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Jyotish · Hora

Siṃha

सिंह

Leo: fifth sign, fiery and fixed, ruled by the Sun.

Definition

Siṃha (Leo, 'the lion') is the fifth rasi, 120°–150° of the sidereal zodiac. It is a fixed, fiery, odd sign and the only sign ruled by the Sun, whose mūlatrikoṇa occupies its first twenty degrees. In the kālapuruṣa scheme it corresponds to the belly.