Venus as bhratrikaraka

Venus as bhratrikaraka brings warmth, shared tastes and the ability to get along to relations with brothers, sisters and friends. Allies are often connected with art, beauty or pleasant time spent together.

Friendship of shared taste

Venus is the significator of harmony, pleasures and alliances. As bhratrikaraka it often points to a sister or to a brother with artistic leanings, and also to friends united by music, fashion, travel or hospitality. Conflicts in such a family are usually smoothed over rather than sharpened.

Courage shows itself in diplomacy: the person dares to have a difficult conversation if they can keep the relationship. The mentor in this reading is a teacher of a craft or art who instils taste and a sense of proportion. The flip side is a wish to avoid the unpleasant, because of which important questions between relatives are sometimes put off.

The state of Venus

In Taurus, Libra or Pisces Venus gives friendly and pleasant bonds. In Virgo there is more criticism and exactingness in relationships, and warmth is expressed through practical help. A conjunction with Mars adds rivalry; an aspect of Saturn makes the bonds more reserved but longer-lasting.

What to look at

The house of Venus will show where warm alliances are formed; compare it with the 3rd house. The dasha of Venus often brings one closer to sisters, friends and creative companions. All the roles are in the overview of chara karakas.

You can see your bhratrikaraka in the birth chart calculation.