CONTENTS

Preface
Chapter One-Preliminaries

Extent of Houses

Signs inimical to planets

Sambandhas

Nodes-Rahu and Ketu

Relationship between a Planet and Houses

Relationship between Planets

Arudha and Divisional Charts

Determination of relatives

Karakas, Essential Planets, Factors and Karaka Properties

Signs

Nature of Planets and Houses

Elements of Planets

Aspects

Strength of Planets

Strength of Houses

Basic characteristics of houses

Constellations

Planets in signs

Marakas

Basic characteristics of Ascendants

Ghapter Two-The Major-Period

Some independent methods of timing

Major-period analysis

Results relating to general significations of planets

House dependent results of the period of a planet

Results of planetary periods based on linkages

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135-242

Chapter Three-The Sub and Inter-Periods

Sub-period analysis

Inter-period analysis

Inferior-period analysis

Concise general method for determination of

period results
Results of sub-period of the major-period planet
Relocation, Incarceration and Direction of Journey
Effect of distance between major and subperiod planets
Effect of specific sub-periods

Principles to fix timing

Time of operation of a planet in its period

243-305

Chapter Four-The Annual Chart

306-321

Chapter Five-Transits

322-340

Traditional rules for transit analysis

Transit of ruler of the band of years

Transit of the period planet

Transit of the karaka

Transit of the Sun

Transit of the Moon

Chapter Six-Applied Astrology

341-356

Bibliography

357

Index

359

Preface
This is the first work in which an attempt has been made to
scientifically put to practice concepts relating to progression only hinted
at in Bhrigu Samhita. This is a unique attempt that has been
successfully employed to time events correctly.
Astrological analysis has two components. The first is the deduction
of likely trends in the life of an individual. This determines as to what is
in store for an individual in various areas of his life. The second, and
more important, is to determine the time when events in his life,
according to the trends that are visible in his chart, would happen.
We have dealt with the first part in substantial detail in our previous
work Predictive Astrology-An Insight published by M/s Motilal Banarsidass,
Delhi. It tells us as to how a chart should be read and the manner in
which general trends in various facets of life of an individual can be
determined. This book is a companion to the earlier one. The matter of
timing of an event is of a more complex nature and needs concrete
assistance. The present work makes an innovative and unique attempt
in this direction. This work is a manual for working out the time when an
event would happen. It does not call for much mathematics, it relies on
sound classical principles and analysis.
Our ancient literature on astrology has hints scattered here and
there for timing the events, but no systematic guidance is available. We
have relied on these hints and have analysed them into a coherent
applicable whole. We have at most of the places identified the classical
source of knowledge. This has been done rather copiously. It makes
further reference and study easier. This also shows that the methods of
timing are available in our ancient literature. We only have to identify
and use them appropriately. A bibliography of references has been
included. It is there only to tell the reader at one place the books that he
may like to refer to while going through the present work, but it is not
meant to act as a literary and academic embellishment. Only those
works have been referred to that have actually been used in this book.
Each method of timing has been applied to at least one hundred birth