Introduction : Venus
Venus governs matters concerning beauty, emotions, growth and relationships. Its Mahadasha, spanning over 20 years, is an important event in your life. During its occurrence, it impacts various aspects of your life. When the Mahadasha is underway, you will experience a lot of changes and transformations in your life. This may happen in your health, progress in career and life, finances or relationships.
It is but natural for you to get curious about what Venus Mahadasha holds for you. Let’s try, in this post, to understand what this Venus Mahadasha is all about and how it generally affects your life, where it is going to be beneficial to you and bring good things and where you have to guard yourself against is malefic effects, what are the remedies that are available and whose guidance you should take to avail those remedies.
What is Venus Mahadasha?
In Vedic Astrology, we have what is called Vimshottari Dasha System. Venus Mahadasha is one of the crucial aspects of this system. As we have seen in the introduction, this Mahadasha happens in your life for a period of 20 years. We have also seen that Venus is related to matters such as prosperity, relationships, love and beauty. All these matters are shaped in one way or the other in your life during the occurrence of Venus Mahadasha. Astrology can predict and tell you how this is going to unfold in your life and prepare you to go through this phase smoothly.
Characteristics of Venus
Venus is associated with and governs areas like material wealth and progress, artistic things, relationships, human emotions and things related to all these aspects. Venus is known to maintain balance in all these things so that you experience harmony and calm when your life is influenced by its Mahadasha. You will experience its positive results and negative setbacks during the Mahadasha. However, with the guidance of an experienced astrologer, you can definitely minimise the negative impact and sail through this period without much problems
Sub-Periods of Venus Mahadasha
During the 20 years of Venus Mahadasha, other planets also have their influence on Venus. These are called sub-periods or Bhuktis. This gives rise to the happenings in your life during Venus Mahadasha. The other planets create their effect over the effect of Venus and alter the outcome of the influence of Venus on your life. So, it is not only Venus that will shape your life during its Mahadasha but also other planets depending on how and where they are placed in your horoscope
Effects of Venus Mahadasha on Different Areas of Life
Travel with us to know the varying effects of Venus Mahadasha so that you can also find out how to navigate through this Mahadasha period effectively.
Relationships & Venus Mahadasha
During this Mahadasha, you will naturally be inclined towards the emotions of love and romantic relationships. You will make efforts to deepen your bonds in the existing relationships in the family and at work. Your communication will be better and you will experience peace and harmony. You would like to participate and enjoy in social events and in group activities. You’ll have a vibrant social life during this period.
Financial Opportunities
On the financial side, it is looking bright for you during this period. You may start a new business, your investments can grow and give good returns, you may get promotion or see growth in your professional career. You may spend money on expensive and branded items.
Personal Growth and Spiritual Development
There is a bright possibility that your focus will turn inwards and on you. You will look for purpose and higher meaning in life. This thinking will help you to understand yourself at a much deeper level. You will appreciate art and beauty and will get attracted to them. You tend to become more creative and express it in the form of poetry, writing, painting, or music.
Challenges During Venus Mahadasha and How to Navigate Them
Needless to say, everything has two sides – one positive and the other, negative. It is, indeed, true with Venus Mahadasha also. Knowing about what they are will help you to prepare yourself to meet the challenges that come your way during this period
Relationship Conflicts
Venus is a planet known for governing our emotions. Sometimes, intense emotions can lead to conflicting situations. These can arise primarily because of lack of or inadequate communication and difference of opinions. Work on your communication skills, to express what you want to say in a clear and polite way. Also, be a good listener so that your response will be adequate and relevant, without hurting the other person.
Your relationships cannot be sustained based only on hopes and promises. You have to be practical and speak your mind openly. Being honest with you partner will save a lot of trouble. Break-ups and separations are not ruled out during this phase of Mahadasha. When it happens, you will feel emotional drain.
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Financial Challenges
Generally, Venus favours prosperity and wealth generation. However, Mahadasha can bring some difficult times also in terms of financial matters. Your mind may be influenced to indulge in big expenses on expensive items and lifestyle. This will cause a hole in your finances. Be mindful of your spending and stick to a budget that you have given for yourself. Over-spending or wasteful expenditure is a strict no during this phase, if you want to avoid financial hardships
Rituals and Practices to Enhance Venus Mahadasha
Goddess Lakshmi is the presiding deity for auspiciousness and prosperity. Venus governs wealth and financial growth. Therefore, any ritual performed to please Goddess Lakshmi can be beneficial. Friday is considered as the day of Venus. On this day, you may offer fruits, flowers or sweets to Venus. This practice is believed to make Venus do favourable things to you during the Mahadasha and also lessen the impact when it is afflicted with the influence of malefic planets.
Acts of kindness like charity and donations can also contribute to reap the benefits of Venus Mahadasha.
Needless to say, it is always a good idea to consult an astrologer and seek his advice and guidance in this regard.
By doing any one or all of the above-mentioned rituals, one may not only comfortably pass through the period of Mahadasha but also benefit in more numbers.
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Conclusion: Embracing the Transformative Power of Venus Mahadasha
It would be amply evident from the above that Venus Mahadasha is considered to be positive and beneficial, as a whole. You also know, by now, that the placement of other planets and their influence on Venus can alter the otherwise good effects of Venus and create troubles for you, be it your relationships, finances, career growth or health. You have also seen as to how performing various rituals can help you to guard against the bad effects of Venus Mahadasha.
To remind you again, these are all general in nature and should not be taken as a personal advice or guidance. Unless you speak to a qualified astrologer, you cannot get proper guidance to navigate through this period of Venus Mahadasha.
FAQs
Q: What is Venus Mahadasha?
A: Venus Mahadasha is a notable astrological phase impacts a person’s life. This period can present opportunities and obstacles influenced by the individuals birth chart.
Q: How does Venus Mahadasha affect relationships?
A: This period will result improvement into romantic relationships, marriages also friendships. In saying this though, it may also bring out the ugly truth in which case we need to communicate openly and resolve them.
Q: What are the signs of a positive Venus Mahadasha?
A: Good effects may include great creativity, a dynamic social life, financial gains or profit and good improvement in romantic relations.
Q: What challenges can arise during Venus Mahadasha?
A: You may face difficulties in any relationship or financial problem, feel insecure about love and suffer from low self-esteem.
Q: When does Venus Mahadasha typically begin?
A: Venus Mahadasha starts according to the position of planet in birth chart. It is different for every person and an astrologer can tell this by analysing the birth chart with the help of Dasha system.