🪷 कन्या · Kanyā (Virgo)
🪷 Krishna-Declaration · How this rāśi IS Krishna
Krishna-as-Vidyā-tattva — the discriminating intelligence. Mercury exalted in own sign · pure-buddhi rāśi.
Rāśi #6 · Lord: Mercury · Earth · Dual · Female · South-direction
Planetary Dignities in Virgo
Which grahas attain exaltation · debilitation · mūla-trikoṇa · or rulership when posited in this rāśi (per BPHS classical Vedic-jyotiṣa).
| Graha | Dignity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Exalted (uccha) | Peak at 15° |
| Mercury | Mūla-Trikoṇa | |
| Mercury | Ruler (svāmī) | |
| Venus | Debilitated (nīcha) |
Nakshatras of Virgo
The Virgo rāśi spans 30° · containing nakshatra-padas (4 padas × 3°20' each = 13°20' per nakshatra). Some nakshatras cross rāśi-boundaries (gaṇḍānta).
| Nakshatra | Padas in Virgo | Ruling Graha |
|---|---|---|
| उत्तर फाल्गुनी · Uttara Phalgunī | Pada 2, 3, 4 | Sun |
| हस्त · Hasta | Pada 1, 2, 3, 4 | Moon |
| चित्रा · Citrā | Pada 1, 2 | Mars |
Today's tenants (2026-06-03)
No grahas currently transit through Virgo as of 2026-06-03.
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Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Rāśi number
- #6 of 12
- Lord (svāmī)
- Mercury
- Element (mahābhūta)
- Earth
- Quality
- Dual
- Gender
- Female
- Direction
- South
- Body-part (kālapuruṣa)
- Abdomen · intestines
Native traits
- Analytical · detail-oriented
- Service-minded · health-conscious
- Critical · perfectionist
- Practical · methodical
Cross-references
- Lord of Virgo: Mercury
- Vishvarūpa-Chart · all 12 rāśis as Krishna's body
- Calculate your own chart
- Krishna-as-Paramātmā · BG 7
📚 See Also
- Mercury · the lord-graha of Virgo · Ruler of this rāśi · governs all natives born under it
- Sade-Sati for Virgo Moon · The 7.5-year Saturn-transit framework specific to Virgo-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 Virgo 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