Kanya
Kanya, the Vedic name for Virgo: the 6th rashi (sign) of the sidereal zodiac. Its lord is Mercury, its element Earth (Prithvi: steadiness, patience, and the practical), and its nature dvisvabhava, dual: it adapts, mediates, and does two things at once. In the Kalapurusha, the zodiac read as one body, it governs the waist and digestion. Because Vedic astrology measures against the fixed stars, Kanya sits about 24° behind Western Virgo, so a planet in the first 24° or so of Western Virgo is usually in Vedic Simha (Leo).
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