Hayanaratna: The Jewel of Annual Astrology
by Martin Gansten | 2020 | 195,046 words
This page relates ‘Subperiods in the Period of the Ascendant (lagna-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.
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8.8. Subperiods in the Period of the Ascendant (lagna-antardaśā)
[Sanskrit text for this chapter is available]
Concerning this, the results of subperiods (antardaśā-phala) in the period of the ascendant (lagna-daśā) should be understood to be [identical to] the results of subperiods (antardaśā-phala) [in the period] of the ruler of the ascendant itself (lagneśa).
On this matter, Vāmana describes which subperiods (antardaśā) indicate good or evil results (śubhāśubha):
In order from the sun there are the moon, Mars and Jupiter; Mercury, Jupiter and Venus; the sun and moon; Saturn, Mercury and Venus; the sun, moon and Venus; Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn; and Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. These are the planets that give good [results] when running their subperiods [in the respective major period]. The others should be understood to give evil [results]. The results of third-level periods [with respect to subperiods] are the same.[1]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
The order is the usual one of the days of the week. In other words, in the major period of the sun, the good subperiods are those of the moon, Mars and Jupiter; in the major period of the moon, those of Mercury, Jupiter and Venus; etc.