Profession - Career -Vocation

 Regulatory Roles- Leadership - Public Dignity - Hierarchical Position - Pyramid Organizations - Social Status - Rank - Reputation - Responsibility - Law - Government - Structure - Orderly Environments - Decisions Made on Behalf of Those Below

Amoghasiddhi Buddha

"One Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain"

from B.V. Raman, A Catechism of Astrology, [4th edition 1992] part II, page 2

: Q. How are predictions on profession made? There are differences of opinion on this point.

A .

• Some read profession from the 10th house from the Ascendant or the Moon.

• Some read it from the Navamsha lord-of-the-lord of the 10th.

• he first house also indicates profession in 'Prasna'.

All these have to be looked into and the strongest one indicates 'profession'."

• Leading career indicators Dignity= karma bhava and L-10

• Celebrity Prestige Fame = putra bhava and L-5

• radix L-10as it behaves in navamsha

• navamsha L-10as it behaves in radix

• Surya, 10th-from-Chandra

• 10th-from-Arudha lagna= Public perceptions

• lord of Dashamsha as it behaves in radix

• L-10+ L-7

• Arudha of Karma Bhava, "Karma Pada"

• karakamsha = career indicator

• Sample Career and Vocation Charts

  • Navamsha and Career

  • Navamsha and Career: Case Study 1

  • Q and A - some career questions answered

  • Loss of job, career, profession, leadership position?

    Will he succeed in the "Insurance Sector"?

    I want to be a professional writer. Do I have the right planets?

    I've read that having one panch-maha-purusha planet guarantees a great career.

    Bad job karma

~~ Sarvartha Chintamani, Chapter 2, Shloka 7

"When the planet occupying the Navamsha [lagna] is powerful, the acquisition of wealth will be without much effort.

Should it be weak a little wealth will accrue.

The country where the native will acquire wealth will be signified by the sign representing the 10th house or the Navamsha owned by the lord of the 10th house.

But, when this Sign is occupied or aspected by its lord, the native will earn in his own country.

So it shall be if the Navamsha occupied by the lord of the 10th house in an immovable sign.

When the said sign is owned or aspected by planets other than its lord, the person concerned will earn in the place other than his own country.

The livelihood is also determined from the nature of the planet who is lord of the Navamsha sign occupied by the lord of the 10th house."

~~ Robert Frost

"By working faithfully eight hours a day

 you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. "

Other aspects of 'livelihood' = not functions of karma bhava

• Wealth earned, sources of gains and income, marketplace activities = 11th-from

• Workmates, team, department, cohort, ensemble = 3rd-from

• Wealth acquired, hoard = 2nd-from

• Servants, employees, underlings, domestic animals, exploitation = 6th-from

• bright lights of fame, individual genius, celebrity, creativity = 5th-from

  • (distinguish from respect due to institutional height of the duty post = 10th-from)

• general type of public visibility and duties = 10th Navamsha

• Lord of the navamsha of Radix L-10  = according to Phaladeepika, this is the "source of income"

~~ B. V. Raman, A Catechism of Astrology, page 80

• "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,[4th edition 1992] part II page 2

"Q: From which Bhava or planet can the place or direction of one's livelihood be ascertained?

A :

Ordinarily the 10th Bhava is the one that denotes all particulars relating to one's livelihood, including the place or direction;

the sign that is found on the cusp of that Bhava determines the place or direction one has to look for the line of least resistance.

As regards the planets, the matter is somewhat more complicated.

the lord of the 10th Bhava is in some Navamsha. The lord of that amsha is one of the planets that has major significance.

• the sign in which that lord is placed,

• the lord of the 10th,

• And also the sign in which the Sun is located

have also subsidiary importance.

All these influences have to be carefully blended and judged in the case of a particular horoscope

and the dominant direction is to be taken note of before prediction as regards place or direction of profession can be made.

• If the Moon is strong, the above has also to be applied from the position of the Moon also."

Career advice from the Apostle Paul: letter 1 Timothy 3 (New International Version):

" Here is a trustworthy saying:

• If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.

• Now the overseer must be above reproach,

  • the husband of but one wife,

  • temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable,

  • able to teach,

  • not given to drunkenness,

  • not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,

  • not a lover of money.

• He must manage his own family well

  and see that his children obey him with proper respect.

  • (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church)...

• He must also have a good reputation with outsiders,

  • so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil's trap."

Factors which promote social visibility, career respect,  distinguished reputation, and professional recognition

• dignified, well-aspected karma bhava and L-10

• the all-important 10th-from-10th Yuvati bhava (lacking good advisors, the career may be weakened)
  

• L-10 = favorable relationship to tanu bhava and L-1

• strong graha residing in 10.

  • especially Surya and Mangala  = digbala in 10

• stable and well-aspected lord of 10th-from-Chandra grants emotional consistency in responsible roles

  • periods of lord of 10th-from-Chandra may be very auspicious for holding socially dignified roles in professions of schooling, parenting, licensing, caretaking, gardening, sheltering, perpetuation and defense of the root culture

  • also it is important to appreciate that personal life can be effectively compartmentalized from public life so that a person in deep emotional distress may nevertheless be an effective leader.  Chandra Himself may be very troubled yet this personal condition need not impede successful execution of public leadership and institutional regulatory duties (example: Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein)

• ideally, Vimshottari periods of L-10 should occur in mid-life when the native is emotionally mature but still physically strong

  • should the Vimshottari dasha of the L-10 occur at a time in life when society naturally expects to see leadership (after Mangala matures at 28 and before the third Saturn-return age 87) and the mahadasha-pati is strong, a remarkable period of leadership excellence may be predicted

• the karakamsha itself should = kendra or trine; also the lord of the karakamsha and the lord of the 10th from the karakamsha

• the lord of the aruda lagna and similarly the lord of karma-pada = Arudha of karma bhava

• lord of the 10th navamsha should be healthy and good relationship between L-10 of radix + L-10 of navamsha

"Bodhisattvas give solely out of concern for others, without a self-cherishing attitude.

• That is the proper way of giving.

Courageous Bodhisattvas risk even their lives to help others, and so, when we are in relatively better, more comfortable situations, we must certainly practice giving.

