Mars as Atmakaraka: The Soul That Must Learn to Use Its Force Well
Mars becomes the Atmakaraka in about one chart in seven, and then the soul’s lesson is about force: courage, conflict, protection and the discipline of anger. How often Mars leads and how steady its place is, the lesson itself, siblings and land, why an Atmakaraka Mars in Capricorn or Cancer sits close to its exact exaltation or fall, the six possible Amatyakarakas beside it, retrograde and combust cases, the houses, the Karakamsha and spouse, timing, and two charts from practice.