Week 13 · Unit 1 · The Capstone

The Process, Assembled

Fifteen steps, ten weeks in the making — consolidated, ordered, and with the two that were deliberately held back.

Reading: BPHS 13, BPHS 50About 116 min

Assumes you have done: Weeks 1 to 12 complete

Why this matters

You have been writing this document since Week 2, one or two steps at a time, without ever seeing it whole. Here it is whole. Two steps were deliberately withheld until now — understanding the question and answering in plain language — because both only make sense once you know what the middle thirteen can and cannot deliver. Teaching them early would have produced confident answers built on nothing.

Learn

You have been writing this document since Week 2, one or two steps at a time. Here it is whole.

The fifteen steps

#	Step	Where it came from
1	Understand the question	this week
2	Establish the chart	W2, Ch. 5
3	Read the Lagna and overall shape	W2, W3
4	Identify the relevant Bhāvas	W3, W4
5	Examine their lords	W4 Ch. 26, W6 Ch. 36
6	Examine the relevant kārakas	W5, Ch. 34
7	Examine occupants, conjunctions and Dṛṣṭi	W1, W2 Ch. 9, W5 Ch. 28
8	Assess dignity, strength, support and affliction	W1, W5, W7, W11
9	Examine the relevant vargas	W2 Ch. 7–8, W5 Ch. 35
10	Identify yogas, supporting and contradicting	W6, W7, W11
11	State the natal promise	W8 — the gate
12	Apply Viṁśottarī timing	W8, W9, W10
13	Compare supporting and contradicting evidence	every clinic since W2
14	Judge confidence	W5, W7, W11
15	Synthesise and answer in plain language	this week

And the compact form, which is what you will actually carry in your head:

Question → relevant houses and kārakas → lords and condition → vargas → yogas and support → Viṁśottarī → synthesis → answer with evidence.

The two that were held back

Steps 1 and 15 are the two you have never been taught, and they were withheld deliberately.

Step 1 — understand the question. Restate what is actually being asked. Separate the stated question from the real one. Decide what would count as an answer.

That last clause is why it could not come first. Deciding what would count as an answer requires knowing what kind of answer this method produces — that it gives bands rather than dates, tendencies rather than events, domains rather than particulars, and confidence levels rather than certainties.

A student taught Step 1 in Week 2 would have accepted questions the method cannot answer.

Step 15 — synthesise and answer in plain language. Answer the question the person actually asked, in ordinary words, at the confidence the evidence supports, and say what you do not know.

Taught early, this produces fluent language for conclusions built on nothing — which is worse than no answer, because it is persuasive.

Why the order is what it is

A few of the orderings are load-bearing and worth understanding rather than memorising.

Steps 4 to 10 before Step 11. The natal reading has to be complete before it can be stated.

Step 11 before Step 12. The gate. Nothing gets timed that was not promised, and Step 11 exists as a separate written step because having done the analysis and having stated the conclusion are different acts. Without the compression into one explicit statement, Step 12 has nothing to check itself against.

Step 13 as its own step. Contradicting evidence has to be sought rather than stumbled upon. Left to happen naturally it does not happen — you notice what supports the reading you are forming and the rest stays invisible. Every clinic since Week 2 has had a mandatory contradicting-evidence step for exactly this reason.

Step 14 per conclusion, not per reading. A single analysis produces conclusions of quite different strength, and rating the whole at once throws away what is usually the most useful information you have.

What is Parashara’s and what is not

Before you run it

Week 13 has one reading assignment and it is a re-reading: Chapters 13, 26, 34, 36, 46, 50 and 74 — the seven the process leans on hardest.

Read Chapter 13 first, because there is something to notice. When you met it in Week 3 you could not run half of it: the Avasthā clauses referred to states not yet defined.

You can run all of it now.

That is a small thing and it is a good measure of the distance. The chapter has not changed. What you can do with it has.

Next: the process running end to end, on a chart you have known since Week 1.

Read BPHS

This is the source itself. The teaching above prepares you for it; it does not replace it.

Read BPHS — the source itselfBPHS 13 · Judgement of Houses

While you read, watch for: A re-read, not a new reading. Chapter 13's judgment rule is Step 4 and Step 8 of the process. Read it again now that you can run all of it, including the Avasthā clauses.

अरिष्टं तत्प्रभङ्गं च श्रुतं त्वत्तो मया मुने! ।
कस्माद् भावात् फलं किं किं विचार्यमिति ? मे वद ॥ १ ॥

Verse 1

O Sage, I have heard from you of the evils and the antidotes thereof. Now kindly tell me what is to be deduced from each of these houses.

देहं रूपं च ज्ञानं च वर्णं चैव बलाबलम् ।
सुखं दुःखं स्वभावञ्च लग्नभावान्निरीक्षयेत् ॥ २ ॥

Verse 2

Indications of the First House: The Sage Parasara replies: The First house represents Physique, appearance, intellect, complexion, vigour, weakness, joy and sorrow and innate nature. All these are to be considered from it.

