The next horizon always has your attention. A gentle, soft-footed searcher who finds the truth by wandering toward it rather than forcing it.
| Number | 5 of 27 |
| Span | 23°20′ Vrishabha (Taurus) – 6°40′ Mithuna (Gemini) |
| Ruling planet | Mangal (Mars) |
| Deity | Soma — the moon-nectar |
| Symbol | a deer’s head |
Your birth nakshatra decides where the Vimshottari cycle starts for you. With the Moon in Mrigashira, life opens in a Mangal mahadasha — 7 years of a forge of drive, courage, and hard-won action.
You are rarely born at the very beginning of it. The Moon’s exact position inside Mrigashira decides how much of that 7-year period was already spent before you arrived, which is why two people with the same nakshatra can still change chapters years apart. How the 120-year cycle works →
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Reveal my timeline ✦ Computed live · nothing leaves your deviceThe next horizon always has your attention. A gentle, soft-footed searcher who finds the truth by wandering toward it rather than forcing it.
| Lean into | Watch for |
|---|---|
| Follow your curiosity — the next horizon is teaching you | Don’t wander so long that you never arrive |
Every nakshatra divides into four padas of 3°20′ each. Which pada the Moon occupies refines the reading further.
| Pada | Degrees |
|---|---|
| Pada 1 | 23°20′ – 26°40′ Vrishabha (Taurus) |
| Pada 2 | 26°40′ – 30°00′ Vrishabha (Taurus) |
| Pada 3 | 0°00′ – 3°20′ Mithuna (Gemini) |
| Pada 4 | 3°20′ – 6°40′ Mithuna (Gemini) |
Mangal (Mars). That matters for timing as well as temperament: if your Moon sits in Mrigashira at birth, your life opens in a Mangal mahadasha, which runs 7 years.
Mrigashira spans 23°20′ Vrishabha (Taurus) – 6°40′ Mithuna (Gemini). Every nakshatra is exactly 13°20′ of the 360° zodiac, and the 27 of them divide it evenly.
The symbol is a deer’s head and the presiding deity is Soma — the moon-nectar.