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Identifying Professional Determinants
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The professional prospects of a person are ruled by the interplay of planets becoming primary, additional and secondary determinants of professional matters, their placement in a house/sign, their strength, the influence of other planets over them and the operating planetary periods. Predicting profession, a person is likely to take up and succeed, is quite a complex job and it is one of the most sought after fields in predictive Vedic Astrology. Numerous professional areas, a highly competitive environment; be it in business, service, profession, politics, etc., and its magnitude are the various aspects which have charged the atmosphere making it quite difficult for the decision makers to identify one which would be most suitable from the point of view of success and also the potentialities of the seekers.
There are number of factors which help us in arriving at a decision on this vital issue, viz. the nature of sign falling in the ascendant, tenth house governing profession, second house ruling the status, the impact of the third house which rules enterprising nature, the eleventh house signifying income and the ascendant of dasamsa (the divisional chart for analysis of professional matters) of a native. All of the foregoing factors collectively govern the magnitude of the professional matters. The sign of a royal planet like the Sun, the Moon or affluent planets Venus, Jupiter, Mars, etc. indicate the level of affluence of the profession of a native and the income, there from. The lords of the second, third and ninth houses, if containing mooltrikona signs, also act as the Sun. The strength of the lords of these signs and the operating planetary periods hold the key to decipher the planetary influences. Similarly, understanding the nature of planets becoming significators for profession and the planets exerting close influence on the houses ruling professional matters is necessary. THE PRIMARY DETERMINANTS The lords of the tenth and the second houses, if containing mooltrikona signs, are considered as the primary determinants for analyzing the professional affairs. In case there is no mooltrikona sign in any of these houses, then the lord of the first house is considered the prime determinant. For various ascendants, the following planet(s) will become prime determinants for analyzing the professional affairs: ASCENDANT PRIME DETERMINANTS 1. Aries -Mars. 2. Taurus -Saturn. 3. Gemini -The Moon. 4. Cancer -Mars and the Sun. 5. Leo -Mercury. 6. Virgo- Venus. 7. Libra - The Moon. 8. Scorpio- The Sun and Jupiter. 9. Sagittarius- Mercury. 10. Capricorn -Venus and Saturn. 11. Aquarius -Saturn. 12. Pisces -Jupiter and Mars. THE ADDITIONAL PRIMARY DETERMINANT The lord of the ascendant of dasamsa containing a mooltrikona sign becomes an additional primary determinant for profession. THE SECONDARY DETERMINANTS The planets closely influencing the tenth and the second houses or the ascendant, if there is no mooltrikona sign in the tenth and the second houses, or closely influencing the primary determinants by way of close aspects/conjunctions act as secondary determinants for analyzing the professional affairs. The close influence of the lord of the third house on the houses ruling professional matters or the third house, itself, indicates business ventures. The significations of planets fructify during their own main/sub-period as per their strength. The readers may please note the stress being laid on the strength of the planets. The weakness of the planets in a nativity is the very reason of existence of this divine science. It is but natural that a native may approach an astrologer in the hour of difficulty and thereafter he may like to utilize the services of this divine science without being faced with the problems but to avoid the incidence of problems as also to augment his ventures for optimum benefits. The real job is to find out the true strength of those planets which are apparently strong in the rasi chart of a nativity. As per Maharishi Parashara the weak planets of the natal chart do not acquire any strength in any of the Vargas. The weak natal planets fail to bestow good results even if they are in strength in the divisional charts or having maximum benefic bindus in Ashtakvarga. In fact delineating anything from a natal chart requires application of the principles in a comprehensive manner. Most of the times, the significators may be overlapping and indicating more than one area of pursuit, while a person might have one of the areas as a hobby. Similarly, as brought out earlier, a planet signifies variety of occupations. For example: (1) the Sun signifies administration, practice of medicine, politics, etc. (2) Venus signifies practice of life saving drugs, the business of artistic nature, engineering or luxury items, financial advisor's role, etc. (3) Mercury signifies dealing in writing, accountancy, analytical studies, application of law, designing work of engineering involving calculations, etc. (4) The Moon signifies love and care, house keeping, public relations, etc. (5) Mars signifies execution, commandership in the armed forces, initiative and entrepreneurship, etc. (6) Jupiter signifies practice of law, teaching, financial management, advisory roles, propagation of spirituality, Astrology, etc. (7) Saturn signifies participation in mass production involving large work force, low technology industry, leadership of labor/industrial workers, service, etc. (8) Rahu signifies diplomatic jobs, jobs requiring manipulations with facts, aviators, computer programmers, highly technical fields, professions involving juggling, involvement with the masses, involvement with occult or psychic knowledge, dealing in poisons and drugs. etc., and (9) Ketu signifies interest in occultism, spiritual initiation and development, natural healing methods and diets, religion and diversification, services for old and needy persons and rules chemists, pharmacists, priests, researchers and spiritual healers. What we have to see is which type of influence is more in operation and has to synchronize the same with the operating planetary periods. As a group, those planets which exert more influence indicate the choice or area of profession. The prominence, fame, wealth or notable contributions in various fields is the result of a group of strong planets congruent in nature. The group of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury may indicate the area of profession as advisory role in financial institutions or in financial matters, legal advice, or collectively legal and financial areas. The confluence of the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, etc. as a group may indicate good positions in administration. The confluence of Venus, Saturn, Mercury and Mars may indicate a profession of engineering. The confluence of Mercury, Mars, Venus and the Sun may indicate a profession in the technology sectors. Further classification in the major field depends on the leading role of one of the significators. When the significators are weak or the main period of weak planets is in operation, the natives go in for routine jobs i.e. clerical or mechanics, sales representatives/assistants, etc. or merely work as helping hands. For entering into business the role of the third house and the Sun, Venus and Mercury is supreme as they provide planning, trading and organizing capabilities. Royal planets (the Sun and the Moon) and Mars, the planet of executive authority, under the benefic influence of Jupiter becoming significators of profession indicate involvement of political career. Rahu gives impetus to the efforts. However, success depends on the good placement of Rahu and neither it should be aspected by or related to the functional malefic planets nor it should be closely afflicting other planets in the natal chart. Ketu in its main/sub-periods often retards the growth. Persons with weak Mercury, which rules planning and analytical faculties, often end up with losses in business because of mainly two reasons i.e. (1) they depend on the wisdom of others; and (2) they take wrong decisions when they are under great mental pressures. We also examine the strength of the primary and secondary determinants in dasamsa. If the concerned planets are in their sign of debilitation in dasamsa, they become weak for the professional matters even if they are placed strongly in the natal chart. During the sub-periods of the planets occupying their signs of debilitation in dasamsa, the native meets with obstructions, delays and setbacks in professional matters or incurs business losses. In view of this, while discussing the case studies, we have indicated the ascending sign of dasamsa and if some planet is in its sign of debilitation in dasamsa.