• Even if they are threatened, the courageous ones will not engage in improper actions.

 Instead, after examining the situation carefully, when they find that certain actions are correct and justified, on the basis of reason, they engage in them even at the risk of their lives.

That is the way of the decent, civilized and courageous ones, who do not follow misleading paths."

~~ Yeshua ben Yasef of Beth-Lehem (Jesus-Christus) quoted in Matt. 22:21

"Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to the Lord what is the Lord's. "

BPHS Ch. 33. Effects of Karakamsha 57-60.

Effects of the tenth from Karakamsha

• "If the tenth from Karakamsha receives a Drishti from, or is conjoined by a benefic, the native will have firm riches, be sagacious, strong and intelligent.

• A malefic, giving a Drishti to the tenth from Karakamsha, or occupying this Bhava, will cause harm to his profession and deprive him of paternal bliss.

• Budha and Shukra, giving a Drishti to the tenth from Karakamsha, or conjoining this Bhava, will confer many gains in business and will make him do many great deeds.

• Surya and Chandra, giving a Drishti to the tenth from Karakamsha, or conjoining this place and receiving a Drishti from, or be in Yuti with Guru, the native will acquire a kingdom. "

~~ Albert Camus

"There is dignity in work, only when it is work freely accepted. "

Factors which detract from social visibility, career respect,  distinguished reputation, and professional recognition

Lifelong situations:

• if at birth, there are troubled configurations for the L-10 (social-material) and 10th-from-Chandra (emotional-spiritual) such as combustion, incoming hostile drishti, residing in enemy's rashi

• periods of the L-10 and 10th from Chandra

Hazardous for institutional governance and professional accomplishment =

• 6th-from-karmasthana = administrative tasks and daily conversations (3);

• 8th-from-karmasthana = personal creativity and children (5);

• 12th-from-karmasthana = religious philosophy and world travel (9)

Problematic Vimshottari periods of the 6th-from, 8th-from, and 12th-from karma bhava:

• conflict regarding respectable positions during Vimshottari periods of lord of bhratru-bhava = 6th-from-10th from radical lagna

  • also conflict esp with specific agents in the role of servants-employees during periods of any graha residing in bhava-3

  • emotional conflict regarding matters of public respect and reputation during periods of lord of 3rd from Chandra-lagna (esp. after age 50)

• transformative sudden changes in leadership style due to ego-creativity during Vimshottari periods of the lord of putra bhava = 8th-from-10th from radical lagna

  • also a notable cycle of self-destruction and rebirth in career, esp involving secrets, during periods of any graha residing in bhava-5

  • emotional upheaval - usually leading to a forced self-re-invention - regarding matters of public reputation during periods of lord of 5th from Chandra-lagna (esp. after age 50)

• dissolution of engagement and loss of attention to matters of public reputation due to philosophical and religious activities during Vimshottari periods of the lord of dharma bhava = 12th-from-10th from radical lagna

  • specific agents of the period of pulling away from public duties in order to pursue religious life include guru, priest, father, professor, preacher.

  • If there are graha residing in bhava-9, the religious effects are more pronounced and complex. Periods of graha in 9 have the same effect of draining the vitality of karma bhava-10, although at the same time they .

  • emotional quietude resulting from withdrawal to a wider (Guru) perspective which usually leads to greater wisdom about world affairs. Public positions in government or organizational regulation are not emotionally satisfying during periods of lord of 9th from Chandra-lagna (esp. after age 50) but  if the graha are strong in 10, the adult native may choose to focus leadership skills within a similar executive role in a university, spiritual institution, or global charity (Guru).

H.H. Dalai Lama, Consciousness at the Crossroads: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on Brain Science and Buddhism. Zara Houshmand, R.B. Livingston, and B. A. Wallace (Eds.)

"I always believe that each individual human being has some kind of responsibility for humanity as a whole.

• Particularly, I always believe that as scientists, you have a special responsibility. Besides your own profession, you have a basic motivation to serve humanity, to try to produce better, happier human beings.

• Whether we understand consciousness or not, we must produce warm-hearted persons. That is important. I want to express that.

• Whenever I meet scientists, I always have to say this.

Through my own profession, I try my best to contribute as much as I can.

• This proceeds without my being concerned whether another person agrees with my philosophy or not.

Some people may be very much against my belief, my philosophy, but I feel alright. So long as I see that a human being suffers or has needs, I shall contribute as much as I can to contribute to their benefit.

Scientists and medically qualified people can contribute especially. That's different; that's a particular context.

A human being needs to be cared for According to your professional calling. You can contribute; that's your shared professional responsibility."

Jyotisha career profile

Career factors may be confirmed in navamsha D-9 (higher wisdom) and dashamsha D-10 (higher karma).

However profession is normally understood as a social-material phenomenon, thus all career indicators whether they are first noticed in a varga or via the function of some amsha must be solidly anchored in the social-material functions of the radix D-1.

When a single graha occurs in several important career lagna (e.g., the graha = simultaneously lagnesha, lord of 10th navamsha and lord of dashamsha) then that dominant graha comes to define the visible public career.

• If Shani plays several 10th-from roles, particularly if He is lord of the 10th navamsha, then the native will have a Shani-driven professional experience dominated by regulatory activities, rigidly structured step-wise hierarchies, conformism, fear of punishment, bosses and supervisors, a preponderance rules and an absence of creativity. Often also, demanding, heavy, time-driven, and routinized workload. The social focus is on duty.

• If Shukra dominates the career pattern, particularly if He is lord of the 10th navamsha, the professional environments feature wealthy, luxurious, artistic, femininized artifacts and the social focus is on diplomacy, trust, and relationships.

• Guru-dominated careers feature teaching and guidance in all of their multifarious global expressions. The native retains a wide philosophical perspective no matter the specific work tasks.

• And so forth per the karaka labels of the Graha.

Everyone works, but not everyone's work is praised or recognized at the top levels of social importance.

For most nativities, career profile is spread across several radix graha. There are relatively few in the elite. Most careers consist of mixed duty roster and fluctuating visibility, with some periods of obscurity and some periods of relatively high social recognition. However if the graha  =  obscured, there may unfold a life of unacknowledged, unappreciated effort. Obscurity in public life may be due to an inner fear of visibility, a need for individual freedom from institutional rules, or perhaps a lifestyle which requires intentional hiding.

