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Atmakarka Planet in Jamini

Astrology

What we desire and do not get, all this we find by going in within ourselves.
For here indeed are the true desires within the covering of the false. Just as
those who do not know the field, walk again and again over the treasure of
gold and do not find it. In the same way most of us go into the world of
Brahma and do not find it; for we are carried away by our false desires and
fail to recognize the true ones even though they are hidden within.
Atma means the soul and karaka means significator. Atmakaraka is the
significator of the soul’s desire. According to the Vedic philosophy a soul is
reborn because it has unfinished desires that were left unfulfilled in the
previous lives and it is born again to get another opportunity to satisfy
them. What are these desires? Will they be fulfilled or will you struggle with
them? This revealed by the Atmakaraka planet. In my view the Atmakaraka
is one of the most important planets in the natal chart.

The natural Atmakaraka is the Sun in all charts. The Atmakaraka of this
book is the chara Atmakaraka. Usually when we refer to the personal
Atmakaraka, we mean the Chara Atmakaraka. Chara means movable and
one of eight planets (Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Rahu)
can take over the mantle of Atmakaraka depending on its degrees in the
natal chart. The planet that has the highest degree, ignoring the signs, is
considered the chara Atmakaraka.

As per Jamini system of Astrology, Atmakaraka shows us how the soul will
be able to develop during this life. He also recommended to pay attention
to the house of the horoscope where Atmakaraka is located. This is the
main house in which karmic experiences work out, and are worked out.
This house will certainly be a very important house for you, but it may not
always give the easiest experiences’. I do confirm that the house where my
Moon is located did bring, and keeps bringing, the most difficult challenges

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