Jupiter Transit in Bharani

Bharani lies wholly in Aries, Mars's sign and a friendly one for Jupiter. Its lord is Venus, whom Jupiter counts an enemy, and its deity is Yama, lord of dharma and of death. The symbol is the yoni, the place of birth. Jupiter is welcome in the sign, and the nakshatra makes it uneasy.

The most recent stay ran about two and a half months, and the retrograde can add a second visit. Jupiter's themes of children, law and faith meet Yama's court, and births, adoptions, questions of inheritance and long-delayed legal judgements come forward. Venus's rule brings the body and its pleasures into view, and Jupiter asks that they be governed.

Yama is also the dharmaraja, the judge who weighs every act. Under this transit a person is often called to bear a duty for another: to nurse, to carry, to wait. That is how it grows.

From the Moon, Pisces, Sagittarius, Libra, Leo and Gemini have Jupiter in Phaladeepika's favourable houses, the second, fifth, seventh, ninth and eleventh. Aries Moons carry it on the self and feel mostly the weight. Taurus, Capricorn, Scorpio and Virgo Moons, with Jupiter in the twelfth, fourth, sixth and eighth, should watch expenses and health. The lagna is read the same way.

Bharani brings up a person's relation to restraint, and tests whether faith survives desire and loss. Holding both brings more wisdom by the end of the stay.

Keep promises made to the dead, and settle a will or a debt, which is Yama's due. Japa of Om Brihaspataye Namah on Thursday and Parashara's dana of yellow cloth, turmeric or gram strengthen the graha. Fast lightly on Thursday, and give to the guru before giving to pleasure.