The Meaning of Amatyakaraka
The literal meaning of Amatya is “a companion or follower of a king, a minister”. In modern times, a very wide meaning should be given to it in the political, economic, social and other fields. In giving predictions to beauracrats, I have generally concentrated on their AmK and the Chara dasha after first seeing their Vimshottari etc. and have rarely seen this princi.ple failing. Let this be shown through contrasting instances.
Illustration One
Some astrologer had given prediction to this native on the basis of debilitated Sun and Saturn-Mars opposition along the 4-10 axis that he would not do well professionally. But he had risen in the Moon dasha. Here the Moon which is the AmK, is aspected only by benefics. In tracing his events I asked him what was the extent of his rise during the Moon dasha and I narrowed down the period further to 1983-84 (starting with Libra and continuing in Virg6 period) after working out his Chara dasha.
Lagna 3002′ Mars 19050′ Venus (R) 7032’’
Sun 28033’ Mercury 11047′ Saturn (R) 19002’’
Moon 27026′ Jupiter 0032′ Rahu 22043’’
It will be noticed that when the rashi dasha of any house which has Amatyakaraka or when the AmK is in the tenth or eleventh house from that rashi, it will be a very favourable period, if the Vimshottari dasha also shows it. How such an analysis is made is being shown here:The Moon is the Amatyakaraka in Cancer receiving the aspects of three benefics, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury.
When the dasha of Libra is reached, there is Amatyakaraka in the tenth house from Libra, aspected by these benefics.
In the Virgo dash a it had to be better still as the same Amatyakaraka is now in the eleventh house.
Lagna 27001′ Mars 28036′ Venus 12052’’
Sun 28043’ Mercury 23041′ Saturn (R) 12054’’
Moon 2049′ Jupiter 17059′ Rahu 4004’’
As a contrast, see another horoscope. Here the AmK, Mars is in the eighth house aspected by two malefics, Ketu and Sun. He rose very high in the judicial profession and was elevated to the High Court in the Vimshottari dasha of Mars which is his AmK but resigned after the Janata Government came to power in 1977, to defend Indira Gandhi. By the time Mrs. Gandhi came back to power, his Rahu dasha had started and after suffering the anti-Congress tirades all those years, he had expected Mrs. Gandhi to appoint him to one of the top judicial posts under the Government.
I told him that it would elude him and he should be mentally prepared to be betrayed by his erstwhile friends. My further warning to him was to be careful about his health. His shock of not receiving the befitting judicial post was so intense that he died of heart attack while on a tour to Patna, in September 1984 in Rahu-Saturn period or as soon as the Virgo dasha began.
Now look at this case where the Amatyakaraka being not well aspected and ill placed did all the damage.
1. Here the Amatyakaraka is Mars aspected by’ Sun, no doubt good but also Ketu, and all this is happening in the eighth house.
2. The Virgo dasha has a fatality which could be seen from another Jaimini angle, not being discussed here.
3. It is enough to see that Virgo is the twelfth house from the Lagna and contains the Gnatikaraka Venus causing his enemies to succeed in foiling all his future ambitions, which an ungrateful Indira Gandhi, then the prime minister, should have easily remedied. But fate has its ways.
