Libra Sidereal Sign: Tula
Tula, the seventh rashi, is a movable air sign holding a pair of scales, ruled by Shukra; Shani is exalted here and Surya falls.
Someone lifts a pair of scales: the figure of Tula is no more complicated than that. The seventh rashi, running from 180° to 210° in the sidereal zodiac, has Shukra as its lord, and his moolatrikona takes up the first half of the sign. Shani is exalted here, peaking at the twentieth degree. Surya falls here at the tenth. On these two points the sign is an exact mirror of Mesha.
Tula is movable. Odd, it is considered masculine. Its nature is rajas, the nature of action. It is given two feet, a medium build, a dark hue and a gaze turned to the west. It lives on firm ground, shines by day and rises by the head. It is a sign that shows itself openly.
A qualifier is attached to it, which is translated as destructive or mischievous. In every case, this trait describes the sign, not a person.
Some manuals write Thula. Its nine navamshas, the ninths of the sign, begin at Tula itself.
The central idea remains the weighing. To weigh is to compare before deciding, as at the market when you heft two melons.
Tula as Lagna, the Ascendant
Leaving, yes, but in what way? One reading says Tula loves to travel, another that it loves to walk. Sometimes the train ticket, sometimes the shoes by the door: you are the one who knows which one suits you. Tula, Libra of the sidereal zodiac, is a movable sign ruled by Shukra, Venus; it is your lagna if it was rising in the east at your birth.
Anyone hoping for gentleness will be surprised by the old portrait. It mentions a hard character and an appetite for battle. It imagines you acting without thinking. Yet it also speaks of gratitude, virtue and a reputation built on generosity. You gladly serve a person you respect, whom the portrait calls a master. Your father and your brothers honor you. With more distant relatives, you keep your distance to avoid trouble. Sorrows figure in the picture, as in several portraits of this kind.
The temperament is said to be phlegm and wind by some, mixed by others. Saturn and Mercury are favorable to this lagna. Venus, which is its lord, is neutral here because it also rules the eighth bhava. In one reading, Mars or the Sun, unfavorable here, become favorable as soon as they join one of these grahas.