Karakas

 

Introduction

The word karaka means “one who causes”. Karaka of a matter is the significator of the matter. He is the one who causes events related to that matter.

There are 3 kinds of karakas:

(1) Naisargika karakas (natural significators, 9 in number).

(2) Chara karakas (variable significators, 8 in number), and,

(3) Sthira karakas (fixed significators, 7 in number),

One should not use the three types of karakas in a mixed-up way. Karakas of each type have a specific purpose. One should understand the distinction between chara, sthira and naisargika karakas clearly and use them accordingly.

Naisargika karakas shows everything that exists in the creation. They include Rahu, Ketu and the seven planets. They are presided over by Brahma. Naisargika karakas show not only human beings, but they show various impersonal things and matters. They show everything that exists in Brahma’s creation and affects a person. Naisargika karakas are very useful in phalita Jyotish, i.e. analysis of general results.

Chara karakas include Rahu and the seven planets. They do not include Ketu, as Ketu stands for moksha (emancipation) and does not stand for any person who affects one’s sustenance. Chara karakas are presided by Vishnu and they show people who play a role in one’s life. As Vishnu presides over activities related to sustenance, achievements and spiritual progress, chara karakas show these aspects of one’s life. Chara karakas show people who play an important role in one’s sustenance and achievements. Examples are – mother, father, wife, advisors, etc. Chara karakas are very useful in Raja Yogas and in spiritual progress. They also show how our karma (cumulative sum of actions) is carried from one life to another.

Sthira karakas include only 7 planets because only they have physical bodies. They are presided over by Shiva. As Shiva presides over death, they show the destruction of body. Sthira karakas are useful in timing the death of various near relatives.

Chara Karakas:

We use the following procedure to find chara karakas:

(1) Take the eight planets – Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Rahu. For each planet, find its advancement from the beginning of the rasi occupied by it. For Rahu, measure the advancement from the end of his rasi. 

(2) Arrange them in the decreasing order of advancement.

(3) The planet with the highest advancement is Atma Karaka (significator of self).

We will denote him by AK. Find other chara karakas using the table below.

                                                                      Chara Karakas

Advancement

Order

Karaka

Symbol

Persons shown

Highest

1

Atma Karaka

AK

Self

 

2

Amatya Karaka

AmK

Ministers

 

3

Bhratri Karaka

BK

Siblings

 

4

Matri Karaka

MK

Mother

 

5

Pitri Karaka

PiK

Father

 

6

Putra Karaka

PK

Children

 

7

Jnaati Karaka

GK (JK)

Rivals

Lowest

8

Dara karaka

DK

Spouse

 

Example: Consider the following planetary position – 

Sun: 12Ge47, Moon:

20Ar28, Mars: 13Ge51, Mercury: 25Ge18, Jupiter: 5Ta40, Venus: 17Ge21, Saturn: 2Ta28, Rahu: 1Cn43. Advancements of planets in respective rasis are found and arranged in decreasing order in the Table below. Based on it, chara karakas are listed.

                                                       Chara Karakas in Example

Planet

Advancement in rasi

Order

Chara karaka

Rahu

30° – 1°43' = 28°17'

1

AK

Mercury

25°18'

2

           AmK

Moon

20°28'

3

            BK

Venus

17°21'

4

MK

Mars

13°51'

5

PiK

Sun

12°47'

6

PK

Jupiter

5°40'

7

GK (JK)

Venus

2°28'

8

DK

 

Sthira Karakas

The following is the list of sthira karakas:

Sun or Venus (stronger) : Father
Moon or Mars (stronger): Mother
Mars: Younger siblings, brother-in-law and sister-in-law (spouses of siblings)
Mercury: Maternal relatives (uncles and aunts)
Jupiter: Husband, sons, paternal grandparents and other paternal relatives (uncles
and aunts)
Venus: Wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law & maternal grandparents
Saturn: Elder siblings

The Sthira presided by Shiva and they are used in the timing of death of the above relatives. 
They should not be used in general predictive astrology in the place of naisargika karakas. For example, some astrologers use the 7th from Jupiter instead of the 7th from Venus to predict marriage.
However, Venus is the natural significator of marriage and the 7th from Venus should
be used for predicting marriage, both in male and female charts. When predicting the
death of a spouse, we use Jupiter in female charts and Venus in male charts.28

Another difference between sthira and naisargika karakas is that sthira karakas
themselves represent the physical bodies of the relatives. In the case of naisargika
karakas, we must take the relevant house from the karaka. For example, Jupiter
represents the physical body of the husband in a female chart, for the purpose of timing
death. For the purpose of timing marriage, the 7th from Venus (and not Venus
himself) shows the husband.

Chara karakas are also similar to sthira karakas in this aspect. We do not take the 7th
from DK for the spouse, but DK himself shows spouse.

Naisargika Karakas

Naisargika karakas, who are the natural significators of various matters. The below Table
gives a list of naisargika karakas. For example, the 4th house from Moon shows
mother. The 5th house from Jupiter shows sons. If we want to analyze the birth of
children or analyze some simple events from their lives, we should take the 5th from
Jupiter. If we want to analyze some children-related troubles that punish one’s soul
or if we want to analyze some achievements and happiness related to children, they
will be more closely related to PK (putra karaka of chara karakas). If we want to time
the death of a child, sthira karaka for children (Jupiter) should be used.

                                                         Primary Naisargika Karakas

House

From Planet

                          Matters signified

1st

Sun

Self, physical constitution, soul, health            

2nd

Jupiter

                                   Family, wealth

3rd

Mars

                      Younger siblings, courage

4th

Moon

                                Mother         

5th

Jupiter

                               Children

6th

Mars

                               Enemies

7th

Venus

Wife, husband, marital bliss, relationships

8th

Saturn

                       Longevity, troubles

9th

Jupiter

                 Teacher, religion, fortune

10th

Mercury

               Work, achievements, honors

11th

Jupiter

                                         Elder siblings

12th

Saturn

                                                  Losses

 In addition, we have various other matters allotted to different planets in classics. The list of the natural significations of various planets is listed in the Table below. For example, Mercury and 5th house show memory and so the 5th house from Mercury shows memory.

                                                List of Naisargika Karakatwas

Planet

Matters signified and associated houses

Sun

Self, soul, constitution, health (1st); fame, power (5th); father, boss (9th);

Moon

Mind (1st); mother, peace of mind (4th); friends (11th)

Mars

Courage, younger siblings (3rd); real estate (4th); scholarship in Nyaya

sastra, speculation (5th); enemies, diseases, accidents, loans (6th)

Mercury

Speech (2nd); learning (4th); memory, scholarship, students (5th); work,

achievements, honors (10th); credits (11th)

Jupiter

Family, wealth (2nd); traditional learning (4th); children, intelligence

(5th); teacher, religion, fortune (9th); elder brother, gains (11th)

Venus

Vehicles (4th); wife, husband, marital bliss (7th); bed pleasures (12th)

Saturn

Following (5th); servants (6th), Longevity, troubles (8th); losses,

hospitalization (12th)

Rahu

Accidents (6th); occult knowledge (8th); pilgrimages, going abroad (9th)

Ketu

Occult knowledge (8th); pilgrimages, going abroad (9th); moksha (12th)

 


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