🪷 मकर · Makara (Capricorn)

Rāśi #10 · Lord: Saturn · Earth · Movable · Female · South-direction

मकर = कालपुरुष-Knees · skin
Krishna IS the Makara among fishes (BG 10.31) and Gaṅgā among rivers. Saturn-ruled · Krishna's makara-tattva.
Bhagavad Gītā BG 10.31

Krishna-aspect

Krishna-as-Makara-tattva — the cosmic boundary-creature, the Gaṅgā's vāhana. Saturn-ruled · niṣkāma-karma rāśi.

Today's tenants (2026-05-14)

No grahas currently transit through Capricorn as of 2026-05-14.

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Classical attributes (per BPHS)

Rāśi number
#10 of 12
Lord (svāmī)
Saturn
Element (mahābhūta)
Earth
Quality
Movable
Gender
Female
Direction
South
Body-part (kālapuruṣa)
Knees · skin

Native traits

Cross-references

📚 See Also

📖 References

  1. Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Chapter on Rāśi-Svarūpa · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on rāśi attributes · body-parts of kālapuruṣa · element/quality assignments
  2. Sūrya-Siddhānta · the sidereal-zodiac computation source (~500 CE) — The astronomical treatise behind every position-calculation
  3. Bhagavad-Gītā 11.7 · mama dehe (in My body) — The 12 rāśis form Krishna's kālapuruṣa-body
Categories: Vedic Astronomy · Rāśis (Zodiac Signs) · Jyotiṣa Reference · Earth Element · Movable Quality · Sidereal Zodiac (Lahirī) · BPHS Classical Reference