Astrology
Who will Pursue Medical Profession?
by Dr. Shanker Adawal

Many youngsters aspire for the profession of the doctor of medicine. The ancient literature of astrology provides apt pointers for choosing medical profession. Make intelligent and informed decision, after analyzing the chart. In this write-up, notable astro-combinations indicating career as a doctor are provided.

Reference from Jataka Tatwa

• Mercury in Sagittarius as the 10th house.
• 10th lord from lagna, Moon or Sun occupying Aries or Scorpio in the Navamsa chart.
• Karakamsa aspected by Mercury, Moon and Venus.
• 2nd lord occupying the 7th all these dispositions point to the profession as a doctor

According to Varahmihira, Sun has an acknowledged rulership over medical profession. Sun in conjunction or trine to Mars or the Nodes, aspected by Jupiter signifies a career related to medicine.

Whatever be the Lagna, the following are some of the general indicators pointing to medical profession:

• Conjunction of Sun and Saturn in any house
• Saturn aspecting Sun in any house.
• Sun occupying Capricorn or Aquarius.
• Sun and Saturn in mutual Kendras.
• Exaltation of Saturn and Sun.
• Lords of 1 and 10 related to each other.
• Mars occupying an Upachaya house.
• Saturn as the 10th lord in trine to Sun.
• Mars in trine to the Nodes.
• Venus in Capricorn or Aquarius, aspected by Saturn.
• Moon and Mars being stronger than other planets.
• Malefics in the 10th aspected by benefic.
• Association of Sun with Mars; or vice versa.
• Parivartana between the lords of 9 and 12.
• Association between sun, Mercury and Jupiter.
• Association between the lords of 8 and 12.
• 10th lord associated with the 6th house or the 6th lord.
• Conjunction of various planets in any house; Sun. Moon and Mercury; Sun Moon and Venus; Sun , Mercury and Jupiter; Moon, Jupiter and Venus; Moon, Mercury and Jupiter.

Some of the special astro-combinations indicating medical profession for all the 12 lagnas:

Aries lagna

• Moon in lagna, Mars in 3, Sun in 4, Saturn in 6 aspected by Jupiter from Pisces.
• Moon and Mars in 7, Jupiter (retro) in lagna.
• Moon in debilitation, Sun with Mars and Rahu in its Moolartikona rasi, while exalted Mercury is with debilitated Venus and Saturn.
• Mars in 3, Sun in 4, Saturn in 6, Rahu in 1.
• Mars in Leo with Sun and Rahu while Jupiter occupies Libra.
• Sun with Mercury in 4, Moon in Libra and Jupiter (retro) in 9.
• Mars with Moon in Aquarius, Sun with Mercury, Saturn and Rahu in Lagna; Venus in Taurus and retrograde Jupiter in Libra.
• Sun, Mars and Rahu in 5, Mercury, Venus and Saturn in 6.
• Sun, Mercury and Saturn in 7, Mars exalted in 10, Jupiter in 4.
• Sun, Saturn and Jupiter in lagna, Mars in 2.

Taurus lagna

• Sun, Venus, Mercury and Saturn in 10, Mars in 11; Jupiter and Rahu in 8.
• Sun and Mercury in 1, Mars in 4 Jupiter and ketu in 6.
• Sun in 1, Mars (retro ) in 6, Jupiter , Venus, Mercury in 12.
• Sun in 3, Mercury in 4, Venus with Rahu in 5, Mars in 6, Saturn in 9, Jupiter in 10, Moon with Ketu in 11.

Gemini lagna

• Mercury, Mars and Venus in 6, Sun with Ketu in 5.
• Jupiter in 6, Mars and Mercury in 8, Sun with Venus in 7, Rahu in 10.
• Saturn (R) and Rahu in 1, Mars in 6, Sun and Mercury in 7.
• Mercury in 1, Sun, Venus and Saturn in 2, Moon in 8, Mars and Rahu in 12.
• Sun, Venus in 1, Mars and Mercury in 2, Rahu in 4, Moon in 10, Jupiter and Saturn in11.
• Moon in 1, Rahu in 4, Mars in 7, Sun Mercury and Venus in 9, Saturn and Jupiter in 10.
• Jupiter in 6, Saturn in 7, Sun and Mercury in 8, Venus in 9, Moon and Ketu in 10, Mars in 12.