धनधान्यं कुटुम्बांश्च मृत्युजालममित्रकम् ।
धातुरत्नादिकं सर्वं धनस्थानान्निरीक्षयेत् ॥ ३ ॥

Verse 3

The Second House: From the Second House are to be assessed wealth, grains (food etc.) family, enemies, metals, precious stones etc.

विक्रमं भृत्यभ्रात्रादि चोपदेशप्रयाणकम् ।
पित्रोर्वै मरणं विज्ञो दुश्चिक्याच्च निरीक्षयेत् ॥ ४ ॥

Verse 4

The Third House: The third house stands for valour, servants or attendants, brothers and sisters, initiatory instructions, journeys and parents' death. The learned astrologer should consider these from this house.

वाहनान्यथ बन्धूंश्च मातृसौख्यादिकान्यपि ।
निधि क्षेत्रं गृहं चापि चतुर्थात् परिचिन्तयेत् ॥ ५ ॥

Verse 5

The Fourth House: The Fourth house is indicative of conveyance, relatives, mother, happiness, treasure, lands and houses.

यन्त्र-मन्त्रौ तथा विद्यां बुद्धेश्चैव प्रबन्धकम् ।
पुत्रराज्यापभ्रंशादीन् पश्येत् पुत्रालयाद् बुधः ॥ ६ ॥

Verse 6

The Fifth House: From the Fifth House are to be seen amulets, sacred spells, learning, the splendour of the intellect, sons, capacity or ability to manage affairs and falling from position etc..

मातुलान्तकशंकानां शत्रूंश्चैव व्रणादिकान् ।
सपत्नीमातरं चापि षष्ठभावान्निरीक्षयेत् ॥ ७ ॥

Verse 7

The Sixth House: The Sixth House is representative of doubt about the death of maternal uncle, enemies, ulcers (wounds, abscesses, ulcers etc.) and step mother.

जायामध्वप्रयाणं च वाणिज्यं नष्टवीक्षणम् ।
मरणं च स्वदेहस्य जायाभावान्निरीक्षयेत् ॥ ८ ॥

Verse 8

The Seventh House: From the Seventh House are to be considered wife, journey, trade, something vanishing away from sight, and death.

Notes: In a book published from Varanasi there is the reading 'हृतवीक्षणम्' in place of 'नष्टवीक्षणम्' 'हृत' is a derivation from the verb which means stealing. Some learned writers have interpreted it as 'a thing vanished from sight'. So 'something stolen away by somebody' seems to us to be more appropriate. Several of the ancient books of **Horary System** have enjoined to consider 'something stolen away' from the seventh house. For example, in 'प्रश्नशिरोमाणि' there is the verse (sloka).

'तनुपतौ स्मरगे स्मरपे तनौगत धनं समुपौत च सप्तमे'

i.e. if the Lord of the Ascendant is in the Seventh House and the Lord of the Seventh House occupies the Ascendant the native gets back the stolen thing.

आयू रणं रिपुं चापि दुर्गं मृतधनं तथा ।
गत्यनुकादिकं सर्वं पश्येद्रन्ध्राद्विचक्षणः ॥ ९ ॥

Verse 9

The Eighth House: The Eighth House is to be consulted to know about the longevity, battle, enemies, forts, wealth of the dead, the details or knowledge of past and future lives.

ऋणदानग्रहणयोर्गुदे चैवांकुरायः ।
गत्यनुक्तादिकं सर्वं पश्येद्रंधाद्विचक्षणः ॥

which is translated in this way "Borrowing or lending, diseases of the anus (Piles, Fistula etc.), details or Knowledge of the Past and Future life, all these are to be examined from the Eighth House.

Another commentator has interpreted instead of 'details or knowledge of Past and Future life' as 'movement or travelling. But here movement means the movement of the 'jivatma' or soul after death and not travelling. Therefore, we prefer the meaning: details or Knowledge of Past and Future life. According to this verse it is from the eighth House that the wealth of the dead is to be consider ed. The wealth to be obtained from the will or the testament of the dead should be examined from this house, the 8th House.

भाग्यं श्यालं च धर्मं च भ्रातृपल्यादिकांस्तथा ।
तीर्थयात्रादिकं सर्वं धर्मस्थानान्निरीक्षयेत् ॥ १० ॥

Verse 10

The Ninth House: The Ninth House represents Fortunes, wife's brother, religion, brother's wife, pilgrimages and visits to Shrines etc.

राज्यं चाकाशवृत्तिं च मानं चैव पितुस्तथा ।
प्रवासस्य ऋणस्यापि व्योमस्थानान्निरीक्षणम् ॥ ११ ॥

Verse 11

The Tenth House: The Tenth House indicates royalty (authority), place, profession (means of livelihood of unstable Nature), honour, father, living in foreign lands and debts also.

