Dasa Interpretation

by Hank Friedman

1. The Most Important Dasas

A. The Dasa of the Lagnesh. Perhaps the most important dasa to run is the
dasa of the lord of the Lagna (1st house). This dasa represents the blossoming
of oneself, truly becoming the individual we each are. During this dasa, we
may discover more about our true desires, gifts, and nature, and/or may make
a greater commitment to realize our authentic hopes and dreams. Because
many people do not run their lagnesh's dasa either at all or at a productive
age, the bhuktis of the lagnesh can be looked at for similar results.

B. The Dasa/Bhukti of the 9th & 10th lords. Whether it is the dasa of the 9th
lord and the bhukti of the 10th lord or vice versa, this period can represent a
very major turning point in a person's life. It can represent a shift into greater
status, grounding in life, breakthroughs in achievement, or simply a very
significant life change. (Logically, the dasa/bhukti of the 4th and 5th lords
would be an echo of this pair, and perhaps represent a significant, but
somewhat lesser, personal life turning point.)

C. The Dasa of a Yoga-forming Planet. The dasa of a planet that by itself

forms a yoga, e.g. a Pancha Mahapurusha yoga, is a very significant period in
a person's life, in that many breakthroughs pertaining to the theme of the
yoga-forming planet will manifest.

D. The Dasa/Bhukti of Two Yoga-forming Planets. When a person runs

the dasa and bhukti of two planets that form a yoga in the birth chart, this
period becomes the time when the themes represented by the yoga fully
express themselves. Note: besides named yogas, any relationship between
two planets is thematic and can be looked at in this way.

i. Positive Yogas. When the two planets involved form positive yogas, then
the period of their dasa and bhukti often will be very fruitful. The ripening of
the themes of the yoga can bring many blessings into the person's life. I
would include in this category such additional combinations like a Full Moon
(i.e. Sun/Moon or Moon/Sun periods), the dasa/bhukti of the Yogi/Duplicate
Yogi (if the latter is not also the Avayogi), Sun/Retrograde Planet
combinations (which like the Full Moon represent the time when the bright
planet expresses its strength), Neecha and Neecha Bhanga planet pairs, and
pairs of participants in multiple planet yogas (e.g. the Jupiter/Mercury period
for someone with a Saraswati yoga).

ii. Negative Yogas. When the dasa/bhukti planets form negative

combinations in a person's chart, it can represent both a downturn in the
person's life and/or the time in the person's life when they come to grips with
the birth chart pattern once and for all, and work through the karma and
release it. I would include in this category not only classically negative yogas
such as Shakata, Dainya Parivartana, and Kemadruma (which would manifest
during the Moon's dasa) but also the New Moon (which would manifest
during Moon/Sun and Sun/Moon), all Sun/Combust Planet periods, planet
pairs in planetary war with each other, Papa yoga-forming planets, and pairs
of participants in multiple negative yogas.

2. The Yogas of Lordship.

An interesting way to interpret dasa/bhukti themes is to look at the pairs of

houses ruled by the dasa and bhukti lord. During the dasa and bhukti, these
houses become activated together, as if they formed yogas in the birth chart.
E.g. taking the seed example from 1B above, the combination of dasa and
bhukti of 9th and 10th lords respectively is a major life turning point because
these two houses are so important and so powerful in effecting good.

In extending this theme, the most important pairs for yoga-like results (i.e.
significant life changes for the better) would be 9th/10th, 4th/5th, 5th/9th, 1st/9th,
and 1st/5th in descending order of importance. As with all dasas, the stronger
the dasa and bhukti lords are, the more potent the results, and if they have a
relationship in the birth chart, they are that more noteworthy.

Here are some possible results of combinations to of dasa and bhukti lords:

1st and 2nd: The development of deeper values. Commitment to the family.
Investing oneself in one's work more fully. Expressing one's voice more
authentically.

1st and 3rd: Beginning an important new project or enterprise. Starting a

physical training regime. Investing oneself deeply in an artistic process.

1st and 4th: Deepening one's connection with oneself. Becoming more
conscious of one's needs. Standing up for oneself more.
1st and 5th: New peaks of self-expression. The undertaking of creative
projects.

1st and 6th: Dealing with health issues. Changing one's work or health habits.

1st and 7th A major time for primary relationships. Working to end a
relationship or relationship pattern, and/or to start a new relationship or way
of relating.

1st and 8th: A potent time of self-analysis or self-work. The breaking down of
ego. Positive breakthroughs in intimacy or negative loss of appropriate
boundaries.

1st and 9th: Hearing ones soul's calling. Committing to a spiritual path.
Becoming a teacher.

1st and 10th: Taking major actions in ones life. Attempting greater
achievements. Changing careers to become more true to oneself.

1st and 11th: Awakening to ones deepest wishes. Aiming towards greater
fulfillment. Presenting oneself to a larger audience.

1st and 12th: The reliquishment of ego. The loss of self positively, e.g.
spiritual breakthroughs, or negatively, breakdowns or addictions. (The
strength/weakness of the two house lords is the determining factor.)

2nd and 11th: Changes in financial status. Making money in new ways.
Bringing more people into ones family.

3rd and 10th: Making major efforts to advance ones career. Beginning an art
or writing project.

4th and 10th: Issues of balance between the personal and professional life.

5th and 7th: The start or evolution of a personal intimate relationship. A

significant change in one's relationship to their child.

5th and 9th: Spiritual breakthroughs. Becoming aware of the patterns passed
from father to son. Travel, higher education, and becoming a teacher.
7th and 8th: Dealing with major issues in relationship. Divorce or renewal of
the relationship.

7th and 12th: Facing ones orientation towards pleasure. Addiction and
overindulgence issues. Sexual issues. Possible loss of relationship or
deepening of union.

3. Special Issues.

A. Bookends. Occasionally, a person will run the dasa and bhukti of planets
both ways, e.g. Sun/Moon and Moon/Sun. In these cases, the pair of
dasa/bhuktis will in some way have very similar themes. In the case where
the first of the pair happens in childhood, and the second in adulthood, often
the events occurring during childhood will find their resolution or fully
blossoming in the second sequence during adulthood.

B. Other Confluent Themes. I look carefully at the ways that the dasa and
bhukti lords may affect or activate the same houses. In addition to the basic
factors such as house lordship and occupation, and aspecting a house or its
lord, I also include the houses signified by the dasa and bhukti lords (e.g.
Jupiter is karaka for the 5th house), and the house cusps whose nakshatras are
ruled by the dasa and bhukti lords.

For example, if the Lagna was in Magha, ruled by Ketu, and a person had
Saturn in the First House and was running their Ketu/Saturn period, then the
First House would be activated doubly during this period. Or if the dasa lord
aspects both the Sixth House and its lord, then Sixth House themes will be
very stimulated during the dasa.

C. Amsas in Dasa Analysis. With respect to the Iyer analysis of divisional

charts, it is important to reaffirm the importance of yogas in divisional charts.
A yoga that only exists in a subchart may indeed become activated during the
dasa/bhukti of the relevant planets.

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