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Mangal (Mars) mahadasha for Vrishchika (Scorpio) Moon sign

7 years

About the Mars mahadasha

In the Vimshottari system a life moves through nine long periods, each ruled by one planet. The planet that rules the period sets the tone of those years: the areas of life that come forward, and the kind of effort that pays.

The Mars mahadasha lasts 7 years in full. Most people meet it partway through, so the part they live through can be shorter.

Mars stands for energy, courage, drive, land and brothers. Its period tends to be active and direct: a time to start things, compete and defend what matters, best used with a cool head.

What it rules for Scorpio

Counted from Scorpio as the first house, Mars rules Scorpio and Aries, your 1st and 6th houses. During its period the matters of both come forward:

The 1st house is you yourself: your direction, confidence and the way you meet the world. Its lord's period tends to put you at the centre of your own story and to favour fresh starts you choose for yourself.

The 6th house is daily work, service, competition and debts. Its lord's period tends to bring hard work and rivals to deal with, and favours steady routines and paying down what you owe.

House 1
Scorpio
House 6
Aries

Mars and Mars

Same lord

Mars is itself the lord of Scorpio. Its period tends to feel close to your own nature, and what it brings is usually easier to own and make use of.

Your own dasha

Which mahadasha you are in, and when it began, depends on the Moon's nakshatra at the moment you were born, so it is personal to you. Even within the Mars mahadasha, where the planet sits in your own chart and the sub-periods inside it shape the years more than your Moon sign alone.

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General guidance from the Moon sign and the classical rules, not a personal reading and not medical, legal or financial advice. Your own choices remain yours. Read how to use these predictions.