नानावस्तुभवस्यापि पुत्रजायादिकस्य च ।
आयं वृद्धिं पशूनां च भवस्थानान्निरीक्षणम् ॥ १२ ॥

Verse 12

The Eleventh House: The Eleventh House is to be consulted to ascertain receipt of various articles, son's wife, income, prosperity and quadrupeds.

व्ययं च वैरिवृत्तान्त - रि:फमन्त्यादिकं तथा ।
व्ययाच्चैव हि ज्ञातव्यमिति सर्वत्र धीमता ॥ १३ ॥

Verse 13

The Twelfth House: From the Twelfth the learned astrologer should consult expenses, Knowledge about the enemy, one's own death etc.

यो यो शुभैर्युतो दृष्टो भावो वा पतिदृष्टयुक् ।
युवा प्रवृद्धो राज्यस्थ: कुमारो वाऽपि यत्पतिः ॥ १४ ॥

तदीक्षणवशात् तत्तद्भावसौख्यं वदेद् बुधः ।
यद्यद् भावपतिर्नष्टस्त्रिकेशाद्यैश्च संयुतः ॥ १५ ॥

भावं न वीक्षते सम्यक् सुप्तो वृद्धोमृतोऽथवा ।
पीडितो वाऽस्य भावस्य फलं नष्टं वदेद् ध्रुवम् ॥ १६ ॥

Verse 14–16

14-16. Prosperity or annihilation of a House: The learned should predict the prosperity of the house in which there is the occupation of, or which is aspected by benefics or its own lord, or when the Lord of the house is in good state / Avastha (like....) ('युवावस्था' in 'प्रबुद्धावस्था' or 'कौमारावस्थ') or in the Tenth House. In all these situations or conditions the learned astrologer may indicate the well being of the House, and the House gives good results. On the other hand, the House whose Lord is destroyed, or is in conjunction with malefics, or is not aspected by its own lord or by benefics or is in combination with the lords of the evil Houses (Viz. 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, and 12th.), or is defeated in a planetary war or is in any one of the three states/Avasthas ('old', dead or asleep') the learned astrologer may predict with certainty that the native will suffer losses in the things indicated by that house.

Read BPHS — the source itselfBPHS 50 · RESULTS OF SPECIAL NAKSHATRAS’ DASAS

While you read, watch for: The other chapter worth re-reading before the capstone. Step 12 rests on it entirely.

स्थानस्थितिवशेनैवं फलं प्रोक्तं पुरातनैः ।
मिथो भावेशसम्बन्धात्फलानि कथयाम्यहम्‌ ॥ १ ॥

Verse 1

1 : In the ancient texts, the results of the Dasas are disseminated based on the strength ol the houses. Now I describe the results of Dasas related to the lords of the houses

लग्नेशस्य दशाकाले सत्कीर्तिर्देहजं सुखम् ।
धनेशस्य दशायां तु क्लेशो वा मृत्युतो भयम् ॥ २ ॥

सहजेशदशाकाले ज्ञेयं पापफलं नृणाम् ।
सुखाधीशादशायां तु गृहभूमिसुखं भवेत् ॥ ३ ॥

पञ्चमेशस्य पाके च विद्याप्तिः पुत्रजं सुखम् ।
रोगेशस्य दशाकाले देहपीडा रिपोर्भयम् ॥ ४ ॥

Verse 2–4

2-4 : During the Dasa of the lord of the Ascendant, tne native enjoy sound health, high fame, etc; in the Dasa of the lord of the second nouse, conflicts, fear of death and in the Dasa of the lord of the third house, unfavourable results be anticipated, In the Dasa of the lord of fourth house, luxury of mouse and land (property): in the Dasa ofthe lord of the fifth house, progress in education and pleasure of children and in the sixth house's lord Dasa, physical sufferings and danger from the enemies be described.

Translator's note

** In the Dasa of tha Asendant’s lord, the native is blessed with good health, tree from any kind of illness because the Ascendant represents body of the native. No doubt this text has special importance, but we have also to inevitably analyse the position and the strength of the Ascendant, In case, the lord of the Ascendant is in the enemy's sign, the resistance of the body gets reduced and the native may have an attack of some disease and with the result, the body will suffer. If the lord of the Ascendant is In debilitation, the damage in the body is more pronounced. One may get hurt in a sudden accident, go into depression, feel deranged or lethargic etc, It the lord of the Ascendant is heading towards debiltation (Avrohi) during the illness, the native suddenly loses weight and his condition will get deterioted day by day. If per chance, the Ascendant lord also receives affliction in trans it, the condition may get worst

The following states (Avasthas) of the lord of the Ascendant which tend to take the native towards old age, rather quickly:

i)If t is heading towards debilitation (Avrohi)

ii)If itis in the debilitation.

iii)If it is having connection with the 8th Lord

[Like, (a) conjuct with the 8th lord, (b) the 8th lord posited in the Ascendant, c) Ascendant and the 8th lord in the 6th or the 12th house].

