Graha (Planet)draftschool: jyotisha· Bṛhat Saṁhitā

Venus (Shukra)

Śukra

also: Bhargava, Ushanas, Kavya

gra-shukra

Definition

Venus; governs silver, gems, fragrances, the arts of pleasure, and a long list of aromatic/medicinal plants (XVI). Flagged in Step 1 as the SE graha in the (unpinned) graha-direction scheme.
Classical

Prāṇa relevance

Governs an explicitly medicinal/aromatic plant set (Vaca, Pippali, sandalwood, Agaru) — Venus↔aromatic materia medica. Constitutive link deferred. See cnx-0045 (governs flo-vaca).

Cross-book attributes (34) — fill / concur / diverge

Dosha AffinityDiverges

Sources differ — both values shown; never overwritten.

txt-frawley-astrology-seersbook p.214, p.215Modern
kapha (water humor)
txt-frawley-astrology-seersVenus (book p.95), quoting Parashari 3.28Traditional
dos-kapha + dos-vata (watery and airy). Parashari 3.28 (quoted): 'is watery and airy in constitution (kapha and vata).'

claimed-classical: BPHS 3.28. FILLS Book-1 DEFERRED — which pre-guessed exactly 'kapha+vata in hora tradition'. Frawley CONFIRMS. See Open Questions (clean concurrence).

ElementDiverges

Sources differ — both values shown; never overwritten.

txt-frawley-astrology-seersbook p.215Modern
water
txt-frawley-astrology-seersElements of the Planets (book p.71)Traditional
ele-ap (water — primary, 'more specifically the water element… as Mars does fire'); secondary air ('a light and somewhat mobile planet').

claimed-classical table. FILLS Book-1 DEFERRED. Note Book-1 had 'kapha+vata in hora tradition' for dosha — water+air element concurs structurally.

AdhidevataFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
Indrani, Queen of the Gods (ruling deity / adhidevata)
Benefic Or MaleficFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
Lesser Benefic (natural status).
Bija MantraFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
OM SHUM (u as in 'put'); also SHRIM (shreem), the Goddess mantra; HRIM (hreem), the mantra of love/beauty/opening the heart
Chakra RulershipFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
rules the Heart (Anahata) center — ruling sign-pair Taurus/Libra; relates to love and the heart, to our affections
DebilitationFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
27°00' Virgo (Kanya)
Direction GovernedFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
Southeast (worship scheme); East (yantra/altar scheme)
Direction Governed SvobodaFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
SOUTHEAST — 'Southeast is presided over by Venus.' Venus rules the SE 'where lives Fire' — the planet↔element pairing Venus-SE=Fire. [graha-dik roster]
Directional ConfluenceFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
Venus rules the SOUTHEAST corner-confluence: SE = Fire + rajas + Venus ('the other of the great benefics'); SE light has 'a rajasic, Venusian tang'. Venus is PER SE 'naturally mild, harmonious, vāta-and-kapha', but the SE QUADRANT nets a 'predominantly pitta effect' (Sun/E + Mars/S outshine Venus). Venus is the kavirāja ('king among poets'), ruling eloquence, entertainments, the arts, sensuality, spectral colours. SE décor: radiant white / gay hues; weekday Friday; Venus's animals parrot, peacock, cow/buffalo; white fragrant flowers, blossoming trees.
Dosha Affinity SvobodaFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
vāta and kapha
ExaltationFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
27°00' Pisces (Mina)
GenderFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
feminine/female. Frawley: 'Venus is the female… Mars is the male'; 'Venus manifests the feminine spirit.'
GunaFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
gun-rajas (primary, with Mercury); 'Mercury and Venus have some Sattva and can enhance qualities of compassion and devotion respectively' (secondary).
Guna SvobodaFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
rajas (veering toward tamas)
House Significator OfFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
7th house (the wife, in a male chart); general significator of art (judged via 2nd/4th/5th)
MulatrikonaFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
0°–15° Libra
Name MantraFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
OM SHUKRAYA NAMAHA
Natural SignificationsFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
Wife (for man), beloved, love, art, conveyances, beauty, comfort, charisma, charm (key-indicator list, p.75); also: the goddess of love & beauty, aesthetics/poetry/music/dance, pleasure & luxury & sexuality, refinement/wealth-as-adornment, devotion (Bhakti), the higher astral, Ananda/Divine bliss; teacher of the demons (Shukra/Asura-guru).
Numerology NumberFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
6 (harmony, beauty and relationship)
Permanent FriendsFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
friends: Mercury, Saturn; neutral: Mars, Jupiter; enemies: Sun, Moon
PratyadhidevataFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
Indra, King of the Gods (over-ruler)
Psychological SignificationsFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
The faculty of LOVE & BEAUTY (devotion/happiness): 'our capacity to project love and beauty' — life comes from bliss and expresses bliss; all want eternal happiness. The issue of Venus is HOW we define our happiness: outwardly as pleasure (transient, sought in things → lost) or inwardly as joy (sought in the eternal → found); 'true joy only comes through suffering, while mere pleasure usually results in suffering.' The higher Venus arises through DEVOTION — defining the object of love as consciousness itself, 'the being in all beings.' In the reintegration Yoga Venus is harmonized as 'our devotion and affection', directing love/creativity to the cosmic wonder, recognizing all beauty as a reflection of the spiritual heart, making life 'a form of worship.'
Remedial ColorFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
all colors, rainbow effect; prefers pastels, light blues, pinks, light/flowery/variegated; avoid dark/heavy and too-bright/penetrating
Remedial GemFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
mat-diamond (diamond; ≥1 ct, gold/white gold, middle finger left/right); substitutes clear zircon (≥3 ct) or quartz crystal (pendant ≥5, pref 10 ct)
Rules SignsFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
Taurus (Vrishabha, negative/even) + Libra (Tula, positive/odd)
Significations SvobodaFilledper txt-svoboda-vastu
rules: Friday; radiant white & variegated colors; desires and yearnings; the spouse, performers, persons dealing in beauty/culture/pleasure; the sense of taste; silver/diamond/white-sapphire; affection, love, harmony, elegance, refined sensuality, tolerance. (number 6)
Special AspectsFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
7th sign only (drishti) — general full aspect; no special aspect
Worship DeityFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
the youthful/erotic Goddess — Lakshmi, Lalita, Tripurasundari; also Venus/Aphrodite/Astarte
Worship GrainFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
lima beans
Worship SymbolFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
five-pointed star
Worship WeekdayFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
Friday (worship with flowers, by lakes/streams/the sea)
YantraFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
numerical yantra based on number 6 (Venus=6 at upper-center); lines sum 30, total 90; Sri Yantra / Lakshmi Yantra
Yogic SignificationFilledper txt-frawley-astrology-seers
love, the heart, the affections; exalted in Pisces at the SEX center — 'this explains the connection of Venus with sex ... the need to keep our creative energy in harmony with love and aspiration'; venusian love must integrate into jupiterian creative energy

