{"id":2148,"date":"2014-10-16T11:46:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2014-10-16T11:46:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T16:46:00","slug":"vedic-astrology-career-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.navamsa.com\/?p=2148","title":{"rendered":"Vedic Astrology & Career Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Career Selection\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

As an astrologer, if you\u00e2\u0080\u0099re capable of addressing the perennial issues of relationship and career, your own career success is assured.<\/span><\/p>\n

In ancient times, choosing a career was relatively simple, and in India at least it was laid out along the lines of the caste system. If you were a Brahmin<\/em>, you\u00e2\u0080\u0099d be a member of the intelligentsia, and follow a career in the arts, education, law or ministry. If you were a Kshatriya<\/em>, you\u00e2\u0080\u0099d go into the civil service, the police or military. If a Vaishya<\/em>, you\u00e2\u0080\u0099d become a business person, if Shudra<\/em>, a tradesman or laborer. But if you were a Mleccha<\/em>, you were an outcaste and thus reduced to scavenging.<\/span><\/p>\n

In modern times there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s been an explosion of careers, such that the choices now are literally mind-boggling. However, with a couple of simple techniques, it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s still relatively easy to identify a range of viable career options unique to each birth chart.<\/span><\/p>\n

First & 10th houses<\/strong><\/p>\n

The basic method involves analysis of the first and 10th houses. Naturally, the 10th is an obvious focus, because it represents our career \u00e2\u0080\u0093 the observable things we do in life, the karma we perform as a consequence of our natural inclinations, and our aspirations for social recognition.<\/span><\/p>\n

But why the first house, so favored in South India? In practice, the ascendant is a natural starting point for understanding any client because it represents prakruti<\/em>, the primal motive force, or basic nature of intelligence. In other words, the first house represents the individual\u00e2\u0080\u0099s instinctive actions and reactions to life. And it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s the influences of planets on the ascendant that identify the nature of our prakruti<\/em>. Once we understand the client, we\u00e2\u0080\u0099re better able to anticipate their likely career path.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vedic \u00e2\u0080\u009cfull\u00e2\u0080\u009d aspects<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before discussing planetary influences, let\u00e2\u0080\u0099s first consider planetary aspects in Vedic astrology. In western astrology, aspects for the most part exist only between planets, although some practitioners occasionally refer to a planet aspecting the ascendant or the midheaven. If we keep this latter notion in mind, that a planet can aspect a point where there\u00e2\u0080\u0099s nothing physically observable, we\u00e2\u0080\u0099re on the way to understanding Vedic aspects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note that Vedic horoscopy is different from western astrology in at least three fundamental ways: (1) it uses the sidereal zodiac, (2) it uses whole-sign houses, so that if the ascendant is in Scorpio, the whole of Scorpio becomes the first house, and so on, and (3) it does not use Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although in Vedic astrology Mars, Jupiter and Saturn exert some \u00e2\u0080\u009cspecial aspects\u00e2\u0080\u009d, all planets follow a simple rule. If a planet occupies a given sign, it influences that house, and any other planets in the same sign, as surely as if they were two people in the same room, regardless of how many degrees separate them.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, each planet also looks diametrically across the chart to influence by its \u00e2\u0080\u009cfull\u00e2\u0080\u009d aspect any planet occupying the opposite sign, regardless of orb. In addition, each planet will at the same time aspect any empty<\/em> house that lies opposite. Although this may seem abstract to western astrologers, it thus allows for a situation where, for example, a house may have no occupant and yet at the same time be influenced by one or more planets from the opposite sign.<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/a>Influences on the first and 10th houses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong>Now that we understand the capacity for all planets to influence both the house they occupy and the house directly opposite, we realize that so long as a planet is angular it will either occupy or aspect the 1st or 10th house. Eg, a planet in the 4th aspects the 10th, while a planet in the 7th aspects the 1st.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, one or more angular planets can immediately create a signature for certain career inclinations. Once we understand the nature of the planets, we are immediately afforded clues as to the natural disposition (prakruti<\/em>) of the client, and therefore their natural bias for career aptitudes and pursuits.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps the simplest example of this is to divide the planets into natural benefics and malefics. The natural benefics are the Moon, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. The natural malefics are the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a majority of benefics angular in the birth chart, the individual is drawn to the humanistic or \u00e2\u0080\u009cpeople\u00e2\u0080\u009d professions: arts, media, sales, marketing, teaching, consulting, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a majority of malefics angular, the individual is inclined toward the reality-based or scientific professions: the trades, biology, chemistry, computer applications, engineering, mechanics and other physical sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n

We can also divide the planets according to caste. Jupiter and Venus are Brahmin<\/em>. Sun and Mars are Kshatriya<\/em>. Moon and Mercury are Vaishya<\/em>. Saturn is Shudra<\/em>. Rahu and Ketu are Mleccha<\/em>. By noting any particular caste dominance among angular planets, we can generalize to some degree what the likely career orientation will be.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, let\u00e2\u0080\u0099s assume only the Sun and Mars are angular. Since both are of the Kshatriya<\/em> class, the client will have a natural command-and-control instinct, and therefore a bias for administrative or management roles, in fields such as government, police and military.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, if only the Moon and Mercury are angular, these are Vaishya<\/em> class. The client would have a flair for negotiation and trade, thereby favoring occupations in the fields of business and commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n

