D10 Dasamsa - Powerful / planets in Ascendant

[GNE]

Hello all,

I've been very interested in Vedic/Jyotish and specifically lately learning about things in regards to career.

I am having trouble reading my D10 chart, but it seems like a strong one from a glance.
My D10 lagna is Jupiter (pisces), sitting in lagna, conjunct mercury and venus. (is this a special yoga too?)
And jupiter also rules the 10th in that chart. Sun, excelled in 2nd, and Dhana yoga with 2nd lord mars excelled in the 11th. ....among other things, some good, some bad I'm sure.

My question is what specifically might my 1st house represent with all those planets sitting in it?
What sort of job or success, fame perhaps even could this mean?

Appreciate a small reading if its not too much trouble,
Or at least a more detailed description of what D10's 10th house lord sitting in the ascendan, own sign, could mean?

thanks in advance,
much blessings.


my details:

April 15, 1985
11:06am
Toronto, Ontario(canada) - 43.6481° N / 79.4042° W

[Digambar.Astrologer]

Hello GNE,

In your chart Ma is the primary significator for profession. It is well placed in rashi in its MT in the 10th and is exalted in H11 in D10. But is has acquired some weakness due to being in old age and being conjunct the malefic Ra. This makes your professional life a mixed bag.

Ju is debilitated in rashi which makes it weak there. It is also badly placed in the navamsa. In D10 although it is well placed in the lagan but is also conjunct the lord of the 8th, and the debilitated lord of the 7th. These factors weaken the conjunction. The malefic Ve, although exalted, will continue to create some obstructions in your professional life.

Further in the rashi chart the weak L8 Sa is placed in the 5th, closely aspecting H5, H7, H11 and H2. This will tend to create obstacles for you during its sub-periods and weak transits. It can cause you some setbacks in profession and money related matters during such times.

Su is exalted and vargottam in rashi, D9 adn D10. This is very good. It does acquire some weakness due to being in infancy and its' depositor Ma's weakness. I suspect you could be a doctor, surgeon, chemist, dentist. If the weakness of Su and the H5 prevailed during the last MD of the weak Ju and affected your higher studies, you could have turned towards engineering.

I would recommend that you strengthen Ma, Su and Mo. Also regularly propitiate Ra, Ke, Sa and Ju. Especially Sa, since you are currently running its MD. These should help you in your endeavors.

Regards
Digambar

[GNE]

Thank you very much Digambar! Great reply.

Would my Rashi chart saturn placement in 5th/scorpio, be strengthened somewhat due to it's dispositor mars, being in MT and 10th? also makes an aspect to Saturn. Yes, no?


I also read on this forum, people talking about Rahu becoming like a Yogakaraka, if it's in Kendra and conjunct the lord of a kendra (as long as the lord is in own/mt or excelled).
Would this effect occur with my Rahu/mars placement?


As for the reading, yes I would agree professional life has been a mixed bag. Mostly in regards to having a job. When I do it's always gone well, promotions, well respected, not much stress, etc.
But I seem to keep a job for only short periods of times then have months of nothing.
(note: When a job ends, it's been because the task or contract ran out. Not because I've been fired. I never have been.)


Believe it or not, I've always been in the art related industry sold paintings in my teens and started in the film industry during 2004-5. Primarily work as writer/director of short films...around 2009-now I've branched out and been hired on and off as a camera/photographer, and video editor most of the time.
Self taught since 2004 - though I learned much from my Father and his contacts since he works in the film industry post production in canada, first as a sound editor, now as a colorist (color correction or effects on movies) - however he's retired last year.

I did acting in one short film (friends film, nothing major), but that got me noticed and I had agents from the states e-mail me asking if I'd fly down and join their acting agency (I declined... - this was in 2009)

Currently trying to get employment and income in really any capacity....
besides that, writing a script for a movie on my spare time.

Knowing that now, would the D10 (or rashi) show these decisions or abilities?


Thank you very much!

[Digambar.Astrologer]

Hello GNE,

I am a little surprised that you are in the arts related industry and always have been. I guess one way to explain that will be due to the strong Ve in your chart both in rashi and D10 lagan. But since it is not directly related to the 10th in anyway direct way, I am not convinced yet. Moreover the exalted and vargottam Su in the 10th along with Ma in it's MT house give strong indications for a no-arts profession. I am still not fully sold on the Ve theory though.

