Fw: Robert's Shoola Dasa Tutorial

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- Narasimha Rao

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Saturday, July 24, 1999 2:49 PM

Robert's Shoola Dasa Tutorial

Dear Robert, I am taking the liberty of forwarding your tutorial to my list. I

may add that antardasas (AD) in a shoola dasa start from the sign containing

the lord of dasa sign and proceed in the regular zodiacal order.All antardasas

are equal in length (9 months each). Lower level sub-periods can be found in

the same manner. JFK Jr was running the 4th AD (of 9 months) in the 9 year

Gemini dasa (1996-2005) during Feb-Nov 99. Because Mercury is in Libra, this AD

is the 4th from Libra, i.e. Capricorn. If you divide these 9 months into 12

parts, 7th part was running at death. From the lord of Cp (Saturn), 7th is Ge.

You can find that JFK Jr died during the sookshma dasa of Ge-Cp-Ge-Sg as per

Shoola dasa and during the sookshma dasa of Vi-Sg-Ge-Ge as per Brahma dasa. The

prominent role played by Ge and Sg makes good sense because Ge contains mrityu

pada and Mars in death-inflicting degree and Sg contains Maheswara in apamrityu

('bad' death) saham and 7th and 8th lords. May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha ------------- Dear Margarita, At 02:33 PM 7/23/99 -0600, you wrote:

>Hello Robert, >Having a relatively new interest in Jaimini, I read with >much

interest your comments on JFK Jr's chart and I can >follow your reasoning.

>Could you please explain what a Shoola dasa is. I found >references to it but

not the way it is used or calculated. Shoola dasa is one out of several Ayur

dasas in Jaimini astrology, that is, which are specifically meant for timing

death. Find the stronger of the 1st and 7th houses according to the following

rules, listed in order (in other words, if the first rule applies, then ignore

the rest. If the first does not apply, whereas the second does, then use the

second, and ignore the rest. Note that the following strengths were given by

Sanjay Rath in his translations of Jaimini Upadesa Sutras, for Phalita, or

result-based dasas such as Narayana dasa. If Sanjay could modify these for the

use of Ayur (longevity) dasas, I would be grateful. 1. Whichever one out of the

1st or 7th house is occupied by a great number of planets is stronger. 2. If

they are joined by an equal number of planets, or if there are no planets in

the 1st and 7th, then take whichever one is aspected by *more out of* (1) its

own lord; (2) Jupiter; and (3) Mercury. 3. If they are still equal, then the

stronger sign (Mutable>Fixed>Movable) prevails. (This, of course, will not

count when analyzing the first and 7th, as the first and 7th will always be

signs of the same modality). 4. If they are still equal, then the one which

has an exalted planet in it, is stronger; if a debilitated planet is in one,

then prefer the other as stronger. (With Jaimini astrology, use Gemini as

Rahu's exaltation, and Sagittarius for that of Ketu. Reverse it for their

debilitations). 5. Failing still to find a stronger one, then the sign whose

lord is placed in a sign of different oddity, is stronger. For example, the

lord of an odd sign, placed in an even sign, is stronger than the lord of an

even sign, placed in an even sign. 6. If they are still equal, then the sign

whose lord is higher in degrees, is strongest (In this respect, take Rahu and

Ketu from the end of the sign (i.e. 30 degrees - N degrees of Rahu). This will

finally decide the stronger one. SHOOLA DASA * Study in Jaimini and Parasari

books, how to determine short, medium, or full longevity (Alpayu, Madhyayu, or

Purnayu). Sanjay Rath's books "Maharshi Jaimini Upadesa Sutras", and "Crux of

Astrology" are the best available sources for these studies. * Each Shoola dasa

is nine years, and the dasas begin from the stronger of the 1st and 7th houses

as above, and progressing forward zodiacally. Thus the first term of longevity

falls between 0 and 36 years; the second between 36 and 72; and the third from

72 to 108. Determine which sign, in the allotted term of longevity (4 signs of

9 years each = 36 years), will most likely bring about death. Then you have

narrowed down the term of longevity to a 9 year period, as in JFK JR.'s chart,

where the term was between 36, and 45 years. * Death dasas are as follows: The

one most afflicted, or the 3rd or 8th sign from the Arudha lagna; The 3rd or

8th from the Atmakaraka planet; The planet occupied or aspected by Rudra or

Mahesvara The 2nd or 7th houses from the ascendant And, the 8th or 12th from

the ascendant, or the Sun or Venus * Sub-periods are for 9 months each,

beginning from the dasa sign, and progressing forward zodiacally. Eclipses are

bad omens as far as death happening to someone, at some time. First you must

make a longevity judgment as above, using an Ayur dasa like Shoola, and then

see if the eclipse joins natal factors related to longevity (Sun or Moon, lagna

lord, or AK planet) during the period when longevity is likely to be over. In

my experience, the eclipse usually happens two or three days before the event

of death, as in the deaths of Princess Diana and Mother Teresa, for example.

Anyway, I hope this helps! With regards, Robert