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Varahamihira: Those whose Moon is in this nakshatra lack firmness and constancy, are sometimes even shy, have good speech, are energetic, wealthy and indulge in amorous pleasures.
General instructions: Mrygashirsha’s symbol is a deer, and her deity is the Moon.
Literally Mrigashirsha means “deer’s head”. One day it happened that the Creator Brahma was burning with desire for his own daughter. Frightened, the girl took the form of a female deer and fled to the sky, but her lecherous father turned into a male deer and began to chase her.
To save the girl from the cosmic incest that threatened her, Lord Shiva cooled Brahma’s ardor by cutting off the deer’s head, which remained in the heavens in the form of the Mrigashirsha nakshatra.
If Saturn as the lord of the 7th house occupies this nakshatra, it often indicates an unhappy marriage or discord resulting from ill-advised love impulses, which this myth illustrates. Since deer are timid, timid and nervous creatures, whose fate is restless jumping-wandering in constant search for food and safety, then the main properties of Mrigashirsha are the exploration of things and their search.
Mrigashirsha also carries with it an influx of softness and tenderness caused by the contemplation of a deer. In that part of the nakshatra that falls into the earth sign of Taurus, the search takes place on the physical plane, and on the mental level – in that half of it that falls into the air sign of Gemini. Since deer wander in circles along certain paths, this asterism is associated with travel, moving, paths and roads. Mrigashirsha also indicates such an activity as hunting, which can be considered as one of the varieties of search. Since her deity, the Moon, is a sorcerous, unstable, fickle, changeable being, Mrigashirsha indicates an intelligent, persuasive person, sensitive and fickle. Other traditional associations include marriage, jewelry, leadership, investigation, and grandeur.
When the lagna or the Moon is in Mrigashirsha, the native is often mistrustful and likes to wander.
Physiology and diseases: Eyes and eyebrows.
Occupations, People, and Dwellings: Those who are seriously engaged in trade. Employed in the field of textiles and clothing. Manufacturers and sellers of jewelry. Foresters and those involved with animals, such as veterinarians, pet shop owners, animal transporters. Poets and born lovers. Administrators. Great thinkers and researchers.