Venus in Shatabhisha Nakshatra (Shukra in शतभिषा)

Shatabhisha, the 24th of the 27 nakshatras, covers 306°40′ – 320°00′ of the sidereal zodiac, wholly inside Aquarius. Shatabhisha is ruled by Rahu, so Venus in Shatabhisha stands in Rahu’s star.

Rahu’s row in the friendship lists counts Venus a friend; Venus’s own row names no node, so Venus’s view of the lord of Shatabhisha has no entry, and this page does not supply one. The other two nakshatras Rahu rules, Ardra and Swati, put Venus under the same star lord.

Venus in Shatabhisha, Pada by Pada

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

Shatabhisha pada 3 is vargottama — Aquarius in rashi and in navamsa — so Venus there is in a friend's sign on both counts. Of the 108 padas only twelve are vargottama, one for each sign.

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

When Venus Is in Shatabhisha, 2026–2028

• 11 February 2026: Venus enters Shatabhisha, and leaves on 22 February 2026 — 11 days.
• 27 March 2027: Venus enters Shatabhisha, and leaves on 7 April 2027 — 11 days.
• 14 January 2028: Venus enters Shatabhisha, and leaves on 25 January 2028 — 11 days.

Those are the three spells Venus spends in Shatabhisha between 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2029, 33 days in all. Over the same span Venus stands in every one of the 27 nakshatras. The dates are days only; for Venus in Shatabhisha a minute would be more precise than the ayanamsa behind it.

Inside Shatabhisha: 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 Shatabhisha spells, at 11, 11 and 11 days, sit inside that range.

• 18 February 2026: Venus meets Rahu at 15° Aquarius, in Shatabhisha pada 3.

Shatabhisha as the Setting for Venus

In the nakshatra tables Shatabhisha’s deity is listed as Varuna and its symbol as empty circle; its gana is Rakshasa, and the muhurta texts put it in the Chara class (movable). Those belong to Shatabhisha whichever graha is in it, and they are read on the Shatabhisha page. What changes with Venus is everything above: the dignities in Aquarius, the relation to Rahu, and the dates. None of it is a prediction for anyone born with Venus in Shatabhisha; 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 Aquarius; 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 Shatabhisha