Rāśi
Aries
Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, symbolised by the ram
See where Aries falls in your birth chart — the sign, house and nakṣatra it occupies.
Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, symbolised by the ram. It carries initiative, directness, and the courage to begin — energetic, competitive, and quick to act.
Parashara describes Mesha as a movable (chara) fiery sign, male, kshatriya by caste, rising with its hinder part (prishtodaya), ruddy, dwelling in the east and roaming the hills. Its lord is Mangala; the Sun is exalted here at the 10th degree and Saturn debilitated.
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra ch. 4 (Rāśi Svarūpa)
A chara (movable) agni-tattva sign ruled by Mars: planets here express through initiative and speed. It hosts the Sun's exaltation (deepest 10°), Saturn's debilitation, and Mars's moolatrikona span (0°–12°) inside his own sign. As a prishtodaya sign it is counted stronger at night in classical strength work; for lagna purposes it makes Mars the yogakaraka question turn on his condition, with the Sun a firm friend and Saturn functionally strained.
Your placement is shown in the band above: this states where Aries falls in your chart and links each term to its page.
Interpretation — what the placement means for your life and timing — belongs to your personal reading, not the reference library.