Vrishchika (Scorpio)

Vrishchika (Scorpio) rising

With Vrishchika rising you are well proportioned and muscular, above average in height, with a broad face, long hands and a commanding presence. Mangal (Mars) rules your lagna and the sign is fixed water: you are intensely determined, go straight for your goal, never surrender, and are at your best when the odds are against you. You feel deeply, sense motives and truths others miss, and have a gift for research, medicine, detection, and buying and selling by instinct. You keep your own counsel, speak briefly and sharply, and are loyal and reliable until betrayed, when you are slow to forgive. Your lessons are to master the temper and the sarcastic tongue, and to spend a little less than you earn.

The Moon in Vrishchika (Scorpio)

Chandra is debilitated in Vrishchika: feelings run deep and strong under a controlled surface, and the mind can brood, suspect or hold on to hurt. Used well, the same depth gives steadiness, discipline and sharp inner sight; the mind needs outlets, in work, spiritual practice and trusted people, to let feelings move.

The Sun in Vrishchika (Scorpio)

Surya in Vrishchika, a friend's sign: the will is intense and persistent, and power comes through research, medicine, investigative work and sheer staying power.

Work

• surgeon and doctor
• research
• detective and intelligence work
• chemicals and pharmaceuticals
• insurance
• mining, oil and petroleum
• defence and navy
• engineering and machinery
• water supply and dams
• dentist
• trading by instinct

KP Reader 2 pp.216-227; Gochar Phaladeepika p.40; BPHS 3.49