Why are Daśā based on the Moon, not the Ascendant

Question: If the Ascendant is more important than the Moon or the Sun in a horoscope, then why does Dasha begin with the planetary lord of the nakshatra the Moon is placed in? Why not the planetary lord of the nakshatra the Ascendant is placed in? The president is more important than the joint-chief-of-staff but this…

How to Read a Daśā Without Being a Rocket Scientist

You don’t have to mine the utmost regions of the chart from the start. You have to get a basic feeling for things first – just by looking at the simplest stuff, but thinking deeply about it. That’s the key to the first step of the reading – a dasha reading or any reading –…

Question about Astrology Predictions and Dashas

Question: Is there a 3-month period before the start of dasa/subdasa which can be considered as starting or ending of the respective dasa..something called “Kari ” period where the influences would have already started.   I am of two minds on this. One mind says that the world is analog, not digital. Things blur into…

Getting Started with “Dasha” Timecycles

Every horoscope has a timeline, called the “dasha” cycle. This timeline defines when something seen in the horoscope will unfold. Thus a single horoscope can show indicates for both extreme poverty and extreme wealth. Mapped to the dasha cycle timeline, the planets causing the poverty will bring financial hardship during their cycles, while the planets…

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Dasha & Transit Reading for a Funky Day

Zeroing In Jupiter Era The native is in his Jupiter era, and was born with Capricorn rising and Jupiter in the 10th house. This means that Jupiter owns the 3rd and 12th house. Thus one expects very generally that issues regarding writing/communication (and other 3rd house topics) will be prominent, along with financial loss/ feelings…

Election of Barack Obama

Barack Obama, August 4, 1961 at 19:24 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Vimshottari dasha eras and cycles calculated using the correct nakshatra year length of 359.017 days. Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States of America on the 4th of November 2008. At the time, he was in his Jupiter era. Let us…

How Long is a Year?

How long is a “year”? That question may not have crossed your mind but it is important, because Parashara (and all others) define planetary eras in years. So unless you know what a year is, you don’t really know how long the planetary eras and cycles are. To answer this question we must turn to…