Where to look for your karma?

[Maries]

I've heard from books that if you wish to find your karma, you must look at your ascendent. True? Mine is Capricorn. What does that tell you? (You probably need more than that, but can you tell, basically?) And can you tell what the end of your life will be like-- how you die, when you die, what you die from etc.?

I had a karmic astrology reading done and they said two or three times in bold letters-- WRITE. But that does not mean that I will be published or successful at it-- or even if I am any good at it! It may just mean that it will be good for my soul if I write. How and where can you tell if I will be a success or even, if I am any good at it-- or anything else?
Maries

[astrofonder]

There may two meaning of karma. First about ur carrier and another anything u do in your life. Which about u want to look for.
regards
sandeep

[Pisceanfool]

Writing can be very theraputic for some, so that may help you with emotional baggage you most likely carry. Just expressing it can help alot.

I really dont know much about karma, but i think that you can look at the sun/moon degrees as well (maybe jupiter). You can't necessarily tell how and when you will die thats silly, an astrologer once killed himself because he thought he was supposed to die on a certain day (then again i guess that could of been why he died that day... lol he still had the choice though).

You can, however, tell alot about past lives and thats where you can see karma as well so i suggest you get a professional reading from a more experienced astrologer then the one you saw. A good reading can also tell you some talents you never acknowledged or saw much use for. Also how to handle the hard aspects in a contructive and acceptable way. I recommend the same site that is offered here at astroweekly: http://www.astrologyweekly.com/readings/ The astrologer is very experienced and even tells you things about how your childhood was... you can see there is also a karmaic reading.

[Shining Ray]

Your whole chart is suppose to be your Karma. I would look at the hard aspects in the chart, which would show where you have tension and challenges to overcome in this lifetime represented by the Planets/Signs/houses within the tense aspect.

Saturns placement by sign and house/aspect, and where Saturn rules is another strong indicater of your lessons. And the Nodes sign/house positions will also add the theme to your karmic chart. The Sun in your chart is what you are growing to become this lifetime. The Ascendant I have heard is the journey you will take to grow in to the qualities of the Sun Sign. When looking at the Sun in your chart think of all the positive traits of your Sun Sign and aspire to have these qualities within you.

Judy Hall Sun-Sign Indications To understand fully the working of Karma and it's implications, you need to know all the details of your birthchart. But you can get pointers from the sign in which the Sun was placed at your birth. The Sun represents the self in Karmic Astrology it also represents what you are you trying to become, the qualities you are trying to build into your Self, what your soul needs to experience in order to evolve.

For example: in Judy halls book for Sun In Aries

Karmic Lessons: The major Karmic lesson for Aries is to recognize and be centred around the eternal self. Karmic issues associated with pioneering Aries are to do with assertion versus aggression, and the handling of a fiery temper that flies off the handle at the slightest provocation. You are also learning how to initiate and be spontaneous without trampling on too many people in the process.

Karmic Strengths Aries has tremendous courage and the ability to get things moving.

Karmic Goal Becoming aware of the self and initiating and being spontaneous without ignoring the needs of others.

I think you have to examine your whole chart and see if there is a common theme emerging from the chart. There might be an overemphasis on a sign or house, so your life will naturally focus on areas of the sign and house where your planets are placed in your chart, wherever the energy is focused in the chart is an excellent indicater to see where your lessons in this life will be played out. There are lots of different elements to look at when looking at charts you might have a low Air chart and so you may need to learn to develop objectivity or you might have a low fire chart so you might have to learn about self confidence, enthusiasm, learn to be more spontaneous. It is a hard job putting the factors together to get your karmic picture for this lifetime. I would suggest to keep studying your chart get to know all the aspects, placments, signs, and pretty soon you will start to form an idea of your Karma in life. Deep down you usually know what lessons you have to learn even without a chart. Examine your life, look at yourself and how you relate to the world, how you relate to others, your worklife/career goals, what are your ambitions if you have them. Your children, your hobbies, the whole world around you, and see what you are not happy with, what is making you feel sad or frustrated in your life or even angry or upset, usually these will be the lessons which you have to learn about this lifetime. Your Karma/Lessons are personal to you, the chart does makes it easier to pinpoint issues and shows your personal challenges in life. But you know the answers deep down, ask your self what you are happy with and what you are not so happy with, and then start to make positive changes in your life, you will then be facing your Karma and looking after your soul needs ;) .

