Mrigashira
The seeking deer
Identity card
| Position | 23°20’ Taurus – 6°40’ Gemini |
|---|---|
| Stars | the stars of Orion’s head, with Meissa on the brow |
| Symbol | a deer’s head |
| Deity | Soma, the king of the Moon |
| Planet | Mars |
| Gana | Deva (divine) |
| Yoni | serpent |
| Temperament | Mridu (gentle) |
| Key word | to seek |
From Vol. II
Seeking is not something you need to learn — it is what you have known how to do since before you were born. What you need to learn is to drink.
Portrait of Mrigashira
Lights
Whoever is born with the Moon in Mrigashira is a perpetual seeker of the why and the wherefore. The mind is curious, quick, refined — there is almost always taste, kindness, a natural elegance in moving and speaking, because the deer is among the most graceful creatures of the forest.
Shadows
The shadows are the price of the keen nose. Restlessness, first of all: once an answer is found another is needed straight away, and the risk is never knowing when an answer is enough — the deer of this mansion, by definition, never arrives.
In love
In love Mrigashira is the scent you have chased all your life — and that is both her enchantment and her warning. She is a curious, playful partner, never dull: with her you talk for hours, discover things, feel your very soul being scented out.
At work
All the professions of seeking carry the scent of this mansion: intellectual and scientific research, investigative journalism, investigation in every form. The disciplines of the invisible — astrology, tarot, dowsing, and every art that pursues what cannot be seen — find their zodiacal home here: the fourth pada in particular is a vocation already written.
The rest is in Vol. II “I Nakshatra”, chapter 10. The texts on this page are translated from the Italian edition. The book
Living Mrigashira well
- Practise contentment as a discipline.
- Keep a journal of discoveries.
- Every now and then, choose just one path for each season.
The cards and the stars are a prompt for reflection. They do not predict the future with certainty and are no substitute for doctors, psychologists, lawyers or financial advisers.