Jupiter in Vishakha Nakshatra (Guru in विशाखा)

Vishakha, the 16th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 200°00′ – 213°20′ of the sidereal zodiac, across the boundary between Libra and Scorpio. Vishakha is ruled by Jupiter itself — one of the three nakshatras Jupiter rules, with Punarvasu and Purva Bhadrapada — so Jupiter in Vishakha stands in its own star, and there is no second graha’s view to read at the level of the nakshatra.

Jupiter in Vishakha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Jupiter in Vishakha is in an enemy's sign in padas 1, 2 and 3 (Libra) and in a friend's sign in pada 4 (Scorpio), because Vishakha crosses from Libra into Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer. Jupiter’s strongest navamsa in Vishakha is pada 4 (Cancer, exalted), and its weakest are padas 2 (Taurus, in an enemy's sign) and 3 (Gemini, in an enemy's sign).

Neither Jupiter’s deepest exaltation (Cancer) nor its deepest debilitation (Capricorn) degree falls inside Vishakha, and Jupiter’s moolatrikona lies outside it as well, so in Vishakha the rashi and navamsa verdicts above are the whole of Jupiter’s dignity.

When Jupiter Is in Vishakha, 2026–2028

Jupiter does not enter Vishakha at any point between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. It stands in Punarvasu when the table opens and in Chitra when it closes, having visited 8 of the 27 nakshatras, and from Chitra Vishakha is 2 nakshatras further on. So Jupiter in Vishakha is, for these years, a birth-chart placement and not a transit anyone can wait for.

Inside Vishakha: what the tables locate there for Jupiter

The retrograde table runs from 2024 to 2031, wider than the ingress table, and it places one of Jupiter's stations in Vishakha. On 15 July 2030 Jupiter stations direct inside Vishakha, in pada 2. At a station Jupiter’s motion is at its slowest, so these are the days it is most nearly still in Vishakha.

Vishakha as the Setting for Jupiter

In the nakshatra tables Vishakha’s deity is listed as Indra-Agni and its symbol as triumphal arch; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Mishra class (mixed). Those belong to Vishakha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Vishakha page. What changes with Jupiter is everything above: the dignities in Libra and Scorpio, its own lordship of Vishakha, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Jupiter in Vishakha; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Jupiter in Libra and Jupiter in Scorpio; Jupiter in all 27 nakshatras is on the Jupiter nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and our Vishakha article.

The Other Grahas in Vishakha