Vrishchik Rashi
Scorpio — the Vedic moon sign, not the Western sun sign.
Read as intense and private — quick to sense what's beneath the surface of a situation, and slow to show its own hand.
| Ruling planet (rashi swami) | Mars |
| Element (tattva) | Water (by classical triplicity and dosha grouping — BPHS's surviving English text doesn't state the element outright for this sign) |
| Nature | Sthira (fixed) |
| Classical gender | Female (even) |
| Planetary dignity | Moon is debilitated here |
Every rashi spans exactly 9 nakshatra padas — Vrishchik covers these three nakshatras:
| Vishakha | pada 4 | 210°00′–213°20′ into the sign |
| Anuradha | padas 1–4 | 213°20′–226°40′ into the sign |
| Jyeshtha | padas 1–4 | 226°40′–240°00′ into the sign |
Vrishchik isn't a calendar date range. Your rashi is whichever sign the Moon was
in when you were born — not the Sun, and not the Western tropical dates you may have seen elsewhere
(those use a different starting point and a different planet entirely). The gap between the two systems
is currently around 24°, which is why a Vedic Vrishchik and a Western Scorpio rarely line up. Your own
chart will show your real rashi from your actual birth details.
Vrishchik rashifal, today →
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This page describes the sign in general, classical terms — the same description applies to roughly a twelfth of everyone born. It says nothing about you personally; only a real chart, built from your own birth details, can do that.