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Government Service: Sun, Saturn, and the 10th
The Sun is the karaka of government and authority. A service post adds Saturn, the karaka of employment, and the 6th house, the contest and the job under a superior. The 10th lord has to be in the combination.
Three factors, not a single yoga name
The 10th house is the profession. Its lord shows the kind of work. The Sun connected to that lord, by conjunction, aspect, or exchange, pulls the work toward the state, administration, or a role with public authority. Saturn connected to the same area pulls it toward service, rules, and a long appointment. The 6th house is competition and working under another person's structure, which is what an examination and a government hierarchy feel like. One of these without the others can be a private career, a family business, or a difficult job that is not a state post.
Dignity of the Sun
The Sun exalts in Aries and debilitates in Libra. A debilitated Sun with the 10th lord is a weak authority planet in a career combination. Neecha bhanga, if it is truly present, changes that reading, and it has rules. Do not assume every Libra Sun who holds a government job has cancellation. For Libra lagna the Sun owns the 11th, so it is a gains planet, while Saturn owns the 4th and 5th and is yogakaraka. In that chart Saturn's link to the 10th can matter more than a generic Sun yoga copied from an Aries lagna, where the Sun owns the 5th.
The exam and the posting are dashas
The 6th lord's antardasha is a classical window for a contest. The 10th lord's antardasha is the window for the post itself. The Sun's mahadasha is only 6 years, so many careers happen in Saturn's 19 or Jupiter's 16 with the Sun as antardasha lord. The chart does not print a rank or a ministry. It says whether the combination exists and whether the running period touches it. A strong yoga during a mahadasha of an unrelated 3rd lord waits.
Frequently asked questions
Which graha stands for the state?
The Sun. Saturn stands for service and the long post. The 10th lord is the career itself, and the 6th is the competitive structure.
Is the Sun in the 10th enough?
It places authority in the career house. Saturn's connection and the 6th house show whether that authority is a government service rather than a private command.
Which dasha times the appointment?
The 10th lord's period for the post, and often the 6th lord's period for the examination. The Sun's own mahadasha is only 6 years.
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