Venus in Jyeshtha Nakshatra (Shukra in ज्येष्ठा)

Jyeshtha, the 18th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 226°40′ – 240°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Scorpio. Jyeshtha is ruled by Mercury, so Venus in Jyeshtha stands in Mercury’s star.

Venus and Mercury count each other a friend, so in Jyeshtha the graha and the lord of its star agree about each other. The other two nakshatras Mercury rules, Ashlesha and Revati, put Venus under the same star lord.

Venus in Jyeshtha, Pada by Pada

By rashi, Venus is in a neutral sign in all four padas of Jyeshtha, because the whole nakshatra lies in Scorpio. By navamsa the four padas fall in Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. Venus’s strongest navamsa in Jyeshtha is pada 4 (Pisces, exalted), and its weakest is pada 1 (Sagittarius, in a neutral sign).

Jyeshtha pada 4 (Scorpio 26°40′ – 30°00′) is gandanta: one of the six padas on the junction of a water sign and the fire sign after it, and Venus placed in that quarter of Jyeshtha sits on the junction itself.

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

When Venus Is in Jyeshtha, 2026–2028

• 17 January 2027: Venus enters Jyeshtha, and leaves on 29 January 2027 — 12 days.
• 10 November 2027: Venus enters Jyeshtha, and leaves on 21 November 2027 — 11 days.
• 24 December 2028: Venus enters Jyeshtha, and is still there when the table closes on 1 January 2029.

Those are the three spells Venus spends in Jyeshtha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029. Over the same span Venus stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Venus in Jyeshtha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Jyeshtha: what the tables locate there for Venus

Of the 84 complete spells Venus has in the table, in any nakshatra, the shortest is 10 days and the longest 43; the Jyeshtha spells, at 12 and 11 days, sit inside that range.

Jyeshtha as the Setting for Venus

In the nakshatra tables Jyeshtha’s deity is listed as Indra and its symbol as earring; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Tikshna class (sharp). Those belong to Jyeshtha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Jyeshtha page. What changes with Venus is everything above: the dignities in Scorpio, the relation to Mercury, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Venus in Jyeshtha; the house it occupies and the dasha running decide what the placement does in a chart.

Related Placements

The sign-level reading is on Venus in Scorpio; Venus in all 27 nakshatras is on the Venus nakshatra table. For the nakshatras themselves, see the 27 nakshatras guide and astrology for beginners.

The Other Grahas in Jyeshtha