Venus, planet of love and the arts, is in Purva Bhadrapada from Feb 21st to March 4th 2026, the nakshatra stretching across the signs of Aquarius and Pisces.

Purva’s Shakti, or unique gift, to ‘Raise the Spiritual Fire’ shows purging and cleansing, as Venus sees you breaking away from the past and releasing old emotional baggage. You may have confronted a tricky situation with your partner, or come to relate on a different level, but now face a kind of reckoning or wake-up call. Purva is represented by a double-faced person, so take care if somebody tells you one thing, when you really suspect a different story.

This period also affects your business dealings and potential career choices, especially if your work revolves around personal chemistry and understanding with others. Venus moving closely together with exotic Rahu up to March 1st gives you a restless urge in your relationships, and perhaps an encounter with somebody who takes you into a different social world. You may become agitated or even slightly obsessed with this person, even if you suspect they are elusive or even risky in some way.

Venus with Rahu is also a good combination for business and collaboration in the commercial sphere, where you understand a political dimension to your work. An element of fate is also operating, where your final lesson may be to stick with the person you know best, instead of taking up where you left off with somebody new. You may come out of this compulsive mood as quickly as you enter it, and seek a more grounded relationship with a person more on your level.