Tula at a glance
- Name
- Tula तुला
- Western name
- Libra
- Ruling graha
- Shukra (Venus)
- Shukra's day
- Shukravara (Friday)
Why the Mahalaxmi Yantra Card
As for Vrishabha, the collection holds no yantra of Shukra's own, so his sign takes the yantra of the deity kept on his day.
Vrishabha (Taurus), the other rashi Shukra rules, takes the same card.
When to begin
Friday is Shukra's day, and tradition begins the card on that day, at sunrise. The rest of the practice is the same for every rashi: how families begin a rashi's card.
The card
In tradition, Mahalaxmi is welcomed home on Diwali night and kept for prosperity all year. Her yantra, for your wallet or your puja ghar.
Questions about Tula and its card
Which yantra is kept for Libra (Tula)?
The Mahalaxmi Yantra Card. Tula's lord is Shukra, whose Friday many families keep for Mahalaxmi. Vrishabha, the other sign Shukra rules, takes the same card.
Is my rashi my Moon sign or my Sun sign?
Your Moon sign. Vedic astrology reads your rashi from the Moon at your birth, so Tula is yours if the Moon stood in it then. Moon sign or Sun sign says how to find it.
What if my kundali points to another graha?
In tradition the reading comes before the sign: when an astrologer reading your kundali names a graha, families keep that graha's card. When the kundali names another graha.
The other rashis
Mesha (Aries)Vrishabha (Taurus)Mithuna (Gemini)Karka (Cancer)Simha (Leo)Kanya (Virgo)Vrishchika (Scorpio)Dhanu (Sagittarius)Makara (Capricorn)Kumbha (Aquarius)Meena (Pisces)