Dr. Shanker Adawal
1.
The Sun and the Moon together-manufacturer of machines and instruments.
2.
The Sun and Mars-doer of cruel acts; live hood through such actions.
3.
The Sun and Jupiter-in the employ of others.
4.
The Sun and Venus-engaged in film, theatre, etc., in arms and weapons.
5.
The Sun, and Saturn-metallurgy or manufacture of utensils of metals and alloys.
6.
The Moon and Mars-liquors or fermented liquids.
7.
The Moon and Venus-trade of cloth.
In this way, certain kinds
of employment have been indicated, I am not giving the full list for want of
space. Those interested, may refer to Chapter XIV of Brihat Jataka or other standard works on Hindu astrology.
But what I would like to
emphasise is that in practice it is very difficult to rely on these dicta and
declare that the native would follow a particular profession and earn his
livelihood. For example Brihat Jataka,
Chapter XVI, Sloka 14, states, that if the Sun is in Taurus, the native earns
his livelihood by dealing in cloth, scents or running a shop. Now roughly
one-twelfth of the human population has the Sun in Taurus, but their means of
livelihood is not what is indicated here. Or take another example: According to
Brihat Jataka, Chapter XV, Sloka 16,
if the Sun is in Libra, the native is a `Shaundika’. The word in Sanskrit has
two meanings, (1) living (earning livelihood) as a dealer in wine, and (2) in a
profession connected with elephants. Here also the same argument would apply as
to how far we shall be realistic and correct if we predict either of the above
means of livelihood merely on the basis of the Sun in Libra.
Such examples can be
multiplied not only from Brihat Jataka
but from other Sanskrit texts also.
Many readers would feel
that my article has more a negative approach than a positive one. But My
difficulty is that I do not want to present a rosy picture before the readers emphasizing
that the means of livelihood can be predicted with accuracy. I remember to have
read in a book that George III and a blacksmith’s son were born on the same
date and at the same time. Both were born in the same locality. Many important
events synchronized. For example, on the date of king ascended the throne the
blacksmith’s son opened a new shop, Both died on the same day. They had
identical birth charts but while, one earned his livelihood by blacksmith’s
profession, the other lived as a king. How widely apart were their means of
livelihood?
I would, however, add that
if some back-ground of the native is known, that may be helpful in prediction.
Benefic planets in the 1st, the 2nd and the 11th
bring money through sources for which the planets are significators.
I have found that people
with Scorpio rising or with the Moon in Scorpio generally enter the career of
service.
I have also observed that
benefics in the 11th gain money by above board methods, while malefic
in the 11th indicate money by underhand means.
In judging the means of
livelihood, I would recommend attaching greatest weight to planets which tenant
the 1st, the 2nd, the 9th, the 10th
and the 11th. The houses and signs have their own significance, and
they have also to be looked into. But to indicate the exact means of
livelihood, depends upon blending of influences and there too it would be very
difficult to predict with exactitude. You may say a man would be an engineer,
but whether a civil, mechanical, electrical, metallurgical or a textile
engineer will depend upon he planet which is prominent.
If I have not made
positive assertions that means of livelihood can always be predicted with
precision. It is on account of the practical difficulties in doing so and then
we have to realize and appreciate the limitations of astrology and of the
astrologer.
Dr. Shanker Adawal
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