Connections (17)

corresponds-to · 9
  • ↔Water (Ap / Jala)Traditional
    Frawley: 'Venus represents water and indicates more specifically the water element, as Mars does fire'; secondary air ('a light and somewhat mobile planet').
  • ↔Kapha (Water humor)Traditional
    Parashari 3.28 (quoted): Venus 'is watery and airy in constitution (kapha and vata)' — kapha is the watery component.
  • ↔Vata (Air humor)Traditional
    Parashari 3.28 dual constitution: watery AND airy = kapha AND vata; the vata (airy) component is the second dosha edge.
  • ↔RajasTraditional
    Frawley's guna table places Venus (with Mercury) among the Rajasic planets, with secondary sattva ('can enhance qualities of... devotion').
  • →Pisces (Mina)Traditional
    Exaltation: Venus is exalted at 27°00' Pisces (book p.125); fall at 27°00' Virgo.
  • ↔Kapha (Water humor)Modern
    Frawley's nine-planet humor table groups Venus with the Moon and Jupiter as the three Kapha/Water planets (book p.215); Water types' love/devotion owes to 'the Moon and Venus' (book p.214).
  • ↔Sex Center (Svadhishthana chakra)Modern
    Venus is exalted in Pisces — the sign of Jupiter (lunar half) and the sex center. This explains the connection of Venus with sex; it shows the need to keep creative energy in harmony with love and aspiration.
  • ↔Vata (Air humor)Modern
    SE doshic composition: 'the naturally mild, harmonious, vata-and-kapha energy of southeast-lord Venus' (PDF p.192) - Venus is intrinsically vata-and-kapha, though the SE QUADRANT nets pitta because Sun/Mars outshine Venus. Mints the (intrinsic) Venus->vata edge.
  • ↔SoutheastModern
    SE confluence: 'Southeast is the direction... of Venus, the other of Jyotisha's great benefics' (PDF p.192). Venus is per se vata-and-kapha but the SE quadrant nets pitta (Sun/Mars outshine Venus). The planet leg of the SE confluence. CONCURS with the standard graha-direction roster (Venus-SE).
governs · 7
  • →Vaca (Acorus calamus / orris root, per Bhat)Classical
    BS XVI lists Vaca in Venus's rulership.
  • →Taurus (Vrishabha)Traditional
    Venus rules Taurus (its negative/even orbit-half); Venus also rules Libra (its positive/odd half) - see L2b. scope: graha-rashi (proposed extension, flagged QF-SN-1).
  • →Libra (Tula)Traditional
    Venus rules Libra as the positive/odd (expressing) half of its orbit out from the Sun. scope: graha-rashi (proposed extension, flagged QF-SN-1).
  • →Seventh House (House of the Partner)Traditional
    Venus is the karaka of the 7th house as significator of the wife in a man's chart (book p.154); gender-conditioned with Jupiter (husband, female chart).
  • →Heart Center (Anahata chakra)Modern
    Venus, relating to love and the affections, rules the Heart (Anahata) center. Ruling sign-pair is Taurus/Libra (Venus's two signs).
  • →SoutheastModern
    In Frawley's worship scheme Venus is assigned the Southeast - the same Venus-SE assignment BS Book-1 flagged as the (unpinned) claimed-classical graha-direction mapping. A located modern instance, not a root pin.
  • →SoutheastTraditional
    Svoboda's roster assigns Venus to the Southeast, 'where lives Fire' (Venus-SE pairs with the SE's Fire element). This is the exact value BS Book-1 left as claimed-classical-but-unpinned on dir-agneya.graha (gra-shukra/Venus-SE); Svoboda independently concurs, a third witness on the very entity that flagged the open thread.
supports · 1
  • ←Diamond (Venus's gem)Modern
    Diamond is Venus's remedial gem; worn (gold/white gold, middle finger) it strengthens love, beauty, creativity, refinement and the reproductive system - with risk of amplifying lower/sensual Venus.

