Back Again!

Dear Friends,

I am writing once again after almost a year. In future you will find frequent blogs from me on Astrology. Today I am going to start writing about Vimsottari Dasa. You all know that out of about 32 dasas only this Dasa is considered by many astrologers for prediction of timing of events in one’s life. So let us start discussing about this dasa now. I am afraid that this topic is a bigger one and we will have to read about it from a number of blogs. I only expect a lot of patience in you to complete the reading of this in so many days.

This Vimsottari Dasa is a Nakshatra Dasa. It is always analysed in six steps. They are:

·         Main Dasa which is called Maha Dasa.

·         Intermediate dasa which is called Bukthi or Antar Dasa.

·         Next intermediate Dasa which is called Pratyanthar Dasa or Antaram.

·         Sookshma Antar Dasa which is also called Soohshmam.

·         Prana Antar Dasa which is also called Prana.

·         Netra Antar Dasa which is also called as Netra.

Please note that each of these Dasa have their own significance and important role play in any event.

·         The Maha dasa plays the role of captain of the team. It represents the main cause of what is happening and the time of event. All others play their role only in the context of chances given by the Main dasa.

·         The Antar Dasa is very important. It prepares the native for the event to happen. In other words it moves the native to the situation. Not only this but also another important role played by this AD. It provides a clue relevant to the happening.

·         The Pratyandar Dasa also pulls a native towards the event, a sort of craving for the incident.

·         The Sookshma Antar Dasa brings everything together and hence represents the immediate circumstances that lead to the happening.

·         The Prana Antar Dasa is acting like a paste (Concrete) to mix all the roles played by the four above and identifies or reveals the details of person or the cause that comes into a person’s life.

·         The Netra Antar Dasa is like icing on a cake. It decorates the event so that everything is made clear.

And thus each of these six players indicates one or the other cause or reason for the incident or happening.

We should know that there is a mutual agenda between all the six players. I mean, as players, the dasa lords of each, like Dasa Lord, Antar Dasa Lord etc., They all must indicate the same event. This means they all should be related to the event in one way or other but in several ways. Let us first take the first two players:

The Main Dasa or Maha Dasa Lord has to indicate the event in six ways:

·         As a Bava Lord as counted from Lagna

·         As a Karaka

·         As a dispositor of the Karaka.

·         As a dispositor of the Bava Lord

·         As being in the Bava which is counted from Lagna

·         As being in the bava which is  counted from Karaka

Note: Let me explain here who is called as dispositor:

Dispositor is the planet who is the lord of the sign. For instance, if Mars is in Cancer, Cancer is owned by the Moon and hence Moon becomes the dispositor of Mars.

The Antar Dasa Lord has to indicate the event in as much as nine ways:

·         As Bava Lord as counted from Lagna

·         AS Karaka

·         As the dispositor of the Karaka

·         As the dispositor of the Bava Lord

·         As being in the Bava which is counted from Lagna

·         As being in the bava which is  counted from Karaka

·         As a Bava Lord which is counted from the Main Dasa Lord

·         As a dispositor of the Bava Lord which is counted from the Main Dasa Lord

·         As being in the Bava which is counted from the Dasa Lord.

ü  Similarly The Pratyantar Dasa  Lord has to indicate the event with respect to Lagna or the Antar Dasa Lord

ü  The Sookshma Antar Dasa Lord has to indicate the event with respect to Lagna or Pratyantar Dasa Lord.

ü  The Prana Antar Dasa Lord has to indicate the event with respect to Lagna or Sookshma Antar Dasa Lord.

ü  The Netra  Antar Dasa Lord has to indicate the event with respect to Lagna or Netra  Antar Dasa Lord.

Let us consider two types of events, viz., Most Auspicious and Most Inauspicious. The most auspicious event shall happen during the Dasa of the Most Auspicious planet and during other levels of most auspicious planet with respect to the higher level of Dasa and vice versa.

Let’s continue on this subject on what Parasara says next.

AUM TATSAT