Shoola Dasa

Introduction
We looked at Niryaana Shoola dasa used for timing ones death. There is another dasa
called Shoola dasa that can also be used for timing death. It shows death, diseases,
suffering and death of relatives.

Interpretation
Like in Niryana Shoola dasa, dasa of a Trishoola rasi can bring death. Because the 2nd
and 8th rasis in the natural zodiac are owned by Mars and Venus, rasi aspect on either of
them by Moon generates Rudra yoga and rasis aspected by Rudra yoga planets can give
death.
This author found the following rules to hold true in many cases:
AL or the trines from it can give death. If malefics or marakas occupy or aspect the 3rd
from AL or the 8th from AL, those 2 houses can give death.
Lagna and 7th house both show the self of a person. They stand for the invisible and
visible selves. Niryaana Shoola dasa starts from the 8th house from one of them.
Niryaana Shoola dasa essentially shows the progress of the 8th house. It shows the
motion of praana (life). That is why it has an uneven motion. It goes forward in some
charts and backward in some charts. Also the lengths of dasas can be 7, 8 or 9 years. All
this shows that different people have different motion of praana. When praana reaches
Shivas Trishoola or a powerful maraka rasi, the native can die. In Shoola dasa, however,
the motion has a constant rate of 9 years per dasa and the order of dasas is always fixed.
This fixed motion is like the motion of a quartz crystal. It is not the motion of praana and
it must be a universal motion. It is suggested that Shoola dasas show the force of Lord
Shiva. The force of Lord Shiva starts from ones self and moves at a constant rate in a
fixed direction. So Shoola dasa rasi hitting Trishoola rasis is less significant than
Niryaana Shoola dasa rasi hitting Trishoola rasis. In the case of Shoola dasa, death occurs
when Shivas motion hits AL or the trines from it or the houses of vitality from AL (3rd
and 8th). AL is involved instead of lagna, because our existence is a maya (illusion) and
what Lord Shiva destroys is the illusion of our existence. The physical body (lagna)
simply merges with the material universe, when burnt or buried, and the perceived self or
the maya of existence (AL) is what is completely destroyed by Lord Shiva.
Lesson: Niryaana Shoola dasa shows the motion of praana (life). Death occurs when
praana hits maraka rasis and the trines from Rudra (Trishoola rasis). Shoola dasa is the
reverse. It shows the motion of Shiva. Death occurs primarily when Shivas motion hits
the trines from AL or the 3rd house from AL or the 8th house from AL.

We have listed several rasis above. How do we choose one answer from the list? There
are 2 criteria: (1) Usually a rasi occupied or aspected by AK or Jupiter does not kill a
native, unless that planet happens to be Rudra. (2) Based on whether the native is of
short/middle/long life, we are limited to just 4 dasas. The first 4 Shoola dasas (0-36
years) bring death to a person of the short life category. The middle 4 Shoola dasas (3672 years) bring death to a person of the middle life category. The last 4 Shoola dasas (72108 years) bring death to a person of the long life category. We should choose a good
candidate from those dasas.

Death of Near Relatives

Shoola dasa shows Shivas punishment. It shows misfortune, suffering and death. Using
it, death of near relatives can also be timed.
For each relative, we treat the house that shows him/her as lagna and find Shoola dasa
based on it. Shoola dasa starts from the stronger of that rasi and the 7th from it. We have
different names for Shoola dasas started from different houses. For example, Pitri Shoola
dasa (pitri = father) starts from the stronger of 9th and 3rd houses. It is used in the timing
of fathers death. Bhratri Shoola dasa (bhratri = brother) also starts from the stronger of
3rd and 9th houses and it shows the death of younger siblings. Matri Shoola dasa (matri =
mother) starts from the stronger of 4th and 10th houses. Dara Shoola dasa (dara = wife)
starts from the stronger of 7th and 1st houses and it shows the death of wife (this dasa
will be identical to the natives normal Shoola dasa). Putra Shoola dasa (putra = son)
starts from the stronger of 5th and 11th houses and it shows the death of a child.
We mentioned earlier that sthira karakas are useful in timing death. Sthira karaka of
father represents father in a chart, for the purpose of matters controlled by Shiva (i.e.
suffering and death). Pitri Shoola dasa shows the motion of Shivas force for the father.
When Shivas force strikes trines from sthira karaka of father, fathers death can take
place. Trines from the corresponding arudha pada can also give death.
Similarly, we can time the death of other near relatives.