Lord of the navamsha occupied by the radix L-10

Find the radix L-10, then find that graha in navamsha. According to Phaladeepika, lord of the navamsha occupied by radix L-10 is the single strongest primary significator of public career.

• If that graha is well-connected to the other career indicators (e.g.+ L-10+ L-7, lord of D-10, Surya, etc.) the professional recognition quotient = high. Regulatory duties, including duties in the creative arts which serve the larger social purpose of introducing new ideologies and new behaviors, may be elevated to the elite levels of social hierarchy = highly visible.  

• If that graha is not strongly linked to career indicators - even whilst ruling a beneficial radix house, or being uchcha or swakshetra in radix, or having other glories not connected with career - there will be professional obscurity. The person might live a very happy life - but s/he will not be publicly recognized.

Fame (5) vs Law (10)

• Admiration (Surya, 5) is not the same as respect (Shani,10). The ultimate expressions of karma-bhava contain a dose of Shani-fear; specifically fears of scarcity, punishment and death.

• If Surya's creativity and independence become influential in matters of bhava-10, the institutional agenda will not be served in the Shani-ideal super-regulated fashion; we can expect some conflict in public judgment upon a nativity that shows high social responsibility due to a strong L-10 or Shani yet also high individual creativity due to a  strong L-5 or Surya.

Example: writer, producer, and entertainer Madonna.

• lagnesha Surya = very strong and virtually residing upon the radical lagna, due to parivartamsha yoga with Simha-Chandra

• 10th navamsha = Vrishabha = face-voice-hair = typically a career in beauty, face-fashion, hair-and-eyes, singing, food, wine, jewels, perfumes, sensual pleasures 

• Shukra = karmapati of the D-1 radix; and lord of the rising purvaphalguni nakshatra in lagna.

• naturally the public career will have pronounced Vrishabha qualities and will likely produce considerable wealth (Vrishabha's pleasures include the accumulation of stored values)

• Shukra occupies 2nd navamsha = singing, while radix L-2  Budha singing = radical lagna. Clearly a singer.

• Lord of the navamsha of Radix L-10 Shukra = Businesslike Budha. Among His many talents, Budha is a writer, organizer, choreographer, photographer, announcer, talker, kibitzer, sibling, sexualizer, and narrator. Budha being very close to lagna is a position of considerable strength in the mentalized conversational messaging arts which have defined her career.

• karakamsha =bhava-8 = "self-reinvention"

• 10th from karakamsha = putrasthana = creative arts, performance, literature, theatre, cinema, politics, "show". Lord of 10th from karakamsha = Mesha-Mangala in 9 accepting expansive drishti of Guru + Rahu = muscular strength, vigorous movement.

Navamsha occupied by radix L-10

As described by Phaladeepika (table above), this rashi is a strong indicator of career also.

Karaka qualities of its lord will reveal the general method of earning a living. Despite the incredible diversity of the modern global economy, the general areas of livelihood which Phaladeepika describes are still accurate (although they do require elaboration).

However, it will be more instructive to look at the specific disposition of the lord of radix L-10's navamsha-as that graha behaves in radix - to determine the career skills and environment most closely.

~~Sam Keen

"There is no easy formula for determining right and wrong livelihood, but it is essential to keep the question alive.

Radix characteristics of the lord of 10th navamsha

 The general environment in which livelihood is earned.

• 10th-navamsha rashi of Shani directs our expectations toward rote or manual labor; conformist or anonymous environments; and survival concerns of food, clothing, and shelter.

• Rashi of Shukra = a sweet environment;

• Rashi of Surya = someplace quite bright + hot;

• Rashi of Kuja = environment militarized, energized pursuit, highly competitive, quest for domination + control

 In our modern economy with extended life-spans, people often experience several sequential "incarnations" of their career which may appear different from each other - but will be found to arise from the same basic skill set.

If the radix position of the 10th navamsha lord = Budha in bhava-6,

• one may have several related "careers" all engaged with one or another application of literacy skills  reading, writing, calculating  regarding medicine, debt or Litigation.

If the radix position of the 10th navamsha lord = Kuja in 4,

• All the "careers" will be connected via exploratory skills(active engagement, research, problem-solving, exposing and capturing prey) in home and education.

If the radix position of the 10th navamsha lord = Guru in 3,

• spirit of teamwork can generate numerous careers in business administration varying among sales, marketing, public relations, advertising etc. .

E.g., Jack Welch, General Electric (worlds largest corporation during his chairmanship):

• L-10th-navamsha = Surya. Native is king-like in leadership style: regal, dignified, confident, inspiring, materially and ethically entitled. Surya = L-9 radix, home of Chandra: the ego is limitless. L-10 navamsha Ravi as placed in bhava-12 would normally signify a low-profile career in foreign lands. However note the amazing double parivartamsha which transforms an obscured Surya into a financial emperor of the world. Much of Jack Welch's panache derived from his status in foreign lands, where he arranged massive development loans Male: 10th-navamsha lord= radix Budha/Mesha/6, was once a juvenile stamp collector, then a junior accountant, then president of a prestigious private equity firm, then a retired stock portfolio manager. In the future he might teach Finance at a college, or write a book about money lending. All the various expressions of his basic skill set will derive from the lord of the 10th navamsha, which is the karaka for Commerce = Budha. Budha receives powerful drishti of the super-competitive L-6 uchcha Kuja, Budha + Moon etc. All these influences upon Budha are part of the overall career profile

Female: 10th-navamsha lord = radix Guru/11,

• was once a babysitter, then a high-school homework tutor, then a college teacher, then a corporate computer trainer, then headmistress of a school, then a mother, then university instructor. In the future she could teach in any educational setting, especially with a focus on community networking that is consistent with the lord of the 10th navamsha (Guru) in occupation of radix labha bhava (networks) in the rashi of ethical philosophy (Simha). All past and future career expressions will be rooted to the core pattern of the lord of the 10th navamsha.= Guru/Simha/11 + Surya, inconsideration of all the drishti and other characteristics of this particular Guru.

Loss of job, career, profession, leadership position?

