Vedic Zodiac Signs — All 12 Rashis Explained

The direct answer: Vedic Zodiac Signs — All 12 Rashis Explained: Explore all 12 Vedic zodiac signs (Rashis). Detailed guides on personality traits, compatibility, career, health, and planetary rulers for each sign. AskSoma publishes this at asksoma.ai/zodiac-signs as a free Vedic astrology resource using Swiss Ephemeris calculations and classical Jyotish interpretation — not generic sun-sign copy.

Explore all 12 Vedic zodiac signs (Rashis). Detailed guides on personality traits, compatibility, career, health, and planetary rulers for each sign.

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A newspaper sign usually means the tropical Sun sign. A Vedic rashi commonly means the sidereal Moon sign, while lagna means the ascendant. These are three different labels. Ask which planet and zodiac the result uses before comparing dates or deciding that your sign has changed.

Both tropical and sidereal zodiacs divide a circle into twelve equal 30-degree signs. Their reference points differ; neither is a map of the unequal boundaries of the astronomical constellations. AskSoma uses the Lahiri sidereal convention for its Vedic calculations. A boundary result needs the actual birth date, time and timezone, not just a month-and-day list.

Use the twelve sign guides to learn the vocabulary, then calculate the Sun, Moon and ascendant separately. Mars, Mercury and Jupiter are further placements, not replacements for your identity. Symbolic descriptions can prompt reflection, but a sign cannot establish intelligence, health, loyalty or a future outcome.

The twelve Vedic rashis

Fire

Aries (Mesha) (Mesha)
Mar 21 – Apr 19 (sidereal: Apr 14 – May 14) · ruled by Mars (Mangal) · Cardinal
Leo (Simha) (Simha)
Jul 23 – Aug 22 (sidereal: Aug 17 – Sep 16) · ruled by Sun (Surya) · Fixed
Sagittarius (Dhanu) (Dhanu)
Nov 22 – Dec 21 (sidereal: Dec 16 – Jan 13) · ruled by Jupiter (Guru) · Mutable

Earth

Taurus (Vrishabha) (Vrishabha)
Apr 20 – May 20 (sidereal: May 15 – Jun 14) · ruled by Venus (Shukra) · Fixed
Virgo (Kanya) (Kanya)
Aug 23 – Sep 22 (sidereal: Sep 17 – Oct 16) · ruled by Mercury (Budha) · Mutable
Capricorn (Makara) (Makara)
Dec 22 – Jan 19 (sidereal: Jan 14 – Feb 12) · ruled by Saturn (Shani) · Cardinal

Air

Gemini (Mithuna) (Mithuna)
May 21 – Jun 20 (sidereal: Jun 15 – Jul 15) · ruled by Mercury (Budha) · Mutable
Libra (Tula) (Tula)
Sep 23 – Oct 22 (sidereal: Oct 17 – Nov 15) · ruled by Venus (Shukra) · Cardinal
Aquarius (Kumbha) (Kumbha)
Jan 20 – Feb 18 (sidereal: Feb 13 – Mar 14) · ruled by Saturn (Shani) & Rahu · Fixed

Water

Cancer (Karka) (Karka)
Jun 21 – Jul 22 (sidereal: Jul 16 – Aug 16) · ruled by Moon (Chandra) · Cardinal
Scorpio (Vrishchika) (Vrishchika)
Oct 23 – Nov 21 (sidereal: Nov 16 – Dec 15) · ruled by Mars (Mangal) & Ketu · Fixed
Pisces (Meena) (Meena)
Feb 19 – Mar 20 (sidereal: Mar 15 – Apr 13) · ruled by Jupiter (Guru) · Mutable

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Written by Savan Vyas, founder of AskSoma.

The astrology is not written from memory: every chart position, dasha period and panchang timing AskSoma shows is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris on the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) ayanamsa. How we calculate.