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The twelve rashis · Scorpio
Vṛścika
Vrischika · Scorpio
The classical structure
rulerMars
elementwater
classSthira · fixed
odd / eveneven
directionnorth
rising mannerSirodaya · rises with its head
oppositeVṛṣabha
Its figure
A scorpion.
What this does not mean
A rashi is a thirty-degree sector used to place planets in a chart. It is not, by itself, a personality diagnosis. The current Vedic corpus supports the structural fields above; Bodhastra will not fill the gap with unsourced sun-sign adjectives.
Source
Varahamihira, Brihat Jataka (trans. Swami Vijnanananda, 1912), Chapter I, especially verses 4–12. Open the scan →