• lord of bhava-9 = 12th-from-10th = "career dissolver"

  • "12th-from" angle = dissolution, disengagement, withdrawal, and drain upon matters of the house which immediately succeeds it.

  • Thus each of the lagna have a "career dissolver" graha which, when empowered, can cause the erosion of enthusiasm for leadership roles and redirection of the life-force energies into its own houses

  • periods of L-9 as lord of 12th-from-10th usually encourage the native to withdraw from law-imposing and example-setting duties of public life, in order to devote more resources to the study and practice of philosophy and religion.

  • Although the dharma-pati almost always gives excellent results in the development of life wisdom and His work is the most valued at the time of death, in practical life matters the sudden loss of profession dignity can be perplexing.

  • However, when career dissolution is triggered by the L-9, the native can rest assured the that final results will be beneficial for all.

  • Lord of 9th-from-Chandra does often generate an emotional pull toward religious concerns in preference to performance of public duty, but unless the L-9 from Chandra is coordinated with the L-9 from [material-social] radix lagna, this pull results more in a feeling of being stretched too thin between religious and social projects, rather than a full material-social withdrawal from professional tasks.

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  periods of the withdrawing, retiring L-12 from lagna can have the same effect. The native is ready to withdraw from public personality display and turn inward for reflection. Some measure of closure in matters of ego development (bhava-1) may be achieved.

  For example,

  • GW Bush presidential term =2001-2008. Mahadasha of L-12 Budha began in March of 2006. Still there were remaining nearly two years of his second presidential term.

  • Emotionally he was OK to continue in a leadership role (no breakdown) because Budha = L-10 from Chandra.

  • However under the physically and socially draining influence of Budha, he completed the duties of the presidency with lackluster performance, and left office with the some of the lowest public approval ratings of any departing USA president.

  Lord of dharma bhava and lord of 9th-from-Chandra will cause loss of public station and loss of professional position. Note the status of this graha. Is the graha benefic or malefic?

• If the lord of dharma is a temporal benefic, the loss of a job or fall from superficial public approval is a liberating experience, which relieves karmic obligation. The natural regulator of karma bhava is Shani and public duties are tiring. If dharma bhava itself (from lagna or from Chandra) is well disposed, loss of career position, title, symbolic status, leadership roles etc. may be very beneficial.

• One might succumb to Shani's fear-based thinking in matters of career, believing the scarcity thinking and bondage-to-duty program of Shani's two natural houses: leadership and earnings. However, stepping back into wisdom of dharma, consider whether it is such a bad thing to lose these heavy obligations and their demanding time schedules (Shani).

• Guru as natural regulator of dharma bhava can be the pratya-antara-dasha Vimshottari lord that is "the straw that breaks the camel's back" causing loss of position, reputation, social dignity - and the sudden, underappreciated freedom to enjoy life free of executive orders and a lockstep time schedule.

• On the other hand, if lord of dharma from either lagna or Chandra (from Chandra is a more emotional experience) should be a fear-causing malefic, then losing one's official position, job, or title could be a terrifying, scarcity-paranoia inducing experience.

• In the modern economy, job-loss is a frequent occurrence. For nativities with a positive L-9, each loss results in a gain of wisdom (and, typically, a later gain of higher position). However for nativities with a compromised or materialistic L-9, loss of social leadership positions can be an frightening experience.

Lord of Dashamsha as this graha behaves in radix

... forms the third major career significator. It is worth looking for the role of the lord of 10th dashamsha also, but only as a strengthening and confirming proof for otherwise active career Graha.

• Lord of dashamsha tells mainly about one's psychic or spiritual disposition within career manifestation. Similar to lord of navamsha exposing how one is operating psychologically within intimate relationships (whether one is consciously aware of one's true behavior or not) - lord of dashamsha tells what wisdom or psychological agenda we bring into career.

• Similar to the way lord of navamsha reveals how our partner sees us and what they (often subconsciously) expect from us; so the lord of dashamsha tells what hidden parts of ourselves the professional environment evokes and develops.

• Lord of dashamsha will always have some qualities, but those qualities might not be distinctive. If lord of dashamsha is weak in radix, the native will not be motivated to use his career role as a way of getting crucial spiritual information about himself. Again, this is similar to lord of navamsha being weak: the native does not evoke much information from his marriage; the marriage is not spiritually too important in this life.

• By contrast, when lord of navamsha is strong, the native is intensely engaged in his intimate partnerships (for better or worse) because the partnerships are for him a gold mine of psycho-spiritual information about the parts of himself he can only see in the mirror of the partner.

• If lord of dashamsha is strong in radix,the public service environment becomes a site of great self discovery. One's professional colleagues become important mirrors onto the Self. Through handling significant public responsibilities which affect many people below, one grows spiritually in understanding of the great forces which direct us all, even while wielding considerable power over his inferiors.

~~ Benjamin Franklin

" The who has a trade, has an estate."

Handling earthly power

Regulating the welfare of a community, nation, or planet provides the same type of test as handling the emotional power over one partner in marriage. However the power in dashamsha expresses as one-to-many relationship as distinguished from the one-to-one relationship of a native to their spouse or, ideally, of the native-to-their-ishtadevata.

• When the lord of any varga is empowered in radix (whether a powerful benefic or a troublesome powerful malefic) the native has programmed highly significant spiritual information into the web of relationships he expects to encounter in the environment described by that varga.

• E.g., if the lord of D-20 is strong, spiritual practice is a site of profound self-revelation to the native. The spiritual path in this case may be smooth (as in a wonderful benefic) or ragged (as in a violent malefic) but the path is crucially important in this lifetime.

• If the lord of D-3 is strong in radix, then teamwork, siblings, group mental process, competition, and self-made wealth are powerful venues for self-realization.

• D-10 lagnesha strong in radix?

• If dashamsha lord is strong in radix, the native is choosing career, public service, and earthly leadership power as a vehicle for self-knowledge on the road to God-realization.

• The dashamsha may also be read "internally" that is, the same method as reading the radix, to very finely tune the profile of profession.

Title and Positions of Authority (karma bhava)

The government inspector said to the farmer, "I need to inspect your farm."

The old farmer said "You better not go in that field."

