In which rashi is Venus exalted?
Venus is exalted in Pisces (Meena rashi), most deeply at 27 degrees. It is debilitated in Virgo (Kanya) at 27 degrees.
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In Vedic astrology Venus (Shukra) is exalted in Pisces (Meena), most deeply at 27 degrees, and debilitated in Virgo (Kanya) at 27 degrees. It rules Taurus (Vrishabha) and Libra (Tula). Venus is the planet of love and comfort, and in a man’s chart it is the main significator of the wife, so its strength is read closely for marriage.
Pisces is the sign of devotion and boundless feeling. Venus is love, and in Pisces love becomes selfless and refined, closer to devotion than desire. Virgo is critical and exact, and there Venus keeps measuring love instead of enjoying it.
Open your birth chart and read Venus through these checks in order. No single one decides it: an exalted planet in the 8th house, or a debilitated one with its debilitation cancelled, can surprise you.
From strongest to weakest: exalted, moolatrikona, own sign, a friend’s sign, a neutral sign, an enemy’s sign, debilitated. This is the first and most quoted check, but it is only one of several.
Venus is strongest in Pisces (Meena), comfortable in Taurus (Vrishabha) and Libra (Tula), and weakest in Virgo (Kanya). A sign ruled by Mercury, Saturn is friendly ground.
A planet in a kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) or trikona (1st, 5th, 9th) can act freely. In the dusthanas (6th, 8th, 12th) it struggles to give good results for that house, though malefics often do well in the 3rd, 6th and 11th.
Each planet has one house where it gets full directional strength, and the opposite house where it has none.
Venus gets full dig bala in the 4th house.
A planet too close to the Sun is combust (asta) and loses some of its independence.
Venus is combust within 10° of the Sun.
Jupiter or Venus with or aspecting a planet supports it. Saturn, Mars, Rahu or Ketu with it, or a planet hemmed between malefics on both sides (papakartari), weakens it.
A planet in the same sign in the birth chart and the Navamsa is vargottama, and gains a lot of strength. A planet exalted in the birth chart but debilitated in the Navamsa delivers less than its sign promises.
Shadbala adds up six kinds of strength (position, direction, time, motion, natural strength and aspects) into one number for each planet. It is the most complete single measure, and AstroPal computes it for every chart.
Venus is combust within 10 degrees of the Sun (8 when retrograde, by many authorities). A combust Venus is a common reason marriage feels delayed or love feels dimmed. Retrograde Venus, on the other hand, gains motional strength (cheshta bala) and often gives very deep, unconventional relationships.
For love and marriage, Venus in the Navamsa (D9) matters as much as in the birth chart. Venus vargottama, in the same sign in both, or exalted in the Navamsa, is a strong sign.
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Venus is exalted in Pisces (Meena rashi), most deeply at 27 degrees. It is debilitated in Virgo (Kanya) at 27 degrees.
Venus rules Taurus (Vrishabha) and Libra (Tula). The first 15 degrees of Libra are its moolatrikona.
A strong Venus is one of the best supports for a happy marriage, especially in a man’s chart, but marriage is read from the 7th house, its lord, the Navamsa and the dasha as well. A strong Venus with an afflicted 7th house still needs care.
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