In the classical texts of Hindu Astrology there are very few reference related to what subjects of studies a native may take to build his/her career. In ancient agrarian and patriarchal society , when these astrological treaties where written the education was meant to be learning mostly Mimansa (Philosophy), Vedanta (Vedic wisdom), Nyaya (law), Shilpa Kala (art of sculpture making), Kavya (poetry), Bhaishajya (study of medicines), Ganita (mathematics), Khogala Shastra (astronomy) etc. Nowadays there are thousands of subjects in the offering for the students to opt for a career in various fields. In this article we are taking some cases studies of natives who had made their career in medical field while testing some classical and modern combinations for the study of medicines on their horoscopes.
{Note: This article of mine was published in September 2022 issue of Express Star Teller Magazine. The same has been reproduce here for the readers of my blog. }
- In Jaimini Sutram Chapter I Quarter II the Sloka number 86 says ‘When Moon and Venus are together in the Karakamsha lagna or when Moon is getting Jaimini aspect by Venus the person become a chemist creating drugs.
- The Sloka number 86 of Jaimini Sutram in Chapter number I says that when Moon is in Karakamsha is getting aspect of Mercury then a person become medical practitioner.
- In Jataka Tattwam ‘Pancham Vivek Adhyay’ the Sloka number 33 to 35 gives few yoga’s for medical practitioner for which the term “Bhaishajya” has been used. As per these yoga’s if the 2nd and 5th house from Karakamsha get the aspects of Mercury, Venus and/or Moon then a person become Vaidya or doctor. If the Karakamsha lagna get the aspect of Venus and Moon then a native is expert in chemicals or medicines manufacturing. If Rahu and Sun associated with some planets in Karakamsha lagan the native is an expert in poisons which in modern terms are also some drugs.
- As per my teacher Shri K.N. Rao Sun gives study of physics and Mula- Ayurvedic medicines if it is associated with malefic planets. Moon in associated or aspect with malefic planets or technical signs gives pharmacy and study in medicine. He has used the term ‘drugged Moon’ for this yoga meaning that under affliction to Moon by technical planets a person gets education in medical sciences. Saturn, Mars, Sun, Rahu and Ketu are considered technical planets while Venus, Jupiter, Mercury and Moon are non-technical in nature.
- As per Shri K.N. Rao “Since doctor studies diseases so a connection of sixth (disease), 8th (sudden mishap) and 12th (hospital) should be there with education giving houses. A strong Jupiter (karaka for Jeeva Vigyan) and Ketu (significate of medical practitioner) along with Sun are found to be very significant in the horoscopes of doctors. The role of technical Rashi’s Aries, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Aquarius is also very important. The rest of the sign are non-technical in nature. {Reference: Planets and Education – Guide and Editor K.N. Rao at page number 179 and 180}
Now we will check the above mention principals on the horoscopes of some very successful doctors and medical practitioners.
- In the horoscopes of medical practitioners the 10th house or its lord is found to be associated with the lords of 6th, 8th and/or 12th
Case 1. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of ESIC Hospital
Born: 6 March 1951, 01:40 am at Delhi
Longitude 77 E 13’ and Latitude 28 N 40’
With balance of 5 years 10 months 2 days of Mars Dasha.
Karakamsha lagna: Taurus
The Scorpio lagna horoscope given here is of retired CMO of ESIC government hospital Rohini in Delhi. In the birth chart 6th lord (disease) Mars is in the 5th house of education along with 12th lord (hospitals) Venus and they are in mutual aspect with a technical planet Saturn. The 5th lord Jupiter is in technical sign Aquarius along with Sun which is karaka for medical subjects. The great Raja yoga of 5th lord Jupiter in conjunction with 10th lord Sun is well supported by 11th lord Mercury which gave him a the high position of Dean of the very big government hospital in Delhi.
As per the Jaimini system the Karakamsha lagna is Taurus which get the aspect of Moon. The 10th from Karakamsha has Sun, Rahu and Mercury which confer a great career in medical field as per Jataka Tattwam. Jupiter is also in the 10th from Karakamsha which gave him high post in management of a government hospital.
