a) 10th house (house of career) and 10th lord.

b) Some more intelligent ones would even include the state of 10th lord in
D-9 chart
c) And as per few absolutely brilliant ones; most of the steps should start
and end in the D-10 chart (dasamsa-divisional chart seen for Career
related issues).

Believe me, there are many intelligent fools out there, who will immediately
jump into the D-10 chart analysis ignoring the most basic concepts, these
brilliant people are the first ones, who makes the complete mess from
astrological rules. I am not saying that D-10 chart should not be analyzed,
of-course it should be analyzed but NOT in the very starting.

So, those of you who are thinking in the line of any of the above 3 points (a,
b, c) are completely wrong. None of these touch points should be your first
step in the analysis of profession.

Anyways, I dont think that there was anybody out there who was thinking
otherwise, but if you will ask me, I would say that these are certainly not the
starting points or the first step. Yes obviously they are also important but
not at the FIRST STAGE.

So here comes the first rule, before analyzing the Houses and their
lords (w.r.t any area of life, like in this case its profession), YOU HAVE
TO ANALYZE the KARAKA FIRST.

House and lords comes later, ANALYSIS of KARAKA should always be the
first step.

Indeed this is the reason why before analyzing the first house and 1st lord,
we first have to analyze the SUN, which happens to be the karaka of 1st
house

State of the Sun is the first brick of ASTROLOGY, since its the Karaka of
1st house.

So hope you people are getting what exactly your friend Nikhil is trying to
explain. Hence From here, we will learn everything from scratch.

Remember I am not asking you to omit, house and lord analysis, certainly
not, I am just asking you to ANALYSE KARKA first.

So what are the Karakas then, let me just list all possible karakatvas for the
beginners.

Planets and their karakatvas

Jupiter (karaka for 2nd, 5th, 9th, 10th and 11th houses) as Jeevakaraka
(Self) for Males
Venus (karaka for 7th house) as Jeevakaraka (Self) for Females, Venus
is also for Wife, Finance, vehicles, daughter, daughter in law, Younger
sister (2nd)
For Profession, elder brother consider Saturn (karaka for 6th, 8th, 10th
and 12th houses)
For Husband, Younger brother (2nd) consider Mars (karaka for 3rd and
6th houses)
For mother, Elder sister, mother in law consider Moon (karaka for 4th
house)
For Father, soul and son consider Sun (karaka for 1st, 9th and 10th
houses)
For Paternal Grand Father consider Rahu
For Maternal Grand Father consider Ketu
For education, Maternal Uncle, girl friend, boy friend, father in law, Younger
sister (3rd), Younger brother (3rd) consider mercury (karaka for 4th and
10th houses)

Now you all must be wondering that why the hell Nikhil is giving these
Karakas even more importance than Houses and house lords, so dear all
understand this in just 1 sentence;

If you are living in a rented house, then will you be more important or your
landlord would be more important from the angle of ownership? Obviously
landlord, since landlord is the permanent owner of your residence. If he
wishes, he may throw you out. Right

Similarly Karakas have permanent ownership of all possible parameters;

you may have 7 different lords (there are 7 planets excluding nodes) of any
house as per different ascendant but karaka will permanently represent any
specific parameter or house.

Whatever may be the ascendant Aries, Taurus, Gemini etc, but Sun will
always be the karaka of your 1st house, 9th house, 10th house and father,
any planet may lord over 4th house, depending on the ascendant sign but
Moon will always be the Karaka of your 4th house and mother.

Ok so now lets come back to our main topic which is profession.

Now you know that first step has to be karaka, hence Saturn is the Karaka
for profession or you can say Saturn is the karma karaka and Jupiter is
your Jeevakaraka (self significator), hence whenever you wish to study
about your (Self-Jupiter) career (Karma-Saturn) astrologically, then you
have to start your analysis from Saturn and Jupiter.

10th lord, 10th house, 10th sign, Navamsa sign of 10th lord, D-10 chart,
ALL THIS WILL COME LATER, Hope I am very clear on this.

So, the most powerful influences on your Saturn and Jupiter will actually

determine the basic stream of your career and many a times your area of
interest or passion. These influences on your Saturn and Jupiter will give
you the first clue about your area of profession.

The question arises here is, how;

Now to answer this how; the first thing you all need to know is the
parameters which falls under each planet, so that you all could come on my
wavelength because you know that your friend Nikhil cannot walk alone on
this path of learning, I need to take all of you along with me. Right! So first I
will list few concepts and then I will answer that how through a very simple
example:

Sun rules over business/jobs related to:

Government service (also top posts in government), Social service, politics,

Fathers profession, Gold and Diamond Merchants, top surgeons,
electronics, teachers and researchers of political and social sciences.

