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  In Greek mythology  Leo was a monster lion  which was killed by  Hercules as a part of his 12 deeds. The Nemean Lion would take women as hostages to its hide-out in a cave, attracting warriors from nearby towns to save the damsel in distress, to their misfortune.  The Lion was impervious to any weaponry; thus, the warriors' clubs, swords, and spears were rendered useless against it.  Realizing that he must defeat the Lion with his bare hands, Hercules slipped into the Lion's cave and engaged it at close quarters. When the Lion pounced, Hercules caught it in midair, one hand grasping the Lion's forelegs and the other its hind legs, and bent it backwards, breaking its back and freeing the trapped maidens. Zeus commemorated this labor by placing the Lion in the sky. How's that? Do comment. Next we will see the stars in Leo. Till then good bye.

On 12 February 2021 the 11th month of Indian Calendar i.e.Magh (माघ) started. You can see Magha Nakshatra in Sinh Rashi (Leo) rises in the East. Magha Meaning: “The Mighty” or “The Magnificent” or “The Great One” How to locate it?  You can easily see Saptarshi or Big Dipper in sky.The line passing through 2 pair of stars as shown extends to Regulus / Magha star in Leo. The reverse question mark consisting of  parallelogram is Magha,then 2 stars of Poorva Falguni Nakshatra & 1 star of Uttara Falguni Nakshatra.All these form the Sinh Rashi or Leo. I will tell you story of lion in the next post. Keep your queries if any in comment box & tell about the post. Bye till then.

 Below Mrug (Orion) you see a parallelogram that is Punarvasu. Vasu means good,prosperous. Punar means again.Prosperous again.Bringing something good to life. It is called as Golden Gate of heavens, Swargdwar,as all the planets & Sun pass through this gate. The 2 bright stars on left are Castor & Pollux from Gemini & on the right there's only 1 bright star Procyon from Canis minor  ( Laghu lubdhak) small dog of Vyadh (Sirius) the hunter in Indian story & also of Orion the hunter in Greek story. Castor & Pollux are called twins in all mythologies. In Hindu mythology they are Aswinikumar- Vaidhya. A small star nearby them is named after the great Marathi poet Kusumagraj. They're in Mithun Rashi.The Rashi consists of 1/2 of Mrug,1/3 of Punrvasu & Ardra. Ardra There are 6 stars in Ardra, but we can see only one.In old days mansoon was starting when Sun in Ardra, but nowadays it starts when  Sun in Mrug. It lies a bit off-center on the line joining Betelgeuse