The Ag representative said in a 'wise' tone,

• "I have the authority of the U. S. Government with me.

• See this card? I am allowed to go wherever I wish on agricultural land."

So the old farmer went about his farm chores.

Later, the farmer heard loud screams and saw the Department of Agriculture rep running for the fence.

Close behind was the farmer's prize bull.

The bull was madder than a nest full of hornets and the bull was gaining at every step.

The Old Farmer called out: "Show him your card!"

Q and A - some career questions answered

Q:What are my prospects for adding a new consultancy to my existing career?Or developing a second, successful career at midlife in this new field, in which I have become deeply interested?

A:

If it's Jyotisha you're interested in as a second career, look for a prominent Ketu and super-strong graha Associated with bhava-12.

Astral information channels through vyaya, and Ketu creates the material detachment necessary to filter out anxiety and see clearly into the etheric/astral worlds.

Ketu makes a person psychic and when Ketu is in a key career house (7 or 10 radix, yuti L-10, and/or associated with 10th navamsha or 10th dashamsha) there will be a "liminal" career for sure.

• Liminal careers are by definition not recognized by materially-oriented society. Yet, if one has the correct Jyotisha markers, Shri Ganesha will have His way, and a career dedicated to traveling the clairsentient pathways will evolve.

• One of the classic indicators for a non-materially-recognized career is 10th-lord in Ari bhava, 10th-lord in Randhra bhava or 10th-lord in Vyaya bhava.

• he 10th-lord may be a gracious and beneficial graha, but L-10's placement in a dusth-amsha creates difficulties(dus) in the process of achieving social recognitionfor the value of one's work (10).

• Ketu + Chandra could make you a bit of an emotional outcaste.Chandra-Ketu = a good yoga for practicing intuitive Jyotisha but it also makes the native prone to tremendous mood swings along a continuum between very spiritual vs. depraved. That's Ketu!

IMO, the best indicators of a person's career whether in Jyotisha or any other discipline, are:

1. lord of the 10th navamsha, observe the characteristics this graha acquires in the radix (kundali, jataka)

2. lord of Swamsha rashi(navamsha lagna lord) , a major determinant of spiritual direction. Graha in the navamsha first house give an inward thrust that may be partly subconscious but these graha can tell us how the person will behave regardless of who one thinks one "should" be or how one "should" act.

3. Nakshatra pada of Swamsha, + its Lord - a clear determinant of natural spiritual direction in this life. This item requires a bit of contemplation. Look at the lords and the sublords, but more importantly, study the characteristics of the rising Nakshatra .

4. lord of the 10th radix: Observe the characteristics this graha acquires in navamsha (inner personality) and dashamsha (professional service).

5. lord of the 7th radix. 7th = 10th-from-10th, so bhava-7 becomes a reliable career indicator. All careers are built upon advising relationships. The higher the social position, the more advisors one acquires. Thequality of advisers will ultimately determine the native's success. Of course, one's spouse is the primary adviser, so marriage partner also plays a determining role in professional life. Observe the characteristics of the L-7 within navamsha (inner personality) and within dashamsha (professional service).

All the other radix and navamsha and dashamsha planets play supporting roles. D-9 and D-10 must be consulted in every case for professional identity and actions.

Every individual graha contributes in some way to the professional identity. But radix L-10 and radix Surya are the leading indicators of career.

• D-9's L-10 as it behaves in radix will accurately indicate not only the profession, environment or industry in which the person develops their career.

If multiple careers, the careers will be closely related in the logic of the native's overall character even if not in terms of conventional social categories.

• L-10 radix as it behaves in D-10, shows the strength of public success in one's chosen field.

Should radix L-10 be weak in D-10, the profession will be unrecognized, low status, marginal - not famous, not well paid.

Should radix L-10 be neechcha in D-10, native is not much respected, even if the income is good.

L-10 radix's role in D-10 will give more information about the total career profile.

• Even if the career is weak, it will still exist. Everyone has some sort of leadership role, public responsibilities, and career.

L-10 radix's role in D-10. Provides further details of the weak or strong or conventional or odd character of the profession.

• See radix L-10 in D-10 o confirm:

• Rashi. E.g., radix L-10 fallen in D-10 for example suggests low confidence overall in public life.

• Domain.E.g., radix L-10 in bhava-2 of dashamsha for example would suggest a career in speech+Language, record-keeping, telling stories/history, or exploring aspects of one's family history.)

• Insights from D-9 and D-10 are not directly determinative, except for the role of lord of 10th navamsha which is definitive.

• Insights from seeing the role of the radix house lords as they take on a different character in the varga, are used to confirm and refine the core evaluations from the radix.

• D-9 and D-10 = a confirming view of the career subject area of expertise and the environment. E.g., radix L-10 in D-9 or D-10's 4th house = an affinity for home/classroom. The native might be a professional schoolteacher if the radix indicators all point that way, and lord of 10th navamsha = Budha or Guru.

• Yet if radix indicators are not so strong toward professional educator identity+ L-10 in bhava-4 of D-9 or D-10 can indicate a home-based business, or a home-schooling parent, or even a lifelong chronically ill homebound person. The radix indicators are determinative but varga must confirm or the prediction will be off the mark.

The Consultant

A sheep farmer is tending his flock when a city slicker rolls up in his BMW, hops out and asks, "Hey, if I tell you exactly how many sheep you have, can I take one?"

The farmer nods, so the city slicker opens his laptop, calls up some satellite photos, runs some algorithms, and announces, "You have 1,432 sheep."

Impressed, the farmer says, "You're right. Go ahead and take one." So the city slicker loads one of the animals into the backseat of the car.

"Now," says the farmer, "if I tell you what you do for a living, can I have it back?"

A gaming sort, the city slicker says, "Sure."

"You're a consultant," says the farmer.

"Wow!" says the consultant. "How'd you know?"

"Well," says the farmer, "you showed up even though I never asked you to. You told me something I already knew. And you don't know anything about my business. Now give me back my dog."

Q:

I've read that having one panch-maha-purusha planet guarantees a great career.

What do you think? I've got an oocha Shani as lagnesha that looks very promising.

A: Having one super-strong planet (Shani) gives the native tremendous drive and focus.You can do any work at all in this world and do it well.