[AquarianEssence]

Karma is both good and not so good use of energy and the resultant reaction. The areas where you aren't getting a positive reaction is where, I assume, you would like insight. There are several areas you can look to determine karmic energy that is out of balance, not harmonious. I haven't quite finished my article in process on karmic configurations and interceptions, but here are two places to find out if there is an imbalance that is being corrected in this lifetime. A karmic configuration is a grouping of at least 2 inner planets, Sun through Jupiter, with at least one outer planet across an axis. An example would be Pluto in Leo opposite Sun-Jupiter in Aquarius. This person must recognize other people's need to shine in their own right and not be a light only for their benefit. There can be a show of an enormous ego that is a cover up for a poor self esteem and lack of confidence and courage. He may feel threatened if anyone outshines him in any area. He may discourage his children from getting a higher education than he had and withhold encouragement and praise. He may try to hide his partner's light. The lesson here is that we each must be the best that we can be and that the synergy only adds to our light, rather than taking it away. Misuse of the Pluto energy is a dangerous thing and will ultimately leave one with nothing of any real substance until he is willing to let the Sun shine in its own right. A person I know with this configuration has made the statment, "I've found my power. My power is my boys." He was refering to his sons, Leo children where Pluto-power lies in his 7th. During his divorce he told them a lie to alianate them from his estranged wife whom he only wanted to shine for his glory and honor. Unfortunately, it worked to a certain extent, but he is paying the price. Perhaps it worked because those children had some lessons to learn here too. Interesting it worked with his Leo son and his Scorpio son where his Moon lies forming a fixed t-square but didn't work with his Taurus son, the missing leg in his t-square.

Interceptions show where balance hasn't been developed, through refusal to do one side. You can see which side through the dignity of the rulers and/or the rulers of the signs that rule two houses because of the interception. The 1st of the two houses shows where the deficiency lies and the 2nd two houses shows where that deficiency has been projected.

Moon, Lunar nodes, Saturn, 12th house and Vertex axis also gives insight into karmic baggage.

[virgo96019]

I have read somewhere to look to the SN, I have no idea how to interperate karma into a chart, I tried, but I don't trust myself with it, I find the subject to be confusing to me, I need to have a better understanding of what exactly karma is, don't get me wrong I know what it is, and through personal experiences I know we all have a soul and past lives etc, I just don't get it's true purpose, I mean, is there a certian criteria we all have to meet before we are deemed worthy of staying on the "other side"?
I copied and pasted this from astroresources.com:
The North Node is related to the soul's intent in this lifetime and the South Node to the soul's past. Think of the nodes as designating a path. The South Node is where you come in this lifetime, bringing forward both your strengths and weaknesses from the past. The North Node lies at your feet and is laid out before you. That is, it represents the path of the present and the future, where you are headed. The North Node, by its sign and house position, outlines what your soul came here to accomplish this lifetime so that it might grow and evolve. The North Node represents your soul's intentions and objectives for this lifetime: your path to self-actualization. When transits or progressions make contact with your North Node, it represents opportunities and lessons that assist you in becoming conscious of needed changes in your life--changes that will bring about growth and evolution.

The South Node is the path behind you. By its sign and house location the South Node represents the past, including the skills, tendencies, strengths and habits your soul brings into this lifetime. The South Node indicates the kind of behavior that is instinctive and automatic to you. It can also represent a place of safe retreat, but that safety can also be your stagnation and it might even represent regression if you retreat there for too long. The South Node activities and behavior feel safe and secure but offer no new vitality or meaning to your soul's evolving human self. It's the past, it's finished, your work there is finished. Too much activity associated with the South Node results in frustration, discouragement senselessness and aimlessness. When there are contacts to your South Node by transits or progression, issues/things from the past seem to resurface. The South Node also tends to relate to "deja vu" situations.

[AquarianEssence]

The south node does show the past tendencies and focus but not always exclusive of the north node. In fact I've always been more comfortable with my north in many ways. Mine is in the 5th and it's much more comfortable for me to raise my own children than to care for other people's children, although I have done that. On the other hand I am more comfortable performing with a partner than as a solo most of the time which would fit with the 11th house south node. If you see the north and south acting together then negative karma shouldn't be a concern here. When they are balanced we are able to bring in the gifts of the south to bless the north and visa versa.

[astro.teacher]

Where to look for Karma? Its best to understand what Karma is before you go look for it. Under the Hindu definition Karma is the path and actions we take from our actions. For example, if you need some money, you see 20$ on the table, you have two Karmic options, take the money or dont take the money. If you take the money, you may be ahead somewhat but then your are shown two more paths, appologize and give the money back or stick with that decision and keep it, if you choose to keep it from there it could lead to a life of petty crime and possibly more serious & etc. Where as if you didnt take the money, you would have never followed down that Karmic path. Karma is simply the paths in which we take, or our options that we have from the actions we take.

With that explained, our WHOLE CHART is literally our Karma. It tells us what we are most inclined to do and therefore the paths we will go down and end up. Predictive Astrology shows us the paths exactly and events which will cause usto go down certain karmic paths.