How sure are you of the birth time? Your chart changes lagan in less than 10 mintues. If we use the time of 10:55 pm, the lagan changes to Gemini. An exalted Ve is now positioned in the house of profession along with a debilitated Me. In D10 it is also placed in the lagan along with the debilitated Me. This explains your profession much better in my opinion. Also using this time Ra is closely afflicting the H11, H3, H5 and H7, and Ke afflicts H5, H9, H11 and H1. The clear H10 shows a consistent line of carrier but the afflictions to the house of income, initiatives and business ventures explain the hardships in those areas.

Using this birth time, you are currently running the period of Sa, which is a benefic, but weak as it is badly placed in the 6th, it is in infancy, but it also beneficially aspects the 5th (intellect and mental talent), 7th (business and also life in foreign lands), 11th (income), and H2 (wealth). Due to the weaknesses, there could be a lot of hard labor and challenges, but it may be a good time to explore that assignment in the US again, or another one.

Depending on your spiritual bends and financial capacities, if you would like, I could recommend some remedies to strengthen the weak and propitiate the malefics.

Rggards
Digambar

[GNE]

H Digambar,

I too have always been surprised the way my career life (and other aspects) have turned out after looking at my chart.
Though when I glanced at western astrology, my Mercury/venus conjunction appears directly on a "midheaven" degree, which is an important degree for profession.
But I don't follow much of western astrology anyway, and this is a vedic forum so I shall remain on topic --

I often believed my ascendant could be gemini instead. ....I appear more like the description (thin, focus mostly on my 'bright" eyes). As with my current birthtime, moon in the 8th has never made sense to me...my mother (both parents infact) have had no health problems, and were around and get along with me all the time, almost like best friends. I also have not had any bad health/desiese, nor too many ups and downs in life at all.

But both my mom's records, and hospitals Doctor records said my time was 11:06 am.
.....possible with mercury retrograde going on at the time of my birth they could've made a mistake? hah

well, since the hospital had me for 11:06, I suppose that is the time to use.
As I assume if there was an error, it would be only a couple minutes, so something around 11:00, but 10:55 or less seems like quite a large mistake for the doctor/hospital to make. ?

Could mars as lord of 5th in the 10th play a part in my creative/artistic endeavors?

[Digambar.Astrologer]

Hi GNE,

If you are sure about the time, then that is what should be used. Ma being the lord of the 5th also will acquire some of it's qualities as well, but since H5 is closely afflicted by 8th lord Sa, I feel that the significations of that house are seriously damaged.

I would go with the theory of exalted Ve in the 9th in rashi and the lagan in D10, along with Ra in the 10th in rashi in the nakshatra of Ve as the driving factors then. Ra and Ve are together in H5 in navamsa and Ra is in H10 in D10. The fact that Ve is also vargottam in rashi, D10 and D2 could be another factor to consider.

May be some other learned members can explain this better than I could. A part of me is still saying gemini as your lagan.

Regards
Digambar

[armaan.Khanna]

Namaste Digambarji,

reallly wonderful the way you have given such an indepth analysis by seeing lagna & other Divisional charts.

Request you to kindly see my Main & Divisional Charts too & help me also.

I too need your analysis regarding my career.

will be really grateful.

* My Birth Details:

Date : 13-08-1984
Time : 16:00
Place : Mumbai

Regards,

Armaan

[GNE]

Thank you again digambar for the reading,

I've read that Rahu and Venus together could create or represent Photography / cinema of sorts.
The "illusion" and technology (camera/machines) from rahu and art of venus. ?

I wonder, is there a way - a question perhaps that could help rectify my birth time, and lagna.


And If you or someone could read Armaan's chart as they asked, I would also be interested in it as a learning tool.
I noticed they have Jupiter in lagna in main chart aswell as navamsa and d10. ....


Thank you once more

[VioletTwilight]

Dear GNE,

I agree with Digambar.Astrology regarding your lagna. However, I wonder if it this issue can be resolved if we consider the exact location of your birth. In large cities, the latitude longitude is often considered for downtown/city center. If you are not born in a downtown hospital, then it might help with moving the lagna a few degrees without moving time as much as 10 minutes but may be by 5-6 minutes.

