Venus (Shukra)
Chief characteristics: the planet of bodily pleasures and materialistic interests, a poetic nature; luxury, brilliance, culture and art, games and sport, vitality, seminal fluid; a two-legged being.
Karakatvas: the wife, marriage, sensual pleasures, desires, passions, sexual desires, libido, eroticism, semen, lust, an obsession with sex, conveniences, means of transport, comfort, ornaments, objects of luxury, well-being, beauty, youth, silver, precious stones, pearls, found treasures, flowers, perfumes, pleasant smells, beautiful clothing, wine, dance, music, songs, theatrical performances, creative talents, composition, places by water, water sports, the wife’s parents, the mother’s parents, a sour taste, juicy foods, the eyes, black hair.
Significations: sensual pleasures, erotic desires; jiva.
Rajo-guna, the element of air, the caste of priests
Friends: Saturn, Mercury
Enemies: the Sun, the Moon
Neutral planets: Mars, Jupiter
Signs ruled: Taurus, Libra
Mulatrikona: 0-15° of Libra
Point of exaltation: 27° of Pisces
Point of debilitation: 27° of Virgo
Gender: female
Direction: south-east
Stones: diamond, white zircon, white coral
Colours: shades of pink, cream
Lucky numbers: 6, 15 and 24
Deity: Shachi, Indrani, Lakshmi.
Bija mantra: Om dhram dhrim dhrom se shukraye namah (6000 times)
Objects of donation: ghee, camphor, yoghurt, rice, silver, sugar, flowers and cloth of white colour, a cow. (To be donated on Friday at dawn.)
Outward signs: an attractive figure, a pleasant appearance, beautiful eyes, curly hair, short stature, a youthful look, a poetic nature, an unhealthy air, a poor appetite, phlegmatic.
Parts of the body: the eyes, the genitals, urine, semen; Kapha and Vata doshas.
Illnesses: venereal diseases, diseases of the reproductive organs and of the genitourinary system, an irregular menstrual cycle, immoderate sexual desires, discharges, diabetes, stones in the kidneys and gall bladder, cataract, problems with the eyes and the face, skin rash, vitiligo, mumps, dropsy, tumours, convulsions, euphoria, agonising pains in the body.
Kinds of activity and professions: artists, poets, musicians, playwrights, film-makers, clothing designers, weavers, trade in clothing and textiles, perfumery, jewellery-making, trade in jewellery and decorative objects, dairy production, civil engineers, the merchant navy, car manufacture, work with means of transport, railway transport, haulage, the tax inspectorate (if there is a connection with Rahu or Saturn), customs and other duties, work with women, beauty salons, fashion, water sports.
The ruler of the nakshatra in which Venus is placed, and the corresponding ailments:
The Sun — diseases of the eyes;
The Moon — diseases of the vagina;
Mars — sexual perversions;
Mercury — leucoderma, pigmentation of the skin, gonorrhoea, painful urination;
Jupiter — dizziness, sexual impotence, jaundice;
Venus — good health;
Saturn — sexual disorders;
Rahu — nymphomania;
Ketu — venereal diseases, problems with eyesight, leucorrhoea, spermatorrhoea.
Venus and the state of health
- Venus in conjunction with Mars, Saturn and the lord of the 6th house leads to problems with the bile.
- Affliction of Venus by Saturn or Ketu spoils the beauty and gives eczema.
- Venus governs the eyes, the urine and the semen, but in the role of lady of the Lagna it is mainly responsible for the urine.
- Affliction of Venus by Saturn or Mercury tells negatively on male potency.
Venus in the houses of the horoscope
Venus in the 1st house: attractive, refined, liked by the opposite sex, craves a comfortable life, susceptible to compliments and flattery, falls in love at first sight.
Venus in the 2nd house: large eyes, clever speech, heightened sensuality; bathes in luxury, wealth and female attention; inclined to indulge his whims and to spend a great deal on them. Strives to surround himself with beauty and material goods.
Venus in the 3rd house: receptive, sensitive to his surroundings, makes an impression with his speech; possesses personal magnetism. Disappointments in his personal life.
