Vrishabha lagna
The 6th Lord for Taurus Ascendant: Venus
6th house = Libra · lord Venus · also lord of the 1st
With Taurus rising, the 6th house is Libra, the 6th sign counted from Taurus, and Libra is ruled by Venus. So for Taurus ascendant the 6th lord is Venus, which also rules the 1st through Taurus: one graha holds the 6th and the 1st together for this ascendant. The 6th is a dusthana and an upachaya, and the 1st a kendra and a trikona.
Venus is also the lagna lord of Taurus ascendant, so the 6th and the 1st share one ruler. The 6th’s matters are debts and loans, service and routine and enemies; with Taurus rising they sit in Libra, a movable air sign that is the 7th of the natural zodiac.
Libra as the 6th House of Taurus Ascendant
Libra exalts Saturn, deepest at 20°, so for Taurus ascendant Saturn is exalted in the 6th; it debilitates the Sun at 10°, so the Sun is debilitated in the 6th. The house holds Chitra (padas 3 and 4), Swati (all four padas) and Vishakha (padas 1, 2 and 3), whose lords are Mars, Rahu and Jupiter; Venus rules none of them. Opposite, across the chart, the 12th holds Aries, ruled by Mars.
Where Venus Is Strong and Weak, as Houses of Taurus Ascendant
Counted from Taurus, Venus is exalted in the 11th, debilitated in the 5th, and in its own sign in the 1st and the 6th. Exaltation and debilitation are always six signs apart, so for Taurus ascendant the 6th lord’s best and worst houses face each other across the chart.
| 6th lord in | Sign | Venus’s dignity |
|---|---|---|
| the 1st | Taurus | in its own sign (its other house) |
| the 2nd | Gemini | in a friend's sign |
| the 3rd | Cancer | in an enemy's sign |
| the 4th | Leo | in an enemy's sign |
| the 5th | Virgo | debilitated |
| the 6th | Libra | in its own sign (its own house) |
| the 7th | Scorpio | in a neutral sign |
| the 8th | Sagittarius | in a neutral sign |
| the 9th | Capricorn | in a friend's sign |
| the 10th | Aquarius | in a friend's sign |
| the 11th | Pisces | exalted |
| the 12th | Aries | in a neutral sign |
Each row links to the placement worked out for all twelve ascendants, where Taurus is one line of twelve. None of this is a forecast for anyone born with Taurus rising; where Venus actually sits, its aspects and the running dasha decide what the 6th lord does in a chart.
Venus Through the 6th and Its Exaltation House, 2026–2028
Venus transits Libra, the 6th house of Taurus ascendant, 4 times in the table: 2 September 2026 to 6 November 2026 (65 days), 22 November 2026 to 1 January 2027 (40 days), 3 October 2027 to 27 October 2027 (24 days) and 16 November 2028 to 10 December 2028 (24 days). Through Pisces, the 11th house of Taurus ascendant and its exaltation sign, it passes 3 times: 2 March 2026 to 26 March 2026 (24 days), 15 April 2027 to 10 May 2027 (25 days) and 2 February 2028 to 28 February 2028 (26 days). The dates are days only. A transit is the sky, not a chart: it touches every Taurus-rising chart’s 6th house at once.
The Other Houses of Taurus Ascendant
The whole Taurus chart, house by house, is on the Taurus ascendant page; Venus in Libra on Venus in Libra. For the method, see rashi and lagna and the 12 houses guide.