Son's Career Chart (1992) — D24 Mars+Sun in 9th (Surgery/Mechanical/Chemical), D10 Venus Exalted in 10th (Luxury Sector) & Rahu AMK = Research

Chart Analysis — A Teenager's Career (D10 and D24)

The Question

• A student brings his son's chart. The boy has two more years of school and must then choose a field for college.
• The father thinks engineering fits. The son does not know what he wants, but he is sure it is not engineering — his father is an engineer and he has seen what the work is.
• The teacher refuses to start from D24:

"To see what would be the right field for bachelor's education would be a short-sighted step. What would be more interesting is to see what would be the right career for him… If he is not going to have a career in that, what's the point? So instead of looking at D24, let us look at D10."

• D10 lagna (Gemini) holds for 3.5 minutes on one side and 6.5 on the other. The father was present at the birth, so the error is a minute or two. The chart is taken as accurate.

D10 — Which Planet Leads the Career

Career is seen from the 2nd, 6th and 10th houses, and from the Amātyakāraka. The Amātyakāraka is Rahu.

• There is a tussle between Venus (10th) and Mars (6th).
• The teacher's judgment: the primary career is Mars. Jupiter and Venus may show a parallel, secondary career — one that may make him well known, because Venus is the 5th lord of fame.
• The rāśi chart agrees: the 10th house is Scorpio, owned by Mars, and Mars is in his own sign in the 3rd house of initiative. A very bold person.

What Mars Shows

• Engineering — but not the father's kind. Not software, not logic. Making things: chemicals, civil engineering, automobiles. Mechanical engineering is a strong possibility.
• Surgery. "Mars can show a surgeon, especially in Scorpio."

Medicine in the D10:

• Venus and Moon are the planets of curing. Mars is the planet of cutting. Sun is named with them as the other planet for this field (his exact word is lost in the recording).
• The 10th house has Venus. The 10th lord Jupiter is with Sun. A6 is with Moon and Rahu.
• Rahu adds research — something cutting-edge.
• "Medicine is something he can take very seriously."

The two possibilities from D10: surgery/medicine, and mechanical engineering.

D24 — The Bachelor's Degree

• D24 lagna (Gemini) has more than a minute and a half of leeway in both directions (1m42s on one side). Taken as reliable.
• The 9th house of bachelor's education holds Mars and Sun (Aquarius).
• The Mars–Sun combination is very strong for surgery and medicine.
• Mars also shows mechanical and chemical engineering.

"It is either engineering — but not mathematics-based engineering — technology-based engineering and physical engineering, not abstract object-oriented engineering. Not abstract engineering like computers. Could even be hardware. Mars can also show computer hardware, electronics."

• Rahu's influence is there in the D10 too: some research effort is possible.

The Advice

• Medicine, if he is interested — a good area for him.
• Otherwise mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, that kind of engineering.
• Automobile engineering is "clearly Mars only". If he goes into it he will not waste his life; it may be his career.
• Then Venus in the 10th of D10 has its place: Venus is the planet of consumer and luxury products.

"Doing some automobile research and doing some luxury cars later on may be shown by Venus. So that is a tangible line for him."

• He has two more years "to fall in love with something else".

Rules From This Chart