SUN IN THE 10TH HOUSE

This is one of the most favourable positions of Sun in the birthchart. Sun is Raja (King) among planets, 10th house is the Rajyapada (profession, career, calling etc.) ruled by Sun (and also by Mars to an extent).

The 10th house concerns father and if Sun is there, it is beneficial and affectionate in the same breath. The father is strict in discipline and the father is in government service for such individuals. Sometimes the father finds less time to spend on upbringing of the individual, and makes it up by employing domestic servants and private tutors. The individual too serves the father very well in the latter's old age or in any other kind of disability of the father. Even at an adult age, the individual has a kind of inner fear from the father owing to the father's strict discipline in the individual's childhood.

Father doesn't normally interfere with the married life of the individual. However father rarely approves of any love affair of the progeny up to the age of 18 years, and in case of any such development, tries his level best to put an end to it by all means and methods, direct or indirect.

In this context, remember that every individual is ruled by their own planets, and the planets of the progeny or vice-versa have very little influence in the life of the other person, whatever the relationship between the two. The child can have at most 15% influence on the planets of the father, while father has hardly 5 to 10% influence on the fate and fortune of the child, whether the father has only one child or more than one child.

The 10th house chiefly rules the question of the main source of earnings and income. Therefore the matter needs to be studied in its full perspective, with special reference to the Rasi in the 10th house, position of its lord in the birth chart and an overall study of the Navamsha chart, in case of both male and female individuals. Ancient acharyas of astrology have attached importance to the lord of the 10th house from the 10th house in the birth chart (which means the lord of the 7th house) and its position in the Navamsha chart of both males and females. The Sapta-Varga strength of these two lords respectively of the 10th and 7th houses in the birth chart, and their relationship with the 10th house of the birth-chart has to be studied.

It is all the more important in this context to study the influence of the 5th house, as the element of education is ruled by the 5th house and its lord. Thus the planets in the 5th house as also the relationship of the 5th house lord with the 5th house and also with the 10th house assumes importance while studying the career and source of livelihood of any individual.

It has been observed in several cases that the individual has totally departed or separated from the education received, and has gone into a totally different profession, calling, employment, business or self employment, sometimes including active politics and social work. Thus while dealing with an individual's source of livelihood, besides a study of the 10th house (also 7th house), in the birth chart and in the Navamsha chart, the study should include the 5th house and its lord too. The 10th house has another importance as it rules father. In several cases, the individual follows the line of livelihood of the father, for example, a lawyer's son or daughter becomes a lawyer, a medical man's son or daughter is deemed fit for the medical line, and quite often best efforts are made to bring the child into the father's line of livelihood. A father having a main source of livelihood from rental income from properties or from agriculture often wishes that the son or the daughter too continues in the same line of livelihood, no doubt besides other line of livelihood too.

It is in the above context that the Sun in the 10th house assumes special importance (no doubt other planets too in the 10th house have similar importance). Sun is more concerned with employment under government, semi-government or public sector or civic bodies like municipal services, or otherwise with active politics, or social and religious work (under the banner of the government or having a touch of governmental system).

As stated above, Navamsha position of Sun read with birth-chart-cum-Navamsha position of the lord of the 10th house and the Navamsha position of other planets in the 10th house will also matter with relation to the main source of earning or income of the individual (both male and female). These stars would concern themselves with the field of employment under government or semi-government department or civic body or public sector undertaking (including banks and insurance companies owned by government or working under the banner of government as in India). With regard to social work too, these associated stars would directly affect the field of activity of the individual. Even with regard to religious activity, the associated planets always have their 'say' in the matter. It is so because there are many different fields of activity and duties related to religious work. For example, such as management, finances, construction and maintenance, security of the jewellery on the deities/ statues, security of the visitors, preparation of offerings to the main deity, preparation of 'prasaadam' to be given to the visitors, recitation of scriptures and arrangement of discourses, etc

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