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Government Work: Sun, Saturn, the 6th, and the 10th
There is no single yoga that means a government job. The pieces astrologers stack are these: the 10th house and its lord for the post, the Sun for the state and for authority, Saturn for service and duration, and the 6th house for employment under a structure. A raja yoga of the 9th and 10th lords can be authority in a ministry or in a firm. The Sun's involvement is what tilts the reading toward the state.
How the pieces lock
The 10th lord conjunct the Sun, or exchanging with the Sun, ties the career to the karaka of kings and governments. Saturn aspecting that combination, or ruling the 10th, adds the service and the pension-like slowness. The 6th lord strong and connected to the 10th describes a post inside an institution rather than a shop of one's own. The 7th lord dominant, with a weak 6th, leans to trade and clients. Rahu with the Sun can be an unconventional state role or a contested one. For Simha, the Sun is the lagna lord, so solar career themes are personal. For Kanya, the Sun rules the 12th, so a Sun-10th link includes foreignness or expense. The tilt toward government is stronger when the Sun is the 10th lord or sits in the 10th with dignity, not merely somewhere in the chart.
What is not the yoga
A strong Saturn alone is not a government. Bankers, engineers, and farmers have strong Saturns. A strong 6th alone is medicine, law, conflict, or debt. A raja yoga alone is power, which private life also has. You want the stack, and you want the dasha of the Sun or the 10th lord in the working years. A Jupiter mahadasha may spend a teaching life while the government stack waits. The stack does not guarantee a rank, a salary, or a posting city. The 12th, if joined, can be a posting away. It can also be a job that costs. Say the house you see.
How to check your own chart
Name the 10th lord. See if it touches the Sun. Name Saturn's houses. See if the 6th lord touches the 10th. See if that period is running or still ahead. If the Sun is fallen in Tula, the authority karaka is weak and the stack is qualified. If a raja yoga is present without the Sun, call it authority and do not call it the state. No gem creates the stack. Ruby feeds the Sun you already have, including a 12th-house Sun. The kundli either shows the link or it shows a different career.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Sun in the 10th a government yoga?
It is the authority karaka in the career house, a strong piece. Government is clearer when Saturn and the 6th also connect. The Sun alone can be any public rank, including a private one.
Does a raja yoga mean a state job?
It means kendra and trikona lords are joined, which is power and fortune. Add the Sun and the 6th before you say the state. Otherwise the power may be a business or a profession.
Which dasha should be running?
The Sun's 6 years or the 10th lord's period, in the years when a post is actually sought. A stack whose lords ran only in childhood is a natal note, not a current vacancy.
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