Therefore, if the lord of the ascendant is found in any of thease three states in the nativity, the Mahadasa of the Ascendant lord will persistently affect tha health of the native and he remains in the grip of sickness.

The Ascendant lord if is also connected with the lord of the 2nd, the 7th, the 6th or the 12th house, ever then one may face illness during its Dasa. In the state of debilitation, the lord of the Ascendant in its Dasa makes the native mentally deranged.

It there is any retrograde malefic planet In the 2nd house from the Ascandant lord which also has a malefic planet behind it (In 12th house), the Antradasas of thase two malefic planets in the Mahadasa of the Ascendant lard will set in some serious disease (relating to the body).

if the Ascendant lord is posited in a malefic Sashtamsa, defeated in the planetary war, in the last Amsa of a fixed sign, in the young or the old age of the lord of 22nd Drekkana, Gulika, Mandi or 64th Navamsa, moving towards the sign of debilitation, it will also be hazadrous to the health of the native. Apart from bodily sufferings, a weak Ascendant lord is responsible tor unethical acts, defame, loss of pride, arrogance, cruelty, insult etc.

In addition, the results of the Dasa of the lord of the Ascendant will vary in accordance to the different rising signs (Ascendants),

The Ascendant lord, if strong and connected with the auspicious houses and benefic lord of a house, during its Dasa, native attains fame, comforts, smartness, exaltation, pride, politeness, beauty, sound health, praise, soft behaviour etc.

In the Dasa of the ford of the 2nd house, fear of conflicts and death that the native may grapple with, but these results are farfetched one the 2nd and the 7th houses are the 'Maraka Sthanas'. The 2nd house has greater propensity than the 7th house. The 2nd lord if get conjunct wilh and have any kind of connection with the maletic planets or there are maletic planets posited in the 2nd house, the Dasa of the ford of 2nd house is reckoned as Maraka Dasa. The 2nd lord if has even ordinary affliction, it brings about conflicts in day today dealings. The reasons tor such conflicts may vary in each time.

In the Dasa of a strong and auspicious 2nd lord, the native accummulates wealth and creats assets. He also buys gold and ornaments and has a bank locker registered in his name. With whichever house or house lord, the lord of the 2nd house establishes its connections, the native will acquire wealth connected with the signification of that house and house lord.

The Sage considers the third house as malefic and inauspicus house. Therefore, the Dasa of the 3rd lord renders maletic results. During this Dasa, the native plans about his business activitias and makes efforts for its accomplishment, The native is very exertive and struggles his ways through for the attainments of his ventures during the Dasa of the 3rd lord Should the ford of the 3rd house be powerful, the native gets success of his laborius attempts and sustained efforts, otherwise, his struggle will end in futility.

In the event of 3rd house lord being strong, the native will also gain weight and if this Dasa falls in the young age of the native, he develops lot of strength and dignity. He inculcates the habits of hard working and making profit. He gets affectionate towards his co-borns. He will undertake lot of business and pleasure tourings. The division of ancestral property also generally takes place during this Dasa. The native will leave no stone unturned for the achievement of his ambitions.

In the Dasa of the 4th house lord, if it is strong and well placed, the native achieves high position in the society, attains popularity, acquires conveyance, constructs house, gains in the agricultural field and cattle etc. If 4th lord happened to be weak, the adverse effects may be expected.

The Dasa of the strong and well placed lord of the 5th house, the native will get maturity in his thinkings and will undertake the work in all seriousness and use his wisdom and foresight. The native will get success in big venture. He also develops his acquaintances with the ladies of high Status, In case the native is a writer, he will write his great works during this period that because in this time, one has full cancentration of his mind and consequently, he can put heart and soul In such ventures. Therefore, it is in this period that the native could be conferred with some recognised award for his works. The Dasa of a weak lord of the 5th house will give reverse results.

The results of the Dasa of the lord of the 6th house as experienced by the humble author are like this; the native develops estranged relation with his relatives and known persons. The native experiences stresses and strains. He takes loans and able to return the same but if 6th lord is weak, the native will face extreme difficulties and there will be some delays in returning the loans, However, during this period, the native can earn through work (labour) force. In the event of 6th lord being weak, he may face confrontations with the labour and gets his work done after encountering one obstacle after another

सप्तमेशस्य पाके तु स्त्रीपीडा मृत्युत्तो भयम्‌ ।
अष्टमेशादशाकाले मृत्युभीतिर्धनक्षतिः ॥ ५ ॥

घर्मेशस्य दशायां च भूरिलाभो यशःसुखम्‌ ।
दशमेशदशाकाले सम्मानं नृप्संस्तदि ॥ ६ ॥

लाभेशस्प दशाकाले लाभे बाधा रुजोभयम् ।
व्येयशस्य दशा नुशां बहुकष्टप्रदा दिज ! ॥ ७॥

