Rashi 8 of 12 · Water sign
Scorpio.
Vrishchika · The Scorpion
Mars's water sign goes deep: intense, private and transformative. Vrishchika sees beneath the surface and keeps its own counsel.
- Ruler
- Mars (Mangala)
- Element
- Water
- Quality
- Fixed (sthira)
- Gender
- Feminine (even)
- Exalted here
- None
- Debilitated here
- Moon
- Direction
- North
- Sun passes
- 17 Nov – 15 Dec (approx.)
Placement
Scorpio in your chart
Rashi — the mind and emotions
Scorpio as your Moon sign
The Moon is debilitated in Scorpio: feelings run intense and hidden, and trust is given slowly. The same depth makes for great resilience.
Lagna — the body and the life's direction
Scorpio rising
A Scorpio ascendant gives a magnetic, watchful presence — reserved at first, formidable when committed.
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 Vrishchika
Gifts
- Depth and focus
- Resilience
- Loyalty that does not waver
Lessons
- Secrecy
- Jealousy
- Holding grudges
Where Scorpio tends to thrive
- Research and investigation
- Surgery and medicine
- Occult and psychology
- Insurance and finance
Lunar mansions
The nakshatras of Scorpio
Thirty degrees, nine padas. Where your Moon falls along this span decides which nakshatra colours your Scorpio Moon — and which planet's dasha your life begins in.
Lordship
Mars, lord of Scorpio
Scorpio takes its colour from Mars (Mangala). Wherever Mars sits in your chart shows where the affairs of your Scorpio house are carried out.
Moon is debilitated here, and has to work harder to give its results.
Graha Maitri
Scorpio 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
Scorpio, briefly answered
Who rules Scorpio in Vedic astrology?
Scorpio (Vrishchika) is ruled by Mars (Mangala). It is a feminine, fixed water sign.
What are the Scorpio dates in Vedic astrology?
In the sidereal zodiac used in Vedic astrology, the Sun passes through Scorpio from about 17 Nov – 15 Dec, 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 Scorpio?
Vishakha (1 pada), Anuradha and Jyeshtha. Together they make up Scorpio's thirty degrees, nine padas in all.
Which planets are strong or weak in Scorpio?
Moon is debilitated in Scorpio. Exaltation lets a planet give its best results; debilitation asks more of it.
See where Vrishchika sits in your chart.
Your Moon, your rising sign and every planet, read from your exact birth time and place.
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