Venus in he Sixth House
Sutras 34-36-If Venus is in the sixth house, the native will have good number of relations, there will be destruction of enemies and the native will have children and grand children. He will incur wasteful expenditure, will be deceitful and will suffer from diseases. If the lord of the sixth house is strong there will be increase in the number of relations and enemies. If the lord of the sixth is associated with a malefic or is in his sign of debilitation or is associated with Moon, there will be loss of relations and destruction of enemies.
Comments-We have been greatly impressed by the views of the Bhrigu Sutras and the principles contained in it but some of the Sutras are very confusing. This may be due to the fact that some incompetent people who could not perhaps trace some parts of the original script have filled in those portions with text of their own without going into the relevancy or logic of what they were writing. It is stated in Sutra 34 that if Venus is in the sixth house the native amongst other things will have children and grand children. Neither the sixth house nor the Venus is a significator for children and grand children. According to Sutra 36 which is very logical if the lord of the sixth is strong, there will be increase in the number of enemies. If he is weak there will be destruction of enemies. The logic behind this is that if the sixth house gets strength, there will be more enemies and diseases and if the sixth house is weak there will be no diseases and no enemies.
Other Views
Brihat Jataka-The native will be without enemies.
Phaldeepika-The native will be without enemies but he will be poor and unhappy. He will have contacts with several women.
Saravali-The native will have bitterness towards his wife. He will have many enemies, will be in distress and of mean mentality.
Chamatkar Chintamani-The native will have dangerous enemies. He will incur lot of expenditure. He will be unsuccessful in all his efforts. He will be deprived of happiness from father, preceptor etc.
Note-Brihat Jataka and Phaldeepika agree with the views expressed by Bhrigu Sutras in regard to enemies but Saravali and Chamatkar Chintamani are opposed to them. The views of Brihat Jataka and Phaldeepika should be considered more authoritative.
Venus in the Seventh House
Sutras 37-44-If Venus is in the seventh house, the native will be fond of kissing on the mouth and will be highly sexed. He will be wealthy and will take interest in women other than his wife. He will possess conveyances, will be efficient in his work, will play foul with women and will have a family consisting of brothers and wife etc. If Venus is associated with a malefic or is in the house of a malefic or in his sign of debilitation (Virgo) there will be loss of his wife but he will marry again. If there are many malefics with Venus, the native will have to marry many times on account of successive loss of his wives. In this situation the native will have no children. If Venus is associated with a benefic or in his own or in his sign of exaltation (Pisces) the native will become very wealthy on account of gift of wealth by his in-laws. He will be very influential with the help of his wife and will be surrounded by women.
Comments-Venus is a planet of emotion, passion and love. These are the significations of the 7th house also. When Venus is in the 7th, the native becomes highly sexed and has therefore many love affairs. Venus aspects the ascendant from the 7th house. The native therefore will become very attractive for women. He will also be wealthy and will possess all comforts of life including conveyances. If Venus is afflicted he has to suffer loss of his wife and may have to marry more than once. A dignified Venus brings wealth for the native from his wife’s parents. He becomes a favourite of women and is always surrounded by them. We, however, feel that if Venus is aspected by or associated with Jupiter both the native and his wife will be very chaste and will enjoy a very happy married life. In the seventh house Venus will be in Kendra to the ascendant. The disposition of Venus in his sign or in his sign of exaltation will give rise to Malavya yoga, the effects of which have already been described earlier in this chapter.
Other Views
Brihat Jataka-The person concerned will promote quarrels and will be fond of sexual union.
Phaldeepika-The native will have a good wife but he may have to suffer the loss of his wife. The native will be wealthy and will fall for unchaste women.
Saravali-The native will be handsome, and will enjoy a happy married life. He will be wealthy, fortunate and a friend of everybody.
Chamatkar Chintamani-The native will be very attractive. His wife will give birth to jewel of a son. He will be fond of enjoying life in every possible manner.
Note-In essence all the above authorities agree with Bhrigu Sutras about the effect of Venus in the seventh house. Saravali however does not consider that the native will have contact with many women, but Bhrigu Sutras have dealt with the matter in more detail taking into account the different dispositions of Venus in the seventh house.
Venus in the Eighth House
Sutras 45-48-The native will be happy. His mother will suffer from a throat trouble in his fourth year. He will have less than medium span of life and will be sickly. He will have a devoted wife but he will be discontented. If Venus is in the house of a benefic, (or associated with a benefic) the native will enjoy full span of life. If Venus is associated with (or aspected by) a malefic, the native will be short lived.
Comments-The above Sutras are self explanatory and need no comments. There is, however, a contradiction-the native will be happy and discontented. Both these cannot go together. As the 8th house is an evil house, the disposition of Venus there will adversely affect the significations of the good house Venus owns.
Other Views
Brihat Jataka-The native will be base.
Phaldeepika-The native will be wealthy, long-lived and owner of lands.
Saravali-The native will be long lived and equipped with all kinds of comforts, very wealthy, like a king and happy.
Chamatkar Chintamani-He will enjoy comforts of all kinds of conveyances like horses, elephants etc. He will be long-lived but he will be harsh in speech. He will always remain in debt.
Note-Phaldeepika and Saravali have spoken very highly of the disposition of Venus in the 8th house. We are inclined to agree with their views. 8th house is house of longevity and Venus as a benefic should improve its-signification. Venus is a great benefic (only 2nd to Jupiter) and will aspect the second house (Dhana bhciva) and will therefore make the dative wealthy. As regard longevity we feel that the views of these authorities should prevail over those of Bhrigu Sutras. Even Chamatkar Chintamani is of the view that Venus in the 8th will make the native long lived.