Venus in the 4th house: material conveniences, personal transport, success, emotional stability, a happy family life, musical abilities; creates beauty and harmony in the home.
Venus in the 5th house: distinguished by wisdom; keen on travel, music and speculation on the exchange; obsessed with luxury and style, craves popularity. Has daughters.
Venus in the 6th house: a good placement for money, but it has a bad effect on the partner and on personal relationships. Not popular with the opposite sex. Sexual weakness, no pleasure from intimate life; with Venus joined to Rahu or Saturn, sexual drive is absent. Venus in a watery sign — alcohol dependence, immoral behaviour.
Venus in the 7th house: a romantic, passionate, an attractive wife, mad about travel and physical relations, loves a beautiful life and society gatherings.
Venus in the 8th house: this placement has a favourable effect on the length of life and on the financial position; material gains from marriage and inheritance are possible. Troubled love affairs, a late marriage, poor health of the spouse; losses in court cases.
Venus in the 9th house: self-loving, religious, travels abroad, studies other cultures. Receives state awards and recognition. A late marriage.
Venus in the 10th house: an unfinished education, a craving for recognition, a developed aesthetic sense. Innate talents contribute to advancement up the career ladder. Many intimate pleasures, profit in dealings with women. Attaches more importance to standing and social security than to romance.
Venus in the 11th house: many acquaintances and social contacts. Income from occupations in playwriting and music and from relations with women.
Venus in the 12th house: poor eyesight, strong emotional and sexual impulses, artistic inclinations. Immorality, an excess of the pleasures of the bed, a passion for secrets, a long life, a peaceful death. If he marries early, problems may arise in the marriage. This placement promises wealth, provided that Venus is not in the signs of Capricorn or Aquarius.
Venus in the signs of the Zodiac
Venus in Aries: egoistic, prone to conflict, a passionate and loving nature, an ardent temperament, strong base feelings, several love affairs.
Venus in Taurus: well known, respected, constant in love, strong and reliable romantic attachments; a love of pleasures.
Venus in Gemini: well read, well-off, with pleasant manners, works for the state. Changeable in love, may have several affairs at once, and be anxious because of it.
Venus in Cancer: good-looking, passionate, over-emotional, timid, melancholic. Numerous casual love affairs.
Venus in Leo: a happy, successful marriage with an attractive and respectable partner, strong deep feelings, faithful, magnanimous, loves luxury. Few children.
Venus in Virgo (the sign of its fall): gentle, calm, down-to-earth; pleasant speech, work of a dubious character. Fault-finding, does not show his feelings outwardly. Spiritual love matters more to him than physical love. If Venus is afflicted, there is a probability of several marriages.
Venus in Libra: sentimental, charming, of a joyful disposition; success in amorous affairs, a happy marriage. Proud, engages in politics.
Venus in Scorpio: a strong and passionate love which, out of jealousy, may turn into hatred; a sense of possessiveness. A lack of self-control leads to promiscuous relations and to the corresponding problems. Remarkable sexual activity. An arguer, jealous.
Venus in Sagittarius: has several love affairs, but in the end marries very well. Virtuous, wealthy, educated, has sons.
Venus in Capricorn: purposeful, excessively practical and strict with those close to him; unstable romantic relationships, but sincere and stable attachments. Imprudent in love affairs, which brings dishonour in its train. Marries late, since he keeps a past love in his heart for a long time.
Venus in Aquarius: respectable, with humanistic ideals. Cold and disappointed in love. Gives preference to friendship rather than to romantic relations. Courts for a long time, is in no hurry to marry.
Venus in Pisces (the sign of its exaltation): well educated, popular, enjoys respect, well-to-do, comes out the winner from various situations. Attractive, starts many love affairs, but in the end marries well.
Observations regarding Venus
- An unfavourable Venus makes a person dissolute and unprincipled, with base desires and illicit love affairs.
- Venus in the 12th house in any signs other than the saturnian ones gives positive results.
- Affliction of Venus tells extremely badly on morals.
- A person with Venus in its own sign spends a great deal of time in the bedroom, sometimes even too much, but with his lawful partner.
