Rahu Transit in Libra

Rahu in Libra (Tula). Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).

Now
Rahu is in Libra, since 20 May 1901, 00:13.

Rahu in Libra: every entry and exit

9 stays between 1900 and 2100, to the minute.

EntersLeavesDurationYear page
23 Dec 2012, 20:1012 Jul 2014, 23:07 (retrograde, re-enters)about 1 year 7 months2012
31 Jul 2031, 07:4116 Feb 2033, 10:38 (retrograde, re-enters)about 1 year 7 months2031
6 Mar 2050, 19:14after 21002050
Show the other 6 stays, 1900 to 2100
EntersLeavesDurationYear page
20 May 1901, 00:137 Dec 1902, 03:09 (retrograde, re-enters)about 1 year 7 months1901
25 Dec 1919, 11:2413 Jul 1921, 14:08 (retrograde, re-enters)about 1 year 7 months1919
31 Jul 1938, 22:2618 Feb 1940, 01:23 (retrograde, re-enters)about 1 year 7 months1938
7 Mar 1957, 09:4424 Sep 1958, 12:40 (retrograde, re-enters)about 1 year 7 months1957
12 Oct 1975, 21:041 May 1977, 00:01 (retrograde, re-enters)about 1 year 7 months1975
19 May 1994, 08:436 Dec 1995, 11:40 (retrograde, re-enters)about 1 year 7 months1994

What Rahu in Libra means

Libra belongs to Venus, Rahu's friend in the usual lists, and Rahu gives well in this sign of relationship and trade. For about a year and a half it amplifies partnership, marriage, business, courts, foreign dealings and the hunger for approval. Alliances with unusual or distant people form quickly, and some of them last.

Ketu stands in Aries, the sign of the self. Rahu pours attention outward onto the partner and the public, and Ketu drains confidence in one's own direction. The person may define themselves through others during this transit. The balance returns when the partner is met as an equal.

The nakshatras are Chitra, Swati and Vishakha. Rahu moves backward, so Vishakha, ruled by Jupiter, opens the transit with ambition turned toward a purpose. Swati is Rahu's own nakshatra, and its third of the stay is the strongest, with independence, trade and travel amplified. Chitra, ruled by Mars, closes the stay with visible results and a hunger for the next design.

Rahu's favourable transit houses, the third, sixth and eleventh from the Moon, fall to Leo, Taurus and Sagittarius Moon signs. Libra Moons carry Rahu in the first house and feel a restless charm, indecision and a pull toward foreign partners. Aries Moons have Ketu in the first and Rahu in the seventh, where marriage and business partnership become the whole story. Pisces Moons meet Rahu in the eighth and Scorpio Moons in the twelfth, and the lagna gives a second reading by the same count.

Rahu in Libra shows the need to be chosen. It makes approval feel necessary and reveals how much of one's peace was held in another's hands. Contracts signed in haste are the outer risk.

  • Worship Durga and recite Om Ram Rahave Namah, the direct remedies for Rahu.
  • Give dark cloth or sesame on Saturday, as Parashara's graha shanti allows.
  • Put every agreement in writing and take a day before signing.

Rahu in the other signs

Other planets in Libra