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Retrograde Venus in Seventh House in Virgo
When retrograde Venus is placed in the seventh house of a horoscope in Virgo, Pisces rises in the ascendant. Venus rules the third and eighth house. In general, it is malefic here, in many cases. The concept of various planets exhibiting tendencies to be benefic or malefic on the basis of the houses they rule in a horoscope has been explained in the book ‘Gemstones: Magic or Science?’.
Retrograde Venus in the seventh house of horoscope in Virgo is malefic in many cases, though it may turn benefic in some cases. It may happen when such retrograde Venus is influenced by one or more benefic planets, and/or an overall benefic horoscope. The concept of a malefic planet turning benefic due to influences of benefic planets has been explained in the book ‘Match Making and Manglik Dosh’.
When benefic in nature, retrograde Venus in the seventh house of a horoscope in Virgo can bless the native with good results related to marriage, husband, wife, siblings, colleagues, lifespan, profession, finances, reputation, authority, recognition, fame and several other good results, depending on his/her overall horoscope and running times.
Such retrograde Venus can render various types of benefits to the native, related to or through his marriage, husband, wife, siblings and/or lifespan. Considering marriage (male), the native may get married to a woman who may be beautiful, rich, a celebrity, an officer in government, a powerful politician, a successful businesswoman, and/or a citizen of a foreign country. He may witness several benefits due to or through his wife and/or her family members. He may settle in a foreign country on the basis of his marriage, if his overall horoscope and running times are supportive. Considering siblings, some of them may come across success, money, fame, and/or authority, and the native may witness many benefits because of them. They may stand by the native and they may help him get out of his problems, many times in his life. A sibling of the native may give him a big amount of money, and/or wealth, while such sibling is alive, and/or through his/her will. A sibling of the native may donate an organ to the native, in order to save his life.
Looking at profession, such retrograde Venus can help the native achieve success as an artist, fashion model, beautician, interior designer, poet, host, chef, consultant, marriage counselor, facilitator, arbitrator, diplomat, lawyer, banker, orator, professional dealing in hospitality industry, beauty, fashion, apparel, perfume, luxury products, television, music, movie, glamour, entertainment, travel, hotel, airline, liquor, tobacco, casino, matrimonial, marketing, advertisement, event management, finance, food, automobile, agriculture, media, publishing, IT, telecom, internet industry or some other type of professional, depending on his/her overall horoscope and running times.
Such retrograde Venus can help the native achieve success through a creative field as an actor, singer, musician, writer, dancer, sportsman, artist, architect, designer, developer or some other likewise professional. Taking an example, suppose retrograde Venus is placed in the seventh house of a horoscope in Virgo with benefic exalted Mercury and benefic exalted Rahu. Benefic Mars is placed in the first house in Pisces with exalted Ketu; Sun is placed in the sixth house in Leo, benefic Jupiter is placed in the third house in Taurus, and retrograde Saturn is placed in the fifth house in Cancer. Mercury forms Bhadra Yoga in the seventh house. In this case, the native may write fictional books, and he may witness good results.
If benefic Moon is placed in the fourth house in Gemini, the equation may become better. The native may possess remarkable writing talent, and he may come across very good amount of success, money, recognition and fame. He may write in several genres including thriller, mystery and fantasy. He may deliver several bestsellers, and he may receive many awards. If the finer factors and running times are supportive, he may become one of the most successful writers of his time, and his net worth may be in multimillions.
Such retrograde Venus can bless the native with authority in government as a police officer, army, air force, naval, revenue, administrative, foreign services officer, judge, doctor, scientist, engineer, politician or some other type of professional. Taking an example, Please read for detailed example.
Venus rules the third and eighth house, and it is placed in the seventh house. If such retrograde Venus is influenced by malefic planets, and/or an overall malefic horoscope, the native may witness various types of problems related to or through his marriage, husband, wife, siblings and/or lifespan. Considering marriage, the native may witness delay/disturbances in marriage, and/or one or more failed marriages. He may have serious differences of opinion with his wife, she may suffer from a long-lasting illness, she may be an alcoholic and/or a drug addict, she may be a criminal, she may not be loyal to him, she may have extramarital affair/affairs, and/or she may die within 10 or 5 years of marriage. In an extreme case, she may kill the native due to some reason, or the native may kill her, depending on native’s overall horoscope and running times. Considering siblings, the native may have bad relationships with some of his siblings, and/or he may witness various types of problems through them or due to them. The native may have siblings who may be criminals, and/or drug addicts, and he may face several problems because of them. In an extreme case, the native may lose one or more siblings to death, before their ages of 40 or 30. Considering lifespan, the native may witness reduction in lifespan due to several reasons. For example, the native may die in an accident, through a natural disaster, due to a fatal disease, due to a fatal viral infection like COVID, due to drug addiction, he may commit suicide, or someone may kill him intentionally or unintentionally.
The native may witness delays, financial losses, setbacks, failures, job loss, bad reputation and several other problems related to or through his profession. Taking an example, suppose malefic retrograde Venus is placed in the seventh house of a horoscope in Virgo with malefic Sun and malefic exalted Rahu. Malefic exalted Ketu is placed in the first house in Pisces with malefic retrograde Saturn; Jupiter is placed in the twelfth house in Aquarius, Mercury is placed in the eighth house in Libra with Moon; and Mars is placed in the sixth house in Leo. Grahan Yoga is formed in the seventh house.
In this case, native’s father may die before native’s age of 20 or 15. The native may not find a permanent profession throughout his life, and he may keep losing jobs. He may witness financial tightness and debts from time to time. He may remain jobless for periods of more than 3 months, many times in his life. He may face several problems because of some of his siblings, including financial losses and betrayals. He may not get married till his age of 35/40, or throughout his life. He may die before his age of 55 or 50, due to some type of cancer, or another fatal disease.
Himanshu Shangari