The Dashamsha chart (D-10) is the most important divisional chart for analyzing career, profession, and work-related karma. It expands upon the role of the 10th house in the main birth chart (Rashi) and provides precise insights into one’s professional journey, achievements, and challenges. To evaluate career outcomes, the Artha Trikona (2nd, 6th, and 10th houses) is examined carefully. These houses collectively show resources, employment, work ethics, debts, struggles, and professional success.
Significance of Artha Trikona
2nd House: Indicates available resources, finances, and income that sustain the native. 6th House: Represents employment, ability to overcome obstacles, service, loans, and struggles. 10th House: Stands for career, public status, achievements, and one’s professional contribution to society.
Any planet occupying the 10th house of the D-10 chart creates strong yogas, pointing to growth, stability, and success in professional matters. Together, these three houses form the backbone of financial well-being and the desire to work and earn.
10th House in Rashi and Dashamsha
In the Rashi chart, the 10th house represents professional activity, while the 10th lord acts as the significator. In the Dashamsha chart, the Lagna represents the self in terms of work. The 10th house of D-10 shows the actual workplace, environment, and professional sphere. The 10th house lord in the D-10 reveals the type of work the person engages in.
Role of Planets in Profession
Each planet in the D-10 influences career direction:
Sun: Indicates leadership roles, political careers, authority, governance, or medicine. Moon: Related to hospitality, restaurants, human resources, education, and service-oriented jobs. Mars: Shows careers in defense, police, engineering, surgery, technical fields, or military. Mercury: Connected with business, law, writing, journalism, banking, marketing, and communication. Jupiter: Produces consultants, advisors, teachers, judges, and lawyers. Venus: Related to entertainment, arts, beauty, media, and creativity. Saturn: Represents hard labor, machine-related jobs, management, law, and justice-related work. Rahu: Import-related work, unconventional careers, politics, or foreign trade. Ketu: Export-related activities, spiritual vocations, and research.
The Rahu–Ketu axis in the D-10 reveals karmic influences in professional life.
Employment vs. Business
The 6th house in D-10 shows employment opportunities. Strong benefics here indicate stable jobs. The 7th house shows business and partnerships. Strong placement leads to entrepreneurship. Malefics here often push the person toward employment rather than self-employment.
Influence of Boss and Subordinates
9th house: Represents boss, mentors, father, or higher authorities. Benefic influence indicates supportive superiors; malefics bring humiliation and conflicts. 5th house: Represents subordinates or staff. Benefics here show cooperative teams; malefics create difficulties with employees.
If the Lagna lord is placed in the 9th house, the person may prefer being self-employed or becoming their own boss.
Combinations and Challenges
Sun–Saturn conjunction in the 6th or 10th house, especially with Moon, creates clashes with authority and an unstable career. Saturn’s conjunction with the 10th lord or placement in the 10th house often indicates unemployment or frequent career disruptions. Mars–Saturn or malefics in the 10th house may harm reputation or bring insults in professional life.
Determining Profession
For precise career analysis, the following must be checked:
Lagna, 2nd, and 10th houses in both Rashi and D-10 charts. Lords of these houses and planets placed in them. Signs with moolatrikona (primary signs) dominate career direction. The D-10 Lagna lord, especially if in moolatrikona, acts as an additional determinant. Planetary sub-periods between the ages of 16 and 24 influence education and career beginnings.
Argala (Influence on the 10th House)
The 10th house has Argala (intervention) from the 6th, 7th, 9th, and 12th houses. The 11th, 1st, 2nd, and 8th houses exert strong influence on the 10th house, affecting career progress and social recognition.
Importance of Karakas (Significators)
Saturn: The natural significator of profession, discipline, and endurance. If Capricorn or Saturn is afflicted, one may face setbacks, dependence, or unethical tendencies. Sun: Determines leadership, authority, and ability to manage teams. Moon: Provides imagination, social skills, and adaptability. Mars: Indicates enterprise, courage, and conviction. Mercury: Governs analytical thinking, intellect, and communication. Jupiter: Represents wisdom, ethics, and reliability. Venus: Governs teamwork, tolerance, and creative cooperation.
If a planet is weak in the D-10, the qualities it rules may remain underdeveloped, obstructing professional success.
Indicators of Wealth and Status
Signs ruled by Sun and Moon represent royalty, power, and authority. Signs ruled by Venus, Jupiter, and Mars indicate wealth, prosperity, and influence. The lords of the 2nd and 10th houses act as primary determinants for career success and income generation.
When the D-10 chart supports the Rashi chart with strong placements of benefics and well-placed lords, the native enjoys stability, wealth, and recognition in career. Conversely, afflictions or malefic combinations indicate instability, professional struggles, and delayed success.
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