For example, Henry Ford the automobile producer had one fabulous YogakarakaSimha Mangala in Magha lagna. He was enormously successful and famous due largely to the tireless energy and "drive" of this magnificent graha.

• If Jyotisha practice is your goal, I agree that you are likely to approach the study of Jyotisha in a balanced and systematic way with attention to principle and detail; the same way you have approached other studies.

• However, the nature of your eventual practice, if any, would conform to the L-10 and 10th D-9 items (1) and (2) above.

• I suggest that you make a complete inventory of those (1) and (2) attributes (and double-check (3) characteristics) including sign, house, drishti, and timing of Vimshottari dasha periods.

• You may choose to enter consulting practice or you may choose to use Jyotisha as a private meditational practice, depending on what you conclude from (1) and (2) [and double-check (3)].

• Other items such as lagna and lagnesha, Chandra, Budha etc. are influential but ANY career foundation requires strength in (1) and (2) to achieve public validationof success.

I hope this opinion provides some structure for your continuing studies. Jyotisha is a vidya and its knowledge channels through the human personality.

If you can, to further your studies, I'd recommend obtaining several readings from different working Jyotishi to provide a range of viewpoints. The vidya of Jyotisha is expressed differently through different Jyotishi personalities.

The Job Interview

A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job.

The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks "What do two plus two equal?"

The mathematician replies "Four."

The interviewer asks "Four, exactly?"

The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says "Yes, four, exactly."

Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the same question: "What do two plus two equal?"

The accountant says, "On average, four -- give or take 10%, but, on average, four."

Then the interviewer calls in the economist and poses the same question: "What do two plus two equal?"

The economist gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer, and says, "What do you want it to equal?"

Q: Subject: Will he succeed in the "Insurance Sector"?

Hello this is A* from india i have one question about insurance from which house we can predict about insurance , which planet is for insurance sector and in which condition person can ear money from insurance sector or commsion bassis work?

A: Namaste,

Generally speaking, "insurance" as in "modern insurance contract industry" is indicated by bhava-8. Randhra bhava represents "pooled monies "such as the joint assets of marriage, and the hidden assets of family members which might result in an inheritance for oneself.

Insurance settlements fall into the same cultural category as inheritances from the dead. Insurance settlements emerge from a large pool of shared monies. The total contents of that pool as well as the size of one's personal payment which emerges from the pool is usually a great mystery to the person who has purchased a single insurance policy.

• Look to 8th-from radix lagna and also 8th-from Chandra, and their house-lords, for insurance behaviors. A positive role in the nativity for Vrischika rashi (perhaps as lagna or lord of Chandra) is helpful.

• For the administrative infrastructure of the insurance industry such as the writing of insurance policies, inspection appointments, traveling to the customer's site, discussing the details of the policy with the customer and with the insuring agency -- see 8th-from-8th, Sahajabhava.

• Written documents Of all kinds, and the verbal discussions which precede and accompany the contract writing-editing process, the detailed "claims" process, and all of the massive commercial administration of the insurance sector, are represented by bhava-3 and its lord.

• Earningsof any type whether salary, commissions, dividends, rents, royalties, absolutely all forms of income from the marketplace, are determined by 11th-from radix lagna And 11th-from-Chandra.

• The karaka for earnings is Shani - earnings require effort! The karaka for wealth and savings = Shukra -- a hoard of saved values creates wealth, and luxuries (Shukra, Laxmi) flow from saved wealth.

• Look to dhana bhava for conserved wealth(such as bank savings), look to labha bhava for earnings (such as salary). The relationship between bhava-2 and bhava-11 is a major determiner of wealth overall. If the lords of bhava-11 and bhava-2 enjoy a parivartamsha yoga, the native will be very wealthy as a result of high earnings combined with strong tendency to hoard one's wealth.

Karaka for the insurance industry = Shani. Shani indicates fear and negative expectations which lead to conservative, safety-oriented actions. The reason that customers purchase insurance policies is that they are afraid of emergencies and catastrophic change ( 8) and they are trying to control (Shani) the material (Shani) circumstances of death ( 8).

If there will be violent catastrophe in a person's life, Kuja should have some connection to randhra bhava. Mangala is of course the natural regulator of bhava-8, so the native's capacity to deal with the physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual reality of the turning of the cycle of birth and death(changes of external material form, emergencies, shocks) in the lifetime is determined by the lord of bhava-8 and Mangala. Professionals who deal skillfully with violent emergencies (military, fire-fighters, paramedics, midwives, emergency physicians, healers and shamans) typically have a strong and positive function of Kuja in their nativity.

Shani tries to resist and control sudden changes, but Kuja shows the style of positive actionwhich the native will express in response to matters of "sudden emergence" through the aperture point where the hidden astral plane pushes through into the visible physical plane = "randhra" (e.g. childbirth).

• Success in commission sales of insurance policies would require first and foremost a gifted placement for Budha(sales, conversation) and secondly a strong Shani (safety intelligence) along with a caring and steady Moon(concern for shelter and protection).

L-8 should be strong but conservative for involvement with risk-management insurance sector. To determine income, look first to L-11and see if the L-11 (and L-11 from Chandra) is connected with the functions of L-8 (insurance) and L-3 (sales, business administration).

Also as always please consider the lord of the 10th navamsha which is a reliable although somewhat general predictor of lifetime career.

If one of the karaka mentioned above such as Budha for writing, administration, conversation, and sales; or Shani for safety and resistance to change; or Kuja for pro-active involvement with catastrophic and sudden changes; should be the lord of your 10th navamsha, then you can expect to do well in insurance industry in a role which matches the portfolio of your 10th navamsha lord.

An example from the USA industrial insurance industry.

~~ a Yale University management professor, grade = "C" for Fred Smith's "unfeasible" student paper proposing a reliable overnight delivery service at a time when few could think "outside the post -office box".

(Smith went on to found the hugely successful  Federal Express Corp.)

"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C', the idea must be feasible."

Q: Subject: Bad job karma

Hi Barbara,

I came across your website while I was surfing for information on Vedic astrology.

Your website is really comprehensive and I enjoy it very much.

I am still an university student and approaching graduation.

