The sub-period of Mars within the 19-year Saturn Mahadasha runs for 1 year 1.3 months. The results below are Sage Parashara's classical indications — how they manifest for you depends on the exact placement of Mars and Saturn in your individual birth chart.
मन्दस्यान्तर्गते भौमे केन्द्रलाभत्रिकोणगे । तुंगे स्वक्षेत्रगे वापि दशाधिपसमन्विते ॥ ५५ ॥ लग्नाधिपेन संयुक्ते आदौ सौख्यं धनागमः । राजप्रीतिकरं सौख्यं वाहनाम्बरभूषणम् ॥ ५६ ॥ सेनापत्यं नृपप्रीतिः कृषिगोधान्यसम्पदः । नूतनस्थाननिर्माणं भ्रातृवर्गेष्टसौख्यकृत् ॥ ५७ ॥
नीचे चास्तंगते भौमे लग्नादष्टव्ययस्थिते । पापदृष्टियुते वापि धनहानिर्भविष्यति ॥ ५८ ॥ चौराहिव्रणशस्त्रादिग्रन्थिरोगादिपीडनम् । भ्रातृपित्रादिपीडा च दायादजनविग्रहः ॥ ५९ ॥ चतृष्पाज्जीवहानिश्च कृत्सितान्नस्य भोजनम् । विदेशगमनं चैव नानामार्गे धनव्ययः ॥ ६० ॥
अष्टमद्यूननाथे तु द्वितीयस्थेऽथ वा यदि । अपमृत्युभयं चैव नानाकष्टं पराभवः ॥ ६१ ॥ तद्दोषपरिहारार्थं शान्तिहोमं च कारयेत् । वृषदानं प्रकुर्वीत सर्वारिष्टनिवारणम् ॥ ६२ ॥
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Condition: Mars in an Angle, Trine or 11th, exalted or in own sign, and conjunct Saturn or 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 Saturn 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.
Saturn and Mars are both natural malefics; their combined influence on any house is particularly intense. The body part of that house is prone to injury or ailment, the person signified by that house faces difficulty, and the person signified by the house 8th from it faces added strain — for instance, both planets in the 2nd (8th from the 7th) places the spouse's wellbeing under pressure.
The results of Saturn–Mars periods are also coloured by the significations of the house holding both planets, the period effectively behaving as an antardasha of that house's lord.
Mars antardasha within the 19-year Saturn mahadasha lasts 1 year 1.3 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, trine or 11th, exalted or in own sign, and conjunct saturn or 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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