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Planets in Signs and Nakshatras for the week (Sunday Dec 29th 06:00-Sunday Dec Jan 05th 06:00) Coordinated for the City of Colombo, 79E51, 6N56. Timezone: + 6 hours from GMT incl 30 minutes DST. Ayanamsa /Precession: Chitrapaksa/Lahiri: - 23:53:40 Where are the planets? The Sun in Sagittarius 13:11-20:19.

From Moola to PoorvaAshadha/Puvasala today @ 09:31 On PushKara Navamsa/PN: Saturday 22:25 to Wednesday [8th] 04:55 The Moon in Libra 09:15 on Swati/Sa. To Vishaka on Monday @ 00:00. Scorpio @ 16:46 Anuradha @22:22. Jyeshta/Deta Tuesday @ 20:46. Sagittarius and Moola on Wednesday @ 19:18.

Poorvaashada/Puvasala Thursday @ 18:06. UtttaraAshada/Uttrasala Friday @ 17:15. Capricorn Friday @ 23:08. Shravana/Suvana Saturday @ 16:54 On PushKara Navamsa/PN: Today 18:25-Monday 00:01. and 05:37-11:12, 16:46-22:22, Tuesday 03:58-09:34, Friday 05:38-11:26 and 17:15-23:08, Saturday 10:56-16:54 and 22:54-Sunday 04:56 Mrityu Bhaga/MB: Monday 10:05- 11:45, Tuesday16:17-17:57, Thursday 17:31-19:15 Gandantha Navamsa/GD: Friday 13:39-17:15 Mars in Libra -23:44-28:15 on Vishaka/Visa On PN: upto Thursday 19:00.

Mercury in Capricorn 02:39-04:04R on UttraAshada/Uttrasala. Begins R/Retrograde on Jan 3 @ 00:19. Re-enters Sagittarius Jan 9 @ 23:27h. Goes D/Direct Jan 23 @ 07:08. To Capricorn Feb 8 @ 08:44 Jupiter in Cancer 23:14-22:37R on Aslisha Retrograde/R Dec 4 @ 17:45- Apr 4, 03 @ 09:11 Venus in Libra 27:00-Scorpio 03:36. To Scorpio on Wednesday @ 11:42. Vishaka/Visa to Anuradha Saturday @ 23:23 On PN: Wednesday 11:42- -Saturday 23:25

Saturn in Gemini 00:47-00:14 R on Mrigashirsha/Muvasirisa Note: Saturn Retrograde Oct 11th 2002, 18:11- Feb 22, 2003 @ 14:05 Re-enters Taurus Jan 8 @14:25 and Gemini Apr 7 @20:41 Rahu in Taurus 13:17-12:55 R [Mean]onRohini

Note: Rahu on MB up to Friday 20:54 Ketu in Scorpio 13:17-12:55 R [Mean] on Anuradha.

Note: According to some authors Rahu and Ketu are exalted up to 20 degrees in Taurus and Scorpio respectively. The Nodes on exalted degrees thru to 2003 Sep 6th 04:19h

Use PN in auspicious activities. Be more conscious when planets on MB. GD, For notes and explanation on above terms visit www.jyotishdiscovery.com

Rahu periods for day and night Sun: 05:31-07:00pm/04:54-6:23am Mon: 08:21-09:50am /08:05-09:34pm Tue: 03:52-05:21pm/03:35-05:04am Wed: 12:52-02:21pm/12:36-02:05am Thu: 02:23-03:51pm/02:06-03:35am Fri:11:23-12:52am/11:07pm-12:36am Sat: 09:53-11:22am/09:37-11:06pm

FORECAST FOR LAGNA/ASCENDANT ARIES:

Venus will be in your 8th house Jan 1-30. Here she fans love of the mystics and also profound knowledge and kindles interest in research. Needs more space and loves solitude. On the Rahu/Ketu Axis or RKA sudden gains thru inheritance, gifts, insurance, speculation are also possible. Partner also gets interested in these areas.

Venus will be in your 8th house Jan 1-30. Here, she fans the love of the mystic, and profound knowledge and kindles interest in research. Needs more space and loves solitude.On the Rahu-Ketu Axis or RKA sudden gain thru inheritance, gifts, insurance, speculation are possible. Partner also gets intersted in these areas and brings in wealth.

Those in healing trades, cosmetics, food, sales well favoured. On PN Wednesday- Saturday makes more fortunate. A weak Venus in birth charts if associated with current dashas of other hostile planets can cause problems in partnerships, loss thru partners, relationships, likely to be abused by mates, sexual problems, ailments in reproductive area and eyes, ENT problems, substance abuse etc. These can get complicated with mental distress when the Moon gets hooked on the RKA Monday 16:46-Wednesday 19:18. Mercury/Saturn exchange of houses gives high motivation and performance on the work place.

Ruler Venus goes to your 7th house and exchange 6/7 houses with Mars until Jan 7. [See Aries] All travel houses loaded. Relationships can be strongly tested in the next 10 days. Partner can run into health and financial problems. Can cause aggression and also hurt and accidents Monday-Wednesday misunderstanding with partners possible thru mixed up emotions and Friday requires much cool and awareness. Since the travel houses are hot, Mercury/Saturn exchange can be turned to good advantage: wealth thru foreign sources, and success in academic, communication fields. Saturday seems to be the best day.

Venus and Mars exchange of 5/6 houses help focus on health, your children and others around you [ healing thru spiritual work] building better immunity/resistance to diseases, fine tuning your services to others, and winning strategies.

