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Karma Bhava
Mana Sthana
DOMAIN 10
Public Reputation, Vocation, Moral Leadership, Prestige, Dignity, Career, Profession, Social Responsibilities, Role Modeling, Mission, Active Duty
10th-from-any-house - 10th-from-Chandra
Karmaa:
action
work
deed
effort
business
office
duty
-- V. S. Apte, Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, p. 541
Employment, occupation, honor, trade, and commerce (also of the father) etc. from the tenth house.
-- Madhya Parashari, Ch. 9 , Shloka 10
Whatever effects are to be known from the Karma and Labha Bhava be also known from similar bhavas counted from Surya.
~~ BPHS Ch. 7, Shloka 39-43
Dignity, prestige, success in public life, father's wealth, and "Karma" or Effort, are seen in:
10th house from radix lagna
L-10
10th from Chandra & L-10-from-Chandra
10th-from-10th, or Yuvati Bhava
Radix (D-1) planets in Makara (Capricorn)
Radix L-10 within navamsha
Surya's condition in navamsha
Radix L-10 within dashamsha (D-10, the 10th harmonic varga)
10th house within D-10
Sun & Moon in D-10
1st-from-10th
(body parts, physical level)
skeleton
2nd-from-9th
father's Death
death of religious fellowship,
death of religious communication with the spirits.
(Energy is refocused, away from psycho-spiritual consciousness of house-9 and into human social consciousness of house-10. Karmasthana shows when (if ever) the native is empowered to speak about his society's moral values and practice, gives authority to express the Law.
10th-house signals "saturation" (2nd-from) with 9th-house matters such as speculative thought, late-night scholarly reading, etc. - and the move forward into social action.
Focus advances into concrete expression of social leadership, duty roster,
practical daily schedule of authoritative actions. (Guru should be strong for speech to be true!)
3rd-from-8th
communicating about confidential or dangerous information;
your position involves holding secret or privileged information about the area for which you are responsible
4th-from-7th
your public recognition provides stability & security to the marriage partnership
5th-from-6th
your leadership gives hope & good fortune to the poor, sick, and marginalized
6th-from-5th
animosity/imbalance with and for your children;
health/financial imbalance for eldest child;
debts of children (including expenses for public advancement such as children's education & health care; these are dignified debts.)
7th-from-4th
your public service creates important relationships for your ancestral family and home region
8th-from-3rd
traumatic, transformative upheavals from subconscious (and knowledge of frightening secrets) can disturb your mental health.
Relationships to siblings are transformed in house-10, sometimes destroyed, by pressure of your public responsibilities which prevent playing & competing when you must take a rigid, authoritative stand on what is right.
9th-from-2nd
your leadership duties occasion speeches at auspicious ritual celebrations, and your prestige blesses your family's reputation. Good fortune in all levels of wealth (although being 12-from-11th there can be reduction in actual income. Compensated by fortunate increase non-income forms of wealth.)
10th-from-1st
presence of Social Order, which unites people of various cultures & characters under a code of shared moral values formulated as Public Law.
(The values & laws will vary from society to society, but whatever values a society chooses, the leaders must uphold their chosen laws.)
you receive individual recognition from society; your physical appearance is well-known to the public (if house-10 is strong)
11th-from-12th
Success & Achievement gained from clear psychic intent
Fruits of Meditation,
gains from clandestine relationships
Gains from clandestine relationships,
gains from foreign countries,
friendships & marketplace associations with foreigners & which native develops during tours of foreign lands
12th-from-11th
public service commitments create loss of your marketplace mobility
Losses to friends, loss of friendships
loss of income through demands of public dignity.
Compensation from other areas of the chart normally, but it is true that when house-10 is very strong it is lonely at the top.
Various house lords will alter one's style & ability in performance of active duty. A good house lord in the 10th makes profession, authority, and other implications of karma bhava better. A dusthana lord makes it worse. But all lords have certain good and bad effects.
For example, L-2 occupying karma bhava puts L-2 in 9th-from-swakshetra, a decidedly auspicious angle. Native exhibits well developed moral & aesthetic values, wealth (often a profession handling some form of cultural wealth) and a healthy family lineage.
L-10 as 2nd-from-9th is the maraka lord who can cause death of the father. (However in practice lord of 7th-from-9th, or L-3, is more commonly the maraka agent for native's father.)
"If Dhana's lord is in Karma Bhava, the native will be libidinous, honorable, and learned; he will have many wives and much wealth, but he will be bereft of filial happiness."
-- BPHS, Ch 24, shloka 22
"How do you delineate the mission for which an individual is born?
The answer...depends on what is considered one's individual mission. It may be political, religious, social, cultural, or something else.
