Scorpio (Vrishchika, वृश्चिक) is the 8th sign of the zodiac, ruled by Mars — a fixed (sthira) water sign symbolised by the scorpion. Scorpio (Vrishchika) is ruled by Mars and is fixed water — intense, deep and transformative. Natives are passionate, secretive and strong-willed, with penetrating insight and enormous emotional depth. Loyal and magnetic, they feel powerfully and never do anything by halves.
Scorpio (Vrishchika) is ruled by Mars and is fixed water — intense, deep and transformative. Natives are passionate, secretive and strong-willed, with penetrating insight and enormous emotional depth. Loyal and magnetic, they feel powerfully and never do anything by halves.
Research and investigation, psychology, surgery and medicine, the occult, finance, intelligence and crisis work — fields of depth, secrecy and transformation.
Intensely passionate and loyal, Scorpio natives love deeply and possessively, craving total emotional honesty. They bond most powerfully with water and earth signs — Cancer, Pisces, Virgo and Capricorn.
Passion and determination; Loyalty and depth; Insight and resourcefulness.
Jealousy and possessiveness; Secretiveness; Holding grudges.
Scorpio is ruled by Mars. It is a Fixed (Sthira) Water sign, symbolised by the scorpion.
Scorpio is generally most compatible with Cancer, Pisces, Virgo, Capricorn.
Lucky colour: Red; lucky number: 9; lucky day: Tuesday; gemstone: Red Coral (Moonga) (from its ruler Mars).
In Vedic astrology, your rashi is read from the Moon (the janma rashi or birth Moon sign), which differs from the Western Sun sign and is calculated using the sidereal zodiac.