Introduction

Maharshi Parasara has taught us sixteen divisional charts in his

monumental classic Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra. Even before he
defines what different houses stand for, he defines the divisional
charts and lists the matters to be judged in each divisional chart.
It is clear that he considers divisional charts to be a very
important building block of Jyotisha.

The divisional chart based on the 10th division of signs is called

Dasamsa or Dasamamsa or Karmamsa or Swargamsa.
The Dasamsa chart is very easy to cast. Each sign is divided into
10 equal parts. If the sign is odd, the 10 parts of the sign go into
the 10 consecutive signs starting from the sign itself. If the sign is
even, the 10 parts of the sign go into the 10 consecutive signs
starting from the 9th sign from the sign in question. For example,
the 10 parts of Leo go into signs from Leo to Taurus and the 10
parts of Scorpio go into signs from Cancer to Aries.
Notation: In the rest of this article, Dasamsa will be denoted as D-
10. Arudha Pada of the nth house will be denoted as An
(e.g. A2, A3 etc). AL will stand for Arudha Lagna. HL stands for
Hora Lagna.

Judgment
D-10 shows ones professional activities as well as other activities
in society related to hobbies and interests.The 10th house in the
Rasi chart is also important for judging career as it shows the
physical Karma (actions) of the native. The strength and
placement, in D-10, of the 10th Rasi lord is an important factor
when judging career. If the 10th lord is in own sign or exaltation
sign or a quadrant or a trine in D-10, one will have a good career.
In addition, we should look at the D-10 placement of the planets
involved in any Raja Yogas present in the Rasi chart.
The Lagna of the D-10 chart shows ones true nature in career. It
also shows new beginnings. The 2nd house shows the resources
available for ones activities (including wealth and speech). The
3rd house shows initiative, creativity and communications. The
4th house shows the overall sense of comfort and happiness in
career. The 5th house shows the popularity and following one
commands. The 6th house shows service and rivalries. The 7th
house shows partnerships and business. The 8th house shows
occult and hidden activities. The 9th house shows Dharma
followed in ones Karma and guidance received. The 10th house
shows ones overall activities. The 11th house shows gains made
in career. The 12th house shows losses and giving things away
(charity). If the 6th house is stronger than the 7th, one will be in
service. If the 7th house is stronger than the 6th, one will be in
business.
While the Lagna shows true self, AL (Arudha Lagna) shows the
perceived self. It shows the maya associated with the person. The
true self is hidden inside a person and the world cannot see it.
What the world sees is what rises from the true self and manifests
in the world. Arudha means risen one and it shows what rises
and becomes visible to the material world.

AL shows ones image and status in career. The 10th house from
AL shows the forces supporting ones image. Natural benefics in
the 10th from AL give a good image and malefics give a bad
image. The 7th house from AL shows the people working against
ones image and the 4th house from AL shows the forces
supporting them. The 2nd house from AL shows the factors that
feed ones image and the resources that ones image can draw
from. Malefics in the 3rd and 6th houses from AL give the rise of
fortune through bold acts. Benefics in the 8th from AL give
sudden gains in ones image and malefics give upsets. Any planet
(even an Upagraha) in the 9th house from AL protects ones
image and keeps ones status intact. The 9th from AL is a crucial
house. Planets in the 11th from AL give gain in status and planets
in the 12th from AL give losses. In addition, we can look at the
Arudhas of houses also. The Arudha of a house shows things that
rise from the matters shown by a house and manifest in the
material world in a visible way. For example, the 5th house shows
success, popularity and one's following. A5 (Arudha of 5th house)
shows the formal recognition one gets (i.e. certificates, awards
etc.), followers and sub-ordinates. The 3rd house shows initiative
and communications and
A3 shows ones bold actions. For example, if a person has
founded a company, you can expect A3 to be involved. A3 also
shows books, articles and other documents written by one. The
7th house shows relationships and A7 shows the people that one
associates with. Similarly, intelligent astrologers can understand
the meaning of other Arudha Padas.

Rasi Drishti (aspects) given by Parasara and Jaimini shows

influences that are always present. Graha Drishti shows desires
that may fructify at some point of time. Argalas show important
influences. For judging careers represented by various planets,
signs and Nakshatras, one can refer to [2] and [3].

