Simha

Simha, the lion, is the fifth rashi, or sign, and the book places it at the belly of the Kalapurusha, the zodiac pictured as a person. The Brihat Jataka of Varahamihira treats it as a day sign that rises head first, a fixed sign of the east. It holds the nakshatra Magha, the nakshatra Purva Phalguni, and the first quarter of Uttara Phalguni.

The Sun is the single lord of the sign, and Leo is also the Sun's mulatrikona in the book's list, a place of added strength. Iyer's notes call it male and give its color as black and white. Its first navamsa, a ninth part of 3 degrees 20 minutes, is Aries, as it is for Mesha and Dhanu. The Greek-derived name in the sign list is Leya.

Under Leo, the Moon-in-signs chapter in the 1905 translation lists a broad face, brown eyes, a liking for forests and hills, generosity, courage in a fight and firm principles, along with a quick temper. Those are the text's items for a person born with the Moon in the sign. The calculator takes Simha as 120 to 150 degrees of sidereal longitude, a band that starts late in the Western Leo.