Rasi 1 of 12 · Movable Fire
Mesham (Aries)
quick to start, direct in speech and happiest leading rather than waiting
The sign in short
- Where it sits
- 0° to 30° of the sidereal zodiac
- Lord
- Sevvai (Mars)
- Element
- Fire
- Quality
- Movable
- Read for
- initiative
- Body part
- Head — the classical Kalapurusha mapping, head at Mesham to feet at Meenam
- Varna
- Kshatriya — the Ashta Koota varna of the sign, not of a person
- Vashya group
- chatushpada (four-legged)
- Vasya rasis
- Simmam and Viruchigam — 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 Mesham | Lord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aswini Ashwini | 1, 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 0°00′ to 13°20′ | Ketu |
| Bharani Bharani | 1, 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 13°20′ to 26°40′ | Sukran |
| Karthigai Krittika · partly here | 1 of 4 | 26°40′ to 30°00′ | Suriyan |
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
- Red and Coral red
- Number
- 9 and 2
- Day
- Tuesday
- Gem
- Red coral (Pavalam) — the wearing rules
- Metal
- Copper
- Deity
- Murugan
- Direction
- South
- Flower
- Kadamba flower (Kadambam)
- Fasting
- Tuesday
- Mantra
- Om Angarakaya Namaha — the texts
The name
The same sign in every script this app carries.
- English Mesham
- தமிழ் மேஷம்
- తెలుగు మేషం
- ಕನ್ನಡ ಮೇಷ
- മലയാളം മേടം
- हिन्दी मेष
- বাংলা মেষ
- ગુજરાતી મેષ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ମେଷ
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮੇਖ
- සිංහල මේෂ
Also written Aries, 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 Mesham.