Career themes by planet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aside from caste stereotypes, however, a more comprehensive understanding of planetary natures can afford much greater insight into career potential. Following is a table of professions with which each planet is associated. Again, if such a planet is in any of the angular houses, it lends a bias for that type of occupation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sun<\/span><\/td>\nAdministration, leadership, classical professions, accounting, architecture, engineering, law, medicine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moon<\/span><\/td>\nArts & entertainment, domestic services, esthetics, hospitality industry, nurturing professions<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mars<\/span><\/td>\nSecurity, competitions (sports, litigation), combustion, construction, dismantling, skills based on strength<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mercury<\/span><\/td>\nAgency & brokering, business, analysis, calculation, communication<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jupiter<\/span><\/td>\nCounseling, investments, ministry, oratory, teaching, wisdom, writing<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venus<\/span><\/td>\nArt, adornment, beauty, culture, luxury, high-living products & services, pets, social pastimes, textiles, transportation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saturn<\/span><\/td>\nTime, labor, land, manufacturing, tools & machines, recycling, guarded traditions, secret endeavors, old\/dead\/ancient\/derelict pursuits, rock\/stone\/inert matter<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rahu\/Ketu<\/span><\/td>\nDrugs, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, fuels, photography, computers, video games, new technologies, inventions, illusion, movies, buffoonery, fraud, occult, secrets, import\/export, mysticism & metaphysics<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Our analysis of a client\u00e2\u0080\u0099s career potential might be simple if only one planet occupies an angular house. In practice, however, there are often two or more angular planets. In that case, we may need to determine the relative strength of angular planets by applying certain criteria.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, a planet is strong in its own or exalted sign, when it has dig bala<\/em> (directional strength), when retrograde, or as a full Moon. It is weak when debilitated, combust, in a planetary war (conjunct another true planet within one degree), or as a new Moon. Once we determine the relative hierarchy of angular planets, it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s often the strongest among them that will give the client a bias for a particular career.<\/span><\/p>\n

Career themes via planetary combinations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although a single strong planet might very well nudge the client into a certain occupation or career, in practice we expect more complexity. There are, after all, more careers to choose from than ever, and some of these are combinatorial in nature, eg, forensic accountant, prosthetic engineer, immigration lawyer.<\/span><\/p>\n

The table below provides a list of possible careers when one or more planets occupy angular houses at the same time. The list does not account for one planet\u00e2\u0080\u0099s dominance over another, as discussed in the earlier section, although that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s something to always keep in mind.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
SU<\/span><\/td>\nAdministration, organization, control, politics<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SU\/MA<\/span><\/td>\nAdministration, medicine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SU\/MA\/JU<\/span><\/td>\nPolitics<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SU\/MA\/SA<\/span><\/td>\nMedicine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SU\/JU<\/span><\/td>\nHealing, religion, spirituality<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MO\/MA\/SA<\/span><\/td>\nSports<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MO\/JU<\/span><\/td>\nTravel<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MO\/VE<\/span><\/td>\nArts, beautification, crafts, esthetics, food, beverage<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MO\/VE\/SA<\/span><\/td>\nEntertainment<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MA\/ME<\/span><\/td>\nComputers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MA\/JU<\/span><\/td>\nLaw<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MA\/VE<\/span><\/td>\nSex, scandal, primal charisma<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MA\/SA<\/span><\/td>\nConstruction, labor, police, military, competition, confrontation, technology, science, tools, machinery<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MA\/SA\/ME<\/span><\/td>\nEngineering, sports business, machinery, metal, electrical<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MA\/SA\/RA<\/span><\/td>\nScience<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ME\/JU<\/span><\/td>\nCommunication, media, acting, writing, advising, counseling, humanities<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ME\/JU\/VE<\/span><\/td>\nEducation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ME\/SA<\/span><\/td>\nBusiness<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JU\/VE<\/span><\/td>\nCounselor, advisor, stage acting<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JU\/SA\/RA<\/span><\/td>\nOccult<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VE<\/span><\/td>\nArts<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SA<\/span><\/td>\nHeavy labor<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RA\/KE<\/span><\/td>\nUnusual, different, illusion, innovation, new technology<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

In the absence of angular planets<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the readers who\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been following this thesis, and perhaps reviewing some charts in their files, questions naturally arise: What about charts whose angular planets have no strength? Worse still, what about charts which have no angular planets at all? Are those clients doomed to unemployment?<\/span><\/p>\n

In practice, the absence of angular planets doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t make it impossible to identify a career, just a little more complicated. It involves looking at the chart another way, from the perspective of the ascendant, the Moon and the Sun. The resulting analysis identifies one or more \u00e2\u0080\u009cpointer\u00e2\u0080\u009d planets that subsequently identify associated career themes.<\/span><\/p>\n

But this is a more complex technique, reserved for a subsequent article and discussion. If you\u00e2\u0080\u0099re interested in career analysis, please consider attending my lecture on this subject \u00e2\u0080\u0093 Vedic Astrology & Career Selection<\/em> \u00e2\u0080\u0093 at 4:00 PM EST on Saturday, 15 November 2014, hosted by the Breaking Down The Borders<\/em><\/a> online astrology conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

~~~~~~~~~<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Alan Annand is a Canadian astrologer and palmist with an education spanning both eastern and western astrology. He has diplomas from the American College of Vedic Astrology, as well as the British Faculty of Astrological Studies for whom he was their North American correspondence tutor for several years.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is also a\u00c2\u00a0writer<\/span><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0of crime fiction, including his\u00c2\u00a0NEW AGE NOIR<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0series (Scorpio Rising<\/em>, Felonious Monk<\/em>, Soma County<\/em>) featuring astrologer and palmist Axel Crowe, whom one reviewer has dubbed \u00e2\u0080\u009cSherlock Holmes with a horoscope.\u00e2\u0080\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n

Find his books at\u00c2\u00a0Amazon<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Apple<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Barnes&Noble<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Kobo<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Smashwords<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Websites: www.navamsa.com<\/a>, www.sextile.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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