Regional Names for Mithuna

• see also: Rashi names multilingual
• Greek : Dithumoi (Δίδυμοι "twins") = Jitunia
• Hindi: Mithun
• English: Gemini
• French: Gémeaux
• wikipedia: Mithuna

Parashara says:

• [They] are tall, upright and have a straight body, the hands being long.

• Their complexion is moderate, fair or dark.

• The eyes look sharp and active.

• The nose is long.

• Persons with this lagna live mostly in mind.

• They are carefree and joyous.

• Their mind is positive and strong.

• They are versatile, restless and like change very often.

• They are good readers and writers.

• They can adapt themselves to all kinds of circumstances.

• They like to travel frequently.

• They are always of two minds and are incapable of taking quick decisions.

• They are able to follow more than one occupation at a time.

• Although they are fickle-minded, they possess intellectual qualities.

• They are curious to know new things.

• They are good husbands.

BPHS Chapter 4: 9-9.5.

"The Rashi Mithuna rises with its head

• and represents a male and a female, holding a mace and lute.

• It lives in the West and is an airy Rashi .

• It is a biped Rashi as well and is strong in nights.

• It lives in villages and is windy in temperament.

• It has an even body with a green (grass like) hue.

• Its ruler is Budha."

Meanings

= Chandra in Mithuna

= Mithuna navamsha

1. Mithuna
2. Kanya
3. Dhanushya
4. Meena

1. Mithuna
2. Kanya
3. Thula

1. Mesha
2. Vrishabha
3. Mithuna
4. Karkata
5. Dhanushya
6. Makara

= head-first =

daya = presentation, delivery, or showing-portion

1. Mithuna

2. Simha

3. Kanya

4. Thula

5. Vrischika

6. Kumbha

Public Figures

• radical lagna = Mithuna

• janma rashi = Chandra-Mithuna

Mrigashira (Mithunya portion) ruled by Mangala = movement, inquiry

= Kuja mulatrikona Mesha 11th counted from Mithuna lagna = community, economy, ecology, opportunity, friendship, gains, earnings, distributive networks, interlinked connections, large gatherings, principled social progress movements, marketplace participation

• writer Virginia Woolf

• USA Gov. Louisiana Huey P. Long

• California 3-time Gov. Jerry Brown

• entrepreneur-philanthropist Bill Gates

• financier philanthropist Warren E. Buffet

• tele-journalist Merv Griffin

• partner of USA-VP-Sen, Mrs. Tipper Gore

Arudra = ruled by Rahu = taking risks to gain entitlements

= Rahu mulatrikona = ?

• USA Pres-37 (resigned) Richard Nixon

• dramatist Marilyn Monroe + Ketu

• musician, dancer Ravi Shankar

• fashion model, balladeer Mrs. Carla Bruni Sarkozy

• fashion model Claudia Schiffer

• balladeer Cherilyn Sarkisian "Cher"

• millennialist preacher Elizabeth Clare Prophet

• USA Sen-NC, John Edwards (2008-2010 sex scandal)

• Oklahoma City Bomber Timothy McVeigh

• Kaiser Wilhelm III the last German Emperor, (megalomaniac?)

Punarvasu (Mithunaya portion) ruled by Generous Guru the Teacher-Preacher

* Guru's mulatrikona 7th counted from Mithuna lagna = deals, bargains, diplomacy, trusts, vows, promises, agreements, equity, equality, parity, mutual interest, justice, balance, yoga

• poet, patriot Shri Aurobindo Ghosh

• Pope Benedict XVI 2005-2013 Josef A. Ratzinger

• writer Leo Tolstoy

• Peace Activist, writer Aung San Suu-Kyi

• writer, professor Albert Einstein

• partner of USA Pres-44, Mrs. Michelle Robinson Obama

• Swami "Yogaville" Satchidananda

• Nobel Prize mathematics, paranoid delusions John Forbes Nash

Vocabulary for Mithunaya:

• Koeln Digital Sanskrit Lexicon

"Mithuna =

• paired , forming a pair, any couple or pair

• pairing , copulation

• twins

• the other part , complement or companion of anything

• honey and ghee

Yugma =

• (yugya)

• "even" (as opp. to odd)

• a pair , couple , brace

• twins

• the sign of the zodiac Gemini

• a double Sloka

• junction , confluence (of two streams )

dvaMdva = [cf English 'twin' from 'dwi']

• dva = pair , couple , male and female

• by two , face to face , secretly

• a pair of opposites (e.g. heat and cold , joy and sorrow etc.)

