Courtesy of a King's Courtier (Case Studies in Vedic Astrology)

The Jaimini system within Vedic Astrology is a unique method for analyzing a birth chart and timing events in a person's life. This article shows the use of the amatya karaka or "indicator of an important person,shown by the planet with the second highest degrees in a chart, to predict a rise in a person's career and for seeing when they will become a more important person. This technique is illustrated using the charts of former presidents John F. Kennedy and George W. Bush, movie stars Robert De Niro and Catherine Zeta-Jones and basketball coaching legend, Phil Jackson along with others.