nakshatras – Nexus Astrology

Jupiter’s transit is always an important marker in Astrology, as the planet takes about a year to transit a sign, marking one of the main influences of a given year. In Gemini, Jupiter will highlight anything related to communication, travel, information and all kinds of exchanges between people.

The shift from Taurus to Gemini is always interesting. Taurus favors stability, status quo and stillness. Gemini is the exact opposite, being all about movement, freedom, variety and discovery.

Jupiter in Gemini transit

14/05/2025-18/10/2025

05/12/2025-01/06/2026

The Gemini transit will be broken up, as Jupiter will enter Cancer temporarily between October and December 2025. Still, Jupiter in Gemini is the main influence between May 2025 and May 2026.

Jupiter in Gemini will favor technology and all means of communication, as I’ve said on a previous text, this bodes well for the tech industry and for innovation. Along with Rahu in Aquarius, the year ahead can be a great moment for technology. New inventions, ideas and technologies can be unveiled in the coming year.

Jupiter in Gemini can also deal with changes in the media. Online sources can gain a bigger role, or increase and improve in the year ahead. I tend to believe that the rise of podcasts and other online sources will tend to become stronger with this transit.

As Jupiter here favors travel, I doubt a restrictive scenario, like in 2020, could appear and block travel and free movement around the globe.

The last time Jupiter transited Gemini was between June 2013 and June 2014. That was the time when the Snowden revelations came out and shook the world. With Jupiter in Gemini again, a lot of those conversations can be reawakened now. Be it with new revelations, or simply with people looking back and remembering the important things we learned around that time.

Similarly, Jupiter in Gemini can promote political turmoil around the world. Expect gossip, revelations, public clashes, protests and a lot of things moving around. The Ardra nakshatra transit, specially, will tend to shake things up. That will be between June and August, so the summer could be a turbulent time.

Jupiter here favors variety and flexibility. Anything that promotes that will tend to grow in the coming year. Some older, more stale and change-averse, institutions can change and adapt too with this transit.

On a personal level, this Jupiter favors communication and freedom. It is a time to expand our horizons, meet different people, learn from multiple sources and shake things up. This is the year to try something new, do something you’ve always been curious about and discover new things.

Jupiter in Gemini can take us out of a rut. We will tend to feel more open towards change, trying new things and visiting all the different possibilities.

With Jupiter in Gemini, we feel a strong need for stimulation, for good and bad. On the positive, we might reach out and want to expand our knowledge. On the negative, we might be more easily distracted this year, we might overreach with excessive pursuits or a lack of focus. Another challenge here can be indecision. But the sense of freedom we will feel can be extremely helpful towards growing and improving.

Still, this is a great time to learn, communicate and expand your world. We just have to be mindful about staying focused.

Below we have transit predictions for all the 12 signs, please read in accordance to your Ascendant or Moon sign:

Aries: Jupiter in the 3rd puts a focus on communication, with new opportunities for expanding your knowledge and network. Maybe you enroll on a new course, maybe you launch some new project, whatever it is, it will expand your thinking a lot. You could be traveling or you could move into a new house this year.
Taurus: Jupiter in the 2nd house, this could be a great moment for increasing your income, as a lot of financial opportunities seem to come your way now. Your relationship with your parents could change, with a fresh perspective there.
Gemini: Jupiter in the 1st puts the spotlight on you. This is a time of many opportunities and great expansion in life. There is good energy and opportunities to change anything in your life, from your image and appearance, to things like your career and home life. Any creative project will also tend to advance now.
Cancer: With Jupiter in the 12th, this is a time of closure for you, ending and rethinking old pursuits so that you can move on lighter and better. This is also a great time for spiritual pursuits, meditation and occult studies.
Leo: Jupiter in the 11th gives you many earning opportunities, great improvements in your finances are possible now. This can also be an important time to connect with other people. Maybe finding groups or associations and creating a community. It could also show improvement in your love life, meeting someone new and enjoying romance.
Virgo: Jupiter in the 10th creates good opportunities in career, great possibilities arise for you now. This is specially good, as the last year could’ve felt dull for you, now things start moving and improving.
Libra: Jupiter in the 9th gives you great luck. It is a good time to take chances, make change and take risks; as you seem to get great opportunities now. Also, new ideas can come into your life this year. A new belief system or philosophy, maybe an increased interest in religion. This is also a great time for traveling, specially abroad.
Scorpio: Jupiter in the 8th signals a time of change and transformation. Sudden news and developments can change your life. Some unexpected financial gains are possible. There is a strong urge to understand your inner world, your psyche, now and this can be a very healing year emotionally.
Sagittarius: Jupiter in the 7th puts a focus on partnerships. It can be a time to improve your relationships, both personal and professional. It can be a great moment for love matters. A special person could come into your life.
Capricorn: Jupiter in the 6th isn’t the prettiest, but it gives great opportunities for improved finances. Good opportunities in career can come into play now too. Overall, improving your routines and finances is easy now. Health wise, this would be a good time for a check-up, or for improving your nutrition and habits.
Aquarius: Jupiter in the 5th smiles upon you, this is a time of good luck, prosperity and opportunities. New creative projects could come into play now, with fresh perspectives and ideas helping you come out of your shell. Educational possibilities could similarly arise. Your love life could improve too.
Pisces: Jupiter in the 4th, with Saturn in your sign, signals a time to look into your inner world. Improve your emotions, attachments and desires. This can be a very healing transit for you. On a material level, this can be a very prosperous moment, with financial improvements or opportunities coming your way.

