Dashas and Nakshatras - how they work

January 1, 2006

Dear Mrs Wendy,

Thank you for your reply. Perhaps I want too much of Astrology, but maybe time

will tell me to relax and do not worry so much whether my birth time is correct

or not - actually my adventure trying to find out my real birth time sometimes

makes me laugh because each system I use gives me totally different times!!! I

have recently paid for a professional Astrologer to rectify my time of birth,

but he told me what I already knew!!! That my time is from 18.30 to 19.00. This

made me rethink my own rectification for 19.30 as the reasons he gave did make

sense... However time still remains a mystery... A friend of mine who does KP

Astrology says it must be 18.35.42 so that is the one I am testing now.

I am going to print out your email and use it for my Dasha studies using the

Parashara system only.

Still regarding my other email, could you please enlighten about whether Venus

being operational would or not also "activate" the Moon which is the same

Nakshatra though 9 degrees away?

Also, would it be correct to say that the Nakshatra lords take their house

significations from the signs? For example, my Venus in 5th is in the Krittika

ruled by the Sun, now should this Sun be regarded as 8th house ruler and when

Venus is operational would not only 5th (where it is placed) but also 8th house

significations "be activated"? Sorry for my technical English :-)

Thanks again and GREAT 2006 to you and your family !!!

Rui.

Wendy Vasicek <jyotish wrote: Dear Rui,

The basic principle, and this applies to all (mahadasa, bhukti, PD

etc), is quite simple:

"The significations of the planet, and the affairs of the house it

occupies, will manifest during its dasa."

The mahadasa, due to its longer duration will show the main trend in

life. For instance, during this Mercury mahadasa, the trend of my

life has been on learning, writing, communicating (as per the

significations of Mercury), and that learning/communicating has been

an expression of 9th house. Of course other things happen within

that period (as per the sub-lords), worries and concerns for

children, ups and downs generally, hospitalisation, death of

siblings and so forth...all sorts of things happen, but still the

main trend of life is according to dasa lord.

My comment earlier on the importance of understanding the influence

of the sub lords was in reference to their significations and the

affairs of the house they occupy...that's all; nothing

complicated, no hidden meaning :-)

As for the sookshmantar(4th) and pranadasa(5th), I don't know of any

astrologer who uses them consistently as birth time must be

rectified precisely...pranadasa can be so fleeting, do we really

need to know the minutest details of every day which are generally

forgotten very quickly anyway?

Best Wishes,

Mrs. Wendy

http://JyotishVidya.com

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Sunday, January 01, 2006 7:14 PM

Dasha levels - meanings

Dear Mrs Wendy,

Your interjection is very welcome.

You said:

"Certainly some adjustment in time can be implemented with

the help of sookshmantar, but it's necessary to understand well the

influence of these lesser lords."

Regarding the Dasha levels, I have read the following somewhere, but

would like to seek confirmation from you about the real meanings:

Dasha levels:

1. Mahadasha indicates your Karma;

2. Bukthi indicates who you meet and the things (problems, etc) you

encounter;

3. Indicates how you are going to react to those things promised in

the bukthi;

Would it then be correct to say, risking paraphrasing journalist

language, that level 1 is the WHAT, then level 2 could be the WHO,

3rd HOW? What about the 4th, 5th and 6th levels, what are their

meanings?

As you say, it is important to "understand well the influence of

these lesser lords", then what are their objective meanings and how

do they function. is there anywhere on your website where I can

retrieve this info?

Thanks again, Rui.

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January 2, 2006

Dear Rui,

You Wrote:

"Still regarding my other email, could you please enlighten about

whether Venus being operational would or not also "activate" the

Moon which is the same Nakshatra though 9 degrees away?"

All planets are naturally influenced by those they conjoin or are

aspected by...it's not that Venus "activates" Moon but that Venus,

and the house he occupies, is influenced by the presence of Moon.

Remember I had said earlier that the significations of the planet

and the affairs of the house it occupies will manifest during its

period...sit back and think about this for awhile!

Both the significations of Venus and the affairs of the house it

occupies will be influenced by all who aspect them (aspect also

implies conjunction). You should also sit back and contemplate the

fact that, in your chart, Venus is Moon's dispositor...this gives

extra emphasis to their relationship, wouldn't you say? Both are in

nakshatra of Sun and so forth.

When it comes to inclinations of the mind you should look at all the

influences...not just Moon! For you, lagnesh Sani is suffering

debilitation in 4th house (emotional mind/happiness & contentment

etc) whilst his dispositor (Mars) aspects Moon and Venus in 5th, as

well as their dispositor Sun (and Mercury) in 6th, etc.. The aspect

of Mars, no doubt, gives a sharp intellect but one can't ignore his

dispositorship of debilitated Saturn, nor indeed the aspect of

Saturn himself, which is a contributing factor to the depression

that sometimes overtakes you. Do you remember how things were when

you first joined JyotishVidya?

"Also, would it be correct to say that the Nakshatra lords take

their house significations from the signs? For example, my Venus in

5th is in the Krittika ruled by the Sun, now should this Sun be

regarded as 8th house ruler and when Venus is operational would not

only 5th (where it is placed) but also 8th house significations "be

activated"? Sorry for my technical English :-)"

Saying it simply might help to understand it simply i.e; "both Moon

and Venus (as well as Lagna, Jupiter and Ketu) occupy nakshatra of

8th lord Sun who conjuncts Mercury in 6th."

Regarding the difficulties you're having with your chart and the

confusion you've found with multiple systems...by your own words:

"actually my adventure trying to find out my real birth time

sometimes makes me laugh because each system I use gives me totally

different times!!!"

You have Jupiter, the giver of knowledge, conjunct Ketu in 9th

house. The thirst for higher knowledge is there no doubt...bear in

mind Jupiter is dispositor of dasa lord Rahu, so the desire for

knowledge is strong (passionate even). However, the presence of Ketu

can keep things hidden from you...Ketu is like a veil, a cloud over

Jupiter. Braha describes a planet conjunct Ketu as being dissolved

or swallowed up into an abyss... I prefer to see it as a cloud that

can hinder the full potential of Jupiter. We might also say that

one's approach to knowledge (or understanding) would be somewhat

unconventional (unusual)...this is the nature of Ketu.

Best Wishes,

Mrs. Wendy

http://JyotishVidya.com

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January 2, 2006

Dear Wendy,

Thank you so much for your time and clarifications.

Yes, Ketu's influence on my 9th and Jupiter delays things and all my life I

have never learnt anything the conventional way, knowledge always came to me

anyway and I was successful with my studies (school and then University), but

the way I always approached things was different and that actually was sometimes

a good thing because I could see what others could not, and both colleagues and

teachers would be interested in my views because indeed they were

"unconventional" and would bring some "light" to debates, so I think cloudy as

Ketu may certainly be, it also helps me see through clouds and sometimes see

things that others cannot see - this I believe is due to Ketu's placement in

9th, which is good for Ketu and maybe sheds some light on Ketu's cloudy nature.

>From analysing other people's charts, I believe it also endows one with very

sharp intuition.

Best wishes, Rui.

Wendy Vasicek <jyotish wrote: