Mithuna

Mithuna, the Vedic name for Gemini: the 3rd rashi (sign) of the sidereal zodiac. Its lord is Mercury, its element Air (Vayu: intellect, connection, and movement), 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 shoulders, arms, and hands. Because Vedic astrology measures against the fixed stars, Mithuna sits about 24° behind Western Gemini, so a planet in the first 24° or so of Western Gemini is usually in Vedic Vrishabha (Taurus).