From my Vedic chart, I found that the Sun (also my tenth lord) is in the twelfth house.

Would that mean I am unsuccessful in my job search for jobs in Commerce unless I apply to obscure job positions as part of my karma?

Thanks, Sincerely, J

A: Namaste,

Thanks for your question.

My answer is:

No, location of Sun in bhava-12 - even in neechcha condition - does not mean that you would be unsuccessful in job search. Many people with Surya in bhava-12 have excellent careers and professions in a variety of industries. Surya is only one of several career indicators in Jyotisha.

More important than Surya are: lord of the 10th navamsha and lord of 10th radix, plus lord of Dashamsha and role of 10th radix in the dashamsha and navamsha. Evaluating the job situation is actually quite complicated.

If Surya = L-10 in bhava-12, you must have Vrischika lagna in radix with Surya in Thula rashi.

Since Surya is very weak or "neechcha" in Thula , you will need to look for possible corrections to the weakness (such as a supporting drishti from a strong friendly graha, perhaps Kuja or Chandra) or some other astrological pattern which strengthens Surya.

Probably you will benefit from consciously working to develop your self-confidence and eliminate superstition and expectation that you must depend on others for your success.

Sometimes Surya in Thula indicates that the father is not a strong support for public success. If that is the case, prepare to forgive your parents for their shortcomings and intend to approach the world and adult life with confidence flowing from your direct connection with the divine.

Friedrich Nietzsche = example of Ravi-Thula-12. He became very well known despite an obscure Jyotisha Sun because the content of his writing was entirely interiorized; it was a huge personal (Ravi) rant on various psycho-cultural attempts over the millennia to balance the grand opposites (thula) of civilization.

Natives often = specialists in quiet, private areas of expertise such as closed-door arbitration, and psychotherapy -- particularly marriage counseling due to influence of Shukra. Also scientific research, or reflective interior practices are produced here. It is a modest ego size but very influential in the secluded, privatized specialty areas.

To determine your karmic situation for your forthcoming job search, I recommend that you obtain your Vimshottari dasha timeline and study it for information. Also keep in mind transits of large planets and the transit of Rahu-Ketu.

One general signification of Ravi in bhava-12 is that the person tends to live or work in a country/culture which is different from the country/culture in which one was raised. This life situation raised the native's consciousness of being a foreigner, and socially one will always be aware of one's cultural or ideological differences with the mainstream environment.

At least for a few years in one's life and possibly for a lifetime (depending on the strength and house lordship of Surya) the native may live in a foreign country as a guest worker or non-citizen.

Surya in bhava-12is a good position for having a global perspectiveand for working with international organizations.

Former US President Bill Clinton has Sun in Simha rashi in bhava-12. Current US President George W. Bush has Sun in Mithuna rashi in bhava-12. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has Sun in Kanya rashi in bhava-12. From these examples you can see that having Sun in bhava-12 of the radix nativity is not, in itself, a problem for holding important jobs.

Surya is only one of nine planets which need to be considered to make a determination of job prospects or any other action in life. Karma is revealed through a much more detailed analysis of the Jyotisha nativity.

All the best,

Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha

Noah's ark was built by amateurs.

The Titanic was built by professionals.

Q I've long thought of writing children' s books. Also parenting books on how to raise children. Would I be successful in this field? Are there other areas that would be favorable to focus on?

A A successful published author must have strength in bhava-3 = writing plus strength in at least one other bhava-amsha

1. strong configurations related to bhava-5 or Surya = creativity, necessary for drama and fiction-writing, screenplays, songwriting

2. if the intended application of the writers craft does not require creativity but rather accuracy, e.g. copywriters, or a behavior such as ability to meet deadlines is more important than the exquisiteness of the content,  then bhava-3 should remain strong but look to other matching factors such as Shani for regulation, time-consciousness, government environments, structured routines.

   • For example, a lifetime government publications worker could have this combination of 3-writing and 10-governing.

3. Budha the karaka for writing should also be well placed.

These conditions are well met in your nativity due to your uchcha Budha conferring exceptionally high levels of analytical intelligence and Budha well placed for publishing endeavors, especially regarding emotional and parenting matters, in 3rd-from-Chandra. The focus is administrative, current-events, conversational, and short-term objectives. Not philosophical, historical, or academic.

• Your plan for writing Children's books sounds like a good fit to the capacity and desires of Budha. L-3 from lagna = swakshetra Shukra, a lovely harmonious balanced graha which is intensely focused on design rather than words. The combination of Budha (for the words) and Shukra (for the pictures and book design) might be very successful for children's book creation and publishing.

• celebrated = 5. Kundali of successful published authors who write material that is brilliantly creative  must ALSO have great strength relative to putra bhava = divine creativity. Here your nativity has a mixed situation. It is unlikely that you would rise to global prominence for literary achievement but your output may still be quite charming.

Best results for writing and publishing in any field and with any degree of creativity (including the rather mundane but huge and practical business of writing government documents, technical manuals etc.) = periods of:

1. L-3

2. L-3-from-Chandra

For the creative intelligence needed to generate brilliant concepts and the individual genius of authorship, look for periods of

1. L-5

2. L-5-from-Chandra

3. The L-5-from-Chandra has the most power to evoke maternal intelligence = knowing what children like to see and hear in a story.

L-5 = uchcha Guru, karaka for children - it is good for the books to be for or about children! L-5 Guru is yuti the L-12 Chandra, a significator of "at home mothers" - moms at home with their small children, living out of the public eye in a child-centered fantasy world. Many naps : )

Guru occupies 8th-from-5th, which takes away the big fame and replaces high publicity with personal modesty and a luxurious home. Your books may be quite profitable but the audience would show their appreciation not with red-carpet celebrations but by buying your books and contributing to your personal wealth.

~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer

"When I was a little boy they called me a liar,

but now that I am a grown up they call me a writer."

H. H. Dalai Lama, and Dr. Howard C. Cutler, M.D. (1998, 2004). The Art of Happiness at Work ,Riverhead Trade Pub.

H.H. Dalai Lama: Life is More than Work

"...when seeking work, or if you already have a job, it is important to keep in mind that A human being isn't meant to be some kind of machine designed only for production. No.

