Saturn Transit in Taurus

Taurus belongs to Venus, and Venus is Saturn's friend. Saturn is comfortable here, and the stay of about two and a half years supports slow, steady building. Both grahas value what lasts, Venus through comfort and beauty and Saturn through structure and thrift. Together they favour patient saving, land, long contracts and work that pays over years.

Taurus rules speech, family wealth, food and the face, and Saturn slows all of them. Money comes through discipline. Speech turns measured, sometimes cold, and family duty grows heavier, with the care of elders often falling to the person during this period.

The nakshatras are Krittika, Rohini and Mrigashira. Rohini, ruled by the Moon, whom Saturn counts an enemy, is the stretch where family and comfort feel the weight most. Mrigashira, ruled by Mars, adds restlessness at the end.

From the Moon, the transit opens Sade Sati for Gemini Moons, keeps Taurus Moons in the middle phase and completes it for Aries Moons. Aquarius Moons have Saturn in the fourth house and Libra Moons in the eighth. Saturn's good transit houses, the third, sixth and eleventh in Phaladeepika's list, fall to Pisces, Sagittarius and Cancer. A strong natal Venus brings out the friendly side of this placement.

The transit tests a person's relationship with possessions. Saturn loosens a tight grip and teaches careful accounting. A steady routine of work, saving and simple food carries a person through this stay well. Watch the throat and teeth, which Taurus rules, and keep the diet plain.

• Give dark cloth, sesame and oil on Saturday, the dana Parashara prescribes for Saturn.
• Recite Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah before the day's work.
• Speak less and keep every promise, since Saturn in Taurus judges speech.

Saturn in Taurus for each Moon sign

Counted from the natal Moon, following Phaladeepika. Sade Sati covers the 12th, 1st and 2nd from the Moon, and Dhaiya covers the 4th and the 8th. Read the ascendant the same way. Vedha and the birth chart can change the result.