🪷 वृश्चिक · Vṛścika (Scorpio)
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this rāśi IS Krishna
Krishna-as-Kālāntaka-tattva — the dissolver. Mars-ruled · the rāśi of pralaya, deep transformation, occult wisdom.
Vṛścika Source-Anchor Spine
This rāśi page links Scorpio to its lord-graha, exact Bhagavad-Gītā source routes where available, the 89-page Jyotiṣa hub, the Viśvarūpa chart/time surfaces, and the reader-local calculator doorway.
Rāśi #8 · Lord: Mars · Water · Fixed · Female · North-direction
Planetary Dignities in Scorpio
Which grahas attain exaltation · debilitation · mūla-trikoṇa · or rulership when posited in this rāśi (per BPHS classical Vedic-jyotiṣa).
| Graha | Dignity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | Debilitated (nīcha) | |
| Mars | Ruler (svāmī) | |
| Rāhu (North Node) | Debilitated (nīcha) | |
| Ketu (South Node) | Exalted (uccha) |
Nakshatras of Scorpio
The Scorpio rāśi spans 30° · containing nakshatra-padas (4 padas × 3°20' each = 13°20' per nakshatra). Some nakshatras cross rāśi-boundaries (gaṇḍānta).
| Nakshatra | Padas in Scorpio | Ruling Graha |
|---|---|---|
| विशाखा · Viśākhā | Pada 4 | Jupiter |
| अनुराधा · Anurādhā | Pada 1, 2, 3, 4 | Saturn |
| ज्येष्ठा · Jyeṣṭhā | Pada 1, 2, 3, 4 | Mercury |
Today's tenants (2026-06-24)
No grahas currently transit through Scorpio as of 2026-06-24.
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Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Rāśi number
- #8 of 12
- Lord (svāmī)
- Mars
- Element (mahābhūta)
- Water
- Quality
- Fixed
- Gender
- Female
- Direction
- North
- Body-part (kālapuruṣa)
- Reproductive organs
Native traits
- Intense · passionate · secretive
- Investigative · psychological
- Possessive · jealous
- Transformative · resilient
Cross-references
- Lord of Scorpio: Mars
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 12 rāśis as Krishna-apertures
- Calculate your own chart
- Krishna-as-Paramātmā · BG 7
📚 See Also
- Mars · the lord-graha of Scorpio · Ruler of this rāśi · governs all natives born under it
- Sade-Sati for Scorpio Moon · The 7.5-year Saturn-transit framework specific to Scorpio-Moon natives
- BG 11.7 Chart-as-Viśvarūpa-Darśana Aperture · How the 12 rāśis can be read as Krishna-apertures without equating the chart with Krishna's body
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See if Scorpio is YOUR Lagna or where it sits in YOUR chart
- How we compute 1,626,102 BCE → 429,000 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 are read as a Viśvarūpa-darśana aperture, not as Krishna's body itself