DASHA VICHAR IN INDIAN
ASTROLOGY
ARUN ROY
MUKHERJEE
We shall now examine
the theories relating to “Dasha Vichar”. We know that there are about 42 types
of “Dasha Vichar according to the main texts of Indian Astrology but only
Astottori, Vimshottori and Sorhasattori systems are mainly followed by the
present day astrologers. According to these 3 systems and all other systems the
maximum life span of human being is taken as 120 years as per Vimsottori
system, 108 years as per Astottori and 116 years as per Sorhasottori system of
Dasha Vichar. In this context it may be fairly concluded even according to the
very ancient texts on Astrology, human life span is limited to 120 years at the
maximum and is an admission of the fact that it was not possible for a Vedic
sage to remain alive for more than that to study, compose, compile and finally
write the astrological texts which are commonly known to be composed by
Parashara, Bhrigu and Jaimini in Sanskrit language. (Please refer to my earlier
post “VEDIC ASTRLOGY”- click on Older posts). The Dasha Vichar according to all
the “Nakshatriki” systems including the three systems specifically mentioned
above (Vimsottori, Astottori & Sorosattori) is calculated on the basis of
Moon’s position in relation to one of 27 stars in the 12 zodiac signs. For
example, according to Vimsottori system any person born when Moon is on
Punarvasu, Vishakha or Purbavadrapada stars will be born with Jupiter dasha to
start with and will follow Saturn, Mercury, Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars and
Rahu dasha respectively one after the other. He will start with Sun dasha if
Moon is on Krittika, Uttarfalguni or Uttarasarha stars at the time of birth. We
are not going into the detailed list of dasha according to the different
systems of dhasha vichar. Our main issue is regarding the position of Moon on
or near about the star at the time of birth which, according to Indian system,
decides the initial dasha and the subsequest dasha a person has to go through
in his life one after the other.
The vital question is
when the Moon’s position vis-à-vis the star is so important in astrology for “
Dasha Vichar” and prediction purposes, is the method applied to calculate and
arrive at the position of the Moon and the star at the time of birth of a
person accurate? The method adopted is to find the Star which appears nearest
to the Moon on the date and place at the appointed time. We must take into
account three factors which are a) that the stars are far away in the sky, 2)
we see an object either when the light emitted from it reaches our eyes or when
light is reflected from the object and hits our eyes and 3) that it takes time
for the light to travel from the object to our eyes on earth. It may be noted
here that light travels at a speed of 186000 miles per second. But most of the
stars are so far away from us that the light from those stars, even travelling
at so high speed of 186000 miles per second requires a number of years. There
are number of stars in our Milky Way galaxy light from which takes more than
100 years to reach us. Some of the stars take about 1000 years or more. Light from most of the stars in the 12 zodiac
signs takes about 50 to 500 years to reach the earth.
In that context,
keeping in mind the facts stated above, it may be safely concluded that when we
see a star at a particular position in the sky, the said star was at that
position only at some 50, 500 or 1000 years ago according to the distance it is
situated away from earth and not now when it appears before our eyes. If a star
is 50 light years away from earth its today’s accurate position at a particular
point of time in the sky will be known only after 50 years when the light
emitted by it now will reach our eyes. If the star is 500 light years away from
us, we will know its today’s position only after expiry of 500 years. Therefore
when we see a star nearest to the Moon and decide the Birth Star of the new
born on the basis of which the new born’s “Dasha Vichar” is done , it is not
done on the basis of facts and actual position of the star but on a seeming
assumption and as it appears at the particular time of observation but not
truly. Therefore when we see Moon near the star Vishakha or say Revati and
decide about the Dasha in which the child is born, Moon is actually nowhere
near that star. The decision of the dasha in which the child is born is
absolutely not correct and so also the subsequent Dasha which the new born has
to go through according to the prevalent system of calculation. We may
therefore conclude that the Dasha Vichar system is absolutely faulty and
totally misleading.
In Indian astrology all
horoscope Dasha Vichar is done on the Birth Star or the Star which appears
nearest to Moon and the turn of Dasha of the planets during the life time of
the person are calculated and predicted on the basis of that seeming assumption
and as it appears and on not the basis of facts or the accurate position of the
Star and Moon’s position at the time of birth. The position of Star as it
appears at any point of time from a place on earth is not its accurate position
but only appears to be so. Therefore the Dasha Vichar calculation is done on such
assumption or assumed and faulty basis. The entire prediction process in
astrology is, therefore, blatantly faulty and imaginary devoid of any relation
with the facts. I find many people getting afraid of Shani or Rahu dasha or a
Dasha of a malefic planet which is totally unnecessary. I hope. You, by now,
are fully convinced that the year, date and time indicated in your horoscope
when all those dreadful period of bad and malicious dasha is predicted in your
life, (even for argument’s sake we assume such predictions to have any truth at
all) are all done on a totally wrong calculation due to a misinterpretation of
the actual position of the stars in the sky.
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