Generally the nature of one's mission in this life can be ascertained by a deep consideration of the tenth house.
If planets are powerful there, then the native will succeed in realizing the mission. If afflicted, there will be many hitches."
-- B. V. Raman, A Catechism of Astrology, page 80
Graha drishti affecting karmasthana or L-10:
benefics casting drishti upon L-10 improve easy & skillful expression of vocation
benefics on either side of the L-10 also improve easy & skillful expression of vocation
malefics casting drishti upon L-10 create obstacles & impedance in expressing & developing the basis of moral leadership
malefics on either side of the L-10 slow down or thwart easy expression of career & vocation
Leadership, Prestige, Position, Status, Social Dignity, Rank
The first and most predominant signification of karma bhava is social dignity. A strong, positive karma bhava virtually guarantees the individual a large measure of high status in their social group.
Along with status comes leadership. Auspicious Simha planets in karma bhava give moral leadership. Beneficial Capricorn planets make a conservative leader, perhaps a captain of industry. Mithuna will rise high in media communications industry.
Mercury in 10th gives an administrative career. Saturn in 10th (with strength) shows a rise through toughness. Etc.
Promotions; increases in rank, title, and status; rises in popularity; and overall glory in social validation, are marked by karma bhava, its occupying planets, and drishti to karmasthana.
Mahadasha of Empowered L-10 (free of negative drishti) will give very high levels of professional respect & recognition.
House Lords & Karakas in the Career House
Leadership capability whether compassionate or authoritarian, whether popular or hated, whether in education, politics, commerce, law, finance, medicine, or a host of other marketplace specialties, will manifest through the 10th house and its lord.
Karakas in house-10 are also highly significant. As always with karakas in their own houses, be alert to the dysfunctional effect of karako bhavo nashto - where "too much of a good thing" tends to overwhelm the balance of the house, and creates problems in execution for even the most intelligent and well-meaning native.
Government & Large Corporations
Karma bhava is the natural house of Capricorn, the sign of hierarchies. Strong 10th-house gives a proclivity to hold highly responsible executive level positions in government service or large corporate hierarchies.
Very little entrepreneurial freedom or creativity is permitted in iconic house-10, which emphasizes conservative social role modeling and public accountability. Being 12th-from-11th karmasthana gives "loss" or dissolution of income through a loss of mobility or flexibility in the marketplace.
However strength in either dhanasthana or labhasthana will compensate the native for the losses inherent in karmasthana's public accountability.
High-level public leadership responsibilities largely preclude much dallying in the marketplace. Success in entrepreneurial business, even when it brings the native high levels of public recognition, is a function of the gainful 11th house. The essence of the 10th house is public service, through government.
A competent and committed public servant may become wealthy before entering the ranks of government administration, or afterward - but unless he is a criminal (e.g. strong 6th or 12th house effects) he will not gain significant wealth through his service.
(As most Americans know, the President of the United States earns a much smaller salary than most middle-ranking corporate executives!)
One's overall relationship to one's government (in the Sanskrit texts, one's "favor with the king") is displayed in karma bhava.
See the charts of Al Gore and G.W. Bush noting their high levels of government service. Both were educated at the power-center colleges, and are scions of national leadership families. Both have rising planets, giving strong personalities. Both share a rising L7-L8 Saturn, showing both stamina and high risk for political assassination.
L-10 of G.W. Bush occupies dhana bhava, indicating that his government service dharma is controlled by his birth family. Al Gore, with the same Mesha 10th, has L-10 rising, indicating that -- although he too is the scion of a wealthy influential family -- his government service dharma is his own.
Positive conditions in karma bhava show the father's support for his king, or his own government's values. This father believes in the goodness of his own country, and raises his children to trust and respect their government.
Negative conditions in karma bhava will show that the father's values do not align well with government policies. The individual will have been raised in an anti-government home. Native may feel alienated from his own country, have no power to serve others, and deny the validity of the rule of law. In extreme cases he may choose a life of crime.
Large corporations function as extensions of government (or vice versa!) as they are governed by elaborate hierarchies and the rule of law. High-level administrative work in a large corporation is also a function of a strong karma bhava.
This attorney handles government policy issues within a large corporate law firm. His legal work has a substantial effect on national policy, but he does not need to run for office to make that effect. He is privileged to work in a comfortable business setting. He runs no risk of assassination and suffers no campaigning stress. Note: not only karma bhava but also 10th-from-Sun, 10th-from-Moon, and 10th Dashamsha are auspiciously arranged to provide "favor from the king". However with no rising planets, the personality is not charismatic or driven enough to get him into politics.
