The 7th of the twelve rashis · 180°–210° of the sidereal zodiac
Tula Rashi
Libra Moon sign · ruled by Shukra
Tula is your rashi if the Moon was in Libra when you were born: the rashi your rashifal, Sade Sati and naam akshar go by. People with the Moon in Tula are pleasant, fair-minded and good with people. Its lord is Shukra, its nakshatras are Chitra (padas 3–4), Swati and Vishakha (padas 1–3), and a Tula child’s name traditionally begins with one of Ra (रा), Ri (री), Ru (रू), Re (रे), Ro (रो), Ta (ता), Ti (ती), Tu (तू), Te (ते).
Also written Thula, Thulam.
Tula at a glance
The sign’s own facts, the same for every Tula Moon.
Surya (Sun): debilitated (at its weakest)
Shukra (Venus): in moolatrikona (a stretch of the sign where the graha is most at ease; in strength it ranks just after exaltation)
People with the Moon in Tula
The Moon is the karaka (significator) of the mind, so its rashi says how a person feels and takes things. Your lagna and the rest of the chart shape it further.
They want balance and harmony, avoid quarrels and have a feel for beauty; partnership matters a great deal to them. They can take long to decide, and sometimes agree just to keep the peace. Tula is Shukra's rashi, so they do well in business, law, design and work that brings people together.
What Varahamihira says
Brihat Jataka says a person born with Chandra in Tula (Libra) honours the gods, Brahmins and holy people, leads a religious life and is intelligent. Such a person is drawn to trade and travel, becomes wealthy, helps the family and may bear a second name taken from a deity. The verse also notes a tall frame with thin limbs, frequent ill health and a caution of being slighted by one's own kin. Varahamihira adds (17.13) that this holds in full only when the Moon, Tula and its lord Shukra are all strong at birth.
Brihat Jataka 17.7
Strengths
Tula, whose name means the scales, can sit between two sides, a buyer and a seller or a bride's family and a groom's, and find terms both accept. Shukra lends it grace, so a function arranged by Tula tends to leave every guest feeling looked after. Its chara (movable), airy nature also keeps it in touch easily, and its friendships stay warm across the years.
What to watch
The go-between is sometimes the one both sides blame when a deal or a match falls through, so Tula does well to say clearly where its part ends. In a business partnership, a pleasant manner can leave the hard terms unspoken. Settling profit shares and duties at the very start, in plain words, protects the friendships Tula values.
Work, marriage and health for Tula
Jyotish also reads a chart with the Moon sign as its lagna (Chandra lagna): the 10th from the Moon for work, the 7th for marriage, and the rashi’s own limb and element for health. The 7th sign describes the partner’s nature, not the rashi your partner will have. This is tradition, not a forecast; your full kundli decides.
Work and career
For Tula the 10th sign from the Moon is Kark (Cancer), ruled by Chandra (Moon), so the tradition looks to care, food and dealing with the public: hospitals, hotels, food businesses and any work that serves people directly. Tula's own lord Shukra (Venus) adds the arts, beauty and hospitality. A business partnership, trade or a role facing customers suits Tula's feel for balance.
Marriage
The 7th sign from the Moon is Mesh (Aries), ruled by Mangal (Mars), so tradition reads a partner who is direct, energetic and quick to act. Tula weighs every side while such a partner decides at once, so the two balance each other well when each gives the other's pace some room. Tula's own lord Shukra (Venus) is also the karaka (significator) of marriage, so the tradition reads Shukra's strength in the full kundli as well as the 7th.
Health
Tradition links Tula to the lower abdomen in the Kalapurusha, the zodiac pictured as one body (Brihat Jataka 1.4), and as a Vayu (air) rashi to a light, airy constitution. The verse above warns of frequent ill health, so regular meals, steady sleep and not letting small complaints run on are the counsel here.
Tula’s nakshatras and naam akshar
Each rashi holds nine padas, a quarter of a nakshatra each. The pada the Moon was in gives the syllable a name traditionally begins with.
| Nakshatra | Lord | Span in Tula | Padas in Tula | Naam akshar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chitra | Mangal (Mars) | 0°–6°40′ | 3–4 | Ra (रा), Ri (री) |
| Swati | Rahu | 6°40′–20° | all four | Ru (रू), Re (रे), Ro (रो), Ta (ता) |
| Vishakha | Guru (Jupiter) | 20°–30° | 1–3 | Ti (ती), Tu (तू), Te (ते) |
Shani, Guru and Rahu for Tula now
These houses are counted from your Moon, as the rashifal counts them. Sade Sati is Shani in the 12th, 1st or 2nd from the Moon, about seven and a half years; a dhaiyya is Shani in the 4th (Kantaka) or 8th (Ashtama), about two and a half. The same for every Tula Moon; your own chart decides how they land.
- Shani (Saturn)Now in Meen, your 6th house from the Moon, so neither Sade Sati nor a dhaiyya is running; the 6th is one of the three houses where Shani does good from the Moon (Phaladeepika 26.2). Next: Ashtama Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 8th) from 8 August 2029 until 5 October 2029, then from 17 April 2030 until 31 May 2032 and Sade Sati from 22 October 2038 until 5 April 2039, then from 13 July 2039 until 8 December 2046. Sade Sati · dhaiyya dates.
