Humanities Religion & Spirituality Vedic Astrology: Signs or Rashis The Zodiac According to Indian Tradition Share Flipboard Email Print Bhadrasana - Throne Pose. Getty Images Religion & Spirituality Hinduism Arts & Culture Past & Present Important Texts Temples & Organizations Gods & Goddesses Gurus & Saints Christianity Catholicism Islam Judaism Buddhism Latter-Day Saints Taoism Alternative Religion Angels & Miracles Sikhism Holistic Healing Paganism / Wicca Astrology Atheism & Agnosticism View More by Subhamoy Das Updated January 30, 2019 Signs are called "Rashis" (raw-shees) in Sanskrit. This table shows the signs with their rulers, Sanskrit names and symbols, etc. As you can see, the signs are the same as used in Western astrology. However, the nature of the signs, what they do, and the demigods behind them, who control them, are vastly different in Vedic astrology.Vedic Zodiacal SignsSignSanskritNameTypeSexMobilityLordAriesMeshaRamFireMMovableMarsTaurusVrishabaBullEarthFFixedVenusGeminiMithunaCoupleAirMCommonMercuryCancerKarkataCrabWaterFMovableMoonLeoSimhaLionFireMFixedSunVirgoKanyaVirginEarthFCommonMercuryLibraTulaBalanceAirMMovableVenusScorpioVrishchikaScorpionWaterFFixedMarsSagittariusDhanusBowFireMCommonJupiterCapricornMakaraAlligatorEarthFMovableSaturnAquariusKumbhaPotAirMFixedSaturnPiscesMeenaFishesWaterFCommonJupiter Note: Vedic astrology differs from Western or Tropical astrology mainly in that it uses the fixed zodiac as opposed to the moving zodiac. Most people's "Sun Sign", that which you can get from the newspaper each day, is usually one sign back when the chart is refigured using Vedic astrology. So, the first surprise using the Vedic system is that you are no longer the Sun Sign you always thought you were. However, if you were born in the last 5 days or so of the Western sign month, then you will probably still be the same sign in the Vedic system. Continue Reading