ASTROLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
Posted on 08/06/2013 I by: Satish Sharma
ASPIRATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
1.0 Want to be a Bill Gate? Or Ratan Tata? Or Dhirubhai Ambani? Or Birla? If yes, then manage yourself; manage your destiny as well as resources; and manage your team of co-workers and subordinates and attempt to manage the market.
1.2 "What is management?" is difficult to define to everybody's satisfaction. However, management makes things happen to achieve organisational objectives. Management is to manage oneself to manage one's men and material "tactfully" and to manage interruptions, the unexpected, and the uncertainties. It is neither logic nor rationale in the mind and books; it is practice on the soiled shop floors to achieve the ultimate "results".
1.3 Successful managers have followed certain basic principles of management consciously or unconsciously. They are:
(a) setting targets to be achieved in the light of resources available or which can be made available;
(b) planning to achieve the target;
(c) organising and collection or ensuring free flow of resources;
(d) preparing communication channels for effective direction as well as motivation;
(e) meeting with concerned personnel for communicating broad ideas for taking their views on (i) practicability of the ideas; and (ii) for the purpose of planning their role in the game plan;
(f) "flagging off" the project with collective efforts; (g) sitting on 'controls' for directions and motivation to achieve the target; and (h) suggesting method to overcome the unexpected problems and to send 're-inforcements' in case of need promptly. In short, thus "Plan the work and work the plan". But all the meticulous planning and its execution may leave one at the end distressed and frustrated bankrupt.
ROLE OF DESTINY:
Why so? Gita indicates direction find an answer: "A given situation or background, the ability of the person taking action, the various resources at one's command, the effort that one puts in and destiny are the five factors which shape the ultimate result".
Therefore one must try to know destiny for fruitful planning. Destiny! Whose destiny? Of course, firstly, of the leaders or General and then his commanders in various areas - like Financial Managers, Human Resource or Personnel Managers, Factory Managers, Marketing Managers etc. at least and of the entire work force (or followers).
Numerous factors simultaneously work: (a) good or bad period of the leaders and Commanders; (b) good or bad period of the follower or work force; (c) coherence and co-operation between the two groups of persons; and (d) congenial environment, say favourable or unfavourable situation or presence of obstruction removing friends or obstruction causing 'friends/foes.' Astrology, being a diagnostic science is very helpful in appreciating one's destiny, one's course of life, one's inclinations and one's own strong and weak points. It helps in appreciating attitude of others also. Since it also prescribes preventive remedial measures as well, human efforts may be made to overcome the problems which are likely to arise.
AMBITION AND EGO: AND INITIATIVE:
"Are leaders/successful managers born or made by imparting training?" Some persons are born managers; and have inquisitive mind for acquiring qualities of good managers by training and personal experience - directly or vicariously.
Ambition is greatest motivating force to think, plan, organise and work the plan. Whether M.D. has got some ambition, high ambition, or no ambition. 'Ego is to be identified. Lagna and lagna Lord; the moon and the Sun indicate ego and self-respect. Banefic influence, specially of 9th, 10th or 5th Lord increases 'ego' and determination to surpass others specially when Mars influences lagna or lagna Lord or the Moon. In case of Bill Gates of famous Microsoft Company, USA, he is worth over 20 billion dollars; some say he is one of the richest persons in USA. His ascendant Lord is exaulted and influenced by Mars, posited in 4th and Mars also aspects the Moon, the 10th/M.C. Son of a lawyer teacher along with Paul Allen a fellow student at Harvard founded the famous Microsoft. In the case of JRD Tata of renowned Tata group of industries, Mars is in Lagna. Henry Ford of Ford Motors, USA was Scorpio born and Lagna was aspected by Mars. In the case of Capt. C.P. Krishnan Nair of Leela group of hotels, who recently created green scenic beauty around his Leela Hotel, Bombay, has Mars in Scorpio in 5th aspecting Lagna Lord the Moon in 12th. Lala Charat Ram of Shri Ram Group of Companies has Mars in Lagna itself. Nusli Wadia of Bombay Dyeing has Mars in Lagna in Taurus aspecting Lagna Lord Venus in 8th. R.P. Goenka of RPG group has Mars Lagna Lord in 10th and in Capricorn aspecting Lagna. Now, see influence of Mars on the Sun and the 10th house/10th Lord. In the case of Arvind Mafatlal, Mars (R) in Leo in second horse is aspecting the Sun in 9th in Pisces. Mars is 10th Lord and 5th Lord as well. In the case of Dhirubhai Ambani, the Sun is in Lagna in Sagittarius along with the Moon, and dispositor of Mars in 9th and Mars is aspecting 10th Lord Mercury in Scorpio. Other influences may divert the ego towards different directions.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SET UP
In birth chart Saturn represents a person's deepest fears, psychological stability and endurance. When Saturn is afflicted by Rahu, irrespective of the houses involved, the native feels incapable of facing responsibility. To illustrate the point, one may refer to few charts of poor persons. First is from June 1996 AM 736. A Capricorn native has Saturn is Rahu combination in 8th.
If Mars is dominant in Chart but afflicted by Saturn or Rahu, an aggressive autocrat is born and such a Manager brings those whom he manages to suffering and unhappiness. Similarly one born under the dominant influence of sterile Mercury, will be unfit for management because of his waivering and incohesive nature and consequential lack of prompt judgment and decision.
In contrast when Martians influences indicating drive, push, energy and actions - are favourably blended with those of Jupiter, one can influence people to think and act in ways in which those who are led to believe that a particular course of action would be advantageous to them in the long run. Please take note that Jupiter stands for wisdom. balance, patience, dignity, selflessness and humanitarianism.
JUSTICE S.N. KAPOOR