Rashi 1 of 12 · Fire sign
Aries.
Mesha · The Ram
The first sign is the spark that starts the zodiac: direct, courageous and quickest to act. Mesha meets life head-first and learns by doing.
- Ruler
- Mars (Mangala)
- Element
- Fire
- Quality
- Movable (chara)
- Gender
- Masculine (odd)
- Exalted here
- Sun
- Debilitated here
- Saturn
- Direction
- East
- Sun passes
- 14 Apr – 14 May (approx.)
Placement
Aries in your chart
Rashi — the mind and emotions
Aries as your Moon sign
An Aries Moon feels things fast and says them faster. Emotion turns quickly into action, and moods pass as quickly as they come.
Lagna — the body and the life's direction
Aries rising
An Aries ascendant gives a vigorous, straightforward presence — someone others notice entering a room and expect to take the lead.
Vedic astrology reads the Moon sign and the ascendant before the Sun sign. Both depend on the exact time and place of birth — NAMOH works them out from yours.
Temperament
The nature of Mesha
Gifts
- Initiative and courage
- Honesty without hidden agendas
- Energy to begin anew
Lessons
- Impatience with slow processes
- A temper that flares easily
- Starting more than finishing
Where Aries tends to thrive
- Entrepreneurship
- Defence and sport
- Surgery and emergency work
- Engineering
Lunar mansions
The nakshatras of Aries
Thirty degrees, nine padas. Where your Moon falls along this span decides which nakshatra colours your Aries Moon — and which planet's dasha your life begins in.
Lordship
Mars, lord of Aries
Aries takes its colour from Mars (Mangala). Wherever Mars sits in your chart shows where the affairs of your Aries house are carried out.
Sun is exalted here — at the height of its strength.
Saturn is debilitated here, and has to work harder to give its results.
Graha Maitri
Aries with the other signs
One strand of Guna Milan compares the rulers of two Moon signs. It is a first reading only: a full match weighs all eight kootas, from nakshatra to nadi.
Questions
Aries, briefly answered
Who rules Aries in Vedic astrology?
Aries (Mesha) is ruled by Mars (Mangala). It is a masculine, movable fire sign.
What are the Aries dates in Vedic astrology?
In the sidereal zodiac used in Vedic astrology, the Sun passes through Aries from about 14 Apr – 14 May, give or take a day each year. Vedic astrology gives more weight to the Moon sign and the ascendant than to the Sun sign, and those depend on the exact time and place of birth.
Which nakshatras fall in Aries?
Ashwini, Bharani and Krittika (1 pada). Together they make up Aries's thirty degrees, nine padas in all.
Which planets are strong or weak in Aries?
Sun is exalted in Aries and Saturn is debilitated in Aries. Exaltation lets a planet give its best results; debilitation asks more of it.
See where Mesha sits in your chart.
Your Moon, your rising sign and every planet, read from your exact birth time and place.
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