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title: "Kanya Rashi (Virgo) in Vedic Astrology"
url: "https://abhisheksoni.in/learn/rashi/kanya"
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updated: "2026-10-27"
description: "Kanya (Virgo), rashi 6 of 12: Dual earth sign of analysis, service and discrimination. Lord Budha, 150°00' - 180°00'."
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# Kanya Rashi (Virgo)

*Rashi · ♍*

Kanya (Virgo, कन्या) is the 6th of the twelve rashis of Vedic astrology and spans 150°00' to 180°00' of the zodiac. Dual earth sign of analysis, service and discrimination. Its lord is Budha, and it holds the nakshatras Uttara Phalguni, Hasta and Chitra. Budha is exalted here and Shukra debilitated.

## Classical facts

- **Number:** 6
- **Sanskrit name:** Kanya
- **Hindi name:** कन्या
- **English name:** Virgo
- **Glyph:** ♍
- **Lord:** Budha
- **Element:** Earth
- **Quality:** Dual (dvisvabhava)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Symbol:** Maiden
- **Body (Kalapurusha):** waist, intestines
- **Degree range:** 150°00' - 180°00'
- **Nakshatras in this sign:** Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra
- **Exalted here:** Budha 15°
- **Debilitated here:** Shukra 27°
- **Mooltrikona here:** Budha 15°-20°
- **Reference:** [Virgo (astrology) (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_%28astrology%29)

## Articles about Kanya Rashi (Virgo)

- [Rahu and Saturn in the 5th house for a Virgo ascendant](/learn/saturn-and-rahu-in-the-fifth-house): For a Virgo ascendant, Rahu in the 5th house sits in Capricorn with Saturn, the 5th lord in its own sign. What it means for children, studies and speculation.
- [Venus in the navamsa (D9) chart, read plainly](/learn/venus-in-the-navamsa-chart): Venus in the navamsa, the ninth-part chart read for marriage, shows how affection and comfort tend to run in a partnership. A leaning to read, not a verdict.
- [Career for Virgo rashi: which transits actually move work](/learn/virgo-career-transits): For Virgo rashi the career house is Gemini. What Jupiter, Saturn and the nodes have done to it, and what a forecast written for a rashi cannot tell you.
- [Saturn in the 7th house: later marriage, steadier bond](/learn/saturn-in-the-7th-house): Saturn in the 7th house is read as a marriage that comes slowly and steadies late. It indicates delay rather than denial, and is better than its reputation.
- [Rahu and Ketu on the Pisces and Virgo axis, and marriage](/learn/rahu-ketu-pisces-virgo-and-marriage): Why the delayed-marriage claim about the Pisces and Virgo nodes is overstated, and the honest answer on reading a spouse from the seventh lord.
- [Kanya Rashi Moon Sign: Strengths and Weak Points](/learn/kanya-rashi-virgo-moon-sign): Kanya rashi is the Moon in Virgo, ruled by Mercury. Its strength is precision and usefulness. Its weak point is that the same precision turns inward as worry.
- [Jupiter mahadasha for Virgo ascendant, home and marriage in the same sixteen years](/learn/jupiter-mahadasha-virgo-ascendant): For Virgo ascendant Jupiter rules the fourth and seventh houses, so its period brings home, property and marriage forward, with duties attached.
- [Hasta nakshatra, the famous names, and what auspicious actually means](/learn/hasta-nakshatra-famous-people): Hasta is called auspicious, but that word describes days chosen for work, not people born under it. Here are the names that survive an actual check.
- [Virgo and work in 2026, read from the actual transits](/learn/virgo-2026-work-and-career): For Virgo rashi, Jupiter moved into the 11th in June 2026 and Saturn sits in the 7th all year. Here is what that supports at work, and what it does not.
- [Mercury retrograde and money, what it actually indicates](/learn/mercury-retrograde-and-money): Mercury turns retrograde three times in 2026, about three weeks each time. It does not drain bank accounts. What tradition actually says about it.