Karka — Cancer
Karka is the 4th rāśi, the heart of the Kāla-puruṣa, ruled by Candra. Parāśara's rāśi-svarūpa chapter gives it a colour, a direction, a varṇa and a manner of rising; Phaladīpikā states what a person born with Karka rising is like. SIA computes the lagna and every graha's rāśi for the birth moment and fires the rules that name Karka — the verses below are the ones it reads from.
At a glance
- Lord
- Candra (Moon)BPHS C01.11
- Nature
- movable (cara) · gentle, female (śubha, strī)BPHS C01.5
- Limb of the Kāla-puruṣa
- heartBPHS C01.4
- Element · varṇa (melāpaka)
- water · brāhmaṇaMILAN.VARNA
- Span
- 90°–120°computed
- Exalted here
- Guru (Jupiter) 5°BPHS C02.38b
- Debilitated here
- Maṅgala (Mars) 28°BPHS C02.39b
- Vaśya signs
- Vṛścika (Scorpio) · Dhanu (Sagittarius)MILAN.VASYA
- Nakṣatras
- Punarvasu (pāda 4) · Pushya (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4) · Ashlesha (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4)computed
Parāśara on Karka
पाटलो वनचारी च ब्राह्मणो निशि वीर्यवान्।।१०।।
RenderingKarka is pale-red, forest-roaming, of the brāhmaṇa varṇa, and strong by night.
बहुपटुतरः स्थौल्यतनुः सत्त्वगुणी बली। पृष्ठोदयी कर्कराशिर्मृगाङ्कोऽधिपतिः स्मृतः।।११।।
Gloss (English)The extremely learned, having a stout body, residing in water, is a back-ascending sign and the Moon is its lord.
Phaladīpikā — born with Karka as lagna
स्त्रीनिर्जितः पीनगलः समित्रो बह्वालयस्तुङ्गकटिर्धनाढ्यः । ह्रस्वश्च वक्रो द्रुतगः कुलीरे मेधान्वितस्तोयरतोऽल्पपुत्रः ॥४॥
TranslationThe person at whose birth Karkataka is the Lagna will be henpecked, have a fleshy neck, will be surrounded by friends and possess many houses. He will have elevated buttocks, will be rich, short in stature, crooked in his views, fast in walking, intelligent, fond of water and possess very few sons.
Questions
Who is the lord of Karka?
Candra (Moon), as Parāśara states in the rāśi-svarūpa chapter.
Which nakṣatras fall in Karka?
Punarvasu (pāda 4), Pushya (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4), Ashlesha (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4) — nine pādas of 3°20′ each make the sign.
Is Karka a movable, fixed or dual sign?
Movable (cara) — the rāśis from Meṣa alternate movable, fixed, dual (BPHS ch. 1).
See these verses fire on your own chart.
Cast your kundli in SIA — every line of the reading carries the verse it rests on.
Related
Every chip is a real verse id in SIA’s store — the same chips the app prints beside its readings. · Updated
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