Cancer lagna

• Sun and Venus in 2, Mars and Mercury in 3, Saturn in 5, Moon in 10 and Rahu in 12.
• Mars and Saturn in 1, Jupiter and Moon in 6, Sun, Mercury and Rahu in 10.
• Mars related to the 10th house, occupying Sun’s constellation, Sin in 7 in Mars’ constellation, Venus in 9 and Jupiter in 3.
• Mercury, Mars and Sun in 6, Jupiter in 9.
• Sun in 3, Mercury, Venus and Rahu in 4, Mars in 5.
• Mars in 1, Moon and Ketu in 8, Sun, Mercury and Jupiter in 12.
• Jupiter and Saturn in 2, Sun in 3, Mercury and Venus and Rahu in 4, Mars in 5.
• Mars in 1, Mercury, Venus and Saturn in 11, Sun with Jupiter in 12 (Surgery).
• Jupiter with Rahu in 4, Saturn in 5, Mars and Mercury in 8, Sun an Venus in 7, Moon in 9.
• Rahu in 2, Venus in 7, Ketu and Mercury in 8, sun in 9, Moon in 10, Mars and Saturn and Jupiter in 11.
• Jupiter in 2, Saturn with Rahu in 5, Mars in 6, Moon in 7, Sun with Venus in 10.

Leo lagna

• Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Rahu in 2, Sun in 4 and Moon in 11.
• Sun, Rahu and Venus in 1, Mars with Mercury in 2, Saturn in 10, Jupiter in 11.
• Sun and Mercury in 4, Venus in 5, Jupiter in 10, Saturn and Mars in 3.

Virgo lagna

• Mercury in 4 in Moola star, Mars in 3, Moon in 12.
• Sun in 10 in Mars’ Star and Jupiter in 11 in Aslesha, Mercury and Sun in 2 in Chitra;
• Sun, and Mercury in 2, Moon in 8 with Saturn, Jupiter in 2, Rahu in 6.
• Sun and Mars in 8.
• Sun and Mercury in 4, Mars and Venus in 5, Jupiter in 10, Saturn in 12.
• Mercury in 10, Sun in 11, Mars in 12, Saturn with Moon in 4.
• Saturn in 1, Sun in 2, Mercury and Venus in 3, Mars in 4, Rahu in 5, Moon in 6 and Jupiter (R) in 8.
• Ketu in 5, Mars in 7, Sun, Mercury and Saturn in 9, Jupiter, Venus and Rahu in 11, Moon in 12.

Libra lagna

• Mercury in 2, Moon in 5, Mars in 4 in Sun constellation, Sun and Venus in lagna.
• Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn in 10, Jupiter in 4.
• Mars in 10, Sun in 11, Venus with Mercury in 12, Moon with Ketu in 9.
• Sun and Mercury in 1, Jupiter and Mars in 3, Saturn (R) in 6, Moon in 10.
• Saturn in 4, Moon and Rahu in 5, Mars in 8, Sun in 10, Jupiter Mercury and Ketu in 11(skin specialist).
• Sun and Mercury in 1, Mars and Jupiter in 3, Saturn in 6, Moon in 10, Venus in 12,(E.N.T.specialist).
• Saturn in lagna, Sun, Mercury and Rahu in 5, Venus and Mars in 5, Jupiter in 7, Moon and ketu in 1.
• Moon with Saturn in 5, Jupiter in 9, Rahu, Mars and Sun in 10, Mercury in 11, Venus in 12.
• Saturn in 1, Rahu in 3, Mercury with Venus in 4, Sun in 5, Mars in 7, Jupiter with ketu in 9, Moon in 10.

Scorpio lagna

• Mars in 4, Sun in 5, Mercury in 6, Saturn and Venus in 7, Jupiter in 8. Moon with Rahu in 10.
• Jupiter with Ketu in lagna, Saturn with Mars in 9, Sun with Moon in 11, Venus with Mercury in 12.
• Mars in lagna, Moon in 7 (exalted Moon, causing Mangala Yoga).
• Sun, Mars, Mercury and Rahu in 2, Jupiter in 6, Saturn in 9, Moon in 10, Venus in 11.
• Sun, Mercury in Vargottama in 12 with Ketu.
• Sun Mars, Mercury and Rahu in 2, Jupiter in 6, Saturn in 9, Moon in 10, Venus in 11.
• Venus in 1, Jupiter in 3, Saturn in 5, Ketu in 6, Moon in 10, Mars in 11, Mercury and Rahu in 12.

