Using astrology to manage your business - Part 9

Dhammika Vitharanage

Continuing on the 10th house Lord when the 10th house (profession, employment and vocation) Lord is placed well, a person's promotions come in due time or earlier never late as opposed to an ill placed 10th house Lord where hardly a promotion comes through.

When we talk about finding employment and if the 10th house Lord was placed in 9th house, it gives the opportunity to get a fine job no sooner you are out of school or university.

One does not have to search extensively for jobs but on the other hand a poorly placed 10th house Lord will make a person's search gruelling in order to get even a miniature satisfactory job.

Popularity at one's work place can be measured by the nature of the 10th house (profession, employment and vocation) Lord and these will be discussed in future articles. The relationship between the subordinate-superior can be gauged by the 10th house Lord positioning as well for eg. if the 10th house Lord was placed in 10th house his/her superior will treat the person very well and once the superiors descend, the person will smoothly move into that position.

If 10th house Lord was placed in 6th, 8th or 12th houses he/she will not be able to get the vacant position of his/her superior.

Of course to what extent these events take place or how soon these event transpire depends upon the status of the 10th house (profession, employment and vocation) Lord's status. In order to recap our knowledge of planetary status in various Rashi, it is re-mentioned below.

A horoscope has 12 houses (Rashis) and when each of the above planets become Lagna Lords, will have various statuses or levels depending upon the positioning of the above mentioned Lagna Lords in the 12 Rashis'.

All the pleasant features that we mentioned occur if the statuses are Uchcha or Swakshethra and the unpleasant aspects transpire if the statuses are Neecha or Sathuru.

Generally when Good (suba) planets rules the 10th house, the person tends to earn through rightful living and when Bad (papi) planets rules the 10th house the person tends to earn through immoral means.

We have mentioned the Uchcha status identification grid last week and here we elaborate below is a Neecha status identification grid; 10th house (profession, employment and vocation) speaks also about the sort of hierarchy level in an organisation a person may be placed in his or her job and the type of specialisation that he/she will excel in best whilst being employed in an organisation eg. accountancy, marketing, legal, technical, medical etc.

To get an accurate reading or a forecast one has to analyse the strength of the 10th house (profession, employment and vocation) Lord and then see what planets are placed within the 10th house.

Basic rules state that if the 10th house (profession, employment and vocation) Lord is positioned strongly in a good house, for eg. 9th, 2nd 11th or the 10th house itself, generally it is likely that the person would have good employment prospects.

In order to be termed lucky the 10th house Lord should be placed either at Uchcha or Swakshethra positions, or else it can be placed at Mithra or Sama with an Uchcha or Swakshethra aspect from another planet.

We should also look at the planet or planets that have fallen on to the 10th house to understand the full storyof a person's employment prospects.

Example 1

In this horoscope Venus is placed on the 10th house and in Pieces where the status level of Planet Venus is "Uchcha'. This kinds positioning always enables the person to have excellent employment prospects.

Example 2

In this horoscope too Venus is placed on the 10th house and in Virgo the status level of Planet Venus is "Neeche", so in this kind of a situation the person will constantly have mediocre level employment prospects.

We must again reiterate that these are generally considered as being good although not necessarily being a hard and fast rule as these differ according to planetary permutations/combinations of each individual as mentioned previously and that is when the service of a competent astrologer should be sought.

(The writer is a Chartered Accountant with a MA in Human Resources)