Sun – Venus Conjunction

According to astrology, the relationship between Sun and Venus is inimical. Venus is said to be the lord of arts and represents feminine qualities. While King Sun is a masculine and krura (fierce) planet. Venus is the hottest planet due to the presence of carbon dioxide, clouds and acid, while Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun.

Despite being the hottest planet, Venus has gentle qualities and is considered the goddess of love. Love is very delicate, it has tenderness and cannot be treated strictly. Love is like a fresh flower and it withers as soon as it hardens. Just like we have to hold a fresh flower with delicate hands, love also requires the same delicacy. Sun is bold and forceful having no soft qualities and there is no place for tender feelings near it. Ruling a kingdom requires taking tough decisions and toughness is exactly the opposite of Venus's nature. Therefore, these are two different energies where the symmetry is completely missing. Hence, a person having this conjunction has to face tough situations in life.

Venus wants art, music and love and Sun is devoid of all these qualities. People with this conjunction tend to have the qualities of Venus but they have to face difficult situations in life where their soft qualities do not take shape because all these qualities are absent in the Sun. Hence, their efforts go in vain.

Sun is the hot planet which represents action and dryness and Venus is the soft planet which represents politeness and freshness. Venus is the ruler of fresh water, a very close combination indicates that water evaporates and dryness remains. Therefore, Venus feels uncomfortable in displaying its qualities and becomes suppressed if it is combusted. When Venus passes over the Sun in transit it indicates that all the water on Venus has dried up. Water indicates not only emotions but also relationships. A close conjunction between Sun and Venus indicates relationship is dried.

This conjunction indicates that Venus's softness gradually begins to dry up in various circumstances of their lives. If the conjunction falls in the 7^th house, the person with this combination has tender qualities but he may face tough behavior from his partner whose reactions may dry his tender tendencies. Whenever they want softness in life, they always get a harsh answer. Slowly, the flower of tenderness starts withering from their lives.

Venus wants to enjoy the joys and luxuries of life but Sun is always busy with matters of state (work) and does not have time for all these activities. It shows that the person wants to enjoy luxuries but circumstances do not support him. Gradually, the tender feelings of Venus begin to dry up. Venus always avoids quarrel and turmoil at any cost, and tries to lead a happy and peaceful life, but Sun shows arrogance and anger.

The qualities of these two planets are totally differed from each other. A person with this conjunction wants to live a peaceful life which he does not get. Sun is extremely fierce planet and Venus is extremely soft planet, due to the difference in the basic nature of both, the combination of both spoils the matter of that house. No matter how many differences exist between these two planets, Venus does not go beyond 48 degrees from the Sun.

Therefore, before doing any analysis it is necessary to check the distance between these two planets. A very close conjunction to Sun and Venus also causes eye problems. I have seen in my experience that a person gets glasses late in life whose difference between Sun and Venus is more than 28 degrees. If this difference is less than 5 degrees then vision weakens quickly. Venus represents transparent glasses then he has to take help of glasses. A person with weak Venus is unable to handle delicate glasses and often breaks them.

We can understand this combination from some more examples from life. In the presence of women, men like to show their gentle behavior to attract their attention. They stop fighting and abusing each other and wait for the woman to leave the place. The mere presence of a single woman has the power to change the heat of the discussion because no man wants to expose his absurd behavior to a woman. Similarly, the presence of Venus affects the decisions taken by the Sun. Sun cannot be always rude in presence of Venus. Hence, this combination enhances the creative qualities of the person and makes the person soft, gentle and humble.

These people are interested in love, art, music, fashion and like to eat rich and tasty food. Venus is a very sophisticated planet which shows that gentle behavior, manners and etiquette are their top priority and this conjunction indicates a person with such qualities. But these people have to face dryness in love related matters because a close conjunction indicates that the water of Venus evaporates. However, a close conjunction to Sun is good for spirituality. When Venus is far from Sun it indicates more water that means an emotional person. Such a person is good at building relationships and maintains strong bonds with his friends and family. They are not ready to leave those people to whom they love.

Their negative side is that they are very emotional, even small things hurt them. They spend more than their capacity and show off unnecessarily.

Excerpts: Sun: The Supreme Creator
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Puranic Story Related to Jupiter

When the Moon ran away with Jupiter's wife

Many stories related to Jupiter have been written in our texts. Among them, when I read the story of the birth of Mercury, I realized that it is of great importance from the present perspective. In today's highly hectic work culture where everyone is running and people do not have time for others, this story tells a lot and indicates the consequences of such types of culture and environment.

The Birth of Mercury

The Moon (Chandra Dev) is the most beautiful of all the gods in heaven (Devloka). Devraj Indra asked him to gain knowledge from Devguru Brihaspati (Jupiter) and become wise. As per the advice of Devraj Indra, he starts going to Brihaspati's palace to gain knowledge where he meets Jupiter's beautiful wife Tara.

Devguru Brihaspati was very busy with the affairs of the kingdom and was unable to give proper time for teaching and also for his wife. In the absence of Jupiter, Tara feels an attraction to the Moon and a relationship develops between them. But Brihaspati could not recognize what mistake he was making. His excessive involvement in the activity of the kingdom and his absence provides both a chance.

Soon, Tara falls in love with Moon and elopes with him. This made Brihaspati very angry and he asked Moon to return his wife but Moon refused. Brihaspati then told Indra that if his wife did not return, he would stop performing all the rituals and providing all the necessary direction for the kingdom. The story goes further that Venus helped the Moon and the possibility of a war between gods and demons intensified. Lord Brahma then intervened in the matter and asked Moon to return Tara.

After such intervention, Moon returned Tara, but Brihaspati refused to accept her, as she was pregnant and Brihaspati said that this child is not mine. Now Tara is helpless, where will she go now, she cannot go back with Moon and her husband is not accepting her. Then, Lord Sun then came to Tara's rescue and said that she could give birth to the child in their palace. Then Mercury was born which is always close to the Sun.

Significance of The Story

This story has great importance in today's world. This indicates that even a very knowledgeable person can make mistakes if he forgets the principle of balance in life. It is very important to understand the mistakes made by Jupiter;

·       Incorrect assessment of priorities

·       Excessive involvement in a single activity

·       Not giving time to other responsibilities

·       Unable to catch the hidden development

·       Misjudgment of the current situation

Jupiter was unable to understand the attraction of Moon and the consequences of continuing his ignorance towards Tara. He wakes up only when his wife runs away.

This story indicates that even a very intelligent person can lose the most favorable thing in his life by being overly involved in some activity and neglecting others.

Everything is balanced in nature. When a person's life becomes imbalanced due to his excessive indulgence, it has to be balanced. So, Jupiter is not the end of the solar system.

Then, comes the tough master, “Saturn - The Planet of Balance”, which shows the real world to the person and cuts off all the redundancies done by Jupiter.

Excerpts: Jupiter - The Planet of Fortune

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