• strife , quarrel , contest , fight (esp. between two persons , a duel)

• stronghold , fortress

• a copulative compound

  • (or any compound in which the members if uncompounded

  • would be in the same case and connected by the conjunction , 'and'

  name. of sev. Ekahas

• the sign of the zodiac Gemini

• (in music) a kind of measure

• a species of disease, a complication of two disorders,

  • a compound affection of two humours "

T. Subba Row. (1881). "The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac" in Five Years Of Theosophy. George Robert Snow Mead (ed.).London. (1885, 1894).

"Mystical, Philosophical, Theosophical, Historical and Scientific Essays Selected from "The Theosophist". Available at www.gutenberg.org

"III. Mithuna.

• As the word plainly indicates,

• this sign is intended to represent the first Androgyne, the Ardhanaree-swara,

• the bisexual Sephira -- Adam Kadmon."

Properties of Mithuna Rashi

Guna

tamo-guna

(tamas,inert)

tattva

( = "that-ness", element)

vayu tattva

(air or gassy element)

owner

Budha

(Mercury)

Mith

Roman cult of Mithra

• Theosophical uses of "thuna" include "the first andro-gyne, or the androgynous portion of third root-race".

• The syllable "mith" = "light", as in Mithra the Sun.

befriends "Mesha-01" types:

the bold and innovative; the active, movement-seeking, vital and the body-based

moving, motivated, muscular

those involved with blood, head, birth and uniqueness;

the assertive and masculine;

the dominating, winners, conquistadores;

the hot-blooded and athletic;

the masculine, the competitive;

independent winners

those disconnected (12th-from) established wealth and beauty (Rishabha)

General Suitability of Gems for Mithuna Lagna

1. Surya ratna = no, because Surya = L-3 and does not rules any other good house

2. Chandra ratna = no, because Chandra = L-2 and does not rules any other good house

3. Mangala ratna = no-no-no, because Mangala = L-6 and L-11

4. Budha ratna = yes! because Budha = the auspicious lagnesha and L-4

5. Guru ratna = no, because Guru = L-7 and L-10

6. Shukra ratna = yes, because bhagya Shukra = L-5 and L-12

7. Shani ratna = yes, because bhagya Shani = L-8 and L-9

8. Rahu-ratna = unknown, depends on Rahu's lord

9. Ketu-ratna = unknown, depends on Ketu's lord

There are exceptions to all of these general rules which are caused by the position of Chandra, the active Vimshottari time lords, and the native 's personal goals, inter alia.

"If you cannot stop worrying over something in the past or what might happen in the future, shift your focus to the inhalation and exhalation of your breath.

Or recite this mantra: om mani padme hum(pronounced "om mani padmay hum").

Since the mind cannot concentrate on two things simultaneously, either of these meditations causes the former worry to fade. "

The Nodal House Pair for Mithuna Lagna: bhava-6 and bhava-9

The "nodal house pair" = the two domains which are afflicted by association with the "unholy trinity": Rahu-Ketu + Shani + Mangala.

These are the two domains which are controlled by Vrischika (Mangala + Ketu) and Kumbha (Shani + Rahu) respectively.

For Mithuna lagna,

• Ketu co-lord of Vrischika afflicts the sixth house = dissolution of agreements, medical (e.g., doctor, nurse, med-tech) and conflict-management professions (e.g., attorneys), and human service ministries (e.g. pastor, social worker).

• Rahu co-lord of Kumbha afflicts ninth house = father, wisdom-teachings, guru, professor, temple, university, and priests.

