Mesha मेष Aries, the ram
The 1st sign, 0° to 30° of the sidereal zodiac.
Energetic, courageous and quick to begin; independent and frank, with a temper that flares and cools fast.
- LordMangal
- ElementAgni
- QualityChara
- SymbolRam
Classical nature
- Element (tattva)
- Agni (fire)
- Quality
- Chara (movable)
- Gender and nature
- Male, krura (odd sign)
- Direction
- East
- Rising
- Prishthodaya (rises hind first)
- Strong
- By night
- Varna
- Kshatriya
- Dosha
- Pitta
- Kind
- Quadruped
- Body (Kalapurusha)
- Head
Dignities
- Lord
- Mangal (Mars)
- Exalted here
- Surya, deepest at 10°
- Debilitated here
- Shani, deepest at 20°
- Moolatrikona of
- Mangal, 0° to 12°
Nakshatras and padas in this sign
- Ashwini padas 1, 2, 3, 4
- Bharani padas 1, 2, 3, 4
- Krittika pada 1
Nine padas in all. Their navamshas, in order: Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Karka, Simha, Kanya, Tula, Vrishchika, Dhanu.
In a chart
As the Lagna or the Moon sign, Mesha gives the nature described above, coloured by the strength and placement of its lord Mangal. Mesha is also the 1st house of the natural zodiac (Kalapurusha), so it carries the themes of that house: lagna, the self.