Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology
by Martin Gansten | 2020 | 195,046 words
This page relates ‘Subperiods in the Period of the Sun (surya-antardasha)’ of the English translation of Balabhadra’s Hayaratna—a significant work within the realm of Indian astrology, particularly focused on the Tajika tradition, which adeptly intertwines ancient Indian and Perso-Arabic astrological knowledge. The Hayaratna acts as both an analytical commentary and a guidebook for practitioners keen on exploring horoscopic astrology, particularly the art of predicting annual occurrences (in Sanskrit known as Varshaphala) based on astrological calculations.
8.1. Subperiods in the Period of the Sun (sūrya-antardaśā)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
[Tājikasāra 307–311 says:]
The [sub]period of the moon in the ongoing period of the sun gives favour from the king, gain of wealth and grains, attainment of happiness, the appearance of friends and children, and delight through women and one’s own people.
If [the subperiod] of Mars [occurs] in the period of the sun, it makes gain of wealth from the commander of an army or from the king, gain of friends and goods, much happiness, and gain of red garments and land.
[In the subperiod] of Mercury in the ongoing period of the sun, there is loss of happiness and wealth, danger from enemies and illness, lethargy, the onset of calamity, and complete loss of wealth by donating to an unworthy recipient.
[The subperiod] of Jupiter occurring in the period of the sun gives gain of gold and horses, friendship with good people or manifold happiness from women and children, and the company of a good prince.
If the [sub]period of Venus [occurs] within the period of the sun, it will bring forth the onset of enmity with good men, severe loss of merit and goods, manifold evils, foolishness and gauntness.
The [sub]period of Saturn in the current period of the sun visits danger from hunger, weapons, and the king, disputes, gauntness of body, enmity with one’s own people, and disease of the eyes on men.
Here, the results of a planet’s own subperiod (svāntardaśā-phala) within its period (svadaśā) should be understood to be [identical with] the results of its [major] period (daśāphala) described above. This concludes the results of the subperiods (antardaśā-phala) in the period of the sun (arka-daśā).