दशारम्भे शुभस्थाने स्वितस्यापि शुभं फलम्‌ ।
अशुभस्थानगस्यैवं शुभस्यापि न शोभनम्‌ ॥ ८ ॥

Verse 5–8

5-8: During the Dasa of the lord of the 7th house, there will be danger to wife, fear of death; in the Dasa of the lord of the 8th house, loss of wealth, danger to life; in the 9th house lord’s Dasa, fabulous gain of wealth and fame; in the Dasa of the 10th house lord, recognition from state or authorities; during the Dasa ol the lord of the 11th house, gains, obstacles and fear of sickness and O, Brahim! in the Dasa of the 12th house lord, the native faces extensive distress

Translator's note

** In the Dasa of the 7th lord, their is possibility of all kind of ailments to the wife if the 7th lord has connection with the malefic planets and is also weak. The 7th lord will only have the potential of inflicting death, when it is posited in the 'Maraka' houses duly conjunct or aspected by the malefic planets. During the Dasa of auspicious 7th Lord there is possibility of marriage, festivity at home, family happiness, business growth, etc. In the Dasa of an inauspicous 7th lord, the native gets the tendency of making earnings through unscrupulous and illegal means; indulges in debauchery despite being a married person and also gets into the habit of drinking. The native may suffer from the urinary related disease and stone in the kidney etc. be suspected. If the degree of malefancy is high, there will be danger to the life of the wife or grand father, and he will cheat his partner and will have conflicts at home etc.

In the Dasa of the 8th lord, the native suffers from suspicion, will doubt others and tell lies, will have psychosis fear etc. If the 8th Lord is strong, one acquires wealth through a 'will, from insurance and have other kinds of pit fall gains. The native also gets success in arduous and adventurous task or ventures. A weak 8th lord's Dasa, gives rise to conflict due to some misunderstanding, company of unscrupulous lots and he himself will get involved into lacivious activites.

In this period one also faces punishment from the (king) authorities, Government etc. loss of precious and other items, mental discontment and uneasiness, risking one's life, untold miseries etc.

During the Dasa of an auspicious 9th Lord, pilgrimages to shrines and holy places, distant travellings within the country, advance study, chances of boosting one's fortune, blessings of esteemed learned, rise of benevolent, keen support from the guide for Ph.D., company of religious people etc., are the results of the Dasa. In an inauspious Dasa on the 9th lord, there will be delay and obstacles in the progress. The native in service will face impediments in his promotions and his controlling officer may spoil the confidential reports. The native gets disillusioned about ethics, principles, beliefs and values and he starts defining religious realities in these context. Should the 9th lord be in retrogression, these transformations will bound to take place.

In the Dasa of benefic 10th lord one gets fame, elevation in status and living standard and there will be an overall progress. He gets favours from the influential people, and enhances his dominance. The business. level will move up and no Impediments in the business activities will be experienced. There will be festivity at home, the religious functions will get accomplished and the native will concentrate in the purity of the amenities.

Aninauspicious Dasa of the 10th lord brings punishment from the Government (authorities), business gets moderated, father will get sick, religious functions get disturbed and some kind of conflict etc. has to be faced. One's pride, fame, prestige, status get ridiculed. Others will overpower the native and he will not get his rights and in order to achieve the success, he will resort to unscrupulous means.

In the Dasa of the auspicious 11th lord, efforts get fructified easily. success in ventures, high expectations will also get accomplished. One achieves the desired things etc. That is why this house is known as "house of accomplishments".

The inauspicious Dasa of the 11th lord, the capacity of earnings get retarded and the native runs after the speculative business such as shares, lottery, 'Satta' etc., for which he does not have to make much efforts.

In the strong 12th lord's Dasa, foreign travels will be on card and the native will indulge in export business, tourism etc. This Dasa is good for trade dealings with the supply of goods. The debts get redeemed and the native will have the pleasure of lavish and luxuriant delightful nights.

A weak 12th lord's Dasa will denote fear of imprisonment, unwanted expenditures for the native. The possibility of eye's infection, fear from the enemies, estranged relationship with the relatives may develop; chances of some part of the body getting amputated or damaged. Lack of sound sleep; the native may get addiction, loss of friendship, the programme of foreign travels gets into jeopardy and loss in the foreign transactions be caused.

In the last Shloka, the Sage has emphasised the transit positions of the planets. Although the Dasa may be unfavourable, if the said planet is having a favourable transit in the signs of auspicious houses, it will not produce unfavourable results as long as it remains in that transit. Conversely, if the planet is having a favourable Dasa but the transit is not good, in that case, the favourable results gets forestalled till the time the planet is passing through such a phase of the transit.

