26 November 2027.
- RahuNow in your 9th house from the Moon, the house of father, fortune, faith and long journeys. After that it moves to your 8th (health, sudden events, hidden matters and in-laws) from 5 December 2026.
Upay for Mithun: its lord Budh
A rashi is kept strong through its lord. These are free; each says what it is for.
- Budh’s mantra, 108 times on Wednesdaysॐ बुधाय नमःOm Budhaya Namah. The simplest mantra of Mithun’s lord, said for clear speech, studies and trade.
- Beej mantra (the seed mantra), for regular japa (chanting on a mala)ॐ ब्रां ब्रीं ब्रौं सः बुधाय नमःOm Braam Breem Braum Sah Budhaya Namah. For a fuller japa of Budh, said 108 times a day, when Mithun’s lord needs strengthening: in its dasha (its planetary period), or when it is weak in your chart.
- Worship of VishnuThe deity tradition links with Mithun, worshipped for protection and a balanced life; a temple visit or a lamp at home is the simplest form.
A gemstone is not given by rashi. A stone that suits one chart can harm another, so it is chosen from your whole kundli.
Mithun in kundli matching
Of the eight kootas (the parts of gun milan), four are read from the rashi alone, worth 15 of the 36 points: Varna (1, the sign’s class), Vashya (2, mutual attraction), Graha Maitri (5, the lords’ friendship) and Bhakoot (7, love and the family’s wellbeing).
- Best and hardest on the rashi aloneTaking Mithun as the boy’s rashi, Mithun scores highest of the other eleven with Kanya (14/15) and lowest with Vrishchik (1/15). Two Mithun Moons together score the full 15 on these four. Swap the boy’s and girl’s rashis and Varna and Vashya can score differently, so each pair page gives both ways. The other four kootas, 21 points, need both nakshatras.
- BhakootBhakoot, worth 7 points, scores 0 when the two rashis sit 2nd–12th, 5th–9th or 6th–8th from each other. With Kark, Kumbh, Vrishchik and Makar the dosha stands. With Vrishabh and Tula it is cancelled, because the two lords are the same graha or friends to each other: Bhakoot still scores 0 of 7, but astrologers do not treat the match as blocked by it.
- Vashya (2 points)Mithun is Manava (human). Vashya, the koota of mutual attraction, gives Mithun the full 2 points with a partner whose Moon is in Mithun, Kanya, Tula, Dhanu (first half) or Kumbh. Dhanu and Makar change class at 15°, and the counts here take their first half: with a Moon in Dhanu’s second half Mithun gets 1 point.
Mithun with every rashi, koota by koota → · Full kundli matching
Mithun as Parashara describes it
The sign’s own make-up, apart from any graha in it.
- Colour: grass-green
- Well-proportioned build
- Image: a man and a woman holding a mace and a lute
- Biped (two-footed)
- Strong at night
- Direction: west
- Lives in villages
- Airy
- Shirshodaya: rises with its head
- Lord: Budh (Mercury)
- Dvisvabhava (dual), male, krura (harsh)
- Mixed (sama) temperament: vata, pitta and kapha in balance
Vata, pitta and kapha are the three doshas of Ayurveda (air, fire and water in the body). A sign rises head first (shirshodaya) or back first (prishtodaya) by how its figure comes up in the east; the texts use this, with day or night strength, to time results. Parashara describes the sign itself; Varahamihira, above, the person whose Moon is in it, so the two can differ.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4.5, 4.9
Common questions
What is Mithun rashi?
Mithun (Gemini) is the 3rd of the twelve rashis, 60°–90° of the sidereal zodiac, ruled by Budh. It is your rashi if the Moon was in it when you were born.
What are the naam akshar for Mithun rashi?
Ka (का), Ki (की), Ku (कू), Gha (घ), Ng (ङ), Chha (छ), Ke (के), Ko (को), Ha (हा): one for each of the nine padas, in order. The pada of the Moon at birth gives the one to use.
Which rashis match Mithun best?
On the four kootas a rashi decides, Mithun scores highest of the other eleven with Kanya (14 of 15, Mithun taken as the boy’s rashi); two Mithun Moons together score the full 15. A real match needs both kundlis: the nakshatra kootas carry 21 of the 36 points.
What is the mantra for Mithun rashi?
Om Budhaya Namah, the mantra of its lord Budh, 108 times on Wednesdays. The upay section above gives the beej mantra and the deity too.
Is Mithun rashi in Sade Sati or dhaiyya now?
Neither now. Shani is in Meen, the 10th from Mithun. Next comes Sade Sati from 8 August 2029 until 5 October 2029, then from 17 April 2030 until 27 August 2036; then Kantaka Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 4th) from 22 October 2038 until 5 April 2039, then from 13 July 2039 until 28 January 2041, then from 6 February 2041 until 26 September 2041.
How is 2027 for Mithun rashi?
2027 is at its best in May and June and slowest in January and November. The 2027 rashifal gives every month, with the Shani, Guru and Rahu moves above.
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