Sun Transit in Mula

At Dhanu Sankranti the Sun enters Sagittarius and Mula in the same moment. Mula is the bundle of roots, ruled by Ketu, with Nirriti as its deity. Jupiter, lord of the sign, is the Sun's friend, and the usual lists count Ketu an enemy, so the Sun is welcome in the sign and the nakshatra pulls at its roots.

The stay is about two weeks and holds the southern solstice. The Sun reaches its southern limit in declination and turns north.

Dhanurmasa, the solar month of Sagittarius, is given in the tradition to worship and kept free of marriages and new undertakings, and the Sun in Mula suits the same restraint. Nirriti is the goddess of dissolution. Ketu digs, and the Sun's significations are traced to their root: a post to the appointment that made it, an illness to its cause. Government inquiries and audits are common. What is rotten at the root comes out.

Libra, Cancer, Pisces and Aquarius Moons, and the same lagnas, have the Sun in the third, sixth, tenth and eleventh and gain. Sagittarius Moons carry it in the first, Capricorn in the twelfth, Taurus in the eighth and Virgo in the fourth, and Phaladeepika gives fear, loss and unrest for those houses.

The transit shows what a person is rooted in. Mula removes whatever has no real root.

For Nirriti, give away what you no longer use, and feed those who have nothing. Recite the Aditya Hridaya every morning of the stay, with water to the rising Sun. Give wheat on Sunday, and use the month of Dhanu for japa.