Saturn Transit in Punarvasu
Saturn in Punarvasu nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Next entry
- 30 Jul 2033, 11:08, leaves 8 Aug 2034, 03:02
- Last stay
- 16 Jun 2004 to 25 Jun 2005
- Typical stay
- about 1 year (median of 5 stays)
Saturn in Punarvasu: every entry and exit
Saturn returns to Punarvasu about every 29 years. That makes 10 stays between 1900 and 2100, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2004, 04:22 | 25 Jun 2005, 01:58 | about 7 months | 2004 |
| 30 Jul 2033, 11:08 | 8 Aug 2034, 03:02 | about 1 year | 2033 |
Show the other 8 stays, 1900 to 2100
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Aug 1915, 19:22 | 9 Jan 1916, 01:40 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 5 months | 1915 |
| 11 May 1916, 12:06 | 30 Aug 1916, 03:58 | about 4 months | 1916 |
| 31 Jan 1917, 16:34 | 17 May 1917, 22:23 | about 3 months | 1917 |
| 27 Jun 1945, 04:04 | 6 Jul 1946, 04:31 | about 1 year | 1945 |
| 11 Aug 1974, 02:11 | 31 Jan 1975, 04:47 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 6 months | 1974 |
| 25 Apr 1975, 13:05 | 19 Aug 1975, 07:04 | about 4 months | 1975 |
| 26 Feb 1976, 11:28 | 27 Apr 1976, 12:44 | about 2 months | 1976 |
| 16 Jun 2004, 05:23 | 29 Oct 2004, 20:16 | about 4 months | 2004 |
What Saturn in Punarvasu nakshatra means
Punarvasu belongs to Jupiter, neutral toward Saturn. Its deity is Aditi, mother of the gods, and its symbol is a bow and quiver. Three padas lie in Gemini, a friend's sign, and the fourth in Cancer, the sign of the Moon, Saturn's enemy.
The name means the return of light. Its themes are recovery after loss, homecoming, renewal and the arrow that returns to the quiver. Saturn makes the return slow and earned. What was lost in Ardra is rebuilt piece by piece, a house is repaired, an estranged relative is spoken to again.
Whether a person can begin again without bitterness is the question the stay puts. Aditi's name means the unbounded, Saturn is the boundary, and what lies between them is patience with a second attempt.
The remedy is the repair of what was neglected: a debt paid, a parent visited, a practice resumed at a fixed hour. Give sesame or oil on Saturday, recite Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah, and honour the guru, since Jupiter rules the nakshatra. Feeding mothers and children in Aditi's name suits the last pada.
Saturn spends about a year in a nakshatra, and the retrograde usually breaks the stay into two or three visits. The fourth pada in Cancer is the hardest part, because Saturn there enters the Moon's sign and the home comes under strain.
- Gemini padas: Sade Sati for Cancer, Gemini and Taurus Moons; Kantaka for Pisces; Ashtama for Scorpio.
- Cancer pada: Sade Sati for Leo, Cancer and Gemini Moons; Kantaka for Aries; Ashtama for Sagittarius.
- Phaladeepika's favourable third, sixth and eleventh: Aries, Capricorn and Leo Moons and lagnas in Gemini, then Taurus, Aquarius and Virgo in Cancer.