- Unfavourable planets in the 4th and 8th houses from Venus create a threat to the spouse’s life.
- A strong Venus in the 2nd from Saturn promises a leap in one’s career after the wedding.
- A person with a debilitated Venus in the horoscope becomes involved with women of low origin.
- If Venus is placed in a hostile sign, the person gets little pleasure from intimate life and from marriage.
- The placement of Venus in the 8th house in the signs of Cancer or Scorpio and under an aspect from Mars or Rahu causes diseases of the kidneys or of the genitourinary system.
- When Venus is combust in the chart, married life will be grey and dull.
- The placement of Venus in the Upachaya houses (3, 6, 10 or 11) or in the 7th house indicates that after marriage fortune will smile on the person far more often than before it.
- The owner of a chart with Venus placed in its own sign in the trimshamsha is a veritable volcano of passions.
- If in a woman’s chart Venus is in a movable sign, that woman’s husband may have relations on the side.
- Venus in the 3rd, 7th or 11th sign from the Moon indicates the possession of one’s own transport
- A bad Venus causes alcohol dependence and diabetes.
- A man with an afflicted Venus placed in a dual sign (that is, in Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces) starts many love affairs.
- Venus in the 2nd house from the Sun endows a person with aristocratic manners, intellect and noble ideals.
- Affliction of Venus in a man’s chart, or affliction of Mars in a woman’s horoscope, creates many problems in marriage.
- The placement of Venus in Leo at a close distance from the Sun, and in such a way that in the divisional charts it also falls in the sign of Leo, is very unfavourable for marital relations, sexual satisfaction, marital fidelity and financial well-being.
- Venus becomes favourable when it is ahead of the Sun in degrees.
- Combinations that destroy marital happiness: a) an aspect of Jupiter to Mars placed in a jupiterian sign; b) Venus has a connection with the 7th house but is squeezed between the Moon and the Sun; c) there is an exchange between the lords of the 4th and 9th houses; d) the lords of the 4th and 9th houses are both debilitated.
- If Rahu is placed in the house following Venus, and immediately after it Mars, the marriage will not be a very happy one.
- A person with Venus in the 6th house in a watery sign gives himself up to vices.
- Venus in the 12th house under an aspect from Jupiter, or this same placement of Jupiter aspected by Venus, promises wealth.
- Venus in a varga of Saturn and under an aspect from Mars, or in a varga of Mars under an aspect from Saturn, makes a person debauched
- When Jupiter and Venus rule kendras and occupy the 2nd and 7th houses, they become dangerous marakas.
- A person with Venus in the 2nd house from the Sun will receive money or real estate from his father.
- Venus in the 2nd house from the Moon indicates material income from the mother.
- If Venus is in the 2nd house from Mars, the person’s brother or sister will contribute to his financial well-being.
- When Venus falls in the 2nd sign from Jupiter, the person’s children will make him wealthy.
- A person in whose chart Venus occupies the 2nd sign from Mercury will make a fortune on speculation, on investment or by running a business.
- The placement of Venus in the 12th house from the Sun, the Moon or the Lagna grants high standing and power.
- If Venus in the horoscope occupies the 1st, 2nd, 10th or 11th house, the person may successfully manage the finances of shopping centres, amusement parks, cinemas, sports complexes and art galleries, and also of organisations that provide services or sell objects of luxury.
Venus and the other planets
Venus and Saturn
Many difficulties and sufferings in married life, discord, an unquenchable sexuality; popularity, income, financial security. Low blood pressure.
Venus and Rahu
Running away from home with a beloved, a wedding to a person from another social class or another culture. A computer specialist. A worsening of the material position in the dasha of Ketu. This combination in Leo spoils married life.
Venus and Ketu
Venus with Ketu, or Venus with Mars in Leo, are bad combinations for marriage.
The nature of Venus for the different Ascendants
| Aries | benefic | Leo | benefic | Sagittarius | malefic |
| Taurus | benefic | Virgo | benefic | Capricorn | Yoga-karaka |
| Gemini | benefic | Libra | benefic | Aquarius | Yoga-karaka |
| Cancer | malefic | Scorpio | malefic | Pisces | malefic |