Sagittarius lagna

• Jupiter in 10, Sun in 1 in the constellation Moola, Venus and Mars in 12.
• Moon in 4, Mars in 5 in the star Aswini, Sun in 6, Venus in 4.
• Sun in lagna in the star Moola, Jupiter in 10, Venus and Mars in 12.
• Mars in the star Uttarashada in 2, Moon exalted in 6,Venus in 4.
• Sun in lagna in the star Moola, Jupiter in 10, Venus and Mars in 12.
• Mars in the star Uttarashada in 2, Moon exalted in 6, Sun , Venus and Mercury in 10, Saturn in 4.
• Sun and Mercury in 4, Saturn, Jupiter and Rahu in 10, Mars in 12.
• Mercury in 3, Mars in 9.
• Mars with Venus in 4, Sun, Mercury and Ketu in 2; Rahu Saturn, and Moon in 8.
• Jupiter in Lagna, Sun, Mercury and Ketu in 2, Mars and Venus in 4, Saturn, Moon and Rahu in 8 (Physician, Principal of a medical college).
• Sun and Mercury in lagna, Rahu in 2, Moon and Ketu in 8, Jupiter in 10, Mars, Venus and Saturn in 12.
• Moon , Jupiter and Saturn in 5, Sun and Venus in 7, Mercury and Mars in 8, Rahu in 10.

Capricorn lagna

• Sun in 9, Moon with Mars in 11, Saturn in 2, Jupiter with Mercury in 10 (Orthopaedic surgeon).
• Mars in 2, Sun, Mercury (R) and Rahu in 4, Venus(R) in 5, Moon in 7, Jupiter in 8, Saturn (R), Ketu in 10.
• Saturn (R) in 2, Rahu in 3, Moon in 4, Mercury with Venus (R) in 5, Moon in 7, Jupiter in 10m, Mars in 11.
• Rahu in 2, Sun in 4, Mercury in 5, Jupiter, Mars and Venus in 6, Saturn (R) in 10, Moon in 12.
• Moon in 1, Saturn in 3, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus in 4, Moon, Ketu in 8, Saturn in 9, Mars in 10.

Aquarius lagna

• Jupiter in lagna, Mars and Venus in 10 (Surgeon).
• Rahu in 3, Saturn (R) in 6, Jupiter, Sun and Mercury in 10, Moon and Mars in 7.
• Jupiter with Venus in 1, Mars in 10 in Vargottama.
• Mars in 4, Mercury in 6, Sun, Moon, Venus and Rahu in 7, Jupiter with Saturn (R) in 11 (Gynaecologist).
• Mars in 2, Sun, Moon, Mercury and Saturn in 4, Jupiter, Venus and Rahu in 6, ketu in 12 (Heart specialist).
• Rahu in 4, Mars in 5, Mercury, Venus and Saturn in 6, Sun in 7, Moon in 8, Jupiter in 9 and Ketu in 10 (Physician).
• Saturn with Jupiter and Ketu in 4, Sun and Mercury in 5, Venus in 6, Mars in Moon 11.
• Mars in 1, Moon in 5, Sun in 6, Venus in 7, Mercury in 8, Sun with Saturn in 9 Jupiter in 10.
• Sun and Venus in 2, Mercury and Ketu in 3, Mars in 4, Moon in 7, Jupiter (R) in 8.

Pisces lagna

• Rahu in 3, Mercury with Saturn in 5, Sun in 6, Mars with Venus in 7, Jupiter in 8.
• Jupiter with Saturn in 6, Sun in 6, Mars with Venus in 7, Jupiter in 8.
• Jupiter with Saturn in 6, Sun, Mercury and Rahu in 8, Mars in 10.
• Sun , Mercury and Jupiter in 1, Saturn with Ketu in 9, Mars in 12.

Case-study: Successful Medical Profession

This is the horoscope of a leading doctor in Thoracic medicine, who excelled academically also. 

Rasi Chart

Many general-astro-pointers for the medical profession are found in the above case – study.

• Association (Conjunction of Sun with Mars in Virgo). Both Sun and Mars are placed in the star of Hasta.
• Parivartana of the 9th and the 12 th lord is general indicator. Mercury is both the 9th and the 12th lord, remaining in exaltation.
• Conjunction of Sun, Mercury and Jupiter in the 12th house.
• Lords of 1 and 10 (Venus and Moon ) in mutual kendras.
• Association between the 10th lord Moon and the 6th lord Jupiter (Jupiter aspecting Moon).  

March 19, 2006    

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