Mercury in the 8th house provides good insights to the spiritual realm. If Venus and Mars are badly placed or associated with current Dashas can suffer from losses thru speculation, tensions with children and relatives, abortions, break up of relationships, fines by government, mental and diseases of unknown origin. Midweek shows material gain as well as mental restlessness. Passions high and needs to be consciously managed.

The exchange of 4/5 houses by Venus and Mars from Wednesday-Jan 7 is excellent for joy and delight, $$$ and harmony at home, success to mother, outstanding success in learning/upgrading skills, the blend of emotional and rational, creative and intuitive faculties, prestige and dignity, fortune and , luck, success of children etc.. Mars sees the 10th house which is very nice for leadership and power on the work place.

The Mon on 4/5 houses make the first half of the very fulfilling. If Venus and Mars are badly placed and involved in current dashas in natal charts can cause difficulties with mother and children, losses thru speculation, stress from children and in sports and competitive events and about taxes and other financial payments.

This Wednesday thru to Jan 7 yet another mutual exchange of 3/4 houses by Venus and Mars will be in force. The 3rd lord of prowess [Venus] reasoning, writing does well to achieve more happiness at home, more success in learning, housing and property, vehicles and machinery, shipping and transportation, resources of the earth like farming, mining etc.

Helps mother's prosperity as well. Mars continues to help expand assets, empathy, generosity [donations to charities etc] spiritual evolution. Being karaka/for 3/9 house, Mars can decisively help earn opportunities to study overseas [higher learning]. If Venus and Mars are weak in natal charts and involved in current dashas can cause aggression, trouble from neighbours, tensions with family [mother and younger siblings] restlessness and lack of focus in academic activities.

Venus and Mars exchange of houses [see other signs above] involves your 2/3 houses. This is excellent for earnings and gain thru great efforts, sometimes adventurous. Fine for persuasion skills like salesmanship and also creative and artistic expression. Good interaction with siblings. Younger siblings can shine in learning in far off places.

The downside is indifference, lack of cool and patience if the two planets are in bad spots in natal charts. What is significant is that Mercury/Saturn exchange discussed last week and this one if played well with more awareness offers wonderful opportunities for success and fulfillment.

Venus and Mars exchange of houses [see Aries down] involves your Lagna and 2nd houses. This boosts earning capacity, employs independent and creative ways to expand personal wealth, and also to handle money wisely, sweet effective speech of persuasion, attention to detail and research, takes better care of face, ENT area, and indicates unexpected gains like inheritance, insurance , gifts.

With the other exchange of 4/9 houses [discussed last week] by Mercury and Saturn this indeed is a significant period for fortune, if the opportunities are well used. Note that Rahu in your 8th house will be on MB thru to Friday 20:54. Take good care of your health and be very cool with partner.

You got another mutual exchange of 12/1 or Lagna by Venus and Mars from Wednesday thru to Jan 7. On PN up to Thursday sunset Mars is excellent for yoga, meditation, pilgrimages, and community service in care-giving, orphanages, correctional and halfway houses. On the whole, for the health and sanity of humanity.

Good sleep and conjugal bliss. Today is excellent to meet with spiritual teachers. Tuesday and Wednesday for $$$, but be conscious [do not speculate] Friday. Rahu on MB thru to Jan 3 is another who can cause disharmony with partners and your interaction with others in the social world. If running bad periods in natal charts guard against losses, diseases [head and feet] and fines.

The Venus/Mars mutual exchange of 11/12 houses is excellent for opening up, building and gain/benefits thru foreign sources like import/export, travel, shipping, and also foreign employment etc. Those in spiritual fields like pilgrimages, retreats will have more business and will feel more generous towards charitable/community service projects.

If running bad periods can experience lack of attention to detail and perspective, run into debts, problems with law, fines, sleep problems and health problems with knees and feet. Health gets priority as the other exchange of houses by Mercury and Saturn [as discussed last week] operates on the 2/7 [both houses have Maraka or hostile qualities as their downside]. Mid week requires more all round awareness.

All good things said RE: Mercury/Saturn mutual exchange of 1/6 house last week gets fine boost and support from a second one by Venus and Mars exchanging 10/11 houses Wednesday to Jan 7.

This is simply excellent [unless current dashas are truly hostile] for progress in career, honour and recognition, major gain thru career [significant raise] wealth and power in general. [see other signs above] Today and Monday can be the spring board to higher activity on the work place.

Make your work and presence more visible and persuade the supervisors to be more transparent. Those planning foreign employment can go full steam getting spade work [job search, resumes etc] done now as the month of February can bring the job offers. The same goes for those looking for new jobs if frustration at the present one drags on. Your call.

Venus and Mars [Wednesday thru to Jan 7] on top of that by Saturn and Mercury can be very blissful if other factors like current dashas, Kakshaya transits, AshtakaVarga strength, [Sapta-Shalaka, Vedha, Lattas etc] are supportive. We discussed Saturn /Mercury exchange last week. Mars and Venus are your 10/9 house lords: the best of Vishnu [protection and benign power, happiness ] and Lakshmi [for wealth both material and spiritual, grace, fortune and luck] sthanas/places. The first half of the week is very nice with the Moon passing 9/10 house too. Watch Friday afternoon and evening for jealousy in the work place.

Venus and Mars exchange of 8/9 houses operates this Wednesday 11:42 thru to mid-night Jan 7 . If other factors in birth charts are supportive [see Aquarius] this can give patrimony, and sudden benefits like insurance, support from supervisors, spiritual teachers or gurus, and also from partner. The downside [depending on current dashas etc] is emotional negativity and the need for more space or seclusion, stress to father and feels unsupported by father. The week is promising for career and public life after Monday afternoon and especially Thursday and Friday. What was discussed RE: Mercury/Saturn exchange is still good.