Rahu Transit in Shatabhisha
Rahu in Shatabhisha nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Now
- Rahu is in Shatabhisha, since 19 Apr 1914, 16:38, until 8 Mar 2045, 15:01.
- Typical stay
- about 130 years 11 months
Rahu in Shatabhisha: every entry and exit
8 stays between 1900 and 2100, to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 1914, 16:38 | 27 Dec 1914, 07:17 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1914 |
| 24 Nov 1932, 03:40 | 2 Aug 1933, 18:18 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1932 |
| 1 Jul 1951, 14:56 | 9 Mar 1952, 05:35 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1951 |
| 5 Feb 1970, 02:16 | 14 Oct 1970, 16:54 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1970 |
| 11 Sep 1988, 13:54 | 21 May 1989, 04:32 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 1988 |
| 19 Apr 2007, 01:20 | 26 Dec 2007, 15:59 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2007 |
| 23 Nov 2025, 12:49 | 2 Aug 2026, 03:28 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2025 |
| 30 Jun 2044, 00:22 | 8 Mar 2045, 15:01 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 8 months | 2044 |
What Rahu in Shatabhisha nakshatra means
Shatabhisha is Rahu's own nakshatra, in Aquarius, with Varuna as its deity and an empty circle, or a hundred healers, as its symbol. Saturn owns the sign and is Rahu's friend in the usual lists. Rahu is doubly at home, in its own star and in a sign whose owner welcomes it.
The stay lasts about eight months, backward from the fourth pada to the first. A direct spell of the true node can split the stay into two visits. Shatabhisha's themes are healing, secrecy, the ocean, medicine, solitude, the sky, and what is hidden by being too large to see.
Rahu at home amplifies everything the star holds. Medicine and technology advance together, hidden illnesses are found, and a person may take to solitude with a new seriousness. The other side is addiction, secrecy that isolates, and healing that becomes an obsession. Ketu stands in Purva Phalguni at the same time and moves back into Magha for the second half.
Sagittarius, Virgo and Aries Moons receive Rahu in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika calls favourable. Aquarius Moons carry Rahu in the first and should watch the calves, the circulation and their isolation. Leo Moons have Ketu in the first and Rahu in the seventh. Pisces and Cancer Moons hold Rahu in the twelfth and eighth, and the lagna is counted the same way.
The transit measures the empty circle, the space a person keeps around the self. Under Rahu the circle grows, and the transit shows whether it protects or imprisons.
Worship Durga, and offer water to Varuna at dusk. Recite Om Ram Rahave Namah. Parashara's graha shanti asks for mantra and dana, and the traditional gifts for Rahu are dark cloth, sesame and oil on Saturday. Intoxicants are the one thing forbidden without exception, since this star and this graha make them a trap.