Makara — Capricorn
Makara is the 10th rāśi, the knees of the Kāla-puruṣa, ruled by Śani. 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 Makara rising is like. SIA computes the lagna and every graha's rāśi for the birth moment and fires the rules that name Makara — the verses below are the ones it reads from.
At a glance
- Lord
- Śani (Saturn)BPHS C01.19
- Nature
- movable (cara) · gentle, female (śubha, strī)BPHS C01.5
- Limb of the Kāla-puruṣa
- kneesBPHS C01.4
- Element · varṇa (melāpaka)
- earth · vaiśyaMILAN.VARNA
- Span
- 270°–300°computed
- Exalted here
- Maṅgala (Mars) 28°BPHS C02.38b
- Debilitated here
- Guru (Jupiter) 5°BPHS C02.39b
- Vaśya signs
- Meṣa (Aries) · Kumbha (Aquarius)MILAN.VASYA
- Nakṣatras
- Uttara Ashadha (pāda 2, 3, 4) · Shravana (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4) · Dhanishtha (pāda 1, 2)computed
Parāśara on Makara
पृष्ठोदयी बृहद्गात्रः मकरो जलभूचरः। आदौ चतुष्पादन्ते च द्विपदो जलगो मतः।।२०।।
RenderingMakara is tamasic, earthy, rules the south, is strong by night, rises by its back, is large-bodied, moves on marshy ground — four-footed in its first half and footless in its second, water-dwelling — and Śani is its lord.
Phaladīpikā — born with Makara as lagna
अधः कृशः सत्त्वयुतो गृहीतवाक्योऽलसोऽगम्यजराङ्गनेष्टः । धर्मध्वजो भाग्ययुतोऽटनश्च वातार्दितो नक्रभवो विलज्जः ॥१०॥
TranslationThe following will be the characteristics of a person who is born when Makara is rising. He will be weak in the lower limbs; he will have exceeding strength or courage; he will carry out the task he has undertaken; he will be indolent; he will be attached to old women of the prohibited class. He will be a religious hypocrite. He will be fortunate; he will be always on his legs; he will suffer from wind-disease and he will be devoid of all shame.
Questions
Who is the lord of Makara?
Śani (Saturn), as Parāśara states in the rāśi-svarūpa chapter.
Which nakṣatras fall in Makara?
Uttara Ashadha (pāda 2, 3, 4), Shravana (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4), Dhanishtha (pāda 1, 2) — nine pādas of 3°20′ each make the sign.
Is Makara 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
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