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Planetary Transits


Saturn Transit in Capricorn

By Kshitij Sharma, January 15, 2020

Saturn moves to Capricorn in the morning of January 24th 2020 for a horoscope calculated for Bangalore. This will be a BIG event to begin its approx 2.5 to 3 years journey in this sign.

Saturn coming in its own rashi indicates that all rashis will feel the benefic results of Saturn and malefic results of Saturn will down. Almost for all rashis, discipline, hard work and hard work without expectation of results will be required. For those who understand the crux of this shlok will immediately understand what I am trying to convey.

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भु: मा ते संगोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥

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Jupiter in Sagittarius

By Kshitij Sharma, November 6, 2019

Jupiter is transit in Sagittarius (Dhanu) Rashi from November 5th 2019. It entered its own sign of Sagittarius in the early morning hours for a chart cast for Bangalore, India. There will be a brief transit in Capricorn in the middle of the year 2020, with retrogression bringing it back in Sagittarius. Jupiter will be out of Sagittarius to enter Capricorn on 20th of November 2020.

Important Planetary Influences on Jupiter

Combustion

Guru asta (combustion) begins on December 17, 2019, and ends on January 11, 2020.
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Rahu Ketu Transit 2019: Gemini and Sagittarius

By Kshitij Sharma, March 14, 2019

Find out how Rahu/Ketu transit of 2019 in Gemini and Sagittarius respectively will affect you according to the janma rashi. Rahu/Ketu will go through the transit of Gemini and Sagittarius by entering the sign on March 7, 2019, and will stay in these signs for approximately one and a half year till September 3, 2019. These are the dates if we take the “mean nodes” type of calculations for these chhaya grahas. If we take “true nodes”, which represents more wobbling motion, then the dates of transit through Cancer and Capricorn respectively are 23rd March 2019 to 19th September 2020.

Rahu and Ketu are mathematical entities exactly 180° apart. Therefore, when Rahu enters Gemini, Ketu enters Sagittarius. Both the transits have a different effect on the individual as per his/her janma rashi as derived from the natal horoscope. While Rahu and Ketu are exactly 180° apart, it does not mean that an adverse transit of Rahu is beneficial transit for Ketu and vice-versa. Both Rahu and Ketu being malefics follow the rules of providing beneficial transits when going through 3rd, 6th and 11th houses. Other transits are adverse.

The rest of the article will try to delineate how the two transits of Rahu in Gemini and Ketu in Sagittarius will simultaneously affect an individual.

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Jupiter’s transit through Scorpio 2018-2019

By Kshitij Sharma, September 17, 2018

Jupiter will be in Scorpio (Vrishchik) Rashi from October 12th 2018. It would enter the friendly sign of Scorpio, ruled by Venus during evening hours of October 12th for a horoscope cast for Bangalore, India. Jupiter will be out of Scorpio to enter Sagittarius on 5th of November 2019.

Important Planetary Influences on Jupiter

Combustion

Guru asta (combustion) begins on November 12, 2018 and ends on December 10, 2018.

Retrogression

Jupiter will rush through the sign of Scorpio and will briefly enter Sagittarius on March 29th 2019. It becomes retrograde on April 10th, 2019, while being in Sagittarius. Jupiter will reenter Scorpio on April 23rd and will remain in Gandanta Sandhi for an extended period. Jupiter will become direct on August 11th, 2019.

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Jupiter’s transit to Libra 2017-2018

By Kshitij Sharma, September 10, 2017

Jupiter will be in Virgo (Kanya) Rashi from September 12th 2017 to October 12th 2018. It would enter the enemy sign of Libra, ruled by Venus during late hours of August 11th for a horoscope cast for Bangalore, India. Jupiter will be in Chitra Nakshatra to begin with. It will move to Swati on 14th October. Jupiter moves to own Vishakha nakshatra on 16th December. During retrogression, it will again be in Hasta and Chitra nakshatra. It becomes retrograde in Libra on March 9th, 2018. Jupiter becomes direct on July 10th, 2018.

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Rahu Ketu Transit through Cancer and Capricorn

By Kshitij Sharma, August 28, 2017

Find out how Rahu/Ketu transit of 2017 in Cancer and Capricorn respectively will affect you according to the janma rashi. If I take the latitude and longitude of Mumbai, India, Rahu/Ketu will enter the signs around evening of August 17, 2017 and will stay in these signs for approximately one and a half year till 6th March 2019. These are the dates if we take the “mean nodes” type of calculations for these chhaya grahas. If we take “true nodes”, which represents more wobbling motion, then the dates of transit through Cancer and Capricorn respectively are September 06, 2017 to March 22, 2019.

Rahu and Ketu are mathematical entities exactly 180° apart. Therefore, when Rahu enters Cancer, Ketu enters Capricorn. Both the transits have different effect on the individual as per his/her janma rashi as derived from the natal horoscope. While Rahu and Ketu are exactly 180° apart, it does not mean that an adverse transit of Rahu is beneficial transit for Ketu and vice-versa. Both Rahu and Ketu being malefics follow the rules of providing beneficial transits when going through 3rd, 6th and 11th houses. Other transits are adverse.

