Governs career, status and action · Kendra (angular house)
The tenth house, the highest Kendra (Karma Bhava), governs career, profession, public status, reputation, authority and your life's work and action in the world. It is the most visible point of the chart. A strong tenth house gives career success, public status, authority and recognition for your work.
Significations: career, profession, public status, reputation, authority and your life's work.
Natural karaka: Sun / Mercury / Jupiter / Saturn.
A well-fortified 10th house gives career success, public status, authority and recognition for your work.
A weak or afflicted 10th house can bring career delays or changes and a struggle for recognition that effort eventually rewards.
Benefics here grant a respected, successful and ethical career with public recognition.
Malefics here, especially Saturn or the Sun, can drive great career ambition and rise through sustained effort.
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The Tenth House (Karma Bhava) governs career, status and action — specifically career, profession, public status, reputation, authority and your life's work.
The natural significator (karaka) of the Tenth House is Sun / Mercury / Jupiter / Saturn.
When benefics here grant a respected, successful and ethical career with public recognition.
When malefics here, especially Saturn or the Sun, can drive great career ambition and rise through sustained effort.
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