Venus Transit in Punarvasu

Punarvasu means the return of light, and its deity Aditi is the mother of the gods. Jupiter rules it and its symbol is a bow and quiver. Three padas lie in Gemini and the fourth in Cancer. Venus holds Jupiter as neutral in Parashara's table and Jupiter holds Venus as an enemy, so the two grahas are civil without warmth.

After Ardra's storms, Venus in Punarvasu restores. A relationship that broke is often mended in these eleven days. Money that went out comes back, a vehicle is repaired, a house is set in order. The symbol is the arrow that returns to the quiver, and something that was lost may come back.

In the Gemini padas the restoration comes through words, such as an apology, a letter or a contract renewed. Its Cancer pada, ruled by the Moon, Venus's enemy, restores through home and mother, with deeper and less easy feeling. Aditi's gift is a wide heart. The transit favours forgiveness.

For the Gemini padas, Capricorn, Sagittarius and Virgo Moons have Venus in the sixth, seventh and tenth and should take care. For the Cancer pada the same three houses fall to Aquarius, Capricorn and Libra Moons. The others, and the lagnas counted the same way, receive Venus in one of Phaladeepika's nine favourable houses. Gemini and Cancer Moons feel it in the first house as renewed charm.

The transit shows what a person is willing to take back, and any conditions attached to taking it back are worth reading closely.

Keep japa of Om Shukraya Namah, give white cloth or rice on Friday, and pray to Aditi for a wider heart. Guru dakshina, even a small one, is fitting under a Jupiter nakshatra.