I met him sometimes during 2010 when he was under Mercury anter dasha in the Maha Dasha of Mercury. He asked me if he is going to retire from the post without any controversies. The anter dasha of Ketu was about to come which would run from June 2012 to June 2013 and then sub period of Venus to be followed at the time of his retirement. Both Ketu and Venus were very strong in the horoscope so I gave him the prediction that there shall be no disputes in his remaining years in government job and he shall also find some projects to work in private sectors afterwards which later came out correct. In the Navamsha chart his maha dasha lord Mercury and the anter dasha lords Ketu and Venus were not afflicted by any malefic planet.
Case 2. An Eye Surgeon
Born: 1 February 1978, 11:05 am at Delhi
With balance of 14 years 2 month 14 days of Jupiter dasha
Karakamsha lagna Aries
In the Aries lagna horoscope of eye surgeon the 6th lord Mercury is in conjunction with 5th lord Sun and they are in mutual aspect with 8th lord Mars. In the maha dasha of Saturn, which is in the Nakshatra of Ketu the Karaka for Jeev Vigyan, he took admission in MBBS in year 1996 when anter dasha of 6th lord Mercury was running. Moon is here in a non technical Rashi Libra but get the aspects of Jupiter, Saturn and Mars. The Karakamsha lagna is Aries here as the Atamakaraka Moon is in Aries Navamsha. The 2nd and 5th house from Karakamsha lagna get the Jaimini aspcts of Sun, Moon, Mercury and Venus.
He completed his M.B.B.S. in November 2000 in Saturn maha dasha and Venus anter dasha. Venus here is along with lord of 5th house the Sun. Because of the influence of Venus he choosed to do his masters in Eye Surgery. He completed his maters (MD) in July 2004 in Saturn Dasha and Moon anter Dasha. Moon the Karaka for medical sciences is getting aspects of Mars and Saturn both. He got government job in a hospital in August 2006 in Saturn Dasha and Rahu anter dasha. Soon after in year 2009 he started his own hospital with the help of his wife in his Saturn Dasha and Jupiter anter Dasha. The horoscope has major Raja Yoga of Mars and Sun in mutual aspect becasue of which he got huge success in his own practice and later he lef his government job. The Vimshottari Dasha of Vargottama Mercury in Upachaya house gave him lots of success. Mercury dasha started in his chart in April 2011.
Case 3. Child Specialist Doctor
12 November 1972, 00:25 hours mid night at Calcutta
Longitude 88 E 22’ and Latitude 22 N 34’
Balance of 5 years 3 months and 0 days of Sun Dasha
Karakamsha : Sagittarius
The Leo lagna horoscope is of the head of the Paediatrics department of ESIC hospital in Rohini Delhi. A strong Jupiter in own sign in Sagittarius along with Rahu and Moon astrologically explain his expertise as a ‘child specialist’ doctor. Noticeable here is that Rahu, Moon and Jupiter are in the technical sign Sagittarius. He did his MBBS and MD from prestigious medical collage associated with Ramakrishan Mission in Calcutta. Later he did his MRCP specialization from England. An interesting thing about this horoscope is that he has got the dasha’s of planets associated with Dharma Trikona (1st , 5th and 9th houses) throughout his life.
He was born in Sun maha dasha which as the lagna lord is in conjunction with 9th lord Mars. Then came Moon maha dasha (1978 to 1988) which is in the 5th house to be followed by Mars dasha (1988 to 1995) which is the lord of 9th house and then Rahu period (1995 to 2013) which is in the 5th house itself and now he is under maha dasha of Jupiter (2013 to February 2029) which is the lord of 5th house in own sign.
This unique dasha order, which has relations with Dharma Trikona, gave him the blessing of a spiritual outlook towards life since very young age. The strong Rahu in the 5th house of Rashi and Navamsha chart gave him the quality to understand complexities of human behaviour and intricacies of mind. Apart from a successful medical career as a doctor he is also a highly evolved spiritual person associated with an organization in this area.
Moon is in Karakamsha lagna getting the Jaimini aspect of Venus gives a career in medicines as per Jaimini Sutram principals. The 2nd and 5th house from Karakamsha lagna get the Jaimini aspect of Mercury is also a yoga for medical career.
Case 4. Gynecologist
10 September 1974, 14:50 hours at Delhi
With balance of 9 months and 20 days of Mars dasha
Karakamsha lagna: Scorpio
The Sagittarius lagna horoscope given above is of the head of Gynaecology department in ESIC hospital in Rohini Delhi. She has done MBBS and MS (Gynaecology). The 5th and 12th lord Mars is in the 10th house of career. The 6th lord (Venus) is in the 9th house of higher education along with 9th lord Sun. In the birth chart and Navamsha Moon the Karaka for ‘medicines’ is in technical afflicted by malefic planets confirming the theory of ‘drugged Moon’. As per Jaimini system the Karakamsha lagna is Scorpio from where the 2nd house ‘Sagittarius’ and 5th house ‘Pisces’ get the Jaimini aspects of Mercury and Moon which make the yoga for study in medicines as per Jataka Tattwam.
