Meaning of the 10th House

The tenth house represents action, occupation, success, livelihood, business and commerce, employers, dignity, eminence, power, position, status, promotion, popularity, public life, respect, courage, authority, ambition, career inclination, government.

Activity, avocation, appointment, agriculture, trade, command, service, teaching, advancement, name, fame, acclaim, integrity in action, permanency, retaining one’s position, prestige, quality, reputation, homage, worldly attainment, sovereignty, zenith, valor, seal of authority, support, supremacy, kingdom, judges, aristocracy, family crest, master, royalty, superiors, government, city, municipal or legislative or administrative council, religious functions, pilgrimages, sacrifice, renunciation of worldly life, temples, dharma-shalas, ashrams, mantras, talismans, doctors, medicine, apparel, ornaments, credit, conduct, gait, good deeds, heart, horsemanship, knowledge, moral responsibility, rain, sky, sleep, servants, depositing of a treasure, the road one takes on a journey, athletics, adopted child.
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