Kumbha lagna
The 10th Lord for Aquarius Ascendant: Mars
10th house = Scorpio · lord Mars · also lord of the 3rd
With Aquarius rising, the 10th house is Scorpio, the 10th sign counted from Aquarius, and Scorpio is ruled by Mars. So for Aquarius ascendant the 10th lord is Mars, which also rules the 3rd through Aries: one graha holds the 10th and the 3rd together for this ascendant. The 10th is a kendra and an upachaya, and the 3rd an upachaya.
The lagna lord, Saturn, counts Mars an enemy, while Mars counts Saturn neutral: for Aquarius ascendant the 1st and 10th lords do not see each other the same way. The 10th’s matters are career and profession, public reputation, authority and achievements; with Aquarius rising they sit in Scorpio, a fixed water sign that is the 8th of the natural zodiac.
Scorpio as the 10th House of Aquarius Ascendant
Scorpio exalts no graha in signs.js, so no graha is exalted in the 10th for Aquarius ascendant; it debilitates the Moon at 3°, so the Moon is debilitated in the 10th. The house holds Vishakha (pada 4), Anuradha (all four padas) and Jyeshtha (all four padas), whose lords are Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury; Mars rules none of them. Opposite, across the chart, the 4th holds Taurus, ruled by Venus.
Where Mars Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Aquarius Ascendant
Counted from Aquarius, Mars is exalted in the 12th, debilitated in the 6th, and in its own sign in the 3rd and the 10th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Aquarius ascendant the 10th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 10th lord in | Sign | Mars’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Aquarius | in a neutral sign |
| the 2nd | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
| the 3rd | Aries | in its own sign (its other house) |
| the 4th | Taurus | in a neutral sign |
| the 5th | Gemini | in an enemy's sign |
| the 6th | Cancer | debilitated |
| the 7th | Leo | in a friend's sign |
| the 8th | Virgo | in an enemy's sign |
| the 9th | Libra | in a neutral sign |
| the 10th | Scorpio | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 11th | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 12th | Capricorn | exalted |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Aquarius is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Aquarius rising; where Mars actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 10th lord does in a chart.
Mars Through the 10th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
Mars transits Scorpio, the 10th house of Aquarius ascendant, once in the table: 8 October 2027 to 18 November 2027 (41 days). Through Capricorn, the 12th house of Aquarius ascendant and its exaltation sign, it passes 2 times: 16 January 2026 to 23 February 2026 (38 days) and 27 December 2027 to 3 February 2028 (38 days). The dates are days only. A transit is the sky, not a chart: it touches every Aquarius-rising chart’s 10th house at once.
The Other Houses of Aquarius Ascendant
The whole Aquarius chart, house by house, is on the Aquarius ascendant page; Mars in Scorpio on Mars in Scorpio. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.