Meaning of Vrishchik Rashi
Vrishchik is the 8th Rashi of the Vedic zodiac, a fixed water sign ruled by Mars. In the Kalapurusha, the cosmic body from which signs are assigned to parts of the body, it corresponds to the reproductive organs.
Traditional texts associate Vrishchik with intensity, secrecy, research, endurance and transformation. Because Mars rules the sign, the strength and placement of Mars in a chart shape how planets in Vrishchik behave.
Nakshatras in Vrishchik
Vrishchik covers 30 degrees of the zodiac and contains parts of three Nakshatras. Each Nakshatra has four padas, and Vrishchik holds nine padas in total.
Exalted and Debilitated Planets in Vrishchik
No classical planet is exalted in Vrishchik. Moon is debilitated in Vrishchik, at its weakest around 3°.
Exaltation and debilitation apply to the seven classical planets. Traditions differ on the signs of Rahu and Ketu.
Vrishchik Rashi in a Kundli
Your Rashi is Vrishchik if the Moon was in Vrishchik at your birth. This differs from having the Sun in Vrishchik, which gives a Vrishchik Sun sign, and from having Vrishchik rise on the eastern horizon, which makes it your Lagna. A Kundli reads all three, together with the house that Vrishchik occupies in your chart.
For the difference between a sign-based forecast and a personal chart, see Rashifal.