The highest degree: Atmakaraka
Rank the seven grahas by their degree in their sign: the highest is the king of the chart.
- 6-minute lesson
- Basic course: Jyotish Shishya
- Vedic astrology
- Rank them by degree
- What each role means
A first look at the lesson
Set the signs aside and look only at how far each graha has gone into its own sign. Rank the seven, the Sun to Saturn, from the highest degree to the lowest. Their roles follow that order: these are the chara karakas, the "moving" significators, because they differ in every chart.
The Atmakaraka (soul) is the king of the chart: the soul's chief lesson and desire in this life. The Amatyakaraka (minister) serves it: career and the means to act. The Darakaraka (spouse), the lowest, speaks of the partner. Between them come karakas for siblings, mother, children and relatives.
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More lessons on this subject
- Reading a graha's degreeEvery graha sits at a degree of its sign, 0° to 30°, and that one number says a great deal.
- Five ages in a sign (Baladi)By its degree a graha is an infant, a youth, an adult, old or dead; even signs run the other way.
- The edges of a sign: sandhi and gandantaA graha on the join between two signs is unsettled; where water meets fire the join is a knot.
- How close: degrees between grahasGrahas in one sign work together; the fewer degrees between them, the more they blend.
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