✦ Master number 33 uses these remedies too, as its root number is 6.
Signs your number 6 needs balance
- Tension with your partner or family
- Overspending on comforts and luxuries
- Taking on everyone else's problems
- Losing your sense of beauty, joy and creativity
Mantras
Beej mantra
Om Draam Dreem Draum Sah Shukraya Namah
Chant it 108 times (one mala) every day. A full anushthan is 16,000 repetitions within 40 days, about 400 a day.
Gayatri mantra
Om Ashwadhwajaya Vidmahe Dhanurhastaya Dhimahi Tanno Shukrah Prachodayat
Chant 11 or 108 times after the beej mantra, ideally as taught by a guru.
Also read: Shri Suktam, or the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam
Worship and fasting
Deity: Goddess Lakshmi (also Goddess Durga)
- On Friday evenings, light a ghee lamp for Goddess Lakshmi and offer white flowers and kheer
- Chant Om Shreem Mahalakshmyai Namah 108 times
- Keep the home clean and fragrant, especially before Friday evening
Weekly fast (vrat): Keep Friday fasts — the Santoshi Mata vrat: one meal, and nothing sour that day.
Daan (charity)
- Rice
- Curd
- Ghee
- White cloth
- Perfume or cosmetics for women in need
Give on Friday morning.
Lal Kitab upay
- Give a part of your meal to a cow before you eat
- Donate cow's ghee or curd at a temple on Fridays
- Use perfume and keep yourself well groomed
- Respect your wife or partner and all the women of the house
Venus yantra
Every row, column and diagonal adds up to 30. Draw it on bhojpatra or clean paper with kumkum or ashtagandha on a Friday, keep it in your prayer place facing east, and look at it calmly while you chant the beej mantra.
Gemstone and rudraksha
- Main stone
- Diamond (Heera)
- Affordable substitute (upratna)
- White sapphire, white topaz or zircon
- Metal
- Platinum, silver or white gold
- Finger
- Middle or ring finger, right hand
- When to wear
- Friday morning
- Rudraksha
- 6 Mukhi
⚠ Gemstones are strong remedies. Please speak to a qualified astrologer before wearing one, as it must suit your whole birth chart. Blue sapphire, hessonite and cat's eye especially need care.
Daily practices
- Keep your home fresh, tidy and fragrant
- Give time to music, art or a creative hobby
- Show love and appreciation openly
- Enjoy comforts within a budget
Avoid
- Overindulgence in food, shopping or luxury
- Jealousy and possessiveness
- Neglecting yourself while caring for others
Your 40-day plan
- 1Start on a Friday during the waxing moon, at sunrise. Good dates to begin: 6, 15, 24.
- 2Every morning: pray, then chant the beej mantra 400 times to finish 16,000 in 40 days, or at least 108 times.
- 3Every Friday: keep the fast and give rice, curd, ghee.
- 4All 40 days: follow the daily practices and keep away from the things to avoid.
Affirmation
“I give and receive love in balance.”
Say it to yourself each morning.
Remedies for other numbers
Frequently asked questions
+What are the remedies for number 6?
Remedies for number 6 please Venus: love, a happy marriage, harmony at home, beauty, comfort and wealth. Keep Friday fasts — the Santoshi Mata vrat: one meal, and nothing sour that day.
+Which mantra is good for number 6?
The beej mantra for number 6, ruled by Venus, is “Om Draam Dreem Draum Sah Shukraya Namah”. Chant it 108 times a day; a full anushthan is 16,000 repetitions in 40 days.
+Which god should number 6 worship?
Number 6 is ruled by Venus, so its remedies honour Goddess Lakshmi (also Goddess Durga). Keep Friday fasts — the Santoshi Mata vrat: one meal, and nothing sour that day.
+Which gemstone is lucky for number 6?
Diamond (Heera) is the traditional gemstone for number 6, and White sapphire, white topaz or zircon is a cheaper substitute. Gemstones are strong remedies. Please speak to a qualified astrologer before wearing one, as it must suit your whole birth chart. Blue sapphire, hessonite and cat's eye especially need care.
Based on traditional Navagraha remedies (mantras, japa counts, yantras and daan), Lal Kitab, and Lo Shu and Vastu practice. Traditions differ in the details; where they disagree, follow your family's custom or your guru. Remedies are traditional practices for reflection and good habits. They are not a substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.