Mars Transit in Revati

Revati is the last nakshatra, ruled by Mercury, with Pushan as its deity and a fish as its symbol. It lies in Pisces, Jupiter's sign. Mars counts Mercury an enemy and Jupiter a friend, so the nakshatra lord is uncomfortable ground for the graha and the sign receives it. Pushan guides travellers and herds, and finds what is lost.

Mars stays about eighteen days. Nourishment on the road, safe travel, the care of animals and the closing of a cycle before Ashwini are the themes, and Mars hurries the closing. Accounts are settled. A long trip is made in haste, and the ground is cleared for a start that has not been chosen.

The feet and the lymphatic system are the body areas, with injuries to the feet, road accidents and sleeplessness as the classical warnings. The last degrees are gandanta, the junction with Aries, so the final days of the stay are unsettled.

Capricorn, Libra and Taurus Moons and lagnas have Mars in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika names as favourable. Their travels and disputes end well. Pisces Moons carry the graha on the self and tire from too much movement. Sagittarius, Virgo and Leo Moons, with Mars in the fourth, seventh and eighth, should travel with care and finish nothing in anger.

The transit shows how a person finishes. Revati is where things are completed, and Mars shows whether they are completed with care or abandoned at the end, and a gentle nakshatra under a hard graha makes any harshness plain.

Honour Pushan by feeding a traveller or an animal on the road, and worship Hanuman on Tuesday. Recite Om Angarakaya Namah before setting out, and give red lentils or copper, the dana for Mars. Whatever is left unfinished goes into Ashwini, where Mars begins again with less patience.