🪷 तुला · Tulā (Libra)
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this rāśi IS Krishna
Krishna-as-Dharma-tulā — the cosmic balance. Venus-ruled · Krishna IS the equity (sama-darśana) of the yogī (BG 6.32).
Rāśi #7 · Lord: Venus · Air · Movable · Male · West-direction
Planetary Dignities in Libra
Which grahas attain exaltation · debilitation · mūla-trikoṇa · or rulership when posited in this rāśi (per BPHS classical Vedic-jyotiṣa).
| Graha | Dignity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Debilitated (nīcha) | |
| Venus | Mūla-Trikoṇa | |
| Venus | Ruler (svāmī) | |
| Saturn | Exalted (uccha) | Peak at 20° |
Nakshatras of Libra
The Libra rāśi spans 30° · containing nakshatra-padas (4 padas × 3°20' each = 13°20' per nakshatra). Some nakshatras cross rāśi-boundaries (gaṇḍānta).
| Nakshatra | Padas in Libra | Ruling Graha |
|---|---|---|
| चित्रा · Citrā | Pada 3, 4 | Mars |
| स्वाति · Svāti | Pada 1, 2, 3, 4 | Rāhu |
| विशाखा · Viśākhā | Pada 1, 2, 3 | Jupiter |
Today's tenants (2026-06-03)
No grahas currently transit through Libra as of 2026-06-03.
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Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Rāśi number
- #7 of 12
- Lord (svāmī)
- Venus
- Element (mahābhūta)
- Air
- Quality
- Movable
- Gender
- Male
- Direction
- West
- Body-part (kālapuruṣa)
- Lower abdomen · kidneys
Native traits
- Diplomatic · fair-minded
- Indecisive · people-pleasing
- Aesthetic · beauty-loving
- Partnership-oriented
Cross-references
- Lord of Libra: Venus
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 12 rāśis as Krishna's body
- Calculate your own chart
- Krishna-as-Paramātmā · BG 7
📚 See Also
- Venus · the lord-graha of Libra · Ruler of this rāśi · governs all natives born under it
- Sade-Sati for Libra Moon · The 7.5-year Saturn-transit framework specific to Libra-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 Libra 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