Vrishchika lagna
The 10th Lord for Scorpio Ascendant: Sun
10th house = Leo · lord Sun
With Scorpio rising, the 10th house is Leo, the 10th sign counted from Scorpio, and Leo is ruled by the Sun. So for Scorpio ascendant the 10th lord is the Sun, which rules no other sign, so for Scorpio ascendant it holds the 10th alone. The 10th is a kendra and an upachaya.
The lagna lord, Mars, and the 10th lord, the Sun, count each other a friend for Scorpio ascendant. The 10th’s matters are career and profession, public reputation, authority and achievements; with Scorpio rising they sit in Leo, a fixed fire sign that is the 5th of the natural zodiac.
Leo as the 10th House of Scorpio Ascendant
Leo exalts no graha in signs.js, so no graha is exalted in the 10th for Scorpio ascendant, and it debilitates none. The house holds Magha (all four padas), Purva Phalguni (all four padas) and Uttara Phalguni (pada 1), whose lords are Ketu, Venus and the Sun; the Sun rules one of them, Uttara Phalguni, so for Scorpio ascendant the 10th lord also owns a nakshatra inside the 10th. Opposite, across the chart, the 4th holds Aquarius, ruled by Saturn.
Where the Sun Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Scorpio Ascendant
Counted from Scorpio, the Sun is exalted in the 6th, debilitated in the 12th, and in its own sign in the 10th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Scorpio ascendant the 10th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 10th lord in | Sign | Sun’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Scorpio | in a friend's sign |
| the 2nd | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 3rd | Capricorn | in an enemy's sign |
| the 4th | Aquarius | in an enemy's sign |
| the 5th | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
| the 6th | Aries | exalted |
| the 7th | Taurus | in an enemy's sign |
| the 8th | Gemini | in a neutral sign |
| the 9th | Cancer | in a friend's sign |
| the 10th | Leo | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 11th | Virgo | in a neutral sign |
| the 12th | Libra | debilitated |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Scorpio is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Scorpio rising; where the Sun actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 10th lord does in a chart.
The Sun Through the 10th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
The Sun transits Leo, the 10th house of Scorpio ascendant, 3 times in the table: 17 August 2026 to 17 September 2026 (31 days), 17 August 2027 to 17 September 2027 (31 days) and 16 August 2028 to 16 September 2028 (31 days). Through Aries, the 6th house of Scorpio ascendant and its exaltation sign, it passes 3 times: 14 April 2026 to 15 May 2026 (31 days), 14 April 2027 to 15 May 2027 (31 days) and 13 April 2028 to 14 May 2028 (31 days). The dates are days only. A transit is the sky, not a chart: it touches every Scorpio-rising chart’s 10th house at once.
The Other Houses of Scorpio Ascendant
The whole Scorpio chart, house by house, is on the Scorpio ascendant page; the Sun in Leo on Sun in Leo. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.