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Scorpio (Vrishchika) in Vedic astrology
The 8th sign: water, fixed, ruled by Mars.
- Sanskrit
- Vrishchika वृश्चिक
- Ruled by
- Mars
- Element
- Water
- Quality
- Fixed (sthira)
- Gender
- Female (even sign)
- Direction
- North
- Body (Kalapurusha)
- Genitals
- Rising
- Rises head-first (shirshodaya)
- Nakshatras
- Vishakha (pada 4), Anuradha, Jyeshtha
Scorpio in Jyotish
Scorpio is the 8th sign of the zodiac, 30° from 210° to 240° of the sidereal zodiac. It is a water sign, fixed (sthira), and ruled by Mars. In the body of the Kalapurusha, the cosmic person whose body is the zodiac, it is the genitals.
Moon is debilitated here (most deeply at 3°).
A fixed sign holds on and endures; a water sign is emotional and receptive. As your lagna or Moon sign, Scorpio colours the whole chart with these qualities and with the nature of Mars.
Scorpio as your Moon sign or lagna
Read your Scorpio horoscope, or check whether Scorpio 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.