पञ्चमेशेन युक्तस्य कर्मेशस्य दशा शुभा ।
नवमेशेन युक्तस्य कर्मेशस्यातिशोभना ॥ ९ ॥

पञ्चमेशेन युक्तस्य ग्रहस्यापि दशा शुभा ।
तथा धर्मपयुक्तस्य दशा परमशोभना ॥ १० ॥

सुखेशसहितस्यापि धर्मेशस्य दशा शुभा ।
पञ्चमस्थानगस्यापि मानेशस्य दशाशुभा ॥ ११ ॥

एवं त्रिकोणनाथानां केन्द्रस्थानां दशा: शुभाः ।
तथा कोणस्थितानां च केन्द्रेशानां दशाः शुभाः ॥ १२ ॥

केन्द्रेश: कोणभावस्थ: कोणेश: केन्द्रगो यदि ।
तयोर्दशां शुभां प्राहुर्ज्योतिः शास्त्रविदो जनाः ॥ १३ ॥

Verse 9–13

9-13: The results of the Dasa of the 10th lord will be auspicious if conjunct with the 5th or the 9th lord. The Dasa of the other planets will also be favourable if posited with the 5th lord. Conjunction of the 9th lord with the other planets will cause exceedingly good results during the Dasa of such planets. The Dasa of the 9th lord if conjoined with the 4th lord and the Dasa of the 10th lord if posited in the 5th house are also the benefic Dasas. The Dasas of the Trine lords occupying Angles (kendras) position or the Angle lords located in the Trine houses, also render good results and these Dasas according to the Astrological Savants are said to be extremely auspicious.

Translator's note

** The apropos Shlokas unfold the most important maxims relating to the effects of Vimshottari Dasas which are elaborated in the following notes :

i)The Dasa of the 10th lord duly conjunct with the 5th ford brings favourable results. This Dasa will boost the career or business of the native in which his personal efforts will contribute a lot. Owing to his high degree of intelligence and mental ability he attains status, dignity, fame, progress and imposes his convictions and ideas. The native adopts right path and does such good works which not only stand in good stead for the building of his future but also enriches his next birth.

ii)The Dasa of the 10th lord is also exceedingly beneficial if 9th lord is posited with it. In this Dasa, the native reaps the fruit of his past 'Karmas' and good results of his fate get transcribed.

iii)The Dasas of the planets having company of the 5th lord also cause good effects.

iv)However, the conjunction of the 9th lord with any planet gives excellent results during its Dasas.

v)The auspicious results of the 9th lord is also expected if it is posited with the 4th lord.

vi)The position of the 10th lord in the 5th house ushers. favourable results.

vii)The exchange between the Angles and the Trine lords is par-excellent and this is reckoned as most powerful Yogkaraka.

The rules (iii) & (iv) at times cause reverse effects. It is necessary to understand as to which planet is having conjunction with the 5th or the 9th lords because lots depend upon the natural characteristics of this planet and the house being represented by it. The results will get greatly influenced by these factors.

षष्ठाष्टमव्ययाधीशा अपि कोणेशसंयुता ।
तेषां दशाऽपि शुभदा कथिता कालकोविदैः ॥ १४ ॥

कोणेशो यदि केन्द्रस्यः केन्द्रेशो यदि कोणगः ।
ताभ्यां युक्तस्य खेटस्य दृष्टियुक्तस्य चैतयोः ॥ १५ ॥

दशां शुभप्रदां प्राहुर्विद्वांसो दैवचिन्तकाः ।
लग्नेशो धर्मभावस्थो धर्मेशो लग्नगो यदि ॥ १६ ॥

एतयोस्तु दशाकाले सुखधर्मसमुद्भवः ।
कर्मेशो लग्नराशिस्थो लग्नेशः कर्मभावगः ॥ १७ ॥

तयोर्दशाविपाके तु राज्यलाभो भवेद् ध्रुवम् ॥ १७/½ ॥

Verse 14–17½

14-17 ½ : The visionaries of 'Kala' have described the Dasas of the 6th, the 8th or the 12th lord as auspicious if they have the conjunction of the lord of Trines. The Dasa of the planets having the conjunction of the Trines lords posited in Angles or Angles lords posited in Trines is also favourable. If the Ascendant occupies the 9th house or the 9th lord occupies the Ascendant, in which case, the Dasas of both these lords bring happiness and comforts. The Dasa of the 10th lord posited in the Ascendant or Dasa of the Ascendant posited in the 10th house will certainly bring gains from the king, (Government, authorities etc.)

Translator's note

** As a matter of fact, the auspiciousness has been bestowed upon (i.e. inbuilt in) the lords of Trines (Trikanas) but the Angle's lords if placed in neutrality become Yogakaraka only when they get the company of the Trine lords. The 5th and the 9th are the trine houses. The Ascendant is also taken as trine. All these three Trines have different qualities and characteristics.

A person who gets things through his family traditions, refinements customs, circle etc., remain with him throughout his life. These aspects are delineated from the Ascendant. The effects of these inheritance on the education, comforts, stability, longivity, wealth, wife, children and social contacts are to be studied from the combinations as formed by the Ascendant duly revealed in these Shlokas.