- Guru (Jupiter)Now in your 10th house from the Moon, the house of work, status and dealings with seniors. After that it moves to your 11th (income, gains and elder siblings) from 31 October 2026, back to your 10th from 25 January 2027, back to your 11th from 26 June 2027 and to your 12th (expenses, sleep, travel abroad and letting go) from 26 November 2027.
- RahuNow in your 5th house from the Moon, the house of children, studies and judgement. After that it moves to your 4th (home, mother, vehicles, property and peace of mind) from 5 December 2026.
Upay for Tula: its lord Shukra
A rashi is kept strong through its lord. These are free; each says what it is for.
- Shukra’s mantra, 108 times on Fridaysॐ शुक्राय नमःOm Shukraya Namah. The simplest mantra of Tula’s lord, said for marriage, comforts and harmony at home.
- Beej mantra (the seed mantra), for regular japa (chanting on a mala)ॐ द्रां द्रीं द्रौं सः शुक्राय नमःOm Draam Dreem Draum Sah Shukraya Namah. For a fuller japa of Shukra, said 108 times a day, when Tula’s lord needs strengthening: in its dasha (its planetary period), or when it is weak in your chart.
- Worship of LakshmiThe deity tradition links with Tula, worshipped for prosperity and a home that keeps what it earns; a temple visit or a lamp at home is the simplest form.
A gemstone is not given by rashi. A stone that suits one chart can harm another, so it is chosen from your whole kundli.
Tula in kundli matching
Of the eight kootas (the parts of gun milan), four are read from the rashi alone, worth 15 of the 36 points: Varna (1, the sign’s class), Vashya (2, mutual attraction), Graha Maitri (5, the lords’ friendship) and Bhakoot (7, love and the family’s wellbeing).
- Best and hardest on the rashi aloneTaking Tula as the boy’s rashi, Tula scores highest of the other eleven with Makar (13/15) and lowest with Meen (1.5/15). Two Tula Moons together score the full 15 on these four. Swap the boy’s and girl’s rashis and Varna and Vashya can score differently, so each pair page gives both ways. The other four kootas, 21 points, need both nakshatras.
- BhakootBhakoot, worth 7 points, scores 0 when the two rashis sit 2nd–12th, 5th–9th or 6th–8th from each other. With Vrishchik and Meen the dosha stands. With Kanya, Kumbh, Mithun and Vrishabh it is cancelled, because the two lords are the same graha or friends to each other: Bhakoot still scores 0 of 7, but astrologers do not treat the match as blocked by it.
- Vashya (2 points)Tula is Manava (human). Vashya, the koota of mutual attraction, gives Tula the full 2 points with a partner whose Moon is in Tula, Mithun, Kanya, Dhanu (first half) or Kumbh. Dhanu and Makar change class at 15°, and the counts here take their first half: with a Moon in Dhanu’s second half Tula gets 1 point.
Tula with every rashi, koota by koota → · Full kundli matching
Tula as Parashara describes it
The sign’s own make-up, apart from any graha in it.
- Colour: black
- Medium build
- Biped (two-footed)
- Strong by day
- Direction: west
- Lives on land
- Rajasic (active)
- Shirshodaya: rises with its head
- Lord: Shukra (Venus)
- Chara (movable), male, krura (harsh)
- Mixed (sama) temperament: vata, pitta and kapha in balance
Sattva, rajas and tamas are the three gunas (calm clarity, drive and inertia). Vata, pitta and kapha are the three doshas of Ayurveda (air, fire and water in the body). A sign rises head first (shirshodaya) or back first (prishtodaya) by how its figure comes up in the east; the texts use this, with day or night strength, to time results. Parashara describes the sign itself; Varahamihira, above, the person whose Moon is in it, so the two can differ.
Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra 4.5, 4.15
Common questions
What is Tula rashi?
Tula (Libra) is the 7th of the twelve rashis, 180°–210° of the sidereal zodiac, ruled by Shukra. It is your rashi if the Moon was in it when you were born.
What are the naam akshar for Tula rashi?
Ra (रा), Ri (री), Ru (रू), Re (रे), Ro (रो), Ta (ता), Ti (ती), Tu (तू), Te (ते): one for each of the nine padas, in order. The pada of the Moon at birth gives the one to use.
Which rashis match Tula best?
On the four kootas a rashi decides, Tula scores highest of the other eleven with Makar (13 of 15, Tula taken as the boy’s rashi); two Tula Moons together score the full 15. A real match needs both kundlis: the nakshatra kootas carry 21 of the 36 points.
What is the mantra for Tula rashi?
Om Shukraya Namah, the mantra of its lord Shukra, 108 times on Fridays. The upay section above gives the beej mantra and the deity too.
Is Tula rashi in Sade Sati or dhaiyya now?
Neither now. Shani is in Meen, the 6th from Tula. Next comes Ashtama Shani (a dhaiyya, Shani in the 8th) from 8 August 2029 until 5 October 2029, then from 17 April 2030 until 31 May 2032; then Sade Sati from 22 October 2038 until 5 April 2039, then from 13 July 2039 until 8 December 2046.
How is 2027 for Tula rashi?
2027 is at its best in January and November and slowest in June, August and December. The 2027 rashifal gives every month, with the Shani, Guru and Rahu moves above.
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