The rest of the article will try to delineate how the two transits of Rahu in Cancer and Ketu in Capricorn will simultaneously affect an individual.

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Saturn’s Transit to Sagittarius

By Kshitij Sharma, November 12, 2016

Saturn moves to Sagittarius in the afternoon of January 26th 2017 for a horoscope calculated for Bangalore to begin its approx 2.5-3 years journey in this sign. Although Saturn and Jupiter belong to two different camps in Astrology, Saturn considered Jupiter to be neutral and hence Saturn is well placed in this sign. The favourable attributes weigh more heavily than the unfavourable ones. Right sense of responsibilities and focus are indicated due to this combination. For Saturn in a person’s chart in Sagittarius, he may be very unadventurous and unconventional in outlook. The person is predictable, reliable and does not venture out of the path set by others. On the negative side, the person can be quite rigid in his beliefs and not open to comments and suggestions from others.

During this period, it is interesting to see the signs that Saturn is aspecting. One is own sign of Aquarius and others are the signs of Gemini and Virgo that belong to friend Mercury. Hence, the transits will support these two houses in the rashi chart.

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Jupiter Transit through Virgo

By Kshitij Sharma, July 13, 2016

Jupiter will be in Virgo (Kanya) Rashi from August 11, 2016 to September 12th 2017. It would enter the sign of Virgo, ruled by Mercury during late hours of August 11th for a horoscope cast for Bangalore, India. Jupiter will be in Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra to begin with. It will move to Hasta on 28th September and then to Chitra on 4th December. During retrogression, it will again be in Hasta and Chitra nakshatra. It will be debilitated in Navamsha as soon as it moves to Virgo. It becomes retrograde in Virgo on February 6th, 2017, while it less than a degree of getting out of Virgo. It becomes direct on June 9th, 2017.
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Rahu Ketu Transit – Leo/Aquarius

By Kshitij Sharma, December 18, 2015

Find out how Rahu/Ketu transit of 2016 in Leo and Aquarius respectively will affect you according to the janma rashi.

If I take the latitude and longitude of Mumbai, India, Rahu/Ketu will enter the signs around midday of January 30th, 2016 and will stay in these signs for approximately one and a half year till 18th August 2017. Rahu and Ketu are mathematical entities exactly 180° apart. Therefore, when Rahu enters Leo, Ketu enters Aquarius. Both the transits have different effect on the individual as per his/her janma rashi as derived from the natal horoscope. While Rahu and Ketu are exactly 180° apart, it does not mean that an adverse transit of Rahu is beneficial transit for Ketu and vice-versa.

The rest of the article will try to delineate how the two transits of Rahu in Pisces and Ketu in Aquarius. will simultaneously affect an individual. The sign in the first column is the janma rashi or the moon sign. If you do not know your moon sign, please first find it out through the horoscope software application on this page on the website. Subsequently, lookup this sign on the first column and find out the effect of the transit. If the transit is adverse, the necessary remedies to reduce the effects of Rahu and Ketu transits are detailed in the last part of this article.

Movement of Rahu and Ketu through the zodiac is pretty interesting. They are not real planets, but are mathematical points. They both move back in retrogression. Their movement and their mathematical nature is described here in this article on Rahu/Ketu and eclipses. Rahu and Ketu are in Virgo and Piaces respectively right now and they move backward to Leo and Aquarius respectively. Please note that this is a general affect of the transit and the results will be very specific to your birth horoscope. If there are “problems” indicated in the table below, the “problems” are defined by the location and result of Rahu/Ketu in the chart. If Rahu affects 5th house in the birth horoscope i.e., the natal chart, “problems” will be related to children, speculations and other factors shown by the 5th house. Also, since Rahu and Ketu have special 5th and 9th drishti, there will be some stimulation of the traits denoted by the house being aspected by these two shadowy planets. In this article, this time around, I have also tried to incorporate other transits and their affect on the individuals.

