Saturn Transit in Virgo

Virgo is Mercury's sign, and Mercury is Saturn's friend, so Saturn works well here. The sign rules service, health, debts, employees, daily work and analysis, and Saturn is the graha of work itself. The stay of about two and a half years favours careful, methodical labour and anyone whose living depends on precision.

Illness that has been ignored surfaces during this transit, and the digestion and the intestines, Virgo's domain, ask for a plain diet. Debts come due. They are best paid off in order, smallest first. Disputes with co-workers and servants are frequent, and Saturn settles them slowly, in favour of whoever kept records.

The nakshatras are Uttara Phalguni, Hasta and Chitra. Hasta, ruled by the Moon, is the most productive stretch for craft and healing work. Chitra, ruled by Mars, brings friction with those in charge and a push to build something visible.

Read from the Moon, Libra, Virgo and Leo Moon signs are in Sade Sati, with Virgo in the middle phase. Gemini Moons have Saturn in the fourth house and Aquarius Moons in the eighth. Cancer, Aries and Scorpio Moons and lagnas hold Saturn in the third, sixth and eleventh, the transit houses Phaladeepika calls good.

The transit tests how a person holds duty. For someone who serves without complaint, this is one of the most rewarding Saturn stays, with promotion through reliability.

• Serve the sick, which is Saturn's dana in Virgo's language.
• Keep a fixed hour for work and a fixed hour for rest.
• Recite Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah and offer sesame oil on Saturday.

Saturn in Virgo 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.