You must also remember that in the above scenario if sun & Saturn are
weak in the chart (after taking many other factors into account), then the
linkage of sun with Saturn will bring hardships in natives professional life,
Native will be troubled by the people sitting in power and would even find it
very difficult to get a job. Even if he gets a job, remuneration would be less.
The employer will always find fault with him and the native will never get
satisfaction in career. Yes in case both sun and Saturn are very good in the
chart (after taking into account many factors), then things would be
completely reverse as then power, honor and fame all will come to the
native.

Moon rules over business/jobs related to:

Milk or milk products- Diary business,

Water- sailor, shipping, salt merchant (since salt is found in water), water
merchants (like people selling mineral water), water sports (but when we
say sports, then there is also involvement of mars), pearl merchants (since
pearls are found in ocean and represent moon), Water Board Sewage
department &

Food -cook, waiter, Hotel (Hotel Management also falls under this), Grass
& plants & vegetable & fruits vendor, Agriculture & Farmers, grocery shop,
edible oil merchant, fruit juice or wine merchants, Baker, animal food, sea
food

Travel- messenger, travel agencies & agents, navigator

Medicines-Purchase and sales of medicines, Nurse, compounder

Apart from this moon also governs Hawkers, dry cleaners, Artists,
Psychologists (stream of psychology), Chemists (science of chemistry),
astrologers, story writers & priests

You must also remember that in the above scenario if moon & Saturn are
weak in the chart (after taking many other factors into account), then the
linkage of moon with Saturn will bring unnecessarily travel or the native will
have displacement very often on account of his profession. Money loss
would be continuous and native will even get defame/blame in carrier.
Ultimately mental peace would suffer. Yes in case both moon and Saturn
are very good in the chart (after taking into account many factors), then
things would be much less negative, could also be very good depending on
other factors.

Mars rules over business/jobs related to:

Machines- Engineering, Iron Industry, machine handler, Professions

Connected with Metal and mineral (Mining, carpenter, mechanic,
blacksmith), Instrument manufacturing

Weapons and courage- Defense services (police department, military, fire

department), Weapons & arms dealing

Medical field: Surgeon, Dentist

Sports related professions

Stone & mud related jobs/work: Stone breaking, Granite industries,

sculpture, potter, agriculture & brick kiln

Apart from the above mars also governs Butchers, barbers, antiquities
related work, Teachers and researchers of physics

You must also remember that in the above scenario if mars & Saturn are
weak in the chart (after taking many other factors into account), then the
linkage of mars with Saturn will bring hardship throughout his/her life.
People will be harassing the native in his work place. Even getting a well
paid job would become difficult. The person in this case would be in habit
of changing his/her job frequently as either the employer will find fault with
him or native himself would never get satisfaction in his profile. Yes in case
both mars and Saturn are very good in the chart (after taking into account
many factors), then things would be much less negative. Could also be
very good depending on other factors


Mercury rules over business/jobs related to:

Education: teacher, novelist, writer, author, examiner, mathematics,

lecturer, professor, clerk, accountant, statisticians.

Communication: News paper, News paper vendor, postal and telegraph,

printing press, telephone department, journalism, editor, commission
agents, postman, broker, journalist, public speaker, ambassador, imports
and exports, air and land transports

Paper, Books, Stationery & publishing: Publisher, printer, editor, book

binder, book sellers, draftsman, stationery merchant

Decision takers, law makers, law implementation: Auditor, lawyer, judge,

councilor, ambassador, CBI agents, legal adviser, inspector, consultants,
advisors, astrologers,

Apart from above mercury also governs Painter/drawing, landlord,

compositor and general business possibilities.

You must also remember that in the above scenario the linkage of mercury
with Saturn will give native a comfortable business. Cooperation will be
there from all the sides. Native will earn a lot of money in his business and
will buy lands, property etc. Yes in case mercury or Saturn is weak in the
chart, then the story would get completely reversed as then hardships/
struggle would creep in.

Jupiter rules over business/jobs related to:

Religion: Priest, temple Workers, Yogasana Teacher, Religious teacher,

philosophers, Vedic teachers

Finance/wealth: bankers, Finance Department, Insurance, accountants

Decision takers, law makers: Auditors, Manager, Ministers (especially

education minister), lawyers & judges

You must also remember that in the above scenario the linkage of Jupiter
with Saturn will give a comfortable career to the native. The life will be very
smooth along with honor and respect. Native will enjoy all the luxuries and
would easily find a good job. Cooperation from respectable persons will
also be there. Yes in case Jupiter or Saturn is weak in the chart, then the
story would get completely reversed as then hardships/struggle would
creep in.