Janma Rashi Rahu Transit Ketu Transit General Effect of the transits.
Aries 5th House
(Adverse)
11th House
(Favourable)
This transit indicates erratic cash flow, but it will not go zero. The favourable Ketu transit will see to that. However, you cannot gamble with it. Rahu fritters away gains if we do not pay attention to our investments. You would also feel like doing everything by yourself and that your friends/partners are not fast enough to keep pace with your thinking abilities.
Love, gains, worries, pleasure will be driven through children and they will be in focus. You may at times feel distrust and lack of faith but you will have to look at the bigger picture and ensure that logic is given more importance than doubts.
Ketu has Jupiter’s vedha till Jupiter is in Leo.
Taurus 4th House
(Adverse)
10th House
(Adverse)
You need to take care of your mother – in relationships, health etc. You would be inclined to get a 2nd source of income. There will be a disappointment and dissatisfaction at the place of work and you need to keep your ambitions in check, especially while dealing with peers. Expect to be pulled out of “comfort zone”, e.g., those at work may get transferred to a new role and those in business may have to deal with an as yet unknown yet fiery competitor. Reorgs will move you from one place to other and may take you away from your home environment.
Real estate transactions will not be very smooth.
Gemini 3rd House
(Favourable)
9th House
(Adverse)
Gains through neighbours, relatives, siblings and you can clear and work out your misunderstanding with them. Short journeys to foreign location are shown. However, you need to be careful with the travels, if they are not planned. Need a plan B almost everywhere. Health will be good.
Source of money will be squeezed.You will be tempted to take short-cuts. My advice: bending the rules is okay, blatantly breaking them is not.
Cancer 2nd House
(Adverse)
8th House
(Adverse)
There is a loss of money and expenses. You will spend money on acquiring personal possessions. This will affect just not you, but your spouse as well. You need to be careful about hard to diagnose long term diseases. Physical health will be good. You will also need to control your speech otherwise things go out of control with respect of the family. Competition at work place may cause problems, but if you take an aggressive approach, this may turn out to be in your favour.
Leo 1st House
(Adverse)
7th House
(Adverse)
You have bouts of self confidence now and this means that you can be selfish. The tendency is to going to look at yourself first and your family and friends comes later. This can have a negative impact on the family. You need to be honest about yourself with the family. Do not let your reputation get damaged. There is a chance of lawsuits and expenses due to this. Business partnerships with foreigners will be beneficial.
Virgo 12th House
(Adverse)
6th House
(Favourable)
Health will be good overall, but danger to feed and eyes. Get yourself a periodic health check package. Stay on top of your finance otherwise debts and expenses will pile up. The transits indicate change of place as well as estrangement from mother. Those in politics will find it difficult to connect to masses. In business and at work, ambitions will be high. Yet a lot of confusion can come into the mind at work.
Libra 11th House
(Favourable)
5th House
(Adverse)
You need to work with older siblings. This transit opens way for new fruitful friendships,which will be beneficial in long run. This transit can also indicate new sources of income and a lot of initiative on the side. Be careful with investments. There can be problems with children and father.
Scorpio 10th House
(Adverse)
4th House
(Adverse)
This transit shows unsettled home life and emotional challenges. Loss through property is indicated. Real estate transactions can cause stress. Success at work will come only after sheer hard work. The expenses would be high. You may take loans and get into debt in order to fund for some expenditure for yourself. Alternatively, some of the savings from the past may be wiped out.
Sagittarius 9th House
(Adverse)
3rd House
(Favourable)
You will have courage and ability to take on the competition. However, this aggressive attitude can indicate problems with siblings. Short journeys are indicated, but may not turn out to be beneficial. You may not get the desired result.
Ketu transit has Saturn’s vedha, which means that you will not get the full result of auspicious transit in terms of improvement in professional career. Old baggage from the past will slow you down.
Capricorn 8th House
(Adverse)
2nd House
(Adverse)
8th house transit shows legacies and gains through inheritance, especially during malefic transits. However, you need to take care of your reputation as well against competitors in business. Marketing campaigns can go against you. Put an effort in taking care of your health to avoid hospitalization. You will be able to repay debts. Be honest with family members and keep your focus on them.
Aquarius 7th House
(Adverse)
1st House
(Adverse)
Disputes can crop up in the family, but at the same time it can be resolved easily as well. New opportunities in business/partnership will come up, but since this is an adverse transit, you need to be very careful. There can be changes in job profile and the kind of work you have been doing. The source of income may change during this period. Take good care of your kids during this transit.
Pisces 6th House
(Favourable)
12th House
(Adverse)
Your health should be focus. Yoga, gym, exercises will help with afflicted help. 12th house transit of any planet is difficult. Seclusion, self doubt, distrust, lack of sleep. is a negative trait of this transit. There will be ambiguity and uncertainty at place of work.
Rahu transit has Saturn’s vedha and hence baggage from the past and old timers at work will hamper progress. Make a new beginning and leave behind the baggage in order to progress at work

For any of the adverse transits, the following remedies should be followed. Please note that is is just for Rahu and Ketu and are not customized for the sign as such. Specific remedies for the signs are better looked under monthly forecasts section, as the posts there will take care of other planetary transits and suggest better remedies.

  • Rahu: Worship Goddess Durga. Chanting of Durga Chalisa every day will help. As per Lal Kitab, Goddess Sarasvati is the deity for Rahu and She may be worshipped. Donate black mustard (sarson)
  • Rudra-ashatakam helps with adversity caused by Ketu. Worship Lord Ganesha and donate black sesame seeds and banana fruit.

Saturn Return in Horoscope

By Kshitij Sharma, July 26, 2015

Over the past few months, I have been noticing that the set of people who come to me for consultation have one important trait in their horoscope – almost 50% of them have Saturn in Scorpio in their charts. A significant percent also have Saturn in retrograde as well. Please note that these are people who are coming to me as an astrologer and not the ones I pick up on the forum for my own learning.

As Saturn is in Scorpio as of now (see this article for reference), it means that Saturn is now transiting over its natal position. This is an extremely important event – happens at the age multiple of 29 years. This transit markes some significant changes in the life of these individuals. The life, life style and the direction changes for some of these individuals. The period may see to be a turbulent period, but things usually change for the better after this period is over, unless they are going through an inimical dasha/bhukti period. Continue reading