🪷 कन्या · Kanyā (Virgo)
Rāśi #6 · Lord: Mercury · Earth · Dual · Female · South-direction
Krishna-aspect
Krishna-as-Vidyā-tattva — the discriminating intelligence. Mercury exalted in own sign · pure-buddhi rāśi.
Today's tenants (2026-05-14)
No grahas currently transit through Virgo as of 2026-05-14.
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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