Saturn Transit in Vishakha
Saturn in Vishakha nakshatra. Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Next entry
- 16 Dec 2042, 08:03, leaves 11 Oct 2044, 12:37
- Last stay
- 5 Nov 2013 to 1 Dec 2014
- Typical stay
- about 1 year 10 months (median of 5 stays)
Saturn in Vishakha: every entry and exit
Saturn returns to Vishakha about every 29 years. That makes 11 stays between 1900 and 2100, each one below to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 2013, 04:47 | 1 Dec 2014, 00:03 | about 1 year 1 month | 2013 |
| 16 Dec 2042, 08:03 | 16 May 2043, 02:07 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 5 months | 2042 |
| 12 Sep 2043, 13:45 | 14 Jan 2044, 11:40 | about 4 months | 2043 |
Show the other 8 stays, 1900 to 2100
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Jan 1925, 02:43 | 6 Apr 1925, 23:52 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 3 months | 1925 |
| 4 Oct 1925, 22:21 | 31 Oct 1926, 16:16 | about 1 year 1 month | 1925 |
| 14 Nov 1954, 20:31 | 10 Dec 1955, 19:09 | about 1 year 1 month | 1954 |
| 7 Jul 1956, 21:18 | 22 Aug 1956, 21:43 | 46 days | 1956 |
| 28 Dec 1983, 14:53 | 26 Apr 1984, 06:00 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 4 months | 1983 |
| 24 Sep 1984, 06:43 | 29 Jan 1985, 17:21 | about 4 months | 1984 |
| 14 Apr 1985, 16:38 | 22 Oct 1985, 03:45 | about 6 months | 1985 |
| 5 May 2044, 13:45 | 11 Oct 2044, 12:37 | about 5 months | 2044 |
What Saturn in Vishakha nakshatra means
Vishakha belongs to Jupiter, neutral toward Saturn. The deities are Indra and Agni together, and the symbols are a triumphal arch and a potter's wheel. Three padas lie in Libra, Saturn's sign of exaltation, and the fourth in Scorpio, the sign of its enemy Mars. The stay begins in strength and ends in strain.
Vishakha is single-pointed purpose, the arch one passes through toward a goal. Its themes are ambition, determination, rivalry, the long pursuit and the fruit that ripens late. Saturn agrees with the late fruit. A goal held for years is reached in the Libra padas, and the Scorpio pada shows what the reaching cost.
The passage takes about a year in all, usually split by the retrograde into two or three visits. The retrograde often carries Saturn back from Scorpio into Libra, and the goal is seen a second time before the price is paid.
The shape of one's ambition is what the stay lays bare. A goal chosen for its own sake behaves differently here from one inherited through rivalry. The chosen goal survives the Scorpio pada, and the inherited one is dropped there without much regret.
- Libra padas: Sade Sati for Scorpio, Libra and Virgo Moons; Kantaka for Cancer; Ashtama for Pisces.
- Scorpio pada: Sade Sati for Sagittarius, Scorpio and Libra Moons; Kantaka for Leo; Ashtama for Aries.
- Favourable by Phaladeepika: Leo, Taurus and Sagittarius Moons and lagnas in Libra, then Virgo, Gemini and Capricorn in Scorpio.
Remedy is steady effort for a cause that is not one's own. Serve at a place where the poor are fed, give sesame or oil on Saturday, and recite Om Sham Shanaishcharaya Namah. Honour the guru on Thursday, since Jupiter rules the nakshatra, and keep a small daily fire offering for Agni.