Who is the lord of Scorpio?

Mars rules Scorpio. Wherever Mars sits in a chart, it carries this sign's affairs with it.

Which nakshatras fall in Scorpio?

Vishakha, Anuradha, Jyeshtha — each nakshatra spans 13°20', so a sign holds two and a quarter of them and the ones at the edges are shared with the neighbouring sign.

Scorpio (वृश्चिक) Rashifal

Reading for 27 August 2026

Today

The Moon moves through your 4th house today, bringing home, comfort and inner peace into focus. Jupiter favours your 9th house, opening growth and good fortune. Go slow with change and the unexpected, where Mars asks for patience. A short dawn prayer keeps the day calm and hopeful.

Love & people: The Moon is at home in your fourth. An evening at home mends more than an argument settles.
What to do about it: Do not sign or commit to anything you have not read twice.
Today's remedy: Offer a little turmeric or gram dal at a temple, or to an elder.

Computed from: Moon → 4 · Venus → 11 · Jupiter → 9 · Saturn → 5 (house)

Lucky colour: Coral RedNumber: 7

What this sign is

Scorpio (वृश्चिक) is the 8th sign of the zodiac, ruled by Mars. It is a water sign and a fixed (sthira) one — which together say most of what there is to say about how it behaves.

Being a water sign, Scorpio feels before it reasons — intuitive, retentive, slow to let anything go. Being fixed (sthira), it holds things — the one that sustains and resists being moved. Its ruler Mars adds its own colour on top of that, and in a real chart the ruler's position decides how much of this actually shows.

Ruler: Mars
Element: Water
Modality: fixed (sthira)

Nakshatras in this sign

Vishakha(shared with the next sign)
Anuradha
Jyeshtha

One thing worth knowing before you read any of this: in Vedic astrology your rashi is where the MOON stood when you were born, not the sun-sign the date ranges give. The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a quarter days, so the date table is right by luck rather than by rule — most people reading a column have been reading the wrong one.

This is the sign, not your chart

A rashifal is written for a twelfth of the world at once. Your own chart is cast from your date, exact time and place — and it says something no sign column can.

Common questions

Who is the lord of Scorpio?: Mars rules Scorpio. Wherever Mars sits in a chart, it carries this sign's affairs with it.
Which nakshatras fall in Scorpio?: Vishakha, Anuradha, Jyeshtha — each nakshatra spans 13°20', so a sign holds two and a quarter of them and the ones at the edges are shared with the neighbouring sign.
Is my rashi the same as my sun sign?: One thing worth knowing before you read any of this: in Vedic astrology your rashi is where the MOON stood when you were born, not the sun-sign the date ranges give. The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a quarter days, so the date table is right by luck rather than by rule — most people reading a column have been reading the wrong one.