Moon Transit in Bharani

Bharani lies in Aries, ruled by Venus, with Yama as its deity and the yoni as its symbol. Yama governs restraint and the end of things, and Venus governs desire, so the nakshatra carries both. The Moon holds Venus as neutral. Venus counts the Moon as an enemy, and the ease is one-sided.

Muhurta Chintamani classes Bharani as ugra, fierce. Such a day serves hard and destructive work: demolition, dispute, punishment, the cutting away of what must go, and dealings with fire and weapons. It does not serve marriage, travel, a new house or any gentle beginning. The Moon's stay is about a day, and in that day the mind is heavy, wilful and quick to anger.

Counting tara from the birth nakshatra, Bharani is sampat for Ashwini, Magha and Mula, and kshema for Pushya, Anuradha and Uttara Bhadrapada. It is sadhana for Ardra, Swati and Shatabhisha, mitra for Rohini, Hasta and Shravana, and parama mitra for Krittika, Uttara Phalguni and Uttara Ashadha. Those born in Bharani, Purva Phalguni and Purva Ashadha meet their janma tara.

The unfavourable taras fall on Ashlesha, Jyeshtha and Revati (vipat), on Punarvasu, Vishakha and Purva Bhadrapada (pratyak), and on Mrigashira, Chitra and Dhanishta (naidhana). For these births the day asks for patience before initiative.

What the day shows is the will, and where it turns hard. Yama teaches that discipline held inside is the same force that turns to cruelty when it is pushed outward. A fitting practice is a fast or a vow kept for the day, water offered to Shiva at dusk, and less speech than usual.