Span: 23°20′ Virgo to 06°40′ Libra
Deity: Tvashtar, the celestial architect
Dasha Lord: Mars
Symbol: Pearl
Animal (Yoni): Tiger (female)
Shakti or power: punya cayani shakti = power to accumulate purity

The name Chitra refers to bright, transparent or brilliant. All qualities that can be related to this star. A word of a similar root is Chitta, which refers to a person’s mentality or consciousness. Chitta is an important concept in religions like Buddhism and Hinduism, and a fairly long one to explain and discuss. But to sum things up, it refers to consciousness, perception and the mind.

The mind is considered the source of of everything in Eastern philosophies, as our reactions and perceptions dictate our experience in this world. The mind creates the perception of good, the mind creates the perception of bad, and the mind starts our reaction to everything. As such, mind is the source of Maya. Maya refers to illusion or magic, denoting mostly the illusion of life’s events. If the Soul is eternal, nothing bad in life matters, but nothing good matters as well.

Again, these are complicated concepts upon which long books have been written about. If you don’t understand it all at once, it’s fine. The important things to understand:

Chit or Chitta: refers to the mind and our perception
Maya: illusion of life, refers to the things (good and bad) that fascinate and distract us from the spiritual (detached) reality of life.

Chitra nakshatra deals intimately with Maya. These natives are fascinated with life, they tend to be movers and shakers in the world. Many times they are related to beauty, creation and improvement of the world. They tend to have a genuine desire to improve the world.

Going into the symbol, of a Pearl, we yet again go to the word bright, brilliant or perfect. Chitra deals with the quest for perfection, the quest for something fantastic or amazing. The quest for creating beautiful and extraordinary things.

On a more esoteric level, the Pearl can also be related to spiritual progress and achievement, reached when we free ourselves from the mind and from Maya. Chitra natives have this potential. Although, I’d say that about 90% of these natives will forever be stuck on Maya and the material world. It’s not a flaw of character, it is just the nature of our times.

The deity Tvashtar is the celestial architect, responsible for creating great structures and great weapons/tools for the gods in the universe. Again, we are brought back to the idea of creating beauty, creating perfection and improving life.

The power of this nakshatra is punya cayani shakti, which refers to the idea of accumulating or achieving purity. Some authors say merit, but I think purity is a better translation. The power here shows a native creating and improving, at a quest for perfection, brilliance or purity. This can both deal with material achievements, as well as reaching spiritual purity and progress.

Some loose notes:

Strong need to create/act and have something to show
High desire for achievement.
Strong focus on material life and the world.
- Great desire to improve the world.
- Also love for material things and luxury, specially the Libra portion.
Sense of importance
- They want to fix the world, they might consider themselves responsible for improving and fixing things.
- Could show involvement in politics, activism or volunteer work.
- They feel unhappy when they can’t fix/help/improve the world around them.
  - “I could’ve done something to change that”
Great hope and trust in their own potential
- Desire to achieve the impossible, many times they do it.
- Hard workers who go after their dreams.
Love for luxury, beautiful environments, designer items, etc.
At times, they can be a tad superficial.
They love debating, discussing and writing walls of text about their thoughts.
Very convincing and charming natives.
Orderly and attentive natives.
Great need for support, appreciation and praise from others.
Sensitive, emotional and caring deep down.
Career wise:
- Architecture
- Design and beauty fields
- Arts, drama and movies
- Fashion
- Jewelry making
- Medicine
- Dentistry:
  - specially orthodontics and cosmetic fields
- Executive roles
  - Financial fields, stock market, etc.
  - Leaders, analysts, etc.
- Communication:
  - Think tanks
  - Advertising
  - convincing others
- Engineering:
  - Computers
  - Machines
  - any kind of fine and advanced technology
- Policy advisors or political fields

Chitra natives are the embodiment of the Celestial Architect, so they similarly carry a need to improve life, fix the world and make everything better. I consider this one of the most active nakshatras. This natives have a hard time sitting still. They are always on the move, doing something.

