Karakamsha

"the doer, that which does" = kri

Jaimini Sutram with Examples: Results counted from the rashi of the Karakamsha

List of Public Figures by Radix Karakamsha

In modern era, usually = highest professional service.

Atmakaraka

• Karaka = "significator"

• Atma-karaka = "significator of the Soul"

There are several uses for the term Atmakaraka.

Atma-Karaka = the " chara atmakaraka" of the "Jaimini Karaka" group.

• Chara = 'moving' or "temporal".

• atmakaraka = the planet occupying the highest degree in the entire chart during the current lifetime.

For "chara" atmakaraka = of all the planets in all the 12 signs, one of them will have the superior degree.

Even if there is more than one planet occupying 29 degrees of any sign, within those 29 degree planets only one will be the closest to 29:29:29.

(No doubt there will be extremely rare cases where this is not so; and that fact itself would signify an extraordinary birth.)

• Also, BPHS 32: 31-33 says that Tanu bhava-1 = a significator of the self-soul

• Also, "atmakaraka" is used to denote the Lord of the Arudha Lagna

Karakamsha:

• "Karaka" = a general term for "significator". The root kri = 'action'.

• "Amsha" = "section" or "portion".

There are several different uses for the term " karakamsha" in the literature, because " karaka" significator signifies several different things.

1.Karakamsha= the navamsha rashi of the Atmakaraka.

• Locate this rashi in radix

• In this usage, the Karakamsa Rashi =

• The navamsha rashi occupied by the Atmakaraka planet,

• The karakamsha = one of the 12 rashi.

  • The karakamsha rashi may be utilized for predictions within the radix D-1, within the navamsha D-9, or within any of the varga divisional charts

• The "karakamsha lagna"= the Karakamsa Rashi as located within any varga, including radix or navamsha.

• As utilized within the radix D-1 which is the varga of social and physical materialization, the Karakamsha lagna = the greatest materialization success, or most notable achievements, or behavior for which the native will become best known.

For example,

• the radix karakamsha of the famous American "horror fiction" writer Stephen King = bhava-8 Kumbha, a bhava of occult mystery and conditions of death. King writes about psychological trauma, terror, and mysterious deaths.

• Mr. King's atmakaraka Shani in the 6th navamsha with strength but with a damaged Surya there reveals his ability to represent criminal personalities due to his orderly, scientific process of psychological profiling.

• To start to gain insight into Mr. King's literary genius and his remarkable career in an unlikely literary genre as well as his personal struggle (and triumph) with drug and alcohol addiction, it is absolutely necessary to see the role of the karakamsha Kumbha in ALL of the varga.

Karakamsha shows for what *actions* the native will be most productive and best known by the public.

• See examples of karakamsha lagna below.

• Graha in 12th from atmakaraka or Lord of the 12th bhava from atmakaraka within the navamsha is said to indicate the nature of the Ishta-Devata, one's guiding spirit in life. This guiding spirit may be a deity who is well known or a private assistant who serves as agent and messenger on the astral plane.

• For example, if 12th-from-Karakamsha contains Ketu, the ishtadevata = Shri Ganapati.

2.Karakamsha= lord of the Arudha lagna :

To find the karakamsha lagna which = the sign of the lord of the arudha lagna:

1. count the number of houses from the radix lagna to the lagnesha (lord of radix lagna)

2. starting from the lagnesha, count the same number of houses forward

3. This house the arudha lagna.

4. The house containing the lord of the arudha lagna is called the "karakamsha".

Example of Jaimini karakamsha lagna:

Martha Kostyra Stewart, the "Goddess of Domesticity"

Businesswoman, principal of the "Martha Stewart Living" multi-media domestic goods empire

• Atmakaraka = planet of highest degree in radix = Kuja = 23:15 Meena

• Kuja occupies Makara navamsha, signifying competitive ambition and commercial success

• "Karakamsha lagna" in the radix = bhava-4 = Makara = house, home, 'domus', domain, domesticity, education, cultural roots, mother's house, patriotism, nationalism, lands, vehicles, and properties. traditional ly culturally rooted ways of life.

Example of Jaimini karakamsha lagna:

Mother Teresa of Kolkata, healer of the unwanted and abandoned

• Atmakaraka = planet of highest degree in radix = Chandra = 25:26 Mesha

• Chandra occupies Vrischika navamsha

• "Karakamsha lagna" in the radix =bhava-1= Vrischika= self, appearance, physical body, individual social personality.

• Ketu in Vrischika lagna suggests that the personality is perceived as materially detached and saintly(cf. Jackie Kennedy). Ketu also gives the connection to homelessness, abandonment And despair.

