Thread by @themodernmystik

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First of all why dominant planet is important?

Dominant planet will define your personality. The major themes of your life will run around that planet

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If dominant planet is auspicious and well placed, it will probably kill many other negatives in your chart & fulfil your desires

On the opposite, if it is negative, it may deny many results which would otherwise be promised by other houses

During antardasha & mahadasha of dominant planet, as per it's placement, good or bad results will come for other planets too

Why is it so? What defines a dominant planet?

Let's see next

A dominant planet will express in multiple ways. Obvious ones are-

1- Many planets will be present in the sign of that planet

Let's a person has 3,4 or 5 planets in 1 house. The lord of that house gains prominence in the kundali

Moon Me Sun in Aries then Mars gains importance

2- Influence on Lagna

If Lagna Nakshtra & lagna lord belong to same planet then that planet is important

Example - Ascendant in Hasta Nak, Virgo. Me placed in Cancer or Moon placed in 1H

Here Moon has a lot of influence on Lagna thus person will see heavy Moon attributes

3- Many planets in Nak of same planet

Sun in Ashwini, Mo in Mula & Me in Magha. All ketu ruled

Person will see major themes of Ketu & events happening in Ke dasha

This will happen for planets in trines ie 1-5-9 position. Here that trikon(Moksha, Artha etc) will also dominate

4- Specifically for Leo ascendants Sun is Ascendant lord and from 26 deg is also nak lord

Such people become extremely Sun driven & success in many ways determined by Sun alone

Offering water to Sun at sunrise is a must for these individuals

Let's take 1 example chart which fits well here

Indian legendary cricketer MS Dhoni

Sat Mo Ju all in lagna in Virgo
Sun Me in Gemini

Me gains a lot of prominence here
Well placed in 10H indicates good support in career & fame

Now the Lagna nak is Hasta along with Sat placement too there

Hasta represents action & Sat represents hard work

Moon is 11Lord in Lagna

That is where Moon gets a lot of strength & importance too

Indicates mental strength

Moon & Jup are placed in Uttaraphalguni ruled by Sun

Ketu in 5H placed again in Uttaraashadha

Sun has good projections here. Placed again in 10H

Finally Me & Mars both placed in Mrigshira ie Mars ruled Nak

Mars is also Atmakaraka & Sun is Amatyakataka

In chalit Mars moves to 10H

In 10H you see conjunction of AK, AmK, lagna lord, 10th lord, 8th lord & 3rd lord

Many many Rajyogas in different forms

In his career & life you will notice the dominant planet themes play out

Career in sports, honorary rank in army, job in railways, etc

Mental strength he displayed during matches & the turn around innings he played. Captain of the team & fame he received

Mars, Moon, Me, Sun

In this case of MS Dhoni, it is multiple dominant planets also supporting each other through placements that takes him to such heights

For more common people you will see one of the cases from above apply

Which will define them and their life

If you choose your profession based on your dominant planet you are more likely to succeed.

Especially when you are confused go for the planet expressing itself the most

You will get better results

Apart from 4 factors we discussed above, there are more factors.

5- which planet is Atmakaraka & Amatyakataka

6- Planet sitting in Kendra gets quite powerful.

Especially Sat in 4H will aspect 10H & 1H having larger control. If Sat aspects Lagna lord too then Sat here will give its results all through the life irrespective of dashas & transits

The personality & body will reflect Sat largely compared to other planets

There is another factor

7- Shad bala

If a planet fulfils any of criterias from 1 to 6 above & has high shadbal, then dominance is definite

If shadbal is less, then influence will be there but result giving capability is less

For a negative dom planet low shadbal is desired