Remedies Sample chart
1 · Choose a topic
Sometimes life feels heavy, and that happens to everyone. Tradition suggests worship of the running dasha planets and simple conduct at such times; below are options starting at ₹0.
2 · The planets linked to this topic
3 · Remedies, the simplest first
Tradition links Venus with the spouse, the arts, music, beauty, comforts and the women of the home. Below are Venus-related options to choose from: the ₹0 ones first, then the rest; which one you take up is your choice.
Food · ₹0
Venus's grain: cowgram / lablab bean (sem)
On Friday, include rice, white beans (lobia) or rajma in a meal.
Friday
Classical text · Phaladīpikā (V. S. Sastri) II.28
Do / don't
Do: Keep quantities in line with your health and your doctor's advice
Milk, curd, kheer, mishri
On Friday, have milk, curd or a little kheer; offer mishri in worship.
Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Skip milk or sweets if your doctor has ruled them out; for health, the doctor comes first
Fasting · ₹0
Friday fast
On Friday, eat one simple white meal (such as kheer or rice); remember Lakshmi or the Goddess. In North India the Friday Santoshi Mata vrat is also common, in which nothing sour is eaten.
Friday, starting on a Shukla-paksha Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Choose how many Fridays suits you; tradition often mentions 16 or 21
Don't: If you are unwell, pregnant or on medication, skip the fast or ask your doctor first
Conduct · ₹0
Heeding elders, listening to scripture, keeping the mind clean
For planets adverse in transit, Praśna Mārga lists this conduct: obey elders, listen to the Vedas and Puranas, keep the mind pure. Read or listen to a good text for a little while each day.
Daily
Classical text · Praśna Mārga XXII.31 (Raman tr.)
What Venus signifies
Among the house karakas, Phaladīpikā names Venus for the 7th house (spouse). So Venus's remedies focus on respect for the spouse (this form of conduct is tradition).
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Classical text · Phaladīpikā XV.17 (V. S. Sastri)
Respect for your spouse and the women of the home
Listen carefully to your spouse, respect the women of the home, keep yourself and the home neat, and make a little time for music, painting or any art.
Daily, especially Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Don't disrespect any woman, or spend wastefully for show
Colour / clothes / direction · ₹0
White
For planets adverse in transit, Praśna Mārga prescribes clothes and flowers of the planet's colour; Venus's is white. On Friday wear clean white or light clothes, and keep white flowers in worship.
Friday
Classical text · Praśna Mārga XXII.27 (Raman tr.)
Do / don't
Do: Light shades such as cream or pale pink are fine
Direction: south-east
Phaladīpikā gives the south-east as Venus's quarter. Place Venus on the south-east side in worship.
In worship
Classical text · Phaladīpikā II.16 (V. S. Sastri)
Service · ₹0
Roti or fodder for a cow
On Friday, feed a roti or green fodder to a cow, or at a gaushala.
Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Never give animals stale, salty or plastic-wrapped food
Flour and sugar for ants
Leave a little flour mixed with sugar under a tree, away from the house.
Friday
Folk practiceTree care · ₹0
Goolar (cluster fig)
BPHS names goolar as Venus's samidh in havan, so tradition treats it as Venus's tree. On Friday, water a goolar or plant one in an open space (watering and planting are tradition).
Friday
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.21–22
Do / don't
Do: Goolar grows large; plant it away from walls and foundations, with permission
White-flowering plants
Grow white-flowering plants such as jasmine, mogra or raat-rani at home and tend them on Friday.
Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Don't break branches or flowers without need
Mantra / stotra / recitation · ₹0
Name mantra: ॐ शुक्राय नमः
After bathing in the morning, sit somewhere quiet and chant 'ॐ शुक्राय नमः' 108 times (one mala).
Friday morning, or daily
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Chanting is considered a help in focusing the mind; mind the feeling more than the count
Beej mantra: ॐ द्रां द्रीं द्रौं सः शुक्राय नमः
A beej mantra from the tantric tradition; chant it 108 times on Friday.
Friday
TraditionReciting the Shri Sukta or Durga Saptashati
Phaladīpikā names Lakshmi as Venus's presiding deity. On Friday, read or listen to the Shri Sukta, or a chapter of the Durga Saptashati (the choice of stotra is tradition).
Friday
Classical text · Phaladīpikā II.27 (V. S. Sastri)
Do / don't
Don't: If pronunciation is hard, listening is enough
Lamp / temple visit / pilgrimage · ₹0
A ghee lamp
BPHS describes offering the planet flowers and cloth of its colour, sandal, a lamp and incense. On Friday evening, light a ghee lamp at your home shrine and place white flowers (the ghee lamp is tradition).
Friday evening
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.15–16
Visiting a Lakshmi or Devi temple
On Friday, visit a Lakshmi or Devi temple and offer white flowers; you may also visit Shukra at a Navagraha temple.
Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Don't make a temple visit a bargain for results; it is time for devotion
Lal Kitab · ₹0
Jowar or fodder for a cow
On Friday, feed a cow a little jowar or green fodder.
Friday
Lal Kitab
Clean clothes and a light fragrance
Lal Kitab links Venus with cleanliness and fragrance; wear clean clothes and a light attar or sandal.