Sources

  • txt-brihat-samhitaXVI.27–29Classical✓ verifiedgovernance incl. silver, gems, fragrances, aphrodisiacs, aromatic/medicinal plants

Notes from other books

  • txt-frawley-astrology-seersVenus: 7th aspect only. Malavya is its Mahapurusha yoga (book p.179). Combust orb 4°. Significator of the marriage partner FOR MEN (Jupiter for women) — figures in separative-planet judgement. Dig Bala strong in the NORTH / 4th with the Moon. Dasha 20 yrs (the longest), so it ends the Vimshottari cycle.
  • txt-frawley-astrology-seersVenus is the karaka of the 7th house (the wife in a man's chart) and the general significator of art, which Frawley says is judged not by one house but via the 2nd (poetry), 4th (pathos/drama) and 5th (general creativity). [MODERN — Frawley]
  • txt-frawley-astrology-seersFrawley groups Venus with Moon and Jupiter as the three Kapha/Water planets (book p.215). DIVERGENCE FLAG: BS hora-tradition note on gra-shukra said 'kapha+vata'; Frawley assigns Venus a SINGLE humor (kapha). Recorded as fill; the vata-component absence vs the BS note is surfaced as a question, not reconciled.
  • txt-frawley-astrology-seersVenus = love/beauty/Bhakti, lesser benefic, water+air element, kapha+vata. The dosha CONFIRMS Book-1's exact pre-guess (kapha+vata) — the cleanest cross-book concurrence in this batch.
  • txt-frawley-astrology-seers⚑ Venus-SE (worship scheme) is the single most cross-book-significant direction datum: it matches dir-agneya.graha (Venus-SE) which BS Book-1 flagged as claimed-classical/unpinned. Frawley = a located modern instance, NOT a root pin → does not promote (single modern source). Yoga: Bhakti Yoga (devotion); can give occult/astral powers.
  • txt-frawley-astrology-seersVenus exalted in Pisces (sex center) — explains Venus↔sex (book p.231). Table number (4) = Venus rules chakra 4 (heart). Frawley: Venus "also functions well ... in Aquarius" (book p.232).
  • txt-svoboda-vastuVenus is the SE confluence-planet; the planet-vs-quadrant doshic split (Venus vāta-kapha; SE-quadrant net pitta) is the subtle NEW datum. [MODERN — Svoboda]
  • txt-svoboda-vastu⚑ NOTE the internal tension: at the SE, Svoboda's element scheme (ch.6) gives Fire, and here (ch.7) Venus is SE's planet 'where lives Fire' — yet Venus is conventionally a WATER/kapha planet, and his own dosha line gives Venus = vāta+kapha (no pitta). So 'Venus rules the fiery SE' is a roster placement, not a Venus=Fire identity. Captured, not reconciled. CONCURS with Frawley worship-scheme Venus-SE. [TRADITIONAL roster; MODERN attrs]

Other attributes

Governed Domains
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Weekday
Friday (Shukravara)
Graha Direction Note
The TRADITIONAL graha-direction scheme puts Venus in the SE (dir-agneya graha field, Step 1) — still claimed-classical, unpinned in BS; do not upgrade from this chapter.
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