The present state of affairs in the life of a human being is obviously judged from the changeable and dynamic factors in the horoscope. When we ask ‘how are you’ or ‘how are things’, these parts or constituents of the horoscope come to the forefront. In Vedic astrology, the foremost amongst such factors is the Dasha, and more particularly, the lord of the Dasha. This planet is called the Dashanatha in Jyotisha. The Dashanatha is far more important than is ordinarily thought. He is the temporary Lagna during the course of the entire Dasha. Suppose someone has Virgo Lagna and Venus is placed in the 10th Bhava from the Udaya Lagna in Gemini. When Shukra/ Venus Dasha commences, the Lagna or the Dasha Lagna is determined by Shukra and Gemini acts as the active Lagna during the Dasha. The reason why the Dashanatha is more important that might appear to be the case at first glance is that He rules the life of the individual during the Dasha. What could be more important. ...
A frequent mistake which is often made in Jyotisha thought is to consider events in Vedic astrology charts as complete or absolute or all encompassing . These words and phrases may not accurately capture the essence of what is being communicated, and so illustrations follow. The first and foremost mistake is to consider the horoscope as containing everything . One has an erroneous conviction that everything that happens in life must show up in some way in the horoscope, and even more acutely, something that appears to be indicated in the horoscope must happen, otherwise something is wrong. In the Ramayana, why was the Vanavasa or Agyatavasa not predicted by the great astrologers of the time, especially in the incarnation of Sri Rama Avatara. It could not have been that it was not known. One may conjecture but it is certain that there was no prediction. Still, Moola Dasha system which is used to time curses in the charts, effectively indicates the 14 ye...