Daily, especially Friday
Lal Kitab
Do / don't
Don't: Skip fragrance if you are allergic
Respect for your spouse
Lal Kitab links Venus with the spouse; speak to your spouse with respect and share the housework.
Daily
Lal Kitab
Lal Kitab is a separate tradition; these are its simple, harmless practices.
Charity · ₹0–₹51
Charity named in the texts: a horse, silver
BPHS (84.25) names a horse as Venus's gift, and Praśna Mārga names silver and a white horse. This is information; don't go beyond your means.
Friday
Classical text · Praśna Mārga XXII.30 (Raman tr.)
Today's small form: rice, milk, mishri, white cloth
On Friday, give rice, milk or mishri to someone in need, or clean white cloth to a woman in need.
Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Don't borrow to give, or give for show
Feeding someone rice with ghee
BPHS lists rice with ghee as Venus's offering when feeding Brahmins. Today's form (tradition): feed ghee rice to someone in need.
Friday
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.23–24
Herbal bath · ₹0–₹99
Bathing with the planet's herbal water
For planets adverse in transit, Praśna Mārga mentions pouring the planet's medicated water over the body.
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Classical text · Praśna Mārga XXII.32 (Raman tr.)
For Venus: cardamom, white flowers, a little saffron
Add two or three crushed cardamoms, a few white flower petals and a few strands of saffron to a bucket of water and bathe. Lists differ between traditions.
Friday morning
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Patch-test on your hand first; stop if your skin reacts
Don't: With any skin condition or allergy, ask your doctor first; for health, the doctor comes first
Root (jadi) · ₹199–₹399
Sarpankha root or goolar root
Tradition gives the sarpankha root (in some traditions, goolar root) for Venus: on Friday it is worn tied in white cloth or on a white thread on the arm.
Friday, Shukla paksha
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Buy from a reliable source; how to check is in the genuineness guide
Don't: Never eat the root or use it as medicine
How to choose it and check it's genuine →
Traditions differ on which root belongs to which planet. How to check it's genuine is in our genuineness guide.
Rudraksha · ₹499–₹1,499
Six-mukhi rudraksha
Tradition links the six-mukhi rudraksha with Venus. Wear it on a white or red thread at the neck or wrist.
Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Buy one with an X-ray or lab report; the mukhi lines should run clearly top to bottom
Don't: Avoid glued or carved fakes; don't trust very cheap offers or big claims
Yantra · ₹299–₹1,499
Shukra yantra
Place a Shukra yantra on a copper plate or bhojpatra at your home shrine on Friday; remember it with white flowers and a lamp during worship.
Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Treat the yantra as a focus for worship; keep it clean and dry
Don't: Don't pay extra for 'siddh' or 'miraculous' claims
Sankalp puja / japa / havan (by a pandit) · ₹251–₹2,100
Venus's Vedic mantra japa: 16,000
BPHS gives 16,000 as the japa count for Venus's Vedic mantra (opening: 'अन्नात्परिस्रुतो…'). A pandit takes the sankalpa, worships the planet and then does the japa; it is often spread over several days or pandits.
Begun on a Friday
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.17–20
Havan with goolar samidh
BPHS prescribes goolar sticks for Venus's havan, with honey, ghee, curd or milk, in 108 or 28 offerings.
After the japa
Classical text · BPHS (Santhanam) 84.21–22
Sankalpa puja by a pandit: what happens, what it costs
Sankalpa, Ganesha puja, Venus puja (white cloth and flowers, rice), mantra japa and a small havan. Usually ₹251–₹2,100 (from a short puja to one with havan); the full 16,000 japa can cost more, so ask in writing first.
Friday
TraditionDo / don't
Don't: Stay away from pujas sold through fear or promises of quick results
How to choose it and check it's genuine →
This is information only: what happens in the puja and what it usually costs. Whether to have one is your choice.
Uparatna / gemstone · ₹799–₹12,000+
Gems are shown only for the planets tradition treats as benefic in your chart, each with its uparatna alternative.
Uparatna: white sapphire, white zircon or opal
The lower-cost option first. Worn in silver or platinum, on the middle or little finger, on a Friday (uparatna, metal, finger and day: tradition).
Friday, Shukla paksha
TraditionDo / don't
Do: Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule)
Do: Consider a gem only when the birth time is known; tradition suggests keeping it with you for 3–7 days first, and removing it if anything feels wrong
Ratna: diamond (heera)
Praśna Mārga names 'vajra' (diamond) as Venus's gem, in the context of adverse transits; wearing the gem of a chart's benefic planet is today's tradition. Silver or platinum, middle or little finger, Friday (metal, finger and day: tradition).
Friday, Shukla paksha
Classical text · Praśna Mārga XXII.29 (Raman tr.)
Do / don't
Do: Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule)
Do: Under our rule Venus is eligible for these lagnas: Vrishabha, Mithuna, Kanya, Tula, Makara, Kumbha
Do: If you buy, ask for a lab certificate with its number; how to check is in our genuineness guide
Don't: No gem for children under 12; don't take up a gem during pregnancy, illness or grief
Don't: No gem is 'necessary'; the ₹0 options come first, and wearing one is your choice
How to choose it and check it's genuine →
Only when this planet is a functional benefic for your chart (gem rule)
Lahiri ayanamsa · whole-sign houses · mean nodes · Swiss Ephemeris