Astrology Glossary

Lagnesha

Also called: lagna lord

The Lagna lord, the graha that rules your rising sign (Lagna). The closest Vedic counterpart to the Western chart ruler; a Jyotishi reads the rashi and bhava it sits in as the steering wheel of the whole chart.

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