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title: "Tula Rashi (Libra) in Vedic Astrology"
url: "https://abhisheksoni.in/learn/rashi/tula"
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updated: "2026-10-27"
description: "Tula (Libra), rashi 7 of 12: Movable air sign of balance, trade and relationship. Lord Shukra, 180°00' - 210°00'."
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# Tula Rashi (Libra)

*Rashi · ♎*

Tula (Libra, तुला) is the 7th of the twelve rashis of Vedic astrology and spans 180°00' to 210°00' of the zodiac. Movable air sign of balance, trade and relationship. Its lord is Shukra, and it holds the nakshatras Chitra, Swati and Vishakha. Shani is exalted here and Surya debilitated.

## Classical facts

- **Number:** 7
- **Sanskrit name:** Tula
- **Hindi name:** तुला
- **English name:** Libra
- **Glyph:** ♎
- **Lord:** Shukra
- **Element:** Air
- **Quality:** Movable (chara)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Symbol:** Scales
- **Body (Kalapurusha):** lower abdomen, kidneys
- **Degree range:** 180°00' - 210°00'
- **Nakshatras in this sign:** Chitra, Swati, Vishakha
- **Exalted here:** Shani 20°
- **Debilitated here:** Surya 10°
- **Mooltrikona here:** Shukra 0°-15°
- **Reference:** [Libra (astrology) (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libra_%28astrology%29)

## Articles about Tula Rashi (Libra)

- [How long Venus stays in one rashi, and what its transit does](/learn/venus-transit-and-your-rashi): Venus stays in one rashi for about four weeks, longer when retrograde. What its transit through each house from your moon sign is read as, any month.
- [Swati nakshatra career: the professions that suit it](/learn/swati-nakshatra-work-and-career): Swati nakshatra careers: trade, negotiation, travel, sales, teaching and work you steer yourself. Why this Rahu-ruled Libra nakshatra points there.
- [Swati nakshatra famous people: Nilekani, Sunidhi Chauhan](/learn/swati-nakshatra-famous-people): Swati nakshatra celebrities checked against the Moon: S. N. Bose, Nandan Nilekani and Sunidhi Chauhan hold up. Are Gandhi and Julia Roberts Swati?
- [Exalted Saturn in the marriage division](/learn/exalted-saturn-in-the-kundli): Saturn is exalted in Tula. In the ninth-division chart read for marriage that points to durability rather than ease, and not to a happy marriage.
- [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.
- [The 7th lord in Swati nakshatra, and what it actually indicates](/learn/seventh-lord-in-swati-nakshatra): What the 7th lord in Swati says about partnership, why the foreign spouse and multiple marriage claims do not hold, and how the placement is really read.
- [Saturn in the navamsa chart, read plainly](/learn/saturn-in-the-navamsa-chart): Saturn in the navamsa, the ninth-part chart read for marriage, describes how a marriage matures: slowly, with duty and delay, and often a late reward. It is not a verdict.
- [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.
- [Nakshatra and rashi, and what the difference actually is](/learn/nakshatra-and-rashi-difference): Rashi cuts the zodiac into 12 signs of 30 degrees. Nakshatra cuts the same circle into 27 of 13 degrees 20 minutes. Same Moon, finer grain.
- [Jupiter mahadasha for Libra ascendant, the period that pays for effort](/learn/jupiter-mahadasha-libra-ascendant): For Libra ascendant Jupiter rules the third and sixth houses, so its sixteen years pay for effort rather than hand anything over. Honestly explained.