Venus Transit in Uttara Phalguni

Aryaman, the Aditya of contracts and of the marriage bond, is the deity of Uttara Phalguni. The Sun rules it and its symbol is the back legs of a cot. The first pada lies in Leo and the other three in Virgo, where Venus is debilitated. Parashara's table makes the Sun an enemy of Venus, so Venus meets a hostile lord and, for three padas, an uncomfortable sign.

Its theme is the promise that follows pleasure, the paper signed after Purva Phalguni's feast. Marriage agreements, partnership deeds, patronage and the settling of a dowry or a gift come forward over the stay of around eleven days. Muhurta Chintamani names it among the fixed nakshatras and among those fit for a wedding. A marriage fixed here tends to hold.

In the Leo pada Venus is generous and a little proud. In the Virgo padas it turns to service and shows affection by doing, and debility here makes Venus humble, useful and exact, with the reproductive system and the digestion deserving attention.

For the Leo pada, Pisces, Aquarius and Scorpio Moons have Venus in the sixth, seventh and tenth. For the Virgo padas the same houses fall to Aries, Pisces and Sagittarius Moons, and Pisces Moons should take care throughout. Every other Moon sign, and the lagnas counted the same way, receives Venus in one of Phaladeepika's favourable houses.

The transit shows whether a person keeps their word in love. A promise made in the feast now shows its cost.

Aryaman is one of the Adityas, so recite Om Shukraya Namah with an offering to the rising Sun. Rice or a white cloth given on Friday, and a debt of affection repaid, keep the transit clean.