"Achievement" in the sense of achieving important goals, is found in house-11. But the social recognition we crave for having accomplished those goals is found in the recognition house-10.
Material-world status markers - position, title, social dignity, father's wealth - are seen through the 10th house and also the 10th-from-10th, yuvati bhava.
Even when the 10th house is not itself distinguished, mahadasha of L10 or auspicious transits through karma bhava can bring social recognition for achievements.
A strong 10th at birth shows natural ambition to achieve leadership status, but ambition can also temporarily increase with positive dasha or transits as above. Note that auspicious transits to any house only have effect if the transiting planets is ALSO simultaneously mahadasha pati or bhukti pat!
As 2nd-from-9th, karma bhava shows the father's wealth and values.
Generally, leaders are born into leadership families. The child with a robust karma bhava has a wealthy father and who himself received a good education and has strong values.
To have full strength, karma bhava must be free of malefic influences, and L10 must be in a good angle to the Moon.
4th-from any house is the vehicle of that house. For example, your mother's car is your 7th house (7th is 4th-from-4th). If you have a troubled 7th house, you'll have a difficult first marriage and your mom will have unreliable cars, be scared of driving, or vehicular karma of some variety!
As the 4th-from-7th, karma bhava indicates the vehicle(s) of the first spouse. If you have a distinguished 10th house, your first spouse will have nice cars. If your 10th house is really glamorous but your own 4th house is so-so, your first spouse will have much nicer cars than you!
Twelfth from any house shows losses to that house. Labhastana =s friends & community. Karma bhava as 12th-from-11th shows losses of connection to the marketplace and losses to your community, especially to your closest friends who care for you like older siblings would.
If your 10th house has strong negative planets, you might notice your close friends take a lot of financial, emotional, spiritual, or emotional hits during your lifetime. If your friends (however much you might love them) aren't able to support you well because of their losses, then your own social rank will suffer.
Usually if the 10th house is OK, losses to friends will occasionally occur, but only during dasha-bhukti of the 10th lord, or unfavorable transits to karma bhava.
From a business point of view, the executive who leaves the company and takes a prestige public leadership position - perhaps temporarily entering government service for a defined period of time - is demonstrating the "loss" effects of house-10. Government leadership positions typically pay much less than equivalent roles in private business, which are more associated with gains.
In addition, the character of a true leader is usually somewhat sacrificial financially: they are less concerned with their own gains and more concerned with the welfare of the people. House-10 does generally create a loss of "potential" wealth to those whose virtues include authentic leadership, and sincere concern for public welfare.
Children's Enemies, Debt, or Illness
6th-from-5th indicates the debt (6th) of one's children (5th). Since karma bhava is an auspicious house, the parent who accepts responsibility for his child's debts usually receives public respect.
Ari bhava (6th house) contains major imbalances, such as medical problems & consumer debt. Children's financial problems, medical problems, and other forms of animosity both internal & external, will affect the parent during the parent's mahadasha of L-10.
6th-from any house tells about enemies, debt, and disease originating in that house. Karma bhava bespeaks the illness, if any, of the first child. Second child's illness 6th-from-7th would be Vyaya bhava, third child's illness 6th-from-9th is dhana bhava. Etc.
As 8th-from-3rd, karma bhava can signify trauma to native's younger siblings - and, if 10th-house planets are auspicious, subsequent healing of trauma, within the period of L-10.
Hidden matters erupting into the lives of teammates, exposure of secrets during small-group meetings, sudden changes in self-made wealth and configuration of neighbors, are all encompassed in the period of L-10.
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Karma has four main characteristics:
The first is its increasing effect: goodness heralds further goodness and evil heralds further evil.
Secondly, karma is definite: in the long run, goodness always produces joy and negativity always produces suffering.
Thirdly, one never experiences a joy or sorrow that does not have an according karmic cause.
And lastly, the karmic seeds that are placed on the mind at the time of an action will never lose their potency even in a hundred million lifetimes, but will lie dormant within the mind until one day the conditions that activate them appear.
~~ H.H. Dalai Lama, The Path to Enlightenment. Glenn H. Mullin (Trans. & Ed.). www.snowlionpub.com
Through the establishments in mindfulness of body, feeling, mind, and phenomena in terms of their specific and general characters, one understands that these have a nature of impermanence and of suffering.
Through this, one's mind turns away from over-emphasis on the appearances of this life-time and from uni-directional adherence to the prosperity of future lifetimes of high status within cyclic existence as the aim to be attained.
Overcoming such over-emphasis on the appearances of this and future lifetimes, one generates an awareness that is directed toward liberation from cyclic existence in all its forms.
~~ H.H. Dalai Lama, The Dalai Lama at Harvard: Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace
updated: 25 July 2008
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