Do you know which hospital you were born in?

Best regards,
Violet

[GNE]

Hello again,

I'm now very interested in solving this lagna situaiton - the hospital I was born in was "Toronto general" Hospital, mom says it's near downtown toronto ontario (canada), timezone: Eastern Standard Time .

But perhaps if I list a few traits about myself, you could look at which chart (cancer or gemini rising) fits this best? A sort of rectification.

Health - Never had any reason outside of tonsils taken out when I was 2 years old to be at a hospital, no health problems ever outside of a bad regular cold. ...and even those, after my late teens, I haven't really gotten anything bad.
I do have dry skin though, particularly on the hands/elbows...exzema the doctor said.


Relationships - Never been in a love relationship ever. Nor had a real "Date". Anyone I've met I've met through work, and that didn't start until my 20's. Nothing has lasted long, nor got very sexual.
...though it doesn't bother me, my mind's always been more focused on career and just haven't felt much of an urge to date.


family - Very close and get along with parents aswell as all relatives/cousins, though I'm a bit of an outcast to my mom's side of the family as they're all sports fans and I don't care for sports at all.
I am an only child.

Friends - I've always been well liked, and invited out by many groups, however until recently (last 3-5 years) growing up I had a fear of large crowds and would hate to go to parties or very "public" places.
Preferance to stay inside or at a close friends house with only 1-3 others at most.


Schooling - Self taught in the arts/film , did okay at school - got along fantastic with teachers, that even when I didn't do homework they'd often give me extra days or a passing 50% grade and told me not to tell other students. I had a thing where I'd only do the necessary work to get by, but not push myself or do what I didn't want to do - instead always went back to my art (painting at the time, or writing stories), always believed I'd be in the film or some related industry so slacked at science, math, etc..
This of course isn't the best behavior, but I was a teenager (high school).

Went to college for fine arts, but withdrew / dropped from the program after I was "too advanced" for it. The teachers would say I needed more of a challenge, and at one point they had a "wall of the school's student's best artwork" and it was all my work only (for two days until people noticed and added others work to change it up).


I've also never done any drugs, or alchohal....not for any religious reasons, just felt I never needed too and I love to feel like I'm "myself" and not under influence of other stimulants or that sort of thing.

mentioned that as I figure if a certain chart shows lots of temptations by drugs/drinking, then I don't think that's the right lagna.


hope this helps!

[VioletTwilight]

Dear GNE,

Your education status matches the current birth time. Your 9th lord is debilitated - higher degree doesn't move forward. Your 4th lord is exalted - good teachers. More importantly, your 9th lord in D24 - Siddamsa is debilitated and 9th house has Rahu-Ketu that indicates you not getting a degree. It does have Jupiter dristi, so you may complete it at some other time. But higher education (as in academic degrees) is unlikely. 3rd lord involvement with 4th in 9th created more hands-on learning. And Venus in 5th in Navamsa indicate not innate talent but superior talent gained by practice. (in 9th it would have indicated gain of talent by teachers).

Saturn is related to dry skin, while excessive Sun (heat) can cause skin problems too. I think "tall" is due to Saturn in Navamsa, and "sparkling eyes" due to exalted Venus. But loss of hair should start soon if Sun is really strong and showing his effects.

One more thing in rectification is to check significations from Navamsa lagna. Is your birth delayed (long labour - even if first birth more than 24 hours labour, or some delay in delivery?)? Sometimes, the birth is past due date.

These issues show your initial birth-time as a strong contender. I don't know how the career would work with it though. The lack of siblings is also not obvious.


Best regards,
Violet

[GNE]

Thanks VioletTwilight,

Seems it's the career causing confusion with the cancer lagna...
Maybe this is where one follows d9 or d10 more for the profession?

So far no hair major hair loss, no sign of balding at the moment, infact Ive had people comment on the fact that I have very thick hair... Maybe for sun to start showing it's effects I'll need to go through the dasha or antardasha of it....which isn't for a while.


