Sun Transit in Libra

Libra belongs to Venus, whom the Sun counts an enemy, and Surya is debilitated here, most deeply at ten degrees. Parashara treats the placement as a loss of the Sun's natural strength.

This is the weakest solar month of the year.

Libra governs the waist, the kidneys, partnership and trade. With the Sun in this sign, the initiative passes to others: decisions wait on agreement, and personal authority carries less weight. Read any contract signed now a second time.

Chitra, under Mars, opens the stay with the wish to be seen, Swati, under Rahu, is the most unsettled stretch, with independence and doubt pulling at once, and Vishakha, under Jupiter, closes the month by restoring purpose.

Phaladeepika places the Sun well in the third, sixth, tenth and eleventh from the Moon, which falls to Leo, Taurus, Capricorn and Sagittarius Moons. Aries Moons carry it in the seventh. For Libra Moons it sits in the first, and this is the heaviest month of their year.

A debilitated Sun shows how much of a person's strength came from their position. The month is well used for service done without anyone's name attached. Rest well, and keep decisions few.

• Offer arghya at sunrise, even on the days it feels pointless.
• Recite the Aditya Hridayam through the stay.
• Do one piece of work this month that nobody will credit.

Sun in Libra for each Moon sign

Counted from the natal Moon, following Phaladeepika. Read the ascendant the same way. Vedha and the birth chart can change the result.