Saturn Transit in Revati

Revati closes the zodiac in Pisces, Jupiter's sign, and Jupiter is neutral toward Saturn. Its lord is Mercury, Saturn's friend, and its deity is Pushan, who guards travellers and finds what is lost, with a fish and a drum as symbols. The last degrees are gandanta, the knot before Ashwini. Beyond them lies Aries, where Saturn is debilitated.

Safe passage, nourishment on the road, the care of animals, the recovery of lost things and the completion of a cycle are Pushan's themes. Saturn slows the last stretch of the road. Accounts are settled, a long relationship ends with its debts paid, and a road taken years ago reaches its end. The feet and sleep need care.

A single visit runs about four months, and the retrograde usually brings Saturn back for a second or third. The gandanta degrees at the end are slow, and a retrograde that turns there holds the ending open.

Aries, Pisces and Aquarius Moons are in Sade Sati, with Aquarius finishing its last phase and Aries about to enter the middle. Sagittarius Moons have Saturn in the fourth and Leo Moons in the eighth. Capricorn, Libra and Taurus Moons and lagnas receive Saturn in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika names as favourable.

The stay makes plain how a person ends things. Closing an account without bitterness, and leaving a place without looking back, is the skill it asks for, and Pushan leads anyone who has it across the gandanta into Aries with little harm.

Care for travellers and animals. Feed cattle or stray animals, give sesame or oil on Saturday, and recite Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah. Moong or green cloth on Wednesday honours Mercury, the nakshatra lord. Finish what is unfinished, return what was borrowed, and pay every debt before the graha leaves.