The 10th lord in the Ascendant and the Ascendant in the 10th house will certainly bring benefits to the native from the king or his controlling authorities. This native will certainly have birth in a family having political interests and he will be brought up in these environments. Right from birth the native will harbour deep ambitions of acquiring the position in the State affairs and his mind assimilates the trick of the trade and other political niceties etc., will get deep seated and naturally, he will progress in that direction. As it is, the 10th house and the 10th lord are of neutral character and they are like a virgin land without seed but if it has seeds as signified by the Ascendant such as family traditions, customs, circles and other manifestations are sown, it will disindicate similar types of results.

In the same manner, the connection of the 9th lord and the 10th house will manifest luck, fortune (Bhagya) etc. The 5th house and the 5th lord are such elements of the horoscope which give rise to the 9th house and the 9th lord because the past karmas make the 'Bhagya'. The connection of the 5th lord reveal that the native's gains are neither through family traditions nor through 'Bhagya' but through his own personal efforts.

The lords of the Trines unless establish their connections with the Angles (Kendras), it will be like a unferlite seed which remains dormant. It gives results only through the medium of the connected planets. The lords of the 6th, the 8th or the 12th house get a connection with the trine lords (family traditions - the Ascendant, intelligent work - 5th lord; luck - 9th Lord) obiviously these houses will also get charged with the potency of rendering good results. For example, in the combination of the 5th and the 8th lords, the native gets success in Law or Medical Sciences and on top of it, if the 9th lord is also strongand other Yogakaraks also exist in the nativity, he will be a brilliant student in this field.

The combination of the 5th and the 8th lords will indicate Mining Engineering or study of Ancient Languages and the 5th and the 12th lords' combinations impart study in the foreign country.

In the same manner, the connection of the 4th, the 10th, the 9th and the 6th houses will make the native owner of a big Nursing Home. In the horoscopes of the persons who are involved in the export business of antique items, the combination of the 9th, the 8th, the 10th and the 12th, lords is noticed. From these citations, it is evident that the lords of even evil houses i.e., the 6th, the 8th and the 12th are also capable of producing good results during their Dasas.

त्रिषडायगतानां च त्रिषडायाधिपैर्युजाम् ॥ १८ ॥

शुभानामपि खेटानां दशा पापफलप्रदा ।
मारकस्थानगतानां च मारकेशयुजामपि ॥ १९ ॥

रन्ध्रस्थानगतानां च दशाऽनिष्टफलप्रदा ।
एवं भावेशसम्बन्धादूहनीयं दशाफलम् ॥ २० ॥

Verse 18–20

18-20: The Dasa of the auspicious planets posited in the 3rd, the 6th or the 11th house or their lords or the planets connected with their lords, manifest unfavourable results. The Dasa of a planet combining with lords of the 2nd or the 7th houses (Maraka Sthana) and also posited therein or the Dasa of a planet placed in the 8th house is considered inauspicious and will give unfavourable results.

In this way, with the inter-relationship and the combination of the houses and their planetary lords, the favourable and unfavourable results of the Dasas of the planets be ascertained.

Practice

Recall · 1

State the fifteen steps in order.

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Answer: 1 Understand the question. 2 Establish the chart. 3 Read the Lagna and overall shape. 4 Identify the relevant Bhāvas. 5 Examine their lords. 6 Examine the relevant kārakas. 7 Examine occupants, conjunctions and Dṛṣṭi. 8 Assess dignity, strength, support and affliction. 9 Examine the relevant vargas. 10 Identify yogas, supporting and contradicting. 11 State the natal promise. 12 Apply Viṁśottarī timing. 13 Compare supporting and contradicting evidence. 14 Judge confidence. 15 Synthesise and answer in plain language.

Learn this cold. Not because a list is valuable in itself, but because in practice you will be under pressure to skip steps — and knowing what you are skipping is the difference between a shortcut and an omission.

Understanding · 2

Why were Steps 1 and 15 held back until Week 13?

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Answer: Because understanding what is actually being asked, and answering in plain language, both depend on knowing what the middle thirteen steps can and cannot deliver.

Consider what Step 1 requires: deciding what would count as an answer. You cannot do that without knowing what kind of answer this system produces — that it gives bands rather than dates, tendencies rather than events, domains rather than particulars. A student taught Step 1 in Week 2 would have accepted questions the method cannot answer, and Step 15 would then have produced confident language for conclusions built on nothing.

Comparison · 3

Steps 4 to 10 are the natal reading. Which weeks taught each?

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Answer: Step 4 — Weeks 3 and 4. Step 5 — Weeks 4 and 6. Step 6 — Week 5. Step 7 — Weeks 1, 2 and 5. Step 8 — Weeks 1, 5, 7 and 11. Step 9 — Weeks 2 and 5. Step 10 — Weeks 6, 7 and 11.

