Some Venus omens in India (1)

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The characteristic phenomena of Venus in the Babylonian astronomy are also observed in the Indian astronomy.

Gargasamhitā 6.5-11:
5. Venus is praised as the lord of jewels and rabbits and the prosperous guru of the Daityas. Listen to this meritorious rule for the motion of the mighty great star Bhṛgu.
6. The planet, having arisen before the Sun which is near by, passes through eighteen nakṣatras.
7. In whatever nakṣatra it desires, when, as that nakṣatra is struck, it is plunged into by that luminous one (= the Sun),
8. to the East of which at that time Venus performs some act (of rising) - when he has finished that act, he goes toward the West.
9. Proceeding from there (and) creeping ahead for three months, the great planet like a sky-goer traverses four nakṣatras in (each) month.
10. Standing above that nakṣatra in which it sets, the son of Bhṛgu remains for a month each in a nakṣatra.
11. Venus follows the Sun for a month and ten days in the East, but in the West it attains the remainder at the summit.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Gargasamhitā 6.5-11

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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