The sub-period of Ketu within the 20-year Venus Mahadasha runs for 1 year 2 months. The results below are Sage Parashara's classical indications — how they manifest for you depends on the exact placement of Ketu and Venus in your individual birth chart.
शुक्रस्यान्तर्गते केतौ स्वोच्चे वा स्वर्क्षगेऽपि वा । योगकारकसम्बन्धे स्थानवीर्यसमन्विते ॥ ६७ ॥
भुक्त्यादौ शुभमाधिक्यान्नित्यं मिष्ठान्न भोजनम् । व्यवसायात्फलाधिक्यं गोमहिष्यादिवृद्धिकृत् ॥ ६८ ॥
धनधान्यसमृद्धिश्च संग्रामे विजयो भवेत् । भुक्त्यन्ते हि सुखं चैव भुक्त्यादौ मध्यमं फलम् ॥ ६९ ॥
मध्ये मध्ये महत्कष्टं पश्चादारोग्यमादिशेत् ॥ ६९½ ॥
दायेशाद्रन्ध्रभावस्थे व्यये वा पापसंयुते ॥ ७० ॥
चौराहिद्रणपीडा च बुद्धिनाशो महद्भयम् । शिरोरुजं मनस्तापमकर्मकलहं वदेत् ॥ ७१ ॥
प्रमेहभवरोगं च नानामार्गे धनव्ययः । भार्यापुत्रविरोधश्च गमनं कार्यनाशनम् ॥ ७२ ॥
द्वितीयद्यूननाथे तु देहबाधा भविष्यति । तद्दोषपरिहारार्थ मृत्युञ्जयजपं चरेत् ॥ ७३ ॥
छागदानं प्रकुर्वीत सर्वसम्पत्प्रदायकम् । शुक्रप्रीतिकरीं शान्ति ततः सुखमवाप्नुयात् ॥ ७४ ॥
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Condition: Ketu in own or exalted sign, associated with a Yogakaraka planet, or backed by positional strength (Sthana Bala).
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 Ketu and Venus 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: the beginning of the sub-period confers excessive benefic results and success in business; the middle brings mediocre results, with parts of it causing significant distress; and the end restores happiness and health.
Because Ketu is ever-retrograde, its sub-period within Venus tends to bring change and the recovery of things once lost, alongside the material abundance characteristic of Venus periods.
Ketu antardasha within the 20-year Venus mahadasha lasts 1 year 2 months, as per the fixed Vimshottari proportions given by Sage Parashara.
Classically its tone is mixed. It gives favourable results when ketu in own or exalted sign, associated with a yogakaraka planet, or backed by positional strength (sthana bala). 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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