Vrishabha lagna
The 7th Lord for Taurus Ascendant: Mars
7th house = Scorpio · lord Mars · also lord of the 12th
With Taurus rising, the 7th house is Scorpio, the 7th sign counted from Taurus, and Scorpio is ruled by Mars. So for Taurus ascendant the 7th lord is Mars, which also rules the 12th through Aries: one graha holds the 7th and the 12th together for this ascendant. The 7th is a kendra, and the 12th a dusthana.
The lagna lord, Venus, and the 7th lord, Mars, count each other neutral for Taurus ascendant. The 7th’s matters are spouse or partner, marriage, business partnerships and public relations; with Taurus rising they sit in Scorpio, a fixed water sign that is the 8th of the natural zodiac.
Scorpio as the 7th House of Taurus Ascendant
Scorpio exalts no graha in signs.js, so no graha is exalted in the 7th for Taurus ascendant; it debilitates the Moon at 3°, so the Moon is debilitated in the 7th. 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 1st holds Taurus, ruled by Venus.
Where Mars Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Taurus Ascendant
Counted from Taurus, Mars is exalted in the 9th, debilitated in the 3rd, and in its own sign in the 7th and the 12th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Taurus ascendant the 7th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 7th lord in | Sign | Mars’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Taurus | in a neutral sign |
| the 2nd | Gemini | in an enemy's sign |
| the 3rd | Cancer | debilitated |
| the 4th | Leo | in a friend's sign |
| the 5th | Virgo | in an enemy's sign |
| the 6th | Libra | in a neutral sign |
| the 7th | Scorpio | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 8th | Sagittarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 9th | Capricorn | exalted |
| the 10th | Aquarius | in a neutral sign |
| the 11th | Pisces | in a friend's sign |
| the 12th | Aries | in its own sign (its other house) |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Taurus is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Taurus rising; where Mars actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 7th lord does in a chart.
Mars Through the 7th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
Mars transits Scorpio, the 7th house of Taurus ascendant, once in the table: 8 October 2027 to 18 November 2027 (41 days). Through Capricorn, the 9th house of Taurus 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 Taurus-rising chart’s 7th house at once.
The Other Houses of Taurus Ascendant
The whole Taurus chart, house by house, is on the Taurus ascendant page; Mars in Scorpio on Mars in Scorpio. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.