Venus rules over business/jobs related to:

Various forms of Arts: Artists, musician, musical instruments, singer,

performer, dancer, dramatist, story writing, poetry, acting, cinema, theatre,
painting, sculpture

Luxury & beauty: Luxury Goods, vehicles, cloth and textile industry, Fivestar hotels, furniture industry, Bar and restaurants, jewelry (Jeweler),
perfume seller, Beauty Parlor, Saloon, Scented materials, Handicrafts,
selling gift articles, makeup job ,showcase items, flower merchants,
marriage hall, beauty context,

Commerce, Finance and wealth: Treasurer, Accountant, Auditor,

insurance, money lending, financial organizations, bank commission agent,
Finance Minister

Apart from above Venus also governs tourism, prostitution, Drinks (alcohol,

wine and fruit juice), marketing and housekeeping.

You must also remember that in the above scenario the linkage of Venus
with Saturn then the person will be very rich with all the luxuries at his
disposal. Native will have his own house, vehicle and will get benefited
through wife/spouse. Yes in case Venus or Saturn is weak in the chart,
then the story would get completely reversed as then hardships/struggle
would creep in.

Saturn rules over:

People working in mines or owning mines, cleaners, security guards, peon,

sweepers, cobbler, brick Layers

Rahu rules over:

Labor oriented jobs: coolie, Vehicle drivers, cycle rickshaw pullers, load
man, stone breakers, stone quarry workers, gardeners, rag pickers,
building workers, vehicle cleaners, Shoe maker, shoe polisher slaves and
wood cutters

Defense, research and investigation: CBI department, Secret organization,

defense department, scientists (especially related chemicals, nuclear
physics, Leprosy department)

Theft or illegal activities: Robbers, picketers, thieves, smuggling, cheating,

pick pocketing, chain snatching, corruption, all underground work, black
magician, and prostitution

Manufacturing of: cigarette, wine, bomb, chemicals (pesticide or various

other poisonous chemicals) and electronics

Trade: Related to foreign land, sale and purchase of old articles

Apart from the above rahu also governs over photographers, actors, gas
agents, snake keepers and prison

You must also remember that in the above scenario the linkage of Rahu
with Saturn then the person will undergo initial subordination and this may
also result in poverty. But in the later part of life he will become an eminent
personality with lot of experience. In case Rahu or Saturn is weak in the
chart, then only hardships/struggle would dominate the persons life.

Ketu rules over business/jobs related to:

Divinity and Healing: Doctor, priest, astrologers, occultist, pranic healers,

divine healer, sages, saints, yogis, siddhas, fakirs, dealing with natural
herbs/medicines, religious teachers, theology, religion, faith healers and
preceptors

Manufacturing of: pots, tiles and brick, Coir, Cable, wire and handlooms

Apart from the above Ketu also governs over lawyers, Fisherman, tailors/
weavers, knitters, snake dealers/players, hunters, beggars, wire man,
power loom industries and spinning mills.

You must also remember that in the above scenario if Ketu & Saturn are
weak in the chart (after taking many other factors into account), then the
linkage of Ketu with Saturn will bring suffrage in his job throughout his life.
Satisfaction would seriously lack. Changes and disputes in job would be

unavoidable.
The person behave feel very lonely and alone. Yes in case both Ketu and
Saturn are very good in the chart (after taking into account many factors),
then success, respect and peace will oblige the native.

Hence as soon as you locate linkage(degree wise closeness, sign

exchange, trine placement and mutual aspect) of ANY PLANET with
Jupiter (Jeeva karaka) or Saturn (karma karaka), career in the fields
mentioned corresponding to that planet are possible, BUT remember,
never give judgment just on the basis of this rule alone as there could
be simultaneous effect of more than 1 planet on your Jupiter and
Saturn, in that case you have to mix some results (which would
demand practice) and Secondly we also have to take into account the
effect of 10th sign, 10th lord (as per the cusp chart), Navamsa
depositor of 10th lord, D-10 chart etc. Therefore, restraint yourself in
giving any immediate conclusion

Ok so now, you all basically know that which all types of professions
falls under which planets and how exactly you will take your first step
in predicting the profession area of the person.

