"Astrology applied to one's Profession is perhaps the most useful applied aspect of astrology- given high importance of profession and earning in today's world, situations that people of world find themselves no matter what their background. Not the predictive so much but the sharpening of one's skill development and filling the skills gaps to align better in the performance of chosen professional services, astrology can be a useful tool" - said a reviewer of the Book.

The word 'Profession' brings into the horizon a belief of a person in his capabilities or inherent potention which a native has but also symbolizes specialization on a knowledge and academic preparations and finally it also brings forth the needs of livelihood and vocation.

In the current environment, it is seen that a profession followed by an individual may not be akin to his inherent potential and with the number of fields increasing it is also very common to have individuals who have specialized in one field but are earning by engaging and adopting entirely different skill sets.

It is common to have people in the Administrative Services who are Medical Graduates and Entrepreneurs with no specific knowledge skill but robust common sense. In this context, profession, determination and analyzing means a look at various aspects of the Horoscope. It means an analysis of education, knowledge, inherent nature, means of earning income and more complexed is determining the course and the graph of his professional achievement.

The planets and their influence on profession alongwith service, business, politics and other professions have been dealt with.

Apart from analyzing the ups and down, author has also presented the analysis of profession through the Bhrigu Nadi Technique and the K.P. System.

Author has gone into the common queries which can be dealt through the horary system, analyzing basic queries, along with a chapter of gem stones. Remedies and Gem Stones, while dealing with profession is a complexed subject which needs to be dealt holistically as this aspect of our life touches various facets and is extremely complexed.

If planets exert their influence on other departments of life, they do so on the means of livelihood also. This is a natural inference. But in delineating the effects of planets on the source and method of earning, we should not forget the basic principle of astrology that all predictions should be made against the background of the country, the times and hereditary and personal environment of the native.

An interesting take on 'Karma' by author as an excerpt from his excellent book 'Encyclopedia of Vedic Astrology: Your Profession' by Dr. Shanker Adawal who himself is an accomplished high ranking professional in the industry.

"The Law of Karma provides a graded sanction or reason for right living. It proves that men are in essence one, and that any deed which hurts one's neighbourhood or the commonweal is an injury to oneself. Above all, it reveals a plane of consciousness where right becomes the inmost law of being and a man does right not because it pays or because it avoids self-injury, but because, beyond all argument, he must. Karma destroys the cause of envy and the consequent ill-will. It removes impatience. It largely removes the fear of death for which there is the inner conviction of rebirth and by the law of affinity re-union with those one loves, why worry."