Jupiter in Mrigashira Nakshatra (Guru in मृगशिरा)

Mrigashira, the 5th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 53°20′ – 66°40′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Taurus and Gemini. Mrigashira is ruled by Mars, so Jupiter in Mrigashira stands in Mars’s star.

Jupiter and Mars count each other a friend, so in Mrigashira the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Mars rules, Chitra and Dhanishta, put Jupiter under the same star lord.

Jupiter in Mrigashira, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter in Mrigashira is in an enemy's sign in padas 1 and 2 (Taurus) and in an enemy's sign in padas 3 and 4 (Gemini), because Mrigashira crosses from Taurus into Gemini. By navamsa the four padas fall in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio. Jupiter’s strongest navamsas in Mrigashira are padas 1 (Leo, in a friend's sign) and 4 (Scorpio, in a friend's sign), and its weakest are padas 2 (Virgo, in an enemy's sign) and 3 (Libra, in an enemy's sign).

Neither Jupiter’s deepest exaltation (Cancer) nor its deepest debilitation (Capricorn) degree falls inside Mrigashira, and Jupiter’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Mrigashira the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Jupiter’s dignity.

When Jupiter Is in Mrigashira, 2026–2028

Jupiter does not enter Mrigashira at any point between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. It stands in Punarvasu when the table opens and in Chitra when it closes, having visited 8 of the 27 nakshatras, and from Chitra Mrigashira is 18 nakshatras further on. So Jupiter in Mrigashira is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Inside Mrigashira: what the tables locate there for Jupiter

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Jupiter's stations in Mrigashira. On 9 October 2024 Jupiter stations retrograde inside Mrigashira, in pada 2. At a station Jupiter’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Mrigashira.

Mrigashira as the Setting for Jupiter

In the nakshatra tables Mrigashira’s deity is listed as Soma and its symbol as deer's head; its gana is Deva, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mridu class (tender). Those belong to Mrigashira whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Mrigashira page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Taurus and Gemini, the relation to Mars, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Mrigashira; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Jupiter in Taurus and Jupiter in Gemini; Jupiter in all 27 nakshatras is on the Jupiter nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Mrigashira article.

The Other Grahas in Mrigashira