The sub-period of Moon within the 7-year Ketu Mahadasha runs for 7 months. The results below are Sage Parashara's classical indications — how they manifest for you depends on the exact placement of Moon and Ketu in your individual birth chart.
केतोरन्तर्गते चन्द्रे स्वोच्चे स्वक्षेत्रगेऽपि वा । केन्द्रत्रिकोणलाभे वा धने शुभसमन्विते ॥ २५ ॥
राजप्रीतिर्महोत्साहः कल्याणं च महत्सुखम् । महाराजप्रसादेन गृहभूम्यादिलाभकृत् ॥ २६ ॥
भोजनाम्बरपश्वादिव्यवसायेऽधिकं फलम् । अश्ववाहनलाभश्च वस्त्राभरणभूषणम् ॥ २७ ॥
देवालयतडागादिपुण्यधर्मादिसङ्ग्रहम् । पुत्रदारादिसौख्यं च पूर्णचन्द्र प्रयच्छति ॥ २८ ॥
क्षीणे वा नीचगे चन्द्रे षष्ठाष्टव्ययराशिगे । आत्मसौख्यं मनस्तापं कार्यविघ्नं महद्भयम् ॥ २९ ॥
पितृमातृवियोगं च देहजाड्यं मनोव्यथाम् । व्यवसायात्फलं कष्टं पशुनाशं भयं वदेत् ॥ ३० ॥
दायेशात्केन्द्रकोणे वा लाभे वा बलसंयुते । कृषिगोभूमिलाभं च इष्टबन्धुसमागमम् ॥ ३१ ॥
तस्मात्स्वकार्यसिद्धिं च गृहे गोक्षीरमेव च । भुत्यादौ शुभमारोग्यं मध्ये राजप्रियं शुभम् ॥ ३२ ॥
अन्ते तु राजभीतिं च विदेशगमनं तथा । दूरयात्रादिसञ्चारं सम्बन्धिजनपूजनम् ॥ ३३ ॥
दायेशात्षष्ठरिःफे वा रन्ध्रे वा बलवर्जिते । धनधान्यादिहानिश्च मनोव्याकुलमेव च ॥ ३४ ॥
स्वबन्धुजनवैरं च भ्रातपीडा तथैव च । निधनाधिपदोषेण द्विसप्तपतिसंयुते ॥ ३५ ॥
अपमृत्युभयं तस्य शान्तिं कुर्याद्यथाविधि । चन्द्रप्रीतिकरीं चैव ह्यायुरारोग्यसिद्धये ॥ ३६ ॥
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Condition: Moon exalted or in own sign, in an Angle, Trine, 11th or 2nd, conjoined with benefics — most pronounced when full; or strong in an Angle, Trine or 11th from Ketu.
Sage Parashara also describes specific configurations under which this period becomes testing — for health, relationships, wealth or work. Whether any of these apply to you depends entirely on where Moon and Ketu sit in your individual chart. If this period is approaching or running for you, a personal reading examines these placements and, where needed, the classical remedies for them.
Sage Parashara prescribes specific remedies for this period — japa, charity and propitiation — selected according to the afflictions present in the individual chart. Because the remedy must match the affliction, the applicable remedies for your chart are shared in a personal consultation.
Phase-based timing: for a strong, well-placed Moon, the beginning of the sub-period confers happiness and sound health, the middle brings favour from authority, and the end can bring apprehension from authority along with foreign travel and distant journeys within one's own country, honoured by colleagues.
A full Moon markedly amplifies the favourable results; the Moon's strength is the deciding factor between family joy and inward difficulty.
Moon antardasha within the 7-year Ketu mahadasha lasts 7 months, as per the fixed Vimshottari proportions given by Sage Parashara.
Classically its tone is mixed. It gives favourable results when moon exalted or in own sign, in an angle, trine, 11th or 2nd, conjoined with benefics — most pronounced when full; or strong in an angle, trine or 11th from ketu. The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra also describes specific placements under which this period becomes testing — whether those apply to you can only be determined from your individual birth chart, which is examined in a personal consultation.
The Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra prescribes specific remedies — japa, charity and propitiation — for this period, chosen according to the exact afflictions present in the individual birth chart. Since the wrong remedy for the wrong affliction brings no benefit, the applicable remedies are shared as part of a personal consultation after examining your full horoscope.
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