During the course of the sub-period of a planet the significations of the house ruled by the sub-period lord, the general significations of the planet and the significations of the house where the planet is placed would be touched.

The transit means when the planetary position on any given date subsequent to the date of the birth is studied with reference to the ascendant and the position of the planets in the natal chart.

For example, let us take a chart with the sign Sagittarius rising in the ascendant.  In this chart the lord of the eleventh house, Venus, is placed in the twelfth house, ruling losses.   During the sub-period of the Venus loss of elder brother, income and trouble to friends is indicated.  Now, in the transit the functional malefics Rahu/Ketu may form close conjunction/aspect with any of the three:

i)    most effective point of the eleventh house.
ii)    the natal position of Venus
iii)    the transit position of the sub-period lord, Venus.

The example chart pertains to a lady born 22nd December 1964, at 0850 hrs at Copenhagen 55N41' 12E'35 CE TIME (GMT + 1).  In her case Venus main period (dasa) Venus sub-period (bhukti) started on 24th Oct 1981 and was to run up to 23rd February 1985.  Now from the horoscope we would see that an incident like loss of an elder brother is seen in the sub-period of Venus as Venus ruling the elder brother is placed in the house of losses.  The transit Venus was of 1 degree in the sign Capricorn on 2nd February 1982.  It apparently retrograded and came into contact with transit Ketu at 29 degrees in the sign Sagittarius on the 7th February 1982.  Up to the 21st February 1982, the transit Venus and transit Ketu were within 3 degrees range.  The sub-period lord was not only weak due to its being in the state of infancy but it was in close conjunction with Ketu.  Ketu is also placed in the house of losses in the natal chart and is having the inclinations of causing loss with whatever planet it forms close conjunction or aspect with, the native lost her elder brother.

(To understand previous discussion click here to see the chart)

The sub-period lord sets the trends as per the lordship and the placement of the planet, besides the other influences on the planet.  The transit planets cause influence whenever they come into contact with the natal position or the transit position of the sub-period lord.

We hope this gives better understanding into the interaction between the transit results and the sub-period lord results with the help of the above example.