Dr. Shanker Adawal
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Benham has written a
separate book on palmistry, dealing with vocations, but here I do not want to
drift from the field of astrology to palmistry.
I have my own doubts, if
without knowing the background or qualifications, any astrological rules will
pinpoint the profession and means of livelihood. Besides, the means of
livelihood can be grouped under the following heads:-
(i) Dependence on others,
(ii) agriculture, (iii) landed estates and immovable properties-rents from
buildings, (iv) through educational talents, (v) service, (vi) through
partnership business, (vii) through legacy or inheritance, (iii) through
religious sources, (ix) trade and commerce, etc.
Signs tenanted by
particular planets also play and important part. Virgo represents analytical
equipment or parts and a client of mine with Capricorn ascending and Saturn
exalted in the 10th and Venus, Yogakaraka, in the 9th in
Virgo deals in motor parts. Each sign represents so many things and the
astrologer is confronted with the problem of selectivity.
But that does not mean
that an astrologer cannot be useful to a client in tendering advice. Suppose a
lawyer puts up his birth chart before an astrologer and seeks his advice
whether he can be successful in civil cases or criminal cases. Now the
astrologer has to decide whether Mars is stronger or Jupiter. Mars would
indicate criminal cases and Jupiter civil ones.
Or take another example.
It a client puts the question whether he should start a business in partnership
for earning a livelihood. If the 7th is afflicted, partnership
business should not be advised.
Middle Eastern astrologers
regard the 3rd and the 6th also as houses of service.
People born in fixed signs are of sedentary habits and cannot be successful as
salesman which requires movement. In any cases, Mercury should be strong.
Talking of Mercury, we know that it is necessary to have this planet strong for
doctors, lawyers, brokers, middle men, commission agents, etc. A strong Venus
may give success in articles of fashion, scents, goods and commodities patronized
by women, etc. In this way, the significance of planet should be applied and
the resultant inferences drawn.
Another question that
poses itself is whether a person would have the same source of livelihood throughout
his life. Many persons start their career in service and later do tremendously
well in their own business. For example, Sethi Ram Krishna Dalmia entered the career
of service, but later relinquished it
and entered business and rose to dizzy heights.
Or take the example of our
former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Till 1964, she was economically dependent
on her father and lived with him as a part of his family. In 1964 she entered
service and her present source of livelihood can be described as her personal
earning – the salary drawn as Prime Minister, and the inheritance. In her case,
there has been no significant change of Mahadasa and if events were not known,
how could be predict as regards the means of livelihood before 1964 and after?
Many eminent lawyers are
selected to the Bench. As lawyers, they earn by their profession. When they
join the Beach they have salaries. If we examine these cases, in some cases we
may find a significant change in Mahadasa, a particular stage in life; in
others we may not.
Nor, in finding means of
livelihood, can we make a distinction between salary and pension? Many retired
servants enter business but most of them either enter private service or live
on pension and savings (interest) or on rent of buildings they own or have
built. In such cases, the astrologer has to determine on the basis of the
Mahadasa current, whether continuity in the career of service is indicated or
the 2nd house is strong (in case of income from interest) or the 4th
fortified (in the case of income from rent or agricultural income).
I do not advocate that the
Yogas as given in texts (conjunction or aspects of planets) would fit in all
cases. Still, it would be relevant to refer to some of them here.
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