Raja Yoga for Mithuna lagna

Budha + Guru in Mithunalagna

• An exchange of Rashi between Karma's Lord and Lagna's Lord will make the native associated with the king in a great manner. ~~ BPHS , Ch. 40, Sl. 13

• If the lord of the Lagna and the 10th exchange houses with each other then they form a Raja Yoga . They will confer high position, reputation and power. ~~ BPHS , Ch. 5, Sl. 41

Leadership Capacity and Style

Career - Vocation additional required assessments:

• L-7 + L-10 from Chandra Lagna

• 10th navamsha and its lord within the radix

• Guru the Guide = L-10

• Generous Guru = L-7

A fortunate combination for organizational leadership (10) and peer-advising collegial relationships (7) -- provided that Guru is well-disposed.

Mithuna nativities generally enjoy successful material careers in all departments of the productive economy.

They specialize in guidance activities, which range from religious preaching to philosophical publishing to travel guide to law-school professor, as well as dozens of teacher-preacher-adviser-counselor roles in other humanistic content areas.

Guru provides both leadership-guidance (10) and counseling-guidance (7). Frequently the native will work for a large (Guru) humanistic organization, often taking the role of the "scholar-administrator".

Guru loves wisdom-seekers and wisdom-providers such as teachers, travelers, and truth (9).

Guru also loves the sanctuary enclosures (12) such as hospitals, meditation halls, dormitories, and counseling rooms where spiritual guidance occurs. Mithuna nativities therefore a drawn to Guru-ist vocations:

• professional educators

• the education industry = teachers and academic advisers

• divinity: teaching, preaching, pastoral counseling

• law: consulting attorneys, law professors, managing partners

• medicine: consulting physician, philosophy of medicine, psychologist-psychiatrist

Mithuna-lagna is blessed with broad-minded and compassionate (Guru) peer-advisers and colleagues (7).

Mithuna nativities = the spouse-partner (7) is likely to share the same Guru-oriented profession (10).

• Virginia Woolf and her husband Leonard Woolf shared a scholarly-literary publishing press

• Albert Einstein and his first wife Mileva Maric were both theoretical physicists and scholarly writers

• Bill Gates and his wife Melinda French Gates = co-chairs of the Guru-philanthropic Bill-and-Melinda Gates Foundation

• Elizabeth Clare Prophet and her first husband were both Sunday School religious teachers.

Health for Mithuna lagna

L-6 = Kuja

Mithuna lagna is more likely to have health problems = consequences of repressed anger or a psychology of excessive self-control.

L-6+L-11 = friends become enemies and also enemies may become friends. the native earns via direct intervention (Mangala) into situations rife with conflict, debt, and disease.

• The physical manifestations of illness are somewhat mysterious due to Ari Bhava = Vrischika.

• They tend toward the expression of the secret, unspeakable anger that articulate, conversational Mithuna rarely feels permitted to express during day-to-day business transactions.

• Look to Kuja's bhava for the relationship and the location which show the key to the origin of the ailment.

• The origin of Mithuna's ailment = usually angry frustration with "psychic attack".

  • Some variety of psycho-emotional aggression has produced a pattern of attempted take-over of the native by the siblings (Mangala), male peers (Mangala), possibly co-workers (esp males), or even indirectly one may feel attacked by economic forces of the marketplace (11) .

• L-6 = the contract-dissolver. In contractual relationships, during the period of L-6, the native will struggle with impulsiveness and a tendency to break promises (6).

  • If other factors suggest impending dissolution of marriage, Mangala periods may signal legal divorce. L-6 Kuja in bhava-1, bhava-4, or bhava-12 is very challenging for marriage.

  • Shani in 6 for Mithuna lagna = native wants to get out of a frustrating marriage, but cannot due to responsibilities or fear of censure.

  More than any other lagna, Mithuna's health problems are resolved effectively through surgery.

whatever is excellent and admirable -

fill all your thoughts with these things."

~~ Epistle to the Philippians 4:8

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