Parashari school
Phaladeepika · फलदीपिका
A well-organised practical guide widely used for house-based judgement.
Attributed to
Mantreswara
Approximate period
c. 13th–15th century CE
Rights status
source_text_public_domain
What it covers
Systematic treatment of houses, lords, yogas, dashas and result-timing for everyday practice.
Systematic phalita text covering houses, yogas, dashas and predictive judgement.
Signature methods
- Clear house-by-house judgement structure
- Practical rules for reading lordship results
- Compact yoga and dasha summaries
What makes it different
Prized for arrangement rather than novelty — it makes Parashari technique usable in sequence.
How the Parashari school reads a chartChapter-by-chapter summary
Phaladeepika is conventionally set in 28 chapters, and this outline follows that arrangement. Chapter titles vary between translations; the subject matter does not.
How to work through Phaladeepika
- 1Chapters 1 to 3 define signs, planets and their significations — do not skip them, later chapters use the terms without restating them.
- 2Chapters 4 to 14 are the house-by-house judgement core; read them in sequence.
- 3Chapters 15 to 20 cover combinations and strength, which qualify everything before them.
- 4Chapters 21 to 28 handle timing, longevity and closing judgement.
28 entries covering the full text
These summaries describe what each chapter covers in Astravya's own words. No verses are translated or reproduced.
Glossary
- Bhavat bhavam
- Reading a house from another house as its own ascendant.
- Maraka
- Planets associated with the closing phase of life in longevity technique.
Published rules cited from this text
Moon's strength governs mind and wellbeing
A waxing, well-placed Moon aspected by benefics gives a steady mind and contentment; a waning Moon, or one hemmed in by malefics, shows restlessness and worry. The Moon's sign is also the base for dasha and transit reading.
When it applies: Emotional wellbeing questions and transit reading from the Moon sign.
Phaladeepika Phaladeepika, planetary effects
Saturn transiting 12th, 1st and 2nd from Moon (Sade Sati)
Saturn's passage through the twelfth, first and second signs from the natal Moon is a period of pressure, responsibility and slow results. Its severity depends on Saturn's natal strength and the running dasha.
When it applies: Current-transit and difficult-period questions.
Where sources disagree: Many authors say Saturn gives good results for natives with Saturn-ruled lagnas.
Phaladeepika Phaladeepika, transit chapter
Jupiter transit from the Moon sign
Jupiter transiting the second, fifth, seventh, ninth or eleventh from the natal Moon is favourable for growth, family and gains; other positions give mixed results unless vedha (obstruction) is absent.
When it applies: Timing of favourable periods.
Phaladeepika Phaladeepika, transit chapter
Mars in the 10th strengthens drive in career
Mars gains directional strength in the tenth house and is described as giving initiative, competitiveness and capacity for command in work.
When it applies: Moderated if Mars is debilitated or heavily afflicted.
Phaladeepika Planets in houses
Rahu and Ketu give results of their dispositor
The nodes have no signs of their own and act largely through the planet ruling the sign they occupy and planets conjoined with them.
When it applies: Check the dispositor's strength before judging a node period.
Phaladeepika Nodes
Jupiter transiting 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th or 11th from the Moon is favourable
Transits of Jupiter through these positions counted from the natal Moon are described as supportive for growth, finances and relationships.
When it applies: Obstruction (vedha) points can cancel the good result.
Phaladeepika Gochara (transits)
Sanskrit source text is public domain; modern English renderings are not.
Every summary on these pages is Astravya's own wording of a classical principle. Sanskrit verses are not reproduced unless the source wording is out of copyright or licensed, and each published rule records its chapter, verse and rights basis.