Spoke with parents, and they said the labour was very quick - I was out in under 3 hours. However I was born premature by almost a month.
Though they often tell stories of how doctors would say I was the strongest of the other premature babies at the hospital and recovered and was ready to go home quicker then they expected.

Parents had 2 miscarriages before me, so there goes my siblings.

[VioletTwilight]

From what I understand, both lagnas (Gemini and Cancer) work for no siblings.

With Cancer, 11th house is aspected by Saturn. Even if it is owned by fertile Venus and aspected by Jupiter, both of those are not in strength I think, either due to conjunction with deb Me or being deb itself in case of Jupiter. So, there were 2 trials which failed which should be your older siblings.
In younger case, Mercury is a barren planet and does not give any life.

On the other hand with Gemini, Mars+Sun+Rahu being all "hot" planets which can cause loss of life or early delivery. But especially Rahu is bad for live birth. However, 3rd lord (Su) and karaka (Ma) being strong can give younger ones, but again there is Saturn's 10th aspect to Leo.

Despite your birth being early instead of late, I think it may still be the Saturn effect. Since your Saturn is in retrograde, it is said that retrograde planets can reverse the results.

A more involved assessment is with "pranapada lagna". But that is beyond my capacity.
So far, I see more evidence for Cancer than Gemini lagna. But it is quite possible that I missing out subtler points due to a large fraction of retrograde, exalted, and debilitated planets involved.


Best regards,
Violet

[GNE]

Thank you for taking the time to look at both possible charts, VioletTwilight.
Lots of nice information there.

I guess we'll stick with the cancer lagna as it matches the birthtime from the hospital.
so with that,
I guess I'll get the thread back to the original topic of my D10 chart, and question of what specifically might my 1st house represent career-wise, with all those planets sitting in it?

I've read that d10 lagna could indicate fame(not necessarily celebrity, but rather just what you're known for among those in the workplace) ?
Is the combo of planets in my d10 lagna a "Saraswati yoga" ?
And how would this manifest in my life since it's only in the divisional chart?


Thanks in advance,
appreciate everything so far

[VioletTwilight]

Dear GNE,

This is a two-way street. I get to learn by practice and getting feedback on chart and you get to hear new perspectives on it. I hope that evens out.

A divisional chart doesn't deliver what Rasi chart doesn't promise. Your debilitated Mercury persists Rasi and Dasamsa and that means, no Saraswati Yoga AFAIK ( Astroboy have some post on this yoga in Donor's lounge). There is neechabanga for Mercury in both cases due to conjunct exalted Venus, but there is also the issue of "graha yudda" being within 1 degree of each other. However, neechbanga is not the same as no debility as Barbara Pijan Lama says. It means, overcoming the disadvantage after initial difficulty/hard work and with external support.

I agree though that your Gajakesari Yoga, exalted Ve, Su, Ma in D10 could mean fame and reputation in work line. D10 instead of modernizing with the term "career" is more about "karma" at the root of it. So, your work life should be good. But how much that translates to improving your overall life is a question I can't answer.

Good luck and best wishes,
Violet

[GNE]

Thank you once again VioletTwilight,

I appreciate any sort of response, and do like that you were honest and said what you couldn't answer, instead of making assumptions that would end up confusing me more. I've had astrologers in the past on anther forum read my chart, only to have others respond a completely different reading, then the first person admits they are new and just took a guess.

My mercury/venus situation is confusing in a way, so many factors..Retrograde, conjunction, debilitation and exaltation...

Work life has pretty much always been good, the main issue at the moment is a lack of one. Thus no income. But lack due to just no real inspriation or opportunities seem to be here at the moment, as supposed to me being unqualified or "fired" or anything worse.

Thanks again

[Digambar.Astrologer]

Dear Armaan,

The prime significator of profession in your chart is Me, which is associated with several planets and houses in your chart that gives it a lot of opportunities and challenges. Here is what I see ...

There is a combined influence of Me, Ve, Su, Mo and Ju on your profession. I would expect you to be in some sort of an advisory/legal role, that should have an aspect of public relations/communications. There are potentials for financials and chemical components to your career but again most probably in an advisory type role.

