Libra Ascendant

Rashi

Libra

Element

Air

Ruler

Venus

Lagna here means the ascendant, the sign rising at birth. For Tula (Libra) rising, the readings are as follows.

Body

The body is tall and lean, and the face is handsome. The teeth are set sparsely, with gaps between them. The complexion is clear and somewhat dusky. The chest is broad.

Temperament

The native, the person whose chart this is, is generous and sociable, always ready to help others. His thoughts and character are unsystematic, yet inwardly he is clean-hearted. He is fond of company, intellectually gifted, skilled in worldly dealings, and devoted to justice. He flares into anger quickly, but grows calm just as quickly.

Life

The native's friends are people of standing. Such natives are themselves dispensers of justice, or else they advance in commerce. They earn their livelihood through righteous work.

Ailments

The native is liable to disorders of the lower back (the waist), the kidneys, and the urinary system. These organs should be protected from cold. Pure water and pure air are beneficial for such a native.

House Lords (Bhavesha)

For this lagna, the ascendant, the sign rising at birth, the lordship of each bhava (house, a domain of life) falls as follows:

• Surya (the Sun): lord of the 11th
• Chandra (the Moon): lord of the 10th
• Mangal (Mars): lord of the 2nd and the 7th
• Budha (Mercury): the bhagyesha, lord of the 9th (the house of fortune), and lord of the 12th
• Guru (Jupiter): lord of the 3rd and the 6th
• Shukra (Venus): lord of the lagna (the 1st) itself
• Shani (Saturn): lord of the 4th and the 5th

Shani (Saturn) is the rajayoga karaka, the planet that produces rajayoga, a combination conferring elevation and authority. Budha (Mercury) and Shukra (Venus) give auspicious results. Mangal (Mars), Surya (the Sun), and Guru (Jupiter) are inauspicious. And although Mangal is a maraka lord, the lord of a death-inflicting house (the 2nd or the 7th), it does not, even so, become a cause of death.

Renowned Persons

Renowned figures born with Tula Lagna: Goswami Tulsidas, Emperor Akbar, Hyder Ali, the Nizam of Hyderabad, Ramana Maharshi, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Shriram Sharma Acharya, Caesar, the Rani of Jhansi, Mahatma Gandhi, Stalin, Hitler, the great poet Goethe, the devotee Narsinh, General Franco, Churchill, Dev Anand, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Bertrand Russell, and Louis Pasteur.