• Mother Teresa's atmakaraka neechcha Chandra in 12th navamsha shows her tantric, mystical healing passion for sanctuary and prayer, and her lifelong emotional suffering

• but the karakamsha lagna matching her radix lagna shows that she will need to use her physical body and social personality in order to accomplish her soul's greatest desire.

Example of Jaimini karakamsha lagna:

Sir Winston Churchill, leader of Allied Forces in World War II

• A tmakaraka = planet of highest degree in radix = Shukra = 29:55 Vrischikha

• Shukra occupiesMeena navamsha,signifying musical or artistic genius

• "Karakamsha lagna" in the radix = bhava-7 = Meena = negotiations, contracts, agreements, partnerships, Alliances, advising, counseling

• Churchill was most well known for his negotiations with world leaders on behalf of Britain and his ability to form crucial Alliances in a time of great danger.

• Shani and Kuja cast drishti upon Meena, indicating the stress and the effort.

• Churchill is still widely considered to have been a savior of democracy in the West.

• However, in terms of "life lessons" Atmakaraka Shukra is brilliantly exalted in navamsha lagna. Churchill's true passion was art, and his soul may be understood to have desired to live through his paintings and sculpture above all.

• Winston Churchill's atmakaraka, the exalted Shukra in navamsha lagna (see chart below) shows his personal, intimate and spiritual (navamsha) passion for painting,

• yet his karakamsha lagna in radix (material world responsibilities and vocation) in bhava-7 of negotiations and agreements, indicates his role as a tremendous agreement-broker and alliance-builder during the British suffering in WWII.

Example:

Franklin D. Roosevelt = "karakamsha lagna" = "sign of the lord of the sign of the Arudha lagna":

• from Kanya lagna to Budha lord of Kanya = six house

• from Budha, count another six houses forward (starting in Budha's house)

• six from Budha = Karkata

• Karkata = arudha lagna

• lord of Karkata = Chandra

• Chandra occupies Mithuna

• Mithuna = "karakamsha lagna"

According to this method, Franklin D. Roosevelt should have been best known for his vigorous, extensive, and emotionally accessible Communications. That conclusion is certainly supportable!

Jaimini Method =

• Atmakaraka = planet of highest degree in radix = Guru = 24:43 Mesha

• Guru occupies Vrischikha navamsha

• A tmakaraka Guru in the social Thula11th navamsha indicates that FDR's soul passion on a personal level would be socializing with large groups, enjoying refined relationships, and building community wisdom

• "Karakamsha lagna" in the radix = bhava-3 = Vrischika = would show FDR's material expression of the soul's passion = intense, taboo-breaking communications which challenge cultural boundaries in a time of emergency.

• t his interpretation of FDR's life is also quite supportable!

IMO, both of these methods work very well and it is the Jyotishi's decision as to which method one prefers.

Q: Namaskar,

Can the Karakamsha axes be used in assessing the marriage compatibility, as you have used for cross-over matching axes with Lagnas of D-9, Chandra, and Rahu -Ketu. Can these be included for more finer compatibility matching?

My Karakamsha axis will match her Lagna axis, and her Karakamsha axis matches my Navamsha Moon axis. Is it true that the more the axes matchings is better the Compatibility? Can this be considered?

Best Regards

A:

So far as I know, the Karakamsha does not have an important influence on interpersonal compatibility. Karakamsha does show public perception about one's work and the significance of one's social role.

The more "personal" internal emotional and spiritual indicators are usually D-9 for spouse, Chandra in all charts, Rahu-Ketu, and any of the specific varga charts which may speak to the specific relationship e.g. D-12 for parents or D-3 for siblings.

The more "public" external professional and material performance indicators are usually the karakamsha+ L-10 in D-1 and D-9, the D-10 and all their cross-matchings.

Karakamsha in the usage = navamsha rashi of the graha holding the highest degree, as that rashi is positioned relative to janma lagna and chandra lagna in radix, is most specifically a predictor of the substance and style of the native's performance in public life.

For some people, there is only a very thin boundary between one's public life and one's private life. When the karakamsha = radix lagna, one's public destiny becomes exceptionally strong and tied to the physical appearance. Since the radix lagna is half of the "relationship axis" formed by house-1 and house-7, there might be some nativities in which the karakamsha = lagna does indeed suggest that karakamsha characteristics do play a large role in the marriage dynamics. (E.g., Mother Teresa of Kolkata).

However normally the karakamsha would not figure into a marriage compatibility assessment.

Q: Respected madam, Namaskar.

Atmakaraka determination

I am confused again about determination of Atmakarka. Should it be Rahu in the last seconds of the rashi subtracting for the reverse motion, or Shani?

A:I do not use Rahu or Ketu as atma-karaka. They are not deities. They cannot be significators of the soul.

~~ Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

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