L10 Me is closely conjunct the benefic Ve in H9. Ve lords the income for you, so this combination is big positive. The lord of the 9th is Su, which is badly placed in the 8th house of obstructions, it is in old age and it's depositor as acquired weakness from it's depositor. These factors make Su fairly weak and being the depositor of both, the lord of profession and income, it will continue to create serious impediments for these significations, especially during its periods and weak transit influences. This also curbs the potential of Me and Ve significantly. In addition, Me is also closely afflicted by the malefic Mo. Being the lord of the 8th it will further add obstacles to you achieving your professional goals.

Ve, in addition to what I have mentioned above, is also conjunct H9. This is a good sign and indicates good potential sources of income for you. It is also aspected by the malefic Mo, indicating some obstructions to its significations as well.

Ju is sitting very strong in the lagan, in it's MT sign, exactly conjunct the lagan. This is the strongest positive in your entire chart. It is also capable of helping you achieve all that you desire, provided that you stay clear of adharam. This will give you fame, success, money, good higher education and all. It also gives you the potential to do a lot of dharma activity.

The weakness of Su put somewhat of a limit to the fame and success. So do not expect to be the next big thing in your field. I say this also because both Ra and Ke are exactly afflicting several houses in your chart. Ra afflicts the 6th, 10th, 12th, 2nd and Ke afflicts 12th 4th, 6th, and the 8th. This will create some health concerns for you related to the stomach area, circulatory system, bones and eyes.

Ra also gives you a strong desire of material acquisitions and wealth. This could be cause a lot of dissatisfactions for and create a disturbances in your life. The more you strive to control the feelings of greed the happier your life will be.

So as I listed above there are a lot of positives but there are several negatives as well. Keeping these in mind, you should manage your opportunities and expectations well.

Good luck.
Digambar

[armaan.Khanna]

Namaste Digambarji,

Thank you for the wonderful analysis !!

Yes you are perfectly right... I completed my Mechanical Engineering Degree & then enrolled in Law Studies ( I am now in Final year- final Semester) & I plan to make my career in the legal field just like you stated.

also I am very ambitious exactly like you wrote.

based on the same I need your clarification on the below :

1. Sir around 20 years back even a person having 1 car & a house was considered rich !! while today even a middle class person has a car & house ! while today a wealthy person is one who earns in Crores & has a bank balance & property worth crores ! Now You wrote there are huge Positives as well as huge negatives in my chart, taking the consolidated net sum of both of them & keeping in mind today's world standards .... what levels of Career & financial position can I reach say in the next 10-15 years ? I mean if someone like Mukesh Ambani is at the extreme rich end of spectrum & a Middle class person with normal car & house is at other end of the spectrum... then what position in the spectrum can I reach in next 10-15 years ?

2. You wrote that : " Do not expect to be the next big thing in your field" - Then what level of success & fame can i expect as a lawyer ?

3. As per your analysis ..what I could gather is that the weakness of Sun is a major drawback for me... can I rectify this via mantras & gemstones ?

4. Sir You touched most of my planets.... but left out almighty Saturn... what role does he play ?

5. Do I have the potential to Surpass or atleast equal these two persons in terms of wealth ? ( They are part of my extended family - 1st Cousin & real uncle' here are their details :

* Uncle :
date : 8th December 1952
Time : 12:30 pm
Place : Mangalore

*Cousin
Date : 20-December-1983
Time : 1:15am
Place : Cochin

[VioletTwilight]

Dear Armaan,

I have seen what you mean by "rich" in another thread.
I think that kind of riches are only possible either with Rahu or with Vipareeta Raja Yoga during these times if one isn't already born with that kind of wealth. Otherwise, any wealth prediction should be taken as only in relation to your current situation. As something better than what you and your extended family might have had.

I think astrology is always about "relative" status. Otherwise, how can it predict any physical attributes for people of different ethnicity? Either we should apply principles in "relative" sense or say that jyotish isn't universal.

Your Jupiter is way too strong to let you go by the Rahu way. Please don't leave that Jupiter's very moral ways. Rahu can bring someone up and splat them down all in one go.
It is also Rahu that pushes one to dream and aim 10 steps ahead of the current status.

