🪷 कुम्भ · Kumbha (Aquarius)
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this rāśi IS Krishna
Krishna-as-Vāyu-Pāvaka-tattva — the purifying wind. Saturn-ruled · Krishna IS the wind that cleanses (BG 10.31) — the descent-of-amṛta vessel.
Rāśi #11 · Lord: Saturn · Air · Fixed · Male · West-direction
Planetary Dignities in Aquarius
Which grahas attain exaltation · debilitation · mūla-trikoṇa · or rulership when posited in this rāśi (per BPHS classical Vedic-jyotiṣa).
| Graha | Dignity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Saturn | Mūla-Trikoṇa | |
| Saturn | Ruler (svāmī) |
Nakshatras of Aquarius
The Aquarius rāśi spans 30° · containing nakshatra-padas (4 padas × 3°20' each = 13°20' per nakshatra). Some nakshatras cross rāśi-boundaries (gaṇḍānta).
| Nakshatra | Padas in Aquarius | Ruling Graha |
|---|---|---|
| धनिष्ठा · Dhaniṣṭhā | Pada 3, 4 | Mars |
| शतभिषा · Śatabhiṣā | Pada 1, 2, 3, 4 | Rāhu |
| पूर्व भाद्रपदा · Pūrva Bhādrapadā | Pada 1, 2, 3 | Jupiter |
Today's tenants (2026-06-03)
The following grahas currently transit through Aquarius (Kumbha):
- rahu at 313.78° sidereal
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta (Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Rāśi number
- #11 of 12
- Lord (svāmī)
- Saturn
- Element (mahābhūta)
- Air
- Quality
- Fixed
- Gender
- Male
- Direction
- West
- Body-part (kālapuruṣa)
- Calves · ankles
Native traits
- Innovative · humanitarian
- Eccentric · rebellious
- Detached · independent
- Group-oriented · futuristic
Cross-references
- Lord of Aquarius: Saturn
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 12 rāśis as Krishna's body
- Calculate your own chart
- Krishna-as-Paramātmā · BG 7
📚 See Also
- Saturn · the lord-graha of Aquarius · Ruler of this rāśi · governs all natives born under it
- Sade-Sati for Aquarius Moon · The 7.5-year Saturn-transit framework specific to Aquarius-Moon natives
- BG 11.7 Chart-as-Krishna's-Body · How the 12 rāśis form Krishna's viśvarūpa-body
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See if Aquarius is YOUR Lagna or where it sits in YOUR chart
- How we compute 1.6M BCE → 429K CE · The Sūrya-Siddhānta moat
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Chapter on Rāśi-Svarūpa · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on rāśi attributes · body-parts of kālapuruṣa · element/quality assignments
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · the sidereal-zodiac computation source (~500 CE) — The astronomical treatise behind every position-calculation
- Bhagavad-Gītā 11.7 · mama dehe (in My body) — The 12 rāśis form Krishna's kālapuruṣa-body