Rasi 12 of 12 · Dual Water
Meenam (Pisces)
gentle, imaginative and devotional, a sign that feels for others and forgives easily
The sign in short
- Where it sits
- 330° to 360° of the sidereal zodiac
- Lord
- Guru (Jupiter)
- Element
- Water
- Quality
- Dual
- Read for
- compassion
- Body part
- Feet — the classical Kalapurusha mapping, head at Mesham to feet at Meenam
- Varna
- Brahmin — the Ashta Koota varna of the sign, not of a person
- Vashya group
- jalachara (water-dwelling)
- Vasya rasis
- Magaram — the signs this one draws, by the Tamil vasya table
The nakshatras in it
Nine padas fill a rasi, so a sign holds either three whole stars or two whole ones and parts of two more.
| Star | Pada | Degrees in Meenam | Lord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poorattathi Purva Bhadrapada · partly here | 4 of 4 | 0°00′ to 3°20′ | Guru |
| Uthirattathi Uttara Bhadrapada | 1, 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 3°20′ to 16°40′ | Sani |
| Revathi Revati | 1, 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 16°40′ to 30°00′ | Budhan |
A person's rasi, unless a page says otherwise, is the sign the Moon stood in at birth — so it follows from the birth star and its pada. Every star ranked against one keeps the two together for that reason.
What the almanac attaches to it
Traditional and popular associations, as the Tamil almanacs and the daily columns print them — offered in the same spirit as the daily reading, not as fact.
- Colour
- Yellow and Saffron
- Number
- 3 and 2
- Day
- Thursday
- Gem
- Yellow sapphire (Pushparagam) — the wearing rules
- Metal
- Gold
- Deity
- Dakshinamurthy (Guru)
- Direction
- Northeast
- Flower
- Yellow marigold (Sevanthi)
- Fasting
- Thursday
- Mantra
- Om Gurave Namaha — the texts
The name
The same sign in every script this app carries.
- English Meenam
- தமிழ் மீனம்
- తెలుగు మీనం
- ಕನ್ನಡ ಮೀನ
- മലയാളം മീനം
- हिन्दी मीन
- বাংলা মীন
- ગુજરાતી મીન
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ମୀନ
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮੀਨ
- සිංහල මීන
Also written Pisces, the Western sign of the same name — though the Western zodiac is tropical and this one sidereal, so the dates do not line up. The difference, and the glossary's entry for Meenam.