Case 5. Dental Surgeon
25 August 1979, 00:43 hours mid night at Delhi
Balance of Sun dasha 4 years 5 months 25 days
Karakamsha lagna: Pisces
The Taurus lagna horoscope given above is of a senior dental surgeon who is head of the Jamia Medical college in Delhi. She has done her masters in dental surgery (MDS). Moon is in the 5th house of education in technical sign Virgo getting the aspect of 12th lord (hospitals) Mars. In the horoscope the 5th lord Mercury is in non-technical sign of Moon in Cancer so here it is not in any affliction. But she got her education in dental surgery during Rahu maha dasha (February 2001 to February 2019) which is in technical sign Leo. Sometimes it happen that 5th lord of education is not under the influences of technical planets but the dasha lord is under predominance influences of technical nature planets so it gives education in ‘science’ related subjects.
Case 6. Dr. Harsh Vardhan
13 December 1954, 00:20 hours at mid night at Delhi
With a balance of 17 years 5 months 5 days of Saturn maha dasha
Source: From data of Shri K.N. Rao
Karakamsha lagna : Pisces
The Leo lagna horoscope given here is of Dr. Harsh Vardhan who is a surgeon and former Health Minister of India. Rahu is in the 5th house of education in technical sign Sagittarius. The 5th lord Jupiter is in the 12th house of hospitals along with 12th lord Moon and them together aspect the 6th house of diseases. Saturn as the 6th lord aspect the 12th house where the 5th & 8th lord Jupiter is placed completing the connection between the 5th house/lord along with the Dusthana’s (6th, 8th and 12th) lords which gave him a medical career. He completed his bachelor of medicines and surgery from Kanpur University in 1979 when he was under Mercury maha dasha and Moon anter dasha. Later he completed his masters in Surgery in 1983 during Mercury-Rahu dasha in Vimshottari (November 1981 to June 1984).
His Karakamsha lagna is Pisces from where the 2nd house get the aspects of Sun and Mercury giving a medical education. In the birth chart the 4th and 9th lord Mars aspect the 10th house which also get the joint aspects of lagna lord Sun along with Mercury who is the lord of 2nd and 11th house making a good yoga for getting fame. He was the minister of Health in Delhi state in 1994 when he oversaw the piolet project of pulse polio program which was later launched nationwide getting praises from the World Health Organization as India was declared polio free country in 2014.
He was appointed as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare on 26 May 2014 by Narendra Modi. It was Venus maha dasha and Mercury anter dasha at that time in his horoscope. Venus and Mercury are both very strong in Rashi, Navamsha and Dashamsha charts. In May 2017, when he was pasting through Sun maha dasha, he was given additional charge for the Ministry of Environment, Forecast and Climate Change. In May 2019 when Narendra Modi government get re-elected he was again made the Health Minister of the country during his Sun maha dasha and Saturn anter dasha. Saturn is exalted in the 3rd house of birth chart along with 10th lord Venus. Anter dasha lord Saturn is strongly placed in the Dashamsha lagan of Dr. Harsh Vardhan. This was peak of his career, but later on during Sun-Ketu dasha from January 2021 to May 2021 he saw a downfall.
During the second wave of COVID-19 in India Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the then Health Minister, was pasting through Sun-Ketu dasha in Vimshottari which are in 6/8 position in his birth chart. In Dashamsha chart also the Sun and Ketu are in 6/8 position, while Ketu is in the 6th house getting aspects of 3rd lord Moon and 8th lord Jupiter, which are functional malefics there, made him enter into some controversies during the mishandling of COVID crisis at that time. The deaths of countless number of people due to the shortage of oxygen gave immense criticism to his reputation as an expert Health professional. He later had to resign from his post in July 2021 and since then he has not got any prominent position in the government as ‘Public Health Expert’. The 10th lord from lagna is Venus which is in conjunction with 6th lord and 7th lord Saturn. The 10th lord from Moon is Mars which falls in the 8th from it gave fall of reputation in the ending years of his glorious career.