Saturn Transit in Purva Phalguni
Saturn in Purva Phalguni nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Next entry
- 9 Sep 2037, 16:49, leaves 24 Sep 2038, 13:51
- Last stay
- 12 Nov 2007 to 13 Aug 2009
- Typical stay
- about 1 year 8 months (median of 5 stays)
Saturn in Purva Phalguni: every entry and exit
Saturn returns to Purva Phalguni about every 29 years. That makes 10 stays between 1900 and 2100, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb 2009, 17:54 | 13 Aug 2009, 05:01 | about 6 months | 2009 |
| 9 Sep 2037, 16:49 | 24 Sep 2038, 13:51 | about 1 year | 2037 |
Show the other 8 stays, 1900 to 2100
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Sep 1919, 18:06 | 29 Mar 1920, 06:47 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 6 months | 1919 |
| 14 Jun 1920, 22:33 | 14 Oct 1920, 10:38 | about 4 months | 1920 |
| 8 Apr 1921, 18:38 | 2 Jul 1921, 02:37 | about 3 months | 1921 |
| 8 Aug 1949, 20:04 | 24 Aug 1950, 06:23 | about 1 year | 1949 |
| 20 Sep 1978, 03:21 | 4 Oct 1979, 22:24 | about 1 year | 1978 |
| 14 May 1980, 21:05 | 30 May 1980, 14:41 | 16 days | 1980 |
| 12 Nov 2007, 08:57 | 26 Jan 2008, 19:45 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 2 months | 2007 |
| 28 Jul 2008, 13:02 | 26 Nov 2008, 18:24 | about 4 months | 2008 |
What Saturn in Purva Phalguni nakshatra means
Purva Phalguni lies in Leo, the Sun's sign, where Saturn is an unwelcome guest. Its lord is Venus, Saturn's friend, and the friendship softens the stay. The deity is Bhaga, the Aditya who gives good fortune and marital happiness, and the symbol is the front legs of a cot. The nakshatra is counted among the ugra group, fierce in muhurta.
Bhaga's themes are pleasure, rest, marriage, creative work, patronage and the enjoyment of what one has earned. Saturn asks what each of them costs. Romance cools into duty, a creative project is finished by discipline alone, and a patron withdraws support. The heart and the upper back need care, and rest taken at fixed hours does more than rest taken at random.
Saturn spends about a year in a nakshatra, and the yearly retrograde usually splits the stay into two or three visits. Purva Phalguni is the middle third of Saturn's passage through Leo, and the second visit often falls on the same matter as the first.
Virgo, Leo and Cancer Moons are in Sade Sati, with Leo in the middle phase. Taurus Moons have Kantaka in the fourth and Capricorn Moons Ashtama in the eighth. Gemini, Pisces and Libra Moons and lagnas hold Saturn in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika calls favourable for this graha.
The transit shows how a person rests. Saturn in Bhaga's nakshatra reveals whether one's pleasures restore or merely distract, and removes the ones that distract. A marriage under this transit is tested on its plainest days, and what survives the plain days is real.
Be generous toward those who cannot afford rest. Give sesame or oil on Saturday, recite Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah, and offer white cloth on Friday for Venus, the nakshatra lord. Care for an aged couple, and spend one evening a week in silence with one's spouse or family.