Mithuna · मिथुन · The Twins
Quick, curious and verbal — the sign that learns fastest and commits slowest.
Dates
21 May – 20 June
Element
Air
Quality
Mutable
Ruling planet
Mercury (Budha)
Lucky day
Wednesday
Gemstone
Emerald (Panna)
The dates above are the common Western tropical ranges, which is how most people know their sign. Vedic astrology uses the sidereal zodiac, which runs roughly three weeks later — so if you were born near the edge of a range, your Vedic rashi may be the previous sign. A full kundali resolves it properly.
Strengths
Challenges
Gemini needs conversation more than it needs agreement. Boredom, not conflict, is what ends things. It does well with a partner who has their own life to report back on and badly with one who wants every evening to look the same.
Strongest matches
Writing, teaching, media, sales, tech, translation, anything with variety and people. Struggles with long repetitive projects and rigid hierarchy.
Get a career timeline from your chartNumbers
5, 3
Colours
Green, yellow
Day
Wednesday
Gemstone
Emerald (Panna)
Nakshatras spanning Mithuna: Mrigashira (second half), Ardra, Punarvasu (first three quarters). A gemstone is traditionally prescribed from a full chart rather than the sign alone — treat the stone above as the classical association, not a recommendation to go and buy one.
Your sun sign is one placement out of a chart full of them. A kundali reads the whole thing — ascendant, houses, dashas and all.