[tsquare]

With that explained, our WHOLE CHART is literally our Karma. It tells us what we are most inclined to do and therefore the paths we will go down and end up. Predictive Astrology shows us the paths exactly and events which will cause usto go down certain karmic paths.
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-Astro.Teacher

I agree with astro teacher but in my study of karma I have learned that karma is stricty Overt Act-Withold stuff like what astro teacer said in the first paragraph.
But I like to think that if a person were to unberden their karma they wouldn't act in a reactionary fassion anymore and could create their future. Karma is the bagage we carry with us from life to life and what we continue to cause in our present life, its the urge below the surface pushing and pulling us. If we find ways of changing our beingness or ways of being and act less on automatic in a reactionary way then we have already cheated fate and destiny. The more ways we can be and duplicate instead of just seeing things with the lenses we were given, increases our awareness, and with that fate and destiny changes.
We can create our destiny by creating new abilities in ourselves. Thats my view of it.:)
Predictive astrology may show us our fixed future paths but with carefull practice we may be able to find our basic patern that we are within that is creating those future events in real time. and be they negative we may be able to create a new future by steping aside from that patern. seing it as it is, and watching it blow away. Then we may be more able to chose more ways we are inclined to act insted of being fixed in either one or only a few ways of acting doing or being. Karma is undoable. The past is undoable through forgiveness confront tears then laughter sometimes its with a shocking revalation like "OH MY GOD, NO WAY". then a new future opens and so does your awareness a little or alot. Sometimes with karma we forget that we are creating present and future by the actions and decisions we made in the past that made us "who we are" and who we are being by our actions or inactions or those of others. Forgiveing isn't forgeting its confronting and seing something for what it is. Karma may not be entirely undoable in one lifetime.
Oh... and you dont have to have bad karma for something bad to happen to you. That isnt always how it works. No joke, not being sarcastic.

As far as where to find your karma it seems to me to be all over the chart.
its the whole thing. I find alot of it in my hard aspects that I have.
It all comes togeter it seems. I know for myself from meditational practices that I do that karma chains go way back there, they interconect and bind a person into a fixed way of being doing or acting. They are a very mechanical thing really. and once your in a karmic cycle its very had for you to see for yourself that you are in a cycle. It helps to have someone point to it but you really have to develop the confrontability for yourself or you will just agree with what they have to say and take their indication. in other words you wont have a realization for yourself on it and "pop out" of it with any new awareness.
sorry if its lengthy, but I felt karma needed to be a little more defined as just a crude sort of mechanical thing, reactional in nature.

[Virinchi]

NEXT life? or Salvation? based on 5th house and saturn (http://lightwarriors.ws/plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?646)

similarly past life is seen from 9th house

[sara31tx]

Here is a website that explains a little about Karma and Astrology. I hope this link works.

http://astrologyforthesoul.com/vp/predictiveastrologyfatekarmafreewill.htm

[AquarianEssence]

Interesting article. Everytime though, I start to read vedic astrology there is something about it that pushes me away. I think it is due to the fact that they look at natural energies and call then evil or bad. To them Saturn is always bad, as is Mars. The article says if they aspect each other all the worse. Now Mars is the fuel, the energy necessary to initiate creation. Saturn is the brakes, the limiting and focusing power necessary for proper manifestation. It is only through the two working together properly that a cell can be produced without multiplying out of control and becoming a tumor. There is no energy that is bad, only the way it is used can be judged so. That is bad karma. Good karma is stop and go working harmoniously. There was on thing that entered my mind while reading it. I think that the fixity and difficulty of karma can be measured similar to what it states, also taking into account that fixed would be the hardest to change, mutable the easiest and cardinal the middle. I think habits just in the making are cardinal and they may spend some time in place in order to determine if they are working or not. Mutable may be easy to change because you've had opportunity to discover what does an doesn't work. fixed has become deeply ingrained and isn't easily change or the debt/reward is long overdue. I'm not sure I would agree that the 3rd (or any) is a negative house. That is our mind, our thought process. It sounds like they think we are born with evil inclinations or something. Also it says a planet aspecting its 7th is evil. How can partnership or cooperation be bad? Hmmm I suppose if you aspect it with an axe or gun, but otherwise?????????

[Soul Friend]

I haven't taken time to read in depth yet because I'm in a hurry but as I've also been intrigued by this topic I an share what I found.

Interceptions as mentioned are special bringing more emphasis on these houses, but differ as to how depending on the view.

The House Aries rules indicates a desire to grow in that House.

The House Libra rules shows a place Balance is needed to offset past internal deficits.

The Ascendant is a gateway to this life's purpose.

The Vertex brings influences beyond our control.

I hope this gives you a few places to start looking. ;)

[deanna]

Also as a place of reference take a read at my post: How To Read Your Past and Future Lives - By Manly P. Hall..

It talks about Karma.

-Cheers --De