After analyzing the karaka and the planetary influences on it in the

first step, now in the second step you all need to focus your attention
on these 6 points:

a) Professions coming under the scope of 10th lord (as per the
cusp chart),
b) The professions coming under the scope of the sign coming in
10th cusp.
c) The professions coming under the scope of the sign occupied by
this 10th cusp lord in lagan chart and

d) The professions coming under the scope of the sign occupied by

karma karaka Saturn.
e) The professions coming under the scope of the sign occupied by
10th cusp lord in D-9 chart. (i.e. Navamsa sign of 10th cusp lord)
f) Professions coming under the scope of planets influencing
(through aspect or placement) the 1st house of D-10 chart (If no
planet aspects or is placed in the first house of your D-10 chart, then
take lord of 1st house in D-10 chart)

Similarly the most powerful influences on Venus (for males) and on mars
(for females) will actually determine the basic stream of your spouse career
and many a times your area of his/her interest or passion. These influences
on your Venus/mars will give you the first clue about his/her area of
profession.
After analyzing the karaka and the planetary influences on it in the first
step, now in the second step you all need to focus your attention on these 6
points:
a) Professions coming under the scope of 7th lord (as per the cusp chart),
b) The professions coming under the scope of the sign coming in 7th cusp.
c) The professions coming under the scope of the sign occupied by this 7th
cusp lord in lagan chart and
d) The professions coming under the scope of the sign occupied by karaka
Venus for males/mars for females.
e) The professions coming under the scope of the sign occupied by 7th
cusp lord in D-9 chart. (i.e. Navamsa sign of 7th cusp lord)
f) Professions coming under the scope of planets influencing (through
aspect or placement) the 1st house of D-9 chart (If no planet aspects or is
placed in the first house of your D-9 chart, then take lord of 1st house in
D-9 chart)

I have already listed the professions coming under the scope of each

planet above but let me now list all the professions which fall under
each sign, so that points b, c, d and e mentioned above can be
interpreted.

As per our texts: Signs and the associated professions:

Aries: Defense, weapons and fire related work, Government related

work ,various types of Sports, Engineering, Iron, brick, pottery and mining
related work, expertise in surgery, cooking and agriculture.

Taurus: Cattle feeding and nurturing, Jewelry trade, finance or money

handling, Textiles and handicrafts, showpieces, scents, luxury hotels,
dealers of flowers and fruits, all artistic pursuits like acting, music, poetry,
story telling and writing and singing

Gemini: All modes of data communications like letter, books, telephone,

TV, cable, Information and broad casting etc, space related research,
accountants, auditors, lawyers, judges, councilors, ambassadors,
mathematicians etc.

Cancer: Export and Import, transportation (through planes, ships etc),

agriculture, milk, grocery, vegetable & medical outlets, pearl dealers, hotel
& restaurants, water related work.

Leo: Social & Charitable work, Government and administration related

work, Engineering

Virgo: Teaching, writing, Auditing, Accounts work, Business, retail outlets

Libra: All forms of artistic work (acting, dancing, singing etc), all
professions of money handling (banks, insurance, commissioning),

lawyers, Jewelers, Textiles and handicrafts, showpieces, scents, cloth

business, law dept., hotel, bars and Restaurants, Beauty parlor.

Scorpio: Raw materials, Iron, Metal, Mining & Engineering Industry,

Agriculture, Electricity work, Instrument handling & Manufacturing,
precision work, religion work, astrology, mantra, tantric, occult practices

Sagittarius: Social & charitable work, Wood and Forest related work, law,
temple, All financial institutions like banks etc, education or teaching
related, military.

Capricorn: Stone, mining, sand & construction business, Hotels, food

products, manure, fertilizers and pesticide trade, oil merchant, hardware,
spare parts and old articles, shoe & leather business, porters, & coolies

Aquarius: Religion, Teaching, Research and Development , Psychology,

Astrology, Philosophy, , Consultancy, Administration, Oil and Natural Gas,
Air force, Space missions and research, Defense service, Fire Service, Jail
Dept., manufacturing of mass scale destructive weapons, tourism related,
central excise dept, butcher shop, Investigating agencies.

Pieces: Education or teaching related, religious & Financial Institutions,

Medicine, Law, External Affairs, Navy & shipping, religious worker.

I know after reading all those, a, b, c, d, e and f points many of you must be
wondering that Nikhil, like this all the professions of the world would suit
everybody BUT DEAR ALL, this is simply not the case.

As I have said that the most important factor is your 1st step based on
karaka. POINTS a, b, c, d, e and f, SHOULD BE JUST USED TO FINE
TUNE THE PREDICTION LAID DOWN BY THE FIRST STEP.


MAIN STREAM of profession should be decided on the basis of first step
only. Rest all the factors would help us to narrow down our observation &
analysis.