Jataka Tattva · by Mahadeva
Chapter 17 · Planet Periods
दशातत्वम्
चन्द्राधिष्ठितो राशिर्जन्मनि यद्भावगस्तद्भावोत्थं शुभमशुभं वा ज्ञेयम् ।
In the birth chart, take the sign the Moon holds at the start of the dasha (planet period). Find which house of the birth chart that sign falls in. Know the good or bad results of that house.
रिपुयुक्पापस्य पापदशान्तरे विपत् ।
Say a bad planet is joined with an enemy planet. In that bad planet's dasha (planet period) or sub-period, disaster comes.
विपत्कर्तृदशारंभे सर्वाधिकबलः कोऽपि सद्वर्गगः शुभमितदृष्टश्चेन्न विपत् ।
Say a dasha (planet period) would bring disaster. At its start, say some planet has the most strength of all. Say it is in a good varga (division of…
जन्माङ्गचन्द्रान्यतरतश्चारवशेनोपचयगो ग्रहश्चेन्मित्रोच्चमूलत्रिकोणाश्रितोऽष्टवर्गजं शुभं पूर्णमशुभं स्वल्पं दिशति, अन्यथा नेष्टं पूर्णं शुभं स्वल्पं, तत्रापि तारतम्यात् कथनीयम् ।
Say a planet, by its transit, is in an upachaya (growth house). Count from the birth lagna (rising sign) or the birth Moon. And say it is in a…