10th House of Horoscope
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10TH HOUSE:
Royalty/authority, place and profession/livelihood/honour; Gain from father; living in foreign lands and debts are to be understood from the 10th house – so says the standard text. The 10th house is the most important quadrant/kendra of a Chart. It is one of the principle pillars of the life of the person as it depicts the karma/action of the individual. This shows the karmic direction in one’s life. It is to be seen along with the 9th house which shows the dharma of the person. Any connection between the 9th and 10th house will show the inter-link between the dharmik (religious) and karmic (action) levels of the native.
The 10th house of the natural zodiac is Capricorn (Makar) owned by Saturn (Sani). Our Maharishis were such great seers that what astronomical science is proving today regarding the gradual drift or precession of the solar system towards the constellation Capricorn, was realized and noted by them many thousands of years ago.
The four quadrants/kendras (Aries (Mesh); Cancer (Kark); Libra (Thula) and Capricorn (Makar)) of the natural zodiac represent the four yuga as follows:
1. Aries (Mesh) – 1st house – Satyug
2. Cancer (Kark) – 4th house – Tretayug
3. Libra (Thula) – 7th house – Dwaparyug
4. Capricorn (Makar) – 10th house – Kaliyug
A strong 10th house determines whether a person will become a karmayogi or not. Karma is action/labour and perform karma one expends energy. Therefore, the first significator of the 10th house becomes Saturn (Sani) as he uses up a great deal of energy to do a work. Besides, Saturn is the planet who keeps the account of all bad karmas of a person and punishes a person according to the deeds of the person. Thus, Saturn is also known as a ‘Karmic planet’. Besides the individual karma,Saturn also keeps an account of the ‘Pitri Rina’ (debts of father and forefathers). Therefore, the first action of a person born on this earth should be to wipe away the ‘pitri rina’. Lord Krishna says in Bhagwad Gita that blessed are those who die without any debts – ‘pitri rina’ in particular. To wipe away all accumulated debts and to perform work one needs energy and this energy comes from the planet Mars (Mangal). Mars, thus,becomes the 2nd important planet so far as the 10th house is concerned. As a matter of fact, this one of the prime reasons why Mars exalts and also attains digbal in the 10th house.
Mars is represented by Lord Hanuman who is a symbol of supreme strength and energy.Regular prayers to Lord Hanuman will thus remove all Martian afflictions and help perform right karma. The different aspects of karma/activity are:
(a) Creation (b) Preservation; and (c) Destruction
The planet occupying the 10th house signifies the karma/activity that would be performed by the individual. Sun in the 10th will signifies the creation. It represents a king or top positions in the government. It is bhagwan Ram who decides who will be the king. Thus, Sun in the 10th will give Rajyoga while its affliction will give the opposite – ‘Pravrajya yoga’,meaning renunciation. Sun aspected by Saturn will cause delay or loss of the Rajyoga.
Moon in the 10th signifies preservation. The sustenance of the Rajyog depends on the will of Krishna (Moon). A weak or afflicted Moon will render an oscillating Rajyog. To sustain such a weak or oscillating rajyog, it is important to strengthen Mars (the lord of Moon’s debility) at the primary level, and Venus (the lord of Moon’s exaltation) at the secondary level.