The sub-period of Mars 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 Mars and Venus in your individual birth chart.
शुक्रस्यान्तर्गते भौमे लग्नात्केन्द्रत्रिकोणगे । स्वोच्चे वा स्वक्षगे भौमे लाभे वा बलसंयुते ॥ ३० ॥
लग्नाधिपेन संयुक्ते कर्मभाग्येशसंयुते । तद्भुक्तौ राजयोगादिसम्पदं शोभनां वदेत् ॥ ३१ ॥
वस्त्राभरणभूम्यादेरिष्टसिद्धिः सुखावहा ॥ ३१½ ॥
तथाऽष्टमे व्यये वाऽपि दायेशाद्वा तथैव च ॥ ३२ ॥
शीतज्वरादिपीडा च पितृमातृभयावहा । ज्वराद्यधिकरोगाश्च स्थानभ्रंशो मनोरुजा ॥ ३३ ॥
स्वबन्धुजनहानिश्च कलहो राजविग्रहः । राजद्वारजनद्वेषो धनधान्यव्ययोऽधिकः ॥ ३४ ॥
व्यवसायात्फलं नेष्टं ग्रामभूम्यादिहानिकृत् । द्वितीयद्यूननाथे तु देहबाधा भविष्यति ॥ ३५ ॥
— Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra
Condition: Mars strong in an Angle, Trine, own or exalted sign, or in the 11th or 9th house, conjoined the lord of the Ascendant, 10th or 9th house (especially potent for a Cancer Ascendant).
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 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.
Sage Parasara states that the native is bestowed with property through the goodwill of authority when Mars sits in an Angle or Trine from the Ascendant, in own or exalted sign, or strong in the 11th or 9th, or conjoined the Ascendant lord; for a Cancer Ascendant these aphorisms give maximum effect (Mars there being a Yogakaraka).
Illustrative case: with Mars a Yogakaraka in an Angle (the 7th), exalted, aspected by the Moon and the 9th lord Jupiter, the strongest planet by Shadbala, and the dispositor of a 5th-house Venus, the native erected a very large factory with government support during this sub-period — delivering excellent results right from the start.
Mars 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 mars strong in an angle, trine, own or exalted sign, or in the 11th or 9th house, conjoined the lord of the ascendant, 10th or 9th house (especially potent for a cancer ascendant). 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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