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Vṛṣabha — Taurus

Vṛṣabha is the 2nd rāśi, the face of the Kāla-puruṣa, ruled by Śukra. 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 Vṛṣabha rising is like. SIA computes the lagna and every graha's rāśi for the birth moment and fires the rules that name Vṛṣabha — the verses below are the ones it reads from.

At a glance

Lord
Śukra (Venus)BPHS C01.8
Nature
fixed (sthira) · gentle, female (śubha, strī)BPHS C01.5
Limb of the Kāla-puruṣa
faceBPHS C01.4
Element · varṇa (melāpaka)
earth · vaiśyaMILAN.VARNA
Span
30°–60°computed
Exalted here
Candra (Moon) 3°BPHS C02.38b
Mūlatrikoṇa of
Candra (Moon) 3°–30°BPHS C02.28
Vaśya signs
Karka (Cancer) · Tulā (Libra)MILAN.VASYA
Nakṣatras
Krittika (pāda 2, 3, 4) · Rohini (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4) · Mrigashira (pāda 1, 2)computed

Parāśara on Vṛṣabha

BPHS C01.8Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra · राशिस्वरूपाध्यायः v8, folio 23

श्वेतः शुक्राधिपो दीर्घः चतुष्पाच्छर्वरी बली। याम्येट् ग्राम्यो वणिग्भूमिः स्त्री पृष्ठोदयो वृषः।।८।।

RenderingVṛṣa is white, long-bodied, four-footed and strong by night; it belongs to the south, to villages and to the vaiśya varṇa, loves the land, rises by its back, and Śukra is its lord.

Phaladīpikā — born with Vṛṣabha as lagna

PHAL C9.2Phaladīpikā · Phaladīpikā 9.2

पृथूरुवक्त्रः कृषिकर्मकृत्स्यान्मध्यान्तसौख्यः प्रमदाप्रियश्च । त्यागी क्षमी क्लेशसहश्च गोमान् पृष्ठास्यपार्श्वेऽङ्कयुतो वृषोत्थः ॥२॥

TranslationIf at the birth of a person, the sign Vrishabha be rising, he will have plumpy thighs and a big face; he will be engaged in agriculture. He will be happy in the middle and concluding portions of his life. He will be fond of young women, will be liberal in gifts, will be of a forgiving disposition, will endure hardships, possess cattle, etc., and will have marks or moles on the back, face and sides.

Questions

Who is the lord of Vṛṣabha?

Śukra (Venus), as Parāśara states in the rāśi-svarūpa chapter.

Which nakṣatras fall in Vṛṣabha?

Krittika (pāda 2, 3, 4), Rohini (pāda 1, 2, 3, 4), Mrigashira (pāda 1, 2) — nine pādas of 3°20′ each make the sign.

Is Vṛṣabha a movable, fixed or dual sign?

Fixed (sthira) — the rāśis from Meṣa alternate movable, fixed, dual (BPHS ch. 1).

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