How to analyze a Dasha

 

4. Vargas. The divisional charts or amsas cover many themes. E.g. the Navamsa is the marriage amsa, the Dasamamsa the career amsa, etc.

Hart taught that the most powerful use of the varga charts is in analyzing the placement of the dasa and bhukti lords in the relevant varga. He used the Iyer method (explored elsewhere on this website) to ascertain whether the themes indicated by the specific amsa would go well or poorly during the dasa/bhukti period.

One of the most important insights I've gotten from him is about the four types of placement:

A. Poorly placed and weak.

A Dasa lord is poorly placed if it's part of a Papa Sankhya Yoga or is a malefic in a Mishra Sankhya Yoga or is either a benefic or a malefic in a bad house (3 or 6 or 8 or 12) without a planet in the corresponding house (11 or 8 or 6 or 2 respectively). A Dasa lord is weak if it is within 3 degrees of the Sun natally or in a planetary war in the Rasi chart or debilitated in the amsa chart.

If the lord is both poorly placed and weak, then the themes of the varga chart both go poorly and are very challenging to the native.

(There are some exceptions to this general rule, e.g. if the Dasa lord is aspected by a strong Jupiter, themes better.)

2. Poorly placed and strong.

If the Dasa lord in the varga chart is poorly placed (see above) but is also in its own or exalted sign or Vargottama or has Dig Bala or is Retrograde, then there are definitely challenges but the person can handle them. Think of a very skilled captain navigating a bad storm.

3. Well placed and weak.

If the Dasa lord is a malefic in a good house (with no planet in the corresponding house) or a benefic in a good house or in a Mishra or Shuba Sankhya Yoga, but the Dasa lord is weak, then the themes go well but the person can't make a lot out of them.

E.g. a person in a good period in their marriage but they can't fully appreciate their spouse.

4. Well placed and strong.

If the Dasa lord is well placed and strong, then the themes of the varga are well-augmented and the person is able to take full advantage of them.

5. Dasas. Dasas are periods of time when a particular planet is activated. During such periods, everything the planet signifies and touches (by aspect, rulership, residency by house, etc.) is mobilized.

When, for example, a person runs the Dasa of the 4th lord, many of the themes of the Fourth House will come to the fore, including home, land, Mother, happiness, etc.

Dasha Vicara

Dasha Lord

• What is the conditon of the Dasa Lord?
• is the lord "Yogic"?
• That is does it create yoga? what type of Yoga does it participate in?
• What Bhava does the dasha lord activate by location and ownershp?
• What grahas and bhavas does the dasha lord influence by aspect and association?
• What grahas influence the dasha lord?
• is the dasa lord a NB, NM, TB or TM?

Dasha of Rahu and Ketu:

In addition to giving its own effect, the  dasha of a node gives the effect of

• Any grah it is associated with
• Any grah that aspect it
• Its Rashi dispositor
• its Nakshatra dispositor

What is Dasha Lord suppose to give?

1) Natural Karaka   

2) Fixed Karaka

3) Chara karaka

4. Lordship of the planet from (reference point)

• Lagna
• Moon
• Sun

5) Whose job/s the dasa lord (dasa nath) is obliged to carry?

• bhava for whom the grah is the lord (point 4 above)
• bhava in which the dasa lord is posited  (nature of the house and sign)
• Sign dispositor
• Nakshtra Dispositor

6) Influence on the planet

1. Conjunction
2. Aspect
3. exchange of sign or Nakhshtra

7) Friendship or otherwise with Lagna lord

8) Relationship of Dasha nath with Bhukti Nath

5/9 is best

3/11 is pretty good

• Bhukti is 11th from Dasha lord is good, not good when bhukti is 3rd from Dasha

4-10 is good but contentious

• some times failure

7-7 is inimical as it is a maraka house

2-12 bad

• element of sabotage

6-8 open enemy relationship

• open confrontation
• If Antardasha Nath is present in second, fourth, fifth, ninth, tenth or eleventh house from Mahadasha Nath, the native receives auspicious results during its Dasha.
• The native receives mixed results and the Dasha remains average if Mahadasha Nath and Antardasha Nath are in Samsaptak from each other.
• If Antardasha Nath is in third, sixth, eighth or twelfth house from Mahadasha Nath, the native receives inauspicious results during its Dasha.
• If Mahadasha Nath and Antardasha Nath are natural friends and they are the Lords of auspicious houses, the native receives auspicious results during their Dasha.
• Antardasha Nath gives auspicious results to the native during its Dasha if it is present in an exalted sign of Mahadasha Nath in the Janma Kundali.

9) strength of the planet

Shadbala strength

Ashtakvarga strength

       Note: If you want to see if dashanath is supported by the entire horoscope, ashtakavarga will give you the whole picture. it is very useful in stating what support it has from other planets

If dashanath's bhktinath is 6-8, shadbala is not telling but Ashtakvarga is stating that

If from dashanath house, 11th house has a goodbhindu (above avergae) in ashataka varga and sarvastakavarge, Dasha will be conducive to fulfilling the desire

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