Rashi profile
Taurus
Vrishabha
the rashi in full
Everything about Taurus, section by section. The part of the sky it covers. The nakshatras inside it. Which grahas are strong here, and what is standing in it right now. Every number on this page is calculated, not written by hand.
Taurus today01 · Arc, element, ruler
The basics
- Arc
- 30° – 60°
- Sidereal degrees, counted from 0° Mesha. Lahiri ayanamsa.
- Element
- Earth
- Modality
- Fixed
- Ruler
- Shukra (Venus)
- Also rules Libra
02 · Significations
What this rashi is like
These points are not written for each sign separately. Every rashi is made of three things — an element, a quality and a ruling graha. Each card below comes from one of those three, and says which one. So any rashi with the same element gets the same points under Nature.
From the element
Nature
- Trusts what it can see, touch or count.
- Patient. Does not mind slow work or doing the same thing again.
- Takes care of what it owns — its work, its home, what it built.
From the quality
How it thinks
- Once it decides, it stays decided. Changing its mind feels like losing.
- Takes time to decide. After that, the matter is closed.
- Finishes what it starts, even after the interest is gone. This is its real strength.
From the ruling graha
What it takes on
- Whether people are comfortable. It notices without being told.
- Keeping the peace so two sides can still talk.
- How things look and feel. It treats that as important, not extra.
From the element and quality together
Where it struggles
- Thinks that because something has always been done one way, that is the right way.
- Thinks that not changing its mind means it was right. From outside, both look the same.
Why we do not tell you your future
Because no one can. Jyotish says what a rashi and a graha stand for. It does not say what will happen to you on a given day. No classical text claims it does. If we wrote that here, we would be making it up. What we can tell you is real, and it is above: which grahas are in this rashi right now, and where its ruler is.
Taurus today03 · The sky today
What is standing here right now
Calculated for right now. Open this tomorrow and it will be different, because the sky moved.
Nothing is transiting Taurus at the moment. That is ordinary — nine grahas across twelve signs leaves most signs empty most of the time.
- Its ruler, Shukra (Venus), is currently in Libra at 4°17′.
- The Sun enters Taurus in 250 days.
04 · Nakshatras
The nakshatras inside it
A rashi is 30° wide. A nakshatra is 13°20′. They do not divide evenly, so a rashi holds two or three nakshatras — some whole, some only partly. What is always the same is the number of padas: nine in every rashi. That is why the full circle has 108.
- KrittikaPart
0° to 10° of the sign
3 padas234
- RohiniWhole
10° to 23°20′ of the sign
4 padas1234
- MrigashiraPart
23°20′ to 30° of the sign
2 padas12
05 · Dignity
Which grahas are strong here
Some grahas are strong in this rashi and one may be weak. This is the classical table, with the exact degrees the old texts give. Strong does not mean good luck — it means the graha acts freely here.
- Chandra (Moon)ExaltedDeepest at 3°
- Chandra (Moon)MoolatrikonaAcross 4° to 30°
- Shukra (Venus)Own signRules this rashi
06 · Houses
The twelve houses, counted from Taurus
If Taurus is your rashi, count houses from it like this. Your 1st is Taurus, then each sign in order. Every other page on this site counts the same way.
| House | Sign | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Taurus | you, your body and how you come across |
| 2nd | Gemini | money, speech and the family you were born into |
| 3rd | Cancer | courage, siblings and short journeys |
| 4th | Leo | home, mother and peace of mind |
| 5th | Virgo | children, study and what you create |
| 6th | Libra | daily work, routine, illness and debt |
| 7th | Scorpio | partners, marriage and anyone you deal with one to one |
| 8th | Sagittarius | what you share with others, inheritance, and what is out of your hands |
| 9th | Capricorn | belief, teachers, fortune and long journeys |
| 10th | Aquarius | work, standing and what the world sees |
| 11th | Pisces | gains, friends and the wider network |
| 12th | Aries | spending, rest, letting go and life abroad |