Rasi 8 of 12 · Fixed Water
Viruchigam (Scorpio)
intense, private and determined, a sign that commits fully once it decides
The sign in short
- Where it sits
- 210° to 240° of the sidereal zodiac
- Lord
- Sevvai (Mars)
- Element
- Water
- Quality
- Fixed
- Read for
- depth
- Body part
- Private parts and pelvis — the classical Kalapurusha mapping, head at Mesham to feet at Meenam
- Varna
- Brahmin — the Ashta Koota varna of the sign, not of a person
- Vashya group
- keeta (insect)
- Vasya rasis
- Kadagam and Kanni — the signs this one draws, by the Tamil vasya table
The nakshatras in it
Nine padas fill a rasi, so a sign holds either three whole stars or two whole ones and parts of two more.
| Star | Pada | Degrees in Viruchigam | Lord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visakam Vishakha · partly here | 4 of 4 | 0°00′ to 3°20′ | Guru |
| Anusham Anuradha | 1, 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 3°20′ to 16°40′ | Sani |
| Kettai Jyeshtha | 1, 2, 3, 4 of 4 | 16°40′ to 30°00′ | Budhan |
A person's rasi, unless a page says otherwise, is the sign the Moon stood in at birth — so it follows from the birth star and its pada. Every star ranked against one keeps the two together for that reason.
What the almanac attaches to it
Traditional and popular associations, as the Tamil almanacs and the daily columns print them — offered in the same spirit as the daily reading, not as fact.
- Colour
- Red and Maroon
- Number
- 9 and 2
- Day
- Tuesday
- Gem
- Red coral (Pavalam) — the wearing rules
- Metal
- Copper
- Deity
- Murugan
- Direction
- South
- Flower
- Kadamba flower (Kadambam)
- Fasting
- Tuesday
- Mantra
- Om Angarakaya Namaha — the texts
The name
The same sign in every script this app carries.
- English Viruchigam
- தமிழ் விருச்சிகம்
- తెలుగు వృశ్చికం
- ಕನ್ನಡ ವೃಶ್ಚಿಕ
- മലയാളം വൃശ്ചികം
- हिन्दी वृश्चिक
- বাংলা বৃশ্চিক
- ગુજરાતી વૃશ્ચિક
- ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବୃଶ୍ଚିକ
- ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਚਕ
- සිංහල වෘශ්චික
Also written Scorpio, the Western sign of the same name — though the Western zodiac is tropical and this one sidereal, so the dates do not line up. The difference, and the glossary's entry for Viruchigam.