Libra (Tula) in Vedic Astrology

Your ascendant, or lagna, is the sign rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of birth. It describes the body, the temperament and the direction a life tends to take. It changes roughly every two hours, so it needs an accurate birth time.

You are made for relationship, and you see every situation from more than one side. Harmony, beauty and fairness are your instincts, and you dislike conflict enough to work hard at resolving it. Deciding for yourself, without consulting anyone, is the growth edge.

With Libra rising, Venus is your lagna lord, the planet that carries your constitution and your life's direction. Where Venus sits in your chart shows where your energy naturally flows.

Your Moon sign, or rashi, is the sign the Moon occupied at birth. In Vedic astrology it matters at least as much as the ascendant, because it describes the mind and emotional life. It is also the sign used for daily horoscopes and for Sade Sati.

You need company and you need things to be fair; discord genuinely unsettles you. You see every side, which makes you a natural mediator and a reluctant decider. Beauty, music and pleasant surroundings are not luxuries for you but regulation.

Venus owns Libra (and also Taurus), so it is comfortable and free to act here. Saturn is exalted in Libra, at its strongest. The Sun is debilitated in Libra, at its weakest, though the classics give several ways this weakness is cancelled. Libra is also the moolatrikona sign of Venus, a placement nearly as strong as exaltation.

Every sign holds nine nakshatra padas (quarters), drawn from two or three nakshatras. A planet's nakshatra refines what its sign says about it.