Dasha Sandhi  "Gear-Change" Periods between Maha-Dashas What is "Dasha Sandhi"? "Sandhi" = "rule for changing something". In language grammar, sandhi is a rule for changing a sound, such as the English plural rule for when plural-s sounds like 's' and when it sounds like 'z'. Sandhi is a rule for how to make a change-over. In Jyotisha, dasha-sandhi is the rule for calculating how long the "change-over effect" will take, when the native shifts from one mahadasha to another mahadasha. Experientially, dasha-sandhi can be thought of as "time required for changing planes" in an airport, or as the the "gear-shift" period in automotive gear transmission.  as the momentum of the previous mahadasha dies down  the momentum of the next dasha begins to build up Neither the passing mahadasha nor the arriving mahadasha performs at maximum power during dasha-sandhi.   Wait for full mahadasha effects until end of dasha sandhi. Also, it is helpful for predicting events to calculate the dasha-sandhi period between some of the longer bhukti periods during the longer mahadashas such as periods of Shukra, Budha, & Shani. To calculate the length of dasha-sandhi [approximately] Rule Example 1. take the combined length of the previous dasha and the next dasha 2. calculate 10 percent of total  3. divide the 10 percent roughly in half  4. consider the dasha sandhi or "gear change to start 9 months before the end of previous mahadasha, and to end 9 months after the beginning of next mahadasha  e.g., if you are changing from Surya mahadasha to Chandra mahadasha, take 6 years for Surya and 10 years for Chandra = two combined periods = 16 years e.g., 10% of 16 years = 1.6 years (approx. 18 months) e.g., 9 months e.g., Surya mahadasha will start losing momentum soon after the start of Surya/Shukra, and Chandra mahadasha will give full effects only after the first 9 months of Chandra/Chandra. About Dasha-Sandhi timing and effects  Dasha-sandhi occurs because the physical body is slower to accommodate the psychic changes that have already taken place on the astral plane.   Our hopes, wishes, desires, expectations, beliefs, anxieties, fears, and faith are woven into psychic patterns which get "set" to percolate down into the material plane, quite awhile before the physical body is prepared to accommodate those changes. The physical body is locked into habitual reactions increasingly since childhood.   Our habits get ever stronger as we age.  So, dasha-sandhi effects increase as we age.  Entering any new mahadasha in mid-life or later, expect dasha-sandhi effect-delay factor will be strong.   We might want the changes emotionally or intellectually - but physically the body prefers the security of known habits.  The body puts up ever-more valiant resistance to change as we age.  Unless one is psychically vigilant to maintaining high creativity, trust, and permission levels,  the body's survival instincts can squash even the most brilliant mahadasha prospects during dasha sandhi. Slowing for Survival - Have Patience When Entering New Dasha To be compassionate toward the physical body and its natural survival programming, appreciate that at time of dasha sandhi, the body has been long accustomed to managing the psychic inflow of the old mahadasha.   All of its natural balancing and preserving systems have been dedicated to managing the old stuff.   If you are finishing a mahadasha of Saturn or Rahu, that means your body has been dedicated to managing Saturn-karma or Rahu-karma for 19 or 18 years!!  That's a lot of habit! When new psychic information from the new mahadasha starts to enter the consciousness, the physical body's reflexive defense systems will resist the new opportunities/new information flowing from the new mahadasha in preference to the established older way of being.    It will take most of the allotted "dasha sandhi" time for the "new you" to really bear fruit. New mahadasha brings new attitudes before new events Nevertheless, there are usually a few confirming events right at the beginning of a new mahadasha that prove a noticeable shift in your aura.  Since energy percolates down from the aura's higher pictures into the time-space world,  you will notice some significant improvements in mental and emotional health first - before any material changes.  Often the psychic excitement of gaining more information from your memories at the onset of a new mahadasha generates a burst of enthusiasm for life (at least for a positive mahadasha).   Right at the beginning of the new mahadasha, even though dasha sandhi may prevent dramatic events, you start to get fresh insights regarding your psychic interrelationships with important people in your life.  At least one significant new relationship should start within the first "double" bhukti - and often there are several new "key" people introduced at this time.   Look for signals of impending change - impatience with the old job, relationships, location -- people treating you differently, etc - if your change-denying survival instincts will permit you to acknowledge deep change!   You may not be able to use the information right away, but you will be given it very near to the beginning of the new mahadasha.  An astrologer can see and confirm the changes that have coagulated on the astral plane, but you personally will need to set aside that voice of stability and social control which insists that "nothing has changed". Remember, anything which is naturally controlled by physical body systems is especially slow to change.  E.g., appearance, skin, weight, food, sexuality, etc. So, give it some time.  By the onset of the new mahadasha, auspicious spiritual changes are already completed on the spiritual plane.  These new instructions are moving quickly through the mental and astral planes, en route to the material - if necessary.   It is most desirable of course to do most of your change work on the spiritual & mental planes themselves, where fast-paced creative inspiration gives shockingly fast results, and the body's survival/change-resistance patterns don't get in the way.  Folks who do most of their karmic work on these higher planes (i.e. via meditation and creative visualization) are not much encumbered by the sloth of the material plane, and dasha-sandhi barely affects them. However, even before entering the material plane, en route through the astral, emotional transitions  get reactively sticky, and change is slowed.  If consciousness of the changes doesn't arise until the change-force has reached the emotional [astral] plane, it will take most of dasha-sandhi for the changes to significantly impact the physical plane where they generate time-space tangible results.  Stay open-minded and be willing to be amused.   Watch now as the new green shoots push through that ancient karmic mud.
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