#Soul is #White #Light
The Soul is made of white light. This white light made up of #8 #colors or there 8 different parts to soul. This soul when enters into a body is bound in the body by 8 bondages called Asta Bandhana. Here Asta means 8 and Bandhana means bondage.
There also 8 planets that give bondage to soul, the only planet that frees is Moksha karaka Ketu. (Mosksha means emancipation and Karaka means significator.
What is #Karaka
The word Karaka has very deep meaning and it very difficult to translate in English. Karaka means doer, significator or the one who delivers the result. The karaka is the one who controls the destiny or outcome of what it signifies.
There 3 main types of Karaka in Vedic Astrology.
Naisargika Karaka
Sthira Karaka
Chara Karaka
Chara Karaka
The Chara karakas are based on the degrees of planets in zodiac sign.
Example: A planet at Aries 27’33” will be higher than planet at Cancer 22’45”
Chara Karakas are therefore will be different for everybody based on there planetary degrees.
The word Chara means changing or moving therefore Chara karaka means the karakas which will be changing from person to person based on their planetary degrees at birth.
There are 8 chara karakas and these represent 8 parts of the white light that made up the soul. The planet with the highest degree becomes chief and represents the soul, or self (King) and is called Atma karaka.
There are 8 Chara Karakas Atma Karaka being the most important one. The following are the asta chara karakas:
Atma Karaka (AK): The planet with highest degree in a sign. The AK is most important planet of chart. AK is the King controls everything.
Amatya Karaka (AmK): The second in command. AmK is the minister and governs the professional and work life.
Bhatri Karaka (BK):- It represents the Guru (teacher) and Siblings. One’s Brothers are strength and so is the knowledge.
Matri Karaka (MK): MK represents the mother and the mother land. It is also your connection to your home.
Pitri Karaka (PiK): PiK represents the father and forefathers. The blessings or curses of ancestors.
Putra Karaka (PuK): PuK is our children and students. It is the next generation.
Gyati Karaka (GK): GK is all the relatives and society around you.
Dara Karaka (DK): DK is planet with the lowest degree. DK presents the wife which is also called Dara.
Note there 8 karakas here so we will take Rahu also. Depending on the Degree of Rahu, he will become any one of the above karakas.
Ketu has no karaka as he is emancipation from these 8, therefore he is called moksha karaka.
Rahu is always retrograde so for this purpose we will subtract the degrees of Rahu from 30 to get which karaka he has in the chart.
There is major dispute among Astrologers of Internet whether there are 7 or 8 chara karakas. There 8 chara karakas for jeeva atma (living things) and 7 chara karakas for jada atma (non living things)
Atma Karaka
The planet with the highest degree becomes the atma karaka. The word atma karaka means the significator of the soul. There are 8 lights, which color dominates your soul, is shown by atma karaka. The color attached to the soul is the sin and karma, that we have to shed in this world. This the reason we were born. Once the souls becomes white again, it will go back to the originator.
Therefore atma karaka is planet with the highest karmic debt in our life, so it controls our whole life, therefore he is the king. All yogas, rajyogas, etc will fail if AK does not desires so as we do have have the karma for that. All bad yogas will turn into good if AK says so. This is power of AK. He controls our whole life, and even after life, as the soul never dies. A planet will continue to be AK for many lives as long as its karma is not finished.
No planet can disobey the AK. Planets in disharmony with AK will be destroyed, and that part of life will also be filled with miseries. If AK is under a curse or afflicted no matter what good yogas are there, the person will always suffer. This suffering will be from soul, the highest pain a person can feel. AK in curse, debilitated, combust, or MKS are very bad.
Planets as #AK
#SUN:
Longs for power and value. Will have ego problems. They have to overcome their ego. Their ego may ruin their relationships. They have the potential of becoming very spiritual.
#MOON:
Gentle and loving deposition. Will try to become popular in society. They should be caring and should understand that the whole world is family. Will always long for more people to appreciate them.
#MARS:
Prone to violence and aggression. They should learn to be gentle and practice self restraint. Should not become very competitive. They will need a lot caring from their mothers.
#MERCURY:
Should control their speech. They may be misunderstood by others as their speech may not be direct. Should not argue. They should try to be happy and playful. They will love to gather information.
#JUPITER:
Loves to gather knowledge. Should study religious texts and follow their religious dictates, for success. They have to stop thinking that they know everything, and accept knowledge when it comes.
#VENUS:
Passionate and loving deposition. Gives high value to relationships. They should control their lust and excessive sexuality. They are very protective but should not become jealous.
#SATURN:
Gets depressed easily. They might see sorrow in life. They should not hurt others. They can fight sorrows of other. They need to be more active and always maintain purity of body, mind and action.
#RAHU:
This is an extreme planet to have AK. The person may become highest saint or be devoured by consumption of the material world. They should not cheat anyone, also should careful as others may cheat them.
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