Analysing D-10
Let us consider the native of Chart 1.

The Rasi chart has Ketu in the 10th in Gopuramsa showing

spiritual activities in society. The 10th lord Jupiter is in
Simhasanamsa in Lagna, showing excellent fame and activities
related to traditional knowledge. In addition, Jupiter is in Revati
which shows the possibility of being a businessman. The presence
of Mercury in the 10th from HL (Hora Lagna) confirms business.
Now let us look at D-10 for finer indications.

In D-10, the 6th house has 2 planets and the 7th house has only
one planet. This would normally show service (as opposed to
business). However, the lord of the 6th house is debilitated in a
Dustana and so the native
does not like service. The 7th lord is well-placed in a quadrant in
A7. This makes business very likely. However, due to the strength
of the 6th house, the native was in service for a few years before
he got into business.

Thus, Moon in the 6th shows service while the 7th lord Mercury in
the 10th and Mars in the 7th show business.
We should also look at the 10th lord. The 10th lord Jupiter is in the
5th house
Cancer with 8th lord Venus. This shows activities related to
traditional knowledge (Jupiter) and occult subjects (8th house).
As Cancer, the sign containing Jupiter and Venus in D-10, is the
2nd house of ruling Jyotisha in D-24 (the chart of learning),
the hidden traditional knowledge could relate to Jyotisha. The
native is indeed a well-known Jyotisha teacher from a traditional
school
of Puri in Orissa. Exalted Jupiter in the 5th house gives a big
following for his activities in society. As A5 is in Virgo with Mars in
it
and Mercury aspecting it (by sign aspect), his followers, students
and sub-ordinates would have prominent Virgo, Mars and
Mercury in their charts.

The natives career started in mid-1991 in Moon Bhukti in Saturn

Dasa. Saturn is the significator of service. He has Graha Drishti on
HL in D-10 (which shows earnings from activities) and on 10th lord
Jupiter. Thus career and earnings started in Saturn Dasa.
The Bhukti lord Moon is in the 6th house ruling service. Being
placed in a solar sign with solar aspect (sign aspect), the Moon
can give government service. As the Moon is in the 6th in D-24
(the divisional chart showing education), he can show a
competitive examination. So he can show starting government
service after a competitive examination. The native indeed
belonged to the 1991 batch of civil services and worked for the
government. After Mercury Dasa, Mercury Bhukti, the native
resigned his job and started a
financial services business. Mercury is a Maraka (2nd lord) for
service matters (6th house) and shows business (7th house). He
clearly shows business. As A7 has Mercury, the native would
associate with traders and businessmen. As Mercury is in the 2nd
house from AL, Mercury would feed the image well. In fact,
Parasara has said that Mercury in the 2nd from AL gives one a
kingdom. Thus, Mercury Dasa should give excellent material
success in career. Mercury is the lord of A5 and aspects A5. So he
will bring a lot of followers. Mercury is also the lord of A3 and
aspects A3. A3 in Virgo aspected by Mercury shows a lot of books.
The native indeed published several books in Mercury Dasa and
more books can be expected. He started publishing an astrology
journal too.
Venus is the 8th lord in the 5th. He is the 3rd lord having
unobstructed Argala on A3.

It was during Venus Bhukti that he started publishing his journal

and organizing astrology seminars in Ireland and USA. Venus
Bhukti will continue to be good for activities in society (D-10)
related to communication (3rd) of knowledge (5th). Venus has no
influence on the 6th house, but has Labha Argala on the 7th
house. His Bhukti will be good for business. More importantly,
Venus is in the 9th house from AL. Being the 8th lord from Lagna
and the dispositor of Saturn, he may make the native work very
hard in his activities, but he will thoroughly protect his image and
status. The planets in the 9th from AL in D-10 will,
at all costs, protect ones image in career.