• Human life isn't just for work, like [a socialistic] vision where everyone's purpose is just to work for the state, and there is no individual freedom, where the state even arranges the person's vacations and everything is planned out for the individual.

That is not a full human life.

Individuality is very important for a full human life, and then accordingly some leisure time, a bit of holiday, and time spent with family or friends. That is the means to a complete form of life ....

• If your life becomes only a medium of production, then many of the good human values and characteristics will be lost -- then you will not, you cannot, become a complete person.

• So if you're looking for work and have a choice of a job, choose a job that allows the Opportunity for some creativity, and for spending time with your family.

• Even if it means less pay, personally I think it is better to choose work that is less demanding, that gives you greater freedom, more time to be with your family, or to do other activities, read, engage in cultural activities, or just play.

I think that's best."

H.H. speaks on Job Loss:

H. H. Dalai Lama, and Dr. Howard C. Cutler, M.D. (1998, 2004). The Art of Happiness at Work ,Riverhead Trade Pub.

"Among Tibetans, at least traditionally, the economic conditions are such that this nine-to-five daily employment isn't really an important part of [working life].

In Tibet, either you are a farmer or a nomad or a merchant. The work is seasonal.... During the season they work very hard, and when they finish they come back and don't have any employment.

...in modern society, and particularly in industrialized nations, the issue of unemployment is a very difficult situation. There are no easy answers.

One has no choice but to try to cope, and make one's best effort to find new work. There is just no other solution.

However, the basic attitude of the individual plays a very significant role, and can make a big difference in how someone responds. While we may not have control over our situation, Our attitude is something that we have some control over.

• So first, what we need to realize is that uncertainty and change are very much a part of the modern economy, particularly with regard to employment.

• That is a serious problem, but a fact that we have to accept. There is no guarantee that there will be a job tomorrow if you are working today.

• So, if we understand this ahead of time, it may change how we respond when that happens. Then we won't feel so surprised, as if we are singled out. We understand that the loss of a job has many factors, the result of many causes and conditions. We will understand that, in many cases, it may even have roots in global economic issues.

• This way, we won't become so upset by taking it personally, or looking around us for someone to blame for our problems. This alone may help reduce our mental agitation.

Of course, here we are talking about unemployment due to some wider causes or layoffs, not due to being fired because of one's own incompetence.

So there might be different ways in which individuals will respond to the challenges of change.

What is important is to acknowledge this fact and try to work out how best to cope with the immediate problem itself.

• For example, if you need employment as a means of your livelihood and if you become unemployed, then all your efforts should be put into looking for new employment so that your livelihood will be secure.

But there are two different responses.

• One person may feel demoralized and become sort of paralyzed, thinking, There is no hope, I lost my job, what am I supposed to do?

• But another individual in the same situation might look at it as an opportunity to make some changes. As a challenge.

• So that is the more positive way, the more proactive way of dealing with this problem.

But of course it is not easy.

There may also be other ways that might help at least reduce the mental anxiety of dealing with the situation, so that a person can use all their mental energy to find new work.

• For Buddhists, there are certain thought processes and considerations that help -- for example, the belief in karma [one's actions] and ultimately taking responsibility for one's own karma.

• Although this kind of mental attitude may not have any effect in physically resolving the situation, at least it will help ease the individual from the psychological effect of losing the job, and so on.

And of course, believers in other religious systems can also take some consolation in their own beliefs."

Busy Flight Attendant

 "The little boy (who had been looking out the window of the airplane) turned to his mother and asked, 'If big dogs have baby dogs, and big cats have baby cats, why don't big airplanes have baby airplanes?'

The mother (who couldn't think of an answer) told her son to ask the flight attendant, so the boy went down the aisle and asked the flight attendant.

The flight attendant, who was very busy at the time, smiled and said, 'I saw you talking with your mom. Did your Mom tell you to ask me?'

The boy said, 'Yes she did.'

'Well, then, you go and tell your mother that there are no baby airplanes because Southwest always pulls out on time. Have your Mom explain that to you.' "

H.H. Dalai Lama: Principled Action at Work - It's in the Attitude

~~ H. H. Dalai Lama, and Dr. Howard C. Cutler, M.D. (1998, 2004). The Art of Happiness at Work,Riverhead Trade Pub.

Is is possible to practice principles of Non-harm in the modern workplace?

How much responsibility can one assume for living out the principle at work?

Dalai Lama:

"In the traditional [Tibetan] society, most people automatically did the types of work their families did -- nomads, farmers, merchants, and so on.

But some people still engaged in work that was not in keeping with the principle of non-harm, because there are butchers, metal smiths who make swords, and so on.

But these kinds of work were also generally hereditary."

Howard Cutler:

"Speaking of work and the implementation of the concept of non-harm, ... you mentioned that there was a rule in Tibet that any new invention had to guarantee that it was beneficial or at least not harmful for at least seven generations."

DL:

"...there do seem to be certain practices and policies that successive Tibetan governments adopted in Tibet that reflect putting into practice certain Buddhist ideals, such as the Buddhist principle of respecting the natural world, particularly the animal world.

• For example, all the communities living near the Yamdrok Lake used to rely heavily on fishing in the past.

• Recently I heard about a policy that was adopted during the Fifth Dalai Lama's time where they were discouraged from fishing, and in order to compensate them, some other communities would band together and provide them an equivalent value in grain, so that they would be compensated against their loss.

• Similarly, in the area near Mount Kailash, around Lake Manasarovar during a particular season, a lot of waterfowl migrate there. They lay their eggs on the shores and apparently there was a government policy that during the egg-laying season, they would appoint people to watch over the eggs to make sure they were safe.

• Of course, there might be individuals who in addition to taking the salary probably ate some of the eggs as well. These things happen. But overall there is this kind of Attitude of non-harm.

"So, even though in Tibet, people didn't always follow the principle of non-harm in their work ... this principle was still deeply ingrained in the people.

In general, I think this could be applied in the West. Although not everybody has options about the work that they do, at least I think it is good to give serious thought to the kind of work one does, and the impact it has on others.

I think it is best to choose work that does not cause harm to others, that does not exploit or deceive others, either directly or indirectly. I think that's the best way."