People born in Tula Rashi

People born with the Moon in Tula are traditionally described as gracious, fair-minded and courteous, people who seek harmony in everything they do.

A pada is one quarter of a nakshatra.

The story in the sky

Tula is the balance, and the best-loved story about a pair of scales comes from Dwarka. The story goes that Satyabhama set Krishna on one side of a great balance and piled her gold and jewels on the other, yet however much she added, the scale would not move. Then Rukmini laid a single tulsi leaf, offered with love, on the pan, and it outweighed everything. The sign's lord is Venus, the planet of beauty and partnership. Families hear in a Tula Moon a child who weighs things fairly and knows that affection counts for more than wealth.

What the name holds

Tula means 'balance' or 'scales', and the word also means 'likeness' or 'equal'; something beyond compare is called atulya, that which cannot be weighed. Its symbol, in the classical texts, is a man in a marketplace holding a pair of scales: fair dealing in the open. Tula holds the last two padas of Chitra, all of Swati and the first three of Vishakha, so a child named by the Moon here takes a first sound from रा री रू रे रो ता ती तू ते (ra, ri, ru, re, ro, ta, ti, tu, te).

Nature

Tula is an air sign of the movable (chara) kind, ruled by Venus and pictured as a pair of scales, often held by a merchant. The scales say a great deal about the Tula temperament: these are people who weigh both sides, value fairness and dislike conflict. Those born with the Moon here are refined, sociable and pleasant in manner. They have an eye for beauty and a natural sense of balance in dress, speech and surroundings.

Strengths

Their strengths are diplomacy, courtesy and a strong sense of justice. People with a Tula Moon listen well, make peace between people and help others reach agreement. They are good at partnerships of every kind, in business as much as in life, and they bring charm and good taste to whatever they touch. The tendency to watch, traditionally, is indecision; they weigh choices so carefully that they sometimes hesitate too long, and a trusted voice helps them decide.

In family and marriage

Marriage and partnership matter deeply to people with a Tula Moon; they feel most complete when sharing life with someone. At home they create an atmosphere of beauty and calm, and they are polite and considerate even with family. In marriage they are romantic, attentive and eager to keep the peace. They want a relationship of equals, where decisions are made together and kindness is returned.

The partner who suits them

A partner who is courteous, even-tempered and fair suits Tula best, someone who values harmony and does not turn every difference into a quarrel. Give them a partner who appreciates beauty, treats them as an equal and gently helps them make up their mind, and the home becomes a place of real harmony.

In kundali matching

Tula is ruled by Venus and is of Shudra varna; its vashya group is Dwipada. In a match, Venus and the lord of the partner's rashi are read for Graha Maitri, the friendship of the two minds; the two varnas and vashya groups are compared in Varna and Vashya; and how far the partner's rashi lies from Tula decides Bhakoot. No rashi makes a match good or bad on its own. How kundali matching works explains the whole reading.

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