Transits
The analysis we have done above is static analysis based on the
natal chart and dynamic analysis based on Dasas. In addition, we
can use transits also for timing events. It is customary in India to
analyze transits of planets with respect to the natal Moon. Though
astrologers normally consider the Moon in the Rasi chart, his
position in the divisional charts is also important. The Moon shows
mind and transits with respect to him show what forces the mind
is subject to with changing times. The Moon in a divisional chart
shows the mind from the perspective of the matters shown by
that chart. For example, the Moon in Dasamsa (D-10) shows the
mind as it applies to ones activities in society (Karma). Transits
from Dasamsa Moon show the forces that this aspect of mind is
subjected to. When predicting events related to ones career, one
can get better results if the natal Moon of the Dasamsa is used as
the reference point. We can use the rules given in standard texts
to judge the transits. The only difference is that the sign
containing the Moon in the natal D-10 is used instead of the Rasi
chart Moon. The transit positions of planets are still marked as per
the Rasi transits, as these would show the physical forces at work
with changing times.

Let us consider the case of Indira Gandhi, late prime minister of

India. She was born on 19th November 1917 at 11-07 pm (IST) at
25 N 28, 81 N 52. The natal Rasi chart has the Moon in Capricorn.
After being out of power for a couple of years, Indira Gandhi's
party won the elections and came back to power in January 1980.
The Rasi transit planets are given in Chart 2. One can see that
several planets have an unfavorable transit with respect to
Capricorn (natal Rasi Moon). Only Venus in the 1st and the Moon
in the 7th are favorable transits. Jupiter in the 8th, Mars in the
8th, Rahu in the 8th, Sun in the 12th, Mercury in the 12th, Saturn
in the 9th and Ketu in the 2nd are all considered to be bad
transits. With 7 out of 9 planets under bad transit, one would
normally not expect excellent results. However, a very good event
happened in Indira Gandhis career then.

Let us look at the same transits with respect to Libra, which

contains the Moon in Indira Gandhis natal D-10. Jupiter, Mars and
Rahu are in the 11th house in transit instead of the 8th house
transit! The Sun is in the 3rd, Venus in the 4th and Jupiter in the
11th which gives happiness and recovery of health and position.
Mars in the 11th gives authority, gains and good name. Rahu in
the 11th gives wealth, success and gains. The Sun in the 3rd
gives wealth, good health and victory. Venus in the 4th gives
prosperity, omforts
and success over enemies. With 6 out of 9 planets being in
favorable transit, no wonder very good things happened in Mrs.
Indira Gandhis career. Transits from the Rasi chart Moon dont lie.
There may have been a lot of worries on her mind, but the
happenings in her career must have made her happy. That is what
favorable transits from natal D-10 Moon show. Progressions

Another technique of timing involving the divisional charts is

progressions. Progressions are controversial and many Indian
astrologers do not approve their use. But some scholars accept it
as endorsed by Manu Smriti. Western astrologers mainly use the
1 degree per year progression. But it is based on Trimsamsa
and shows only evils. For career matters, we can use the
Dasamsa based progression, where the Sun is progressed by 3
degrees per year. This technique is well-known in some traditions.
Look at the progressed Suns position in D-10 and analyze which
factors of natal D-10 are activated by progressed Sun. When the
progressed Sun is in a trine or the 7th or the 12th from a natal
point, that point will be activated. In addition, results of the lord of
the sign occupied by the progressed Sun will be given. For
example, let us take the native of Chart 1. He joined service in his
29th year,
when progressed Sun was in Libra in Rasi and in Pisces in D-10. As
Pisces is the Lagna in the natal D-10, he started his service then.
When progressed Sun was in Scorpio in Dasamsa, he left service
and started business. Mars, the lord of Scorpio, occupies the 7th
house. In addition, Scorpio is the 12th sign from the 7th lord
Mercury. For these reasons, the progressed Sun in Scorpio in D-10
took the native to business. When progressed Sun came to
Capricorn in D-10, the native taught at astrology conferences in
Ireland and USA. One can see that Capricorn activates the 3rd
house, 3rd lord, A3 and exalted Jupiter in the 5th. In addition, its
lord Saturn is in the 3rd house of communications ! l 151.02

References :
1. Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra translated by
G.C. Sharma.
2. How to Judge a Horoscope (Vol. I),
by Dr. B.V. Raman and Vol. II - Gayatri Devi Vasudev.
3. Crux of Vedic Astrology: Timing of Events,
by Sanjay Rath, Sagar Publications.
4. Vedic Astrology: An Integrated Approach,
by P.V.R. Narasimha Rao, Sagar Publications.