Notice how many steps draw on more than one week. Step 8 alone accumulates dignity from Week 1, Ṣaḍbala from Week 5, Avasthās from Week 7 and Aṣṭakavarga from Week 11 — four independent readings of condition, built across ten weeks. That is why the process could not be taught as a list at the start.

Interpretation · 4

Why does Step 11 exist as a separate step at all, when Steps 4 to 10 already produced the natal reading?

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Answer: Because writing it down is a different act from having done the analysis, and the writing is what makes the gate enforceable.

Steps 4 to 10 produce a great deal of material. Step 11 requires you to convert it into a single explicit statement: what is this chart set up to give, withhold or complicate in this area? Without that compression, Step 12 has nothing to check against and the timing reading floats free. This is also why it is a written step rather than a mental one — Week 9 established that procedure, not willpower, is what prevents contamination.

Understanding · 5

Which parts of this process are Parashara's and which are the course's organisation?

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Answer: Every step's content is licensed by named chapters. The order is the course's, assembled for use. Parashara gives no fifteen-step algorithm.

That distinction has to be stated plainly and it is stated on the process page itself. BPHS supplies the techniques and does not supply a procedure for combining them. The ordering here is procedural organisation for learning — defensible, tested against the material, and not something you should attribute to the sage. Anyone who tells you Parashara gives a fifteen-step method is mistaken.

Check your understanding

Answer from memory first. Looking back at the reading before you try turns a memory test into a copying exercise.

Recall · 1

Which step is the gate, and what does it forbid?

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Answer: Step 11 — state the natal promise. It forbids proceeding to Step 12 until the promise is written down.

Installed in Week 8, the same week timing was introduced, so that the habit was never formed rather than later corrected. The fourth part of this week's assessment asks you to defend that ordering in writing.

Understanding · 2

Step 13 asks you to compare supporting and contradicting evidence. Why is that a separate step rather than something done throughout?

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Answer: Because contradicting evidence has to be sought rather than stumbled upon, and a separate step is what forces the search.

Every Chart Clinic since Week 2 has had a mandatory contradicting-evidence step for the same reason. Left to happen naturally, it does not — you notice what supports the reading you are forming and the rest stays invisible. Making it a named step with its own place in the sequence is the only reliable defence.

Interpretation · 3

What does Step 14 rate — the reading, or each conclusion?

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Answer: Each conclusion, not the reading as a whole.

A single analysis routinely produces several conclusions of quite different strength. "The 7th house is well supported" might be strong and "the period around 2029 is likely to activate it" might be weak, in the same reading. Rating the whole thing at once discards that difference, which is usually the most useful information you have.

Find it in BPHS · 4

Which chapters would you re-read before running this process on a chart that mattered?

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Answer: Ch. 13 for the judgment rule, Ch. 26 for lordship, Ch. 34 for kārakas, Ch. 36 for functional nature, Ch. 46 for Mārakas, Ch. 50 for the house-lord daśā method, and Ch. 74 for Sarvāṣṭakavarga.

Seven chapters — the ones the process leans on hardest. That is Week 13's only reading assignment, and it is a re-reading rather than a new one.

What you carry forward

Two things grow across the whole course. This unit adds to both.

To your chart-analysis process

**Step 1 — understand the question.** Restate what is actually being asked. Separate the stated question from the real one. Decide what would count as an answer, given what this method can produce.
**Step 15 — synthesise and answer in plain language.** Answer the question the person asked, in ordinary words, at the confidence the evidence supports. Say what you do not know.
**The process is now complete: all fifteen steps.**

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To your field manual

The fifteen steps: 1 understand the question · 2 establish the chart · 3 Lagna and overall shape · 4 relevant Bhāvas · 5 their lords · 6 relevant kārakas · 7 occupants, conjunctions, Dṛṣṭi · 8 dignity, strength, support, affliction · 9 relevant vargas · 10 yogas supporting and contradicting · 11 STATE THE NATAL PROMISE · 12 Viṁśottarī timing · 13 compare supporting and contradicting evidence · 14 judge confidence per conclusion · 15 synthesise and answer in plain language.
Compact form: Question → relevant houses and kārakas → lords and condition → vargas → yogas and support → Viṁśottarī → synthesis → answer with evidence.
Step 11 is a WRITTEN step. You may not proceed to Step 12 until it is on paper.
Step 13 exists because contradicting evidence must be sought, not stumbled upon.
Step 14 rates each conclusion separately, not the reading as a whole.
The content of every step is licensed by named BPHS chapters. The ORDER is the course's organisation for learning — Parashara gives no fifteen-step algorithm.

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By now you should be able to

State all fifteen steps in order, from memory
Say which week taught each step and why the order is what it is
Explain why Steps 1 and 15 were held back
Defend, in writing, why Step 11 precedes Step 12

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