The sub-period of Mars within the 17-year Mercury Mahadasha runs for 11.9 months. The results below are Sage Parashara's classical indications — how they manifest for you depends on the exact placement of Mars and Mercury in your individual birth chart.
सौम्यस्यान्तर्गते भौमे लग्नात्केन्द्रत्रिकोणगे । स्वोच्चे वा स्वर्क्षगे वापि लग्नाधिपसमन्विते ॥ ३६ ॥ राजानुग्रह्मशान्तिं च गृहे कल्याणसम्भवम् । लक्ष्मीकटाक्षचि हानि नष्टराज्यार्थमाप्नुयात् ॥ ३७ ॥ पुत्रोत्सवादिसन्तोषं गृहं गोधनसंकुलम् । गृहक्षेत्रादिलाभं च गजवाजिसमन्वितम् ॥ ३८ ॥ राजप्रीतिकरं चैव स्त्रीसौख्यं चातिशोभनम् ॥ ३८½ ॥
नीचक्षेत्रसमायुक्ते ह्यष्टमे वा व्ययेऽपि वा ॥ ३९ ॥ पापदृष्टियुते वापि देहपीडा मनोव्यथा । उद्योगभंगो देशादौ स्वग्रामे धान्यनाशनम् ॥ ४० ॥ ग्रंथिशस्त्रव्रणादीनां भयं तापज्वरादिकम् ॥ ४०½ ॥
दायेशात्केन्द्रगे भौमे त्रिकोणे लाभगेऽपि वा ॥ ४१ ॥ शुभदृष्टे धनप्राप्तिर्देहसौख्यं भवेन्नृणाम् । पुत्रलाभो यशोवृद्धिर्भातृवर्गो महाप्रियः ॥ ४२ ॥
दायेशादथ रन्ध्रस्थे व्यये वा पापसंयुते । तद्भुक्त्यादौ महाक्लेशो प्रातृवर्गे महद्भयम् ॥ ४३ ॥ नृपाग्निचौरभीतिश्च पुत्रमित्रविरोधनम् । स्थानभ्रंशो भवेदादौ मध्ये सौख्यं धनागमः ॥ ४४ ॥ अन्ते तु राजभीति: स्यात्स्थानभ्रंशोह्यथापि वा ॥ ४४½ ॥
द्वितीयद्यूननाथे तु ह्यपमृत्युभयं भवेत् ॥ ४५ ॥ गोदानं च प्रकुर्वीत मृत्युञ्जयजपं चरेत् । शंकरस्य प्रसादेन ततः सुखमवाप्नुयात् ॥ ४६ ॥
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Condition: Mars in an angle or trine, exalted or in its own sign, or joined with the Ascendant lord.
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 Mars and Mercury 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.
Mercury absorbs Mars's energetic, assertive nature here, so a well-placed Mars channels drive into property and gains, while an afflicted Mars channels it into conflict.
The effects are more pronounced for Leo, Pisces, Capricorn and Sagittarius Ascendants, where the house combinations of Mercury and Mars tend to be less favourable. For Leo Ascendant specifically, if Mercury and Mars occupy auspicious houses the native earns through land and property development and may own sizeable property.
Classical illustration (Example 61, Leo Ascendant): with Mars as 4th lord (land) and 9th lord (fortune) in the 9th house conjunct Mercury, the native inherited a large business complex transferred by will from a maternal relative and moved into a palatial residence during Mercury–Mars.
Mars antardasha within the 17-year Mercury mahadasha lasts 11.9 months, as per the fixed Vimshottari proportions given by Sage Parashara.
Classically its tone is mixed. It gives favourable results when mars in an angle or trine, exalted or in its own sign, or joined with the ascendant lord. 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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