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Libra (Tula) in Vedic astrology
The 7th sign: air, movable, ruled by Venus.
- Sanskrit
- Tula तुला
- Ruled by
- Venus
- Element
- Air
- Quality
- Movable (chara)
- Gender
- Male (odd sign)
- Direction
- West
- Body (Kalapurusha)
- Lower abdomen and bladder
- Rising
- Rises head-first (shirshodaya)
- Nakshatras
- Chitra (pada 3–4), Swati, Vishakha (pada 1–3)
Libra in Jyotish
Libra is the 7th sign of the zodiac, 30° from 180° to 210° of the sidereal zodiac. It is a air sign, movable (chara), and ruled by Venus. In the body of the Kalapurusha, the cosmic person whose body is the zodiac, it is the lower abdomen and bladder.
Saturn is exalted here (most strongly at 20°); Sun is debilitated here (most deeply at 10°); 0°–15° of Libra is the moolatrikona of Venus.
A movable sign starts things and moves on; a air sign is communicative and mobile. As your lagna or Moon sign, Libra colours the whole chart with these qualities and with the nature of Venus.
Libra as your Moon sign or lagna
Read your Libra horoscope, or check whether Libra is your Moon sign or your ascendant. Chapter 2 of our course, the 12 signs, explains how the signs work together.
Sources: Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra and Phaladeepika for the signs, planets and houses; Muhurta Chintamani for the nakshatra classes and the guna milan attributes. Wording is our own.