Frequently, these natives will hold multiple jobs, along with hobbies that are as much work as their jobs. I’ve met a few doctors with a Chitra Moon who would work their main job, volunteer at charity clinics and still find time to engage in some artistic hobby. Some of them paint, others write, either way they have a lot on their plate.

From an early age, Chitra tends to promote great achievers. The Chitra teen tends to be on top of his class, along with multiple extracurriculars, an active social life and maybe a few hobbies to spare. Achieving, making and creating are fundamental impulses for Chitra.

They have an almost child-like belief that everything is possible, that everything they dream about is achievable. This makes them great leaders. Also, many times they actually achieve their impossible goal. Frequently, Chitra is the flower that grows in the desert.

This belief creates and inner sense of duty or protagonism. They always think that they can fix and improve things. Many tend to get involved with politics at some point in life, usually stemming from a believe that they can fix things.

Chitra can be specially related to silicon chips and computer advancements. Those are engineering marvels that sound more than impossible, yet here we are. Silicon is some random sand that is turned into computer chips, which can show us high quality images, videos and more. Few people appreciate the magic in this.

Other fields related to Chitra are, not shockingly, architecture and design. Medicine is another prominent area for this nakshatra, being an area that requires hard work and a lot of faith. Dentistry, specially orthodontic and aesthetic areas, as it relates to perfecting things.

I remember the Chitra Moon dentist my parents took me to, always puppy-eyed trying to convince me to whiten and fix my teeth, to make them perfect. But I must’ve had my momma’s will and God’s amazing grace (being born under an evil nakshatra), I always refused. Now my teeth belong to coffee and I never went back to his office.

These are hard working and charming natives, who will always try (and many times succeed) to convince you with their pretty smiles and bright eyes. They will usually rise in life through their gift of charming communication. They can excel on many fields, and they are always striving for high paying jobs.

Specially on the Libra side of things, these natives will have a great passion for the good things in life. They tend to be suckers for designer labels. Filling their home with beautiful and expensive things is usually a priority. However, money alone will never satisfy them. They need to improve things. If things are stagnant and there is nothing to improve, they might switch jobs or find some hobby to fulfill their eternal need for creation.

Speaking of needs, a big need for these natives is support and appreciation. But don’t we all need it? Yes, but they need it more than the average. These natives see the world through a lens of achievement and results, having people around them who are thankful and proud is the ultimate award. Partners to Chitra natives should always be mindful about this, and show appreciation and encouragement to them.

As usual, let’s delve into the negative. The main negative point of this nakshatra can be started from my final point above, they live through an external mirror, the appreciation and support of others. The lack or excess of it is usually the root for the trouble in their lives.

They might be engaged in the most evil of works, if they get their fix of praise and support, they will still do it. Similarly, at times, they can lack discernment. Only seeing the appearance and pomp, forgetting to look beyond it to understand things better.

In their relationships, they can leave and (in some cases) cheat on partners simply because they didn’t give them enough appreciation. The inverse is also true. They might keep a terrible partner, maybe even accept being cheated on, as long as they get the support and appreciation they desire.

Discernment and seeing beyond the superficial, going beyond appearances, are key lessons in life.

As a daily star:

Chitra is the day of appearance, of Maya, the mask of the world. For good, it is one of the best times in the month to improve and beautify life. Adjusting our appearance, improving our home and things of the sort. On the negative, it is hard to get the truth, as people tend to put on a mask and focus on transmitting a positive image.

→ Favorable activities with Chitra: extremely favorable for improving your appearance, buying new clothes, changing your hairstyle, etc. Any creative activity. Decoration or home improvement. Good for charming others or anything needing charisma. Great for socializing and enjoying. Good for structured work and planning.

→ Unfavorable activities with Chitra: unfavorable for confrontation, conflict or anything harsh. Not good for discovering the truth or uncovering something. Not good for marriage.

Planets in Chitra will indicate areas of life where a native has great attention to detail, as well as knack for inventing new solutions. For instance, someone with a Chitra planet related to the 11th or 2nd houses could have great skill in managing financial assets. The 9th house will frequently show some sort of esteemed academic. On love matters, Chitra is very prosperous, although partners and the relationship will need a lot of attention.

Example:

Tom Brady (Chitra ascendant at 24° Virgo): American football quarterback.
- Great achievements: Considered to be the greatest quarterback of all time.
- Hard-worker: He had achievements in both baseball and football while in high school, which led to his career.

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