I hope you don't mind this interference.
All the best,
Violet

[armaan.Khanna]

Dear Violet,

Your posts are always welcome.. there is no interference

I agree that when it comes to wealth we should compare with our family members or extended family only... that is why I have given the birth details of my real Uncle & 1st Cousin.

[Digambar.Astrologer]

Armaan,

The answer to your question, if you take it, is that God has blessed you with the capabilities and intelligence. You should work hard and with love towards your goals. There is nothing in this world that cannot be achieved with the right effort at the right time. So stay focused and continue the work.

As for strengthening the weak planets, you have to keep in mind that there are multiple afflictions to some of them, so just a gem would not be able to do the trick. If you are willing to do it here is what I recommend that you should do for the rest of your life. Since Mo and the 8th house are afflicting in a serious way, do Rudra Abhishek every Monday and pray to Mahadev. This will help to contain the obstacles in all areas of your life. To help you with the profession areas, you should recite Vishnu Sahastra Naam every Wednesday. Do not just play a CD in your car or your computer, you should actually learn and recite the Sanskrit version yourself. Pray to Maata Lakshmi and Narayan on Fridays, and do Surya Namaskaar on Sundays & offer water to surya dev, also recite the Aditya Hridaya stotra. If you like you can wear a very good quality Ruby (at least 5 rati) in gold ring.

In addition to this you should regularly propitiate Ra, Ke and Mo.

If you do these regularly with love, siting in front of the temple/alter in your home, preferably in the mornings (except of Rudra Abhiskek whoich should be done around sunset) you can expect to help yourself in several different ways.

Digambar

[armaan.Khanna]

Sir,

I will diligently follow all remedies prescribed by you from today itself.

just 3 last things ;

1. You wrote I should do rudra puja at sunset... is abhishek of shiva allowed after 12pm ?

2. How do i propitiate Moon, Rahu & Ketu ?

3. Your view on Saturn in my chart ? is it good or bad ? and how is it's mahadasha for me ?

[Digambar.Astrologer]

Armaan,

Here you go ...

You wrote I should do rudra puja at sunset... is abhishek of shiva allowed after 12pm ?

Generally, Rudra abhisheks are done during "pradosh hours" which is evening time around sunset. That is considered to be the best time. The next best is a any one of the 4 sandhya junctures of time. If none of these are feasible, any other time is good as well. Siva is MahaKaal, hence he is beyond time and no such barriers would really apply to his puja. The time is more important for us and our mental makeup. There are certain parts of the day when our minds are more conducive to attunement with the higher self. Hence the prescribed times.

How do i propitiate Moon, Rahu & Ketu ?

You can do one or more of these for each.

Moon
Offering dough to a cow on Mondays or daily.
Service rendered to one's mother.
Offering of rice to beggars.
Offering of boiled rice with sugar to crows.

Rahu
Serving one's parents.
Offering sweet roti with sugar stuffed in it and fried, in pieces to crows every day morning.
Charities and service to lepers.

Ket
Offering usual food articles to dogs.
Donating dull brown colored items.
Prayers to Lord Ganapathi.
Service to elderly people and saints.

Your view on Saturn in my chart ? is it good or bad ? and how is it's mahadasha for me ?

Sa is very well placed in your chart. It is exalted and also vargottam. The only downside is the weakness of it's depositor Ve. By performing the other prayers and remedies you will be able to help it too. During Sa's dasha you will see many opportunities to increase your income and wealth, so make the best of it. You can expect this MD to be a busy time for you. There will be hard work but also equivalent rewards.

Digambar

[armaan.Khanna]

Sa is very well placed in your chart. It is exalted and also vargottam

does vargottam mean same position in both D1 & D9 Chart ?

In The chart i have.. Saturn is exalted in 11th house from Lagna & in Navamsa it is in 10th house in Pisces.

just to tally ?

[Digambar.Astrologer]

A planet is vargottam when it is in the same rashi or same bhaav in more than one chart. This makes the planet strong for the significations of those D-charts only. If such a planet is a functional benefic and also strong in rashi, it gives fantastic results during it's periods.

In your chart Sa is exalted and rashi-vargottam in D1 & D2, and also rashi vargottam in D9 & D10. It is fairly strong in rahsi, except for the weakness of its depositor.