Rahu Transit in Pushya
Rahu in Pushya nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Now
- Rahu is in Pushya, since 20 Sep 1906, 23:39, until 9 Aug 2037, 21:52.
- Typical stay
- about 130 years 11 months
Rahu in Pushya: every entry and exit
8 stays between 1900 and 2100, to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep 1906, 23:39 | 30 May 1907, 14:17 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1906 |
| 27 Apr 1925, 10:39 | 4 Jan 1926, 01:17 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1925 |
| 2 Dec 1943, 21:54 | 10 Aug 1944, 12:32 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1943 |
| 9 Jul 1962, 09:12 | 17 Mar 1963, 23:50 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1962 |
| 12 Feb 1981, 20:33 | 22 Oct 1981, 11:12 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1981 |
| 20 Sep 1999, 08:13 | 28 May 2000, 22:52 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1999 |
| 26 Apr 2018, 19:41 | 3 Jan 2019, 10:20 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2018 |
| 1 Dec 2036, 07:13 | 9 Aug 2037, 21:52 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2036 |
What Rahu in Pushya nakshatra means
Pushya is Saturn's nakshatra in the Moon's sign, Cancer, with Brihaspati as its deity and a cow's udder and a lotus as its symbols. Saturn is Rahu's friend in the usual lists, and the dictum Shanivat Rahu says Rahu acts like Saturn. In Saturn's own star Rahu is steadier than usual. The Moon, its enemy, owns the sign.
The stay is around seven months, taken backward from the fourth pada to the first. A direct spell of the true node sometimes divides it into two visits. Pushya's themes are nourishment, priests, teachers, milk, the care of dependants, and the slow work that feeds many. Rahu enlarges the wish to provide and the fear of not having enough.
Ketu stands in Shravana at the same time and moves back into Uttara Ashadha as Rahu reaches Pushya's first two padas. Rahu here feeds and hoards. Ketu, across from it, stops listening to advice. Care for the stomach, the chest and the appetite is needed, since Rahu in a water sign overeats and overworries alike.
Taurus, Aquarius and Virgo Moons receive Rahu in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika allows to Saturn and to Rahu. Cancer Moons carry Rahu in the first and feel the disturbance in the manas most directly. Capricorn Moons have Ketu in the first and Rahu in the seventh. Leo Moons hold Rahu in the twelfth and Sagittarius Moons in the eighth, and the lagna is counted the same way.
The need to be needed is what the transit brings out. The provider who cannot rest sees, under this transit, how much of the providing was for the provider.
The remedy is Durga and Om Ram Rahave Namah, with respect shown to a teacher on Thursday for Brihaspati. Parashara prescribes mantra and dana for Rahu; the traditional gifts are dark cloth, sesame and oil on Saturday. Feed someone quietly, and take no intoxicants.