Sun Transit in Bharani

Bharani lies wholly in Aries. Its symbol is the yoni, its deity Yama and its lord Venus, whom the Sun counts an enemy. The Sun keeps its exaltation in the sign, and the nakshatra lord makes the stay less easy.

For about two weeks authority and desire sit together, and Yama, lord of dharma and of death, keeps the accounts. Restraint and responsibility are the themes. Work that carries a burden for others, the care of the dying, family obligations and the settling of debts all come forward, and the Sun's heat in Venus's nakshatra can show as strain between duty and pleasure. Rest the heart and the eyes. Watch anger over money.

Muhurta Chintamani gives Bharani, an ugra nakshatra, to fierce and severe work when the Moon passes through it. The Sun's stay carries that quality across a fortnight. It suits endings, and a firm decision taken now tends to hold.

Aquarius, Scorpio, Cancer and Gemini Moons gain, with the Sun in the third, sixth, tenth and eleventh houses. Aries Moons have the Sun in the first, Taurus in the twelfth, Virgo in the eighth and Capricorn in the fourth, and these should take care. The lagna is counted the same way, and the two readings together give the full picture.

The fortnight tests how the person carries what is heavy. An obligation met in full now has the Sun's strength behind it.

Offer Surya arghya at dawn with Om Suryaya Namah, and take an honest look at the debts you have been avoiding. Give wheat or jaggery on Sunday. For Yama, feed the elderly and the poor, and speak the truth even where it costs.