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Jyotisha career profile Career factors may originate in vargas placement, but all career indicators are ultimately described by their behavior in radix. When a single graha occurs in several important career lagnas (e.g., the graha is simultaneously lagnesha, lord of 10th navamsha and lord of dashamsha) that dominant graha comes to define the career.
Everyone works, but not everyone's work is praised or recognized. For most people, career profile is spread across several radix graha. Most careers consist of mixed experience, with some periods of obscurity & some periods of relatively high social recognition. However if the grahas are obscure, a life of unacknowledged, unappreciated effort -- due to servitude or perhaps intentional hiding -- may be understood. The chart of Leading Career Indicators below is populated with placements from the Jyotisha nativity of entertainer Madonna.
Lord of the navamsha occupied by the radix L-10 Find the radix L-10, then find that graha in navamsha. The lord of the navamsha occupied by radix L-10 is the single strongest primary significator of public career. Phaladeepika says that this graha's radix characteristics according to rashi, sthana, & drishti will tell much about the native's source of income. Note the source of income is not always dignified as a "profession".
Navamsha occupied by radix L-10 As described by Phaladeepika (table above), this rashi is a strong indicator of career also. The 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. Radix characteristics of the lord of 10th navamsha As described by Brihat Jataka of Varaahamihira (table above) help focus our search for the general environment in which livelihood is earned. I.e.,
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 domain-6,
If the radix position of the 10th navamsha lord = Kuja in 4,
If the radix position of the 10th navamsha lord = Guru in 3,
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 domain-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 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 lord 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 lord 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 grahas. 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. Handling earthly power over 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. Mahadasha of the varga lord and its bhukti periods will emphasize matters of the varga whose lord is strong in radix.
Q & 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 domain-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. The 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 recognition for 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:
All the other radix & navamsha & 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.
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.
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 neechha 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.
L-10 radix's role in D-10. Provides further details of the weak or strong or conventional or odd character of the profession.
Q: I've read that having one panch-maha-purusha planet guarantees a great career. What do you think? I've got an uchcha 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 yogakaraka Simha 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 validation of 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. 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 & 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 domain-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, sahaja bhava. 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 domain-3 and its lord. Earnings of 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 domain-2 and domain-11 is a major determiner of wealth overall. If the lords of domain-11 and domain-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 lord of domain-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 domain-8 and Mangala. Professionals who deal skillfully with violent emergencies (military, fire-fighters, paramedics, midwives, emergency physicians, healers & 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 action which 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-11 and 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). Lord of 10th Navamsha 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 karakas 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.
There is one example nativity on my website regarding insurance industry. http://www.barbarapijan.com/bpa/vocation/voc4_insur_explos.htm This man is a wealthy and successful risk analyst for a major USA insurance corporation. Note the male native's L-11 Budha in domain-2 (conservation of his earnings) and the powerful concentration of Vrischika graha in his radix lagna. Plus his hierarchical, conservative Makara strengths in domain-3 = writing and business administration. Note he also deals with highly dangerous volatile explosives in the manufacturing plants which make weapons for the military. His insurance specialty is not the typical consumer retail insurance situation! nevetheless he has enjoyed a successful lifetime career in the Insurance Sector, from which he is now comfortably retired. Best wishes for success in your Jyotisha studies, Sincerely, Barbara Pijan Lama, Jyotisha www.barbarapijan.com 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
These 2 conditions are 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. 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. A celebrated successful published author -- i.e. one who writes material that is brilliantly creative -- (most writers are not creative but rather functional, domain-3 only, e.g. copywriters) must ALSO have strength relative to putra bhava, the house of divine creativity. Here your nativity has a mixed situation. It is unlikely that you would rise to national 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:
For the creative intelligence needed to generate brilliant concepts and the individual genius of authorship, look for periods of
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. 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 domain-12 - even in neechha condition - does not mean that you would be unsuccessful in job search. Many people with Surya in domain-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 is L-10 in domain-12, you must have Vrischika lagna in radix with Surya in Thula rashi. Since Surya is very weak or "neechha" 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. I have seen nativities of very successful people with Surya in Thula in domain-12. Often they are specialists in quiet, private areas of expertise such as closed-door arbitration, psychotherapy (particularly marriage counseling), scientific research, or reflective literature. They have modest ego size but are very influential in their specialty areas, and earn well. 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 domain-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 domain-12 is a good position for having a global perspective and for working with international organizations. Former US President Bill Clinton has Sun in Simha rashi in domain-12. Current US President George W. Bush has Sun in Mithuna rashi in domain-12. Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has Sun in Kanya rashi in domain-12. From these examples you can see that having Sun in domain-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 Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them, used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired."Mahatma Gandhi was reputedly asked as to what he thought of Western Civilization. He thought for a moment and said, "that would be a good idea."
Architecture is inhabited sculpture. ~~ Igor Stravinsky "There is dignity in work, only when it is work freely accepted. " ~~ Albert Camus "There is no easy formula for determining right and wrong livelihood, but it is essential to keep the question alive. To return the sense of dignity and honor to manhood, we have to stop pretending that we can make a living at something that is trivial or destructive and still have sense of legitimate self-worth. A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls." ~~Sam Keen "By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day. " ~~ Robert Frost "When I was a little boy they called me a liar, but now that I am a grown up they call me a writer." -- Isaac Bashevis Singer "He who has a trade, has an estate. " - Benjamin Franklin Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to the Lord what is the Lord's. ~~ Yeshua ben Yasef of Beth-Lehem (Jesus-Christus) Matt. 22:21 Noah's ark was built by amateurs. The Titanic was built by professionals. "The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C', the idea must be feasible." ~~ a Yale University management professor, in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found the Federal Express Corp.) "Success is just one long street fight." ~~ Milton Berle
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."
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