Most "government job yoga" lists online just say "strong 10th house." Here is what actually needs to connect.
✦ See Your Education & Career ReportSun and Moon are the classical significators of government and public-sector work. But their mere presence in the 10th house isn't the full combination — what matters more is whether Sun or Moon meaningfully connects to the 10th house lord, or occupies the 10th house alongside the 2nd/6th/11th house connections that round out the career picture.
A genuinely strong government-service combination usually shows the 10th lord in a Kendra (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th) or Trikona (1st, 5th, 9th) house, connected to Sun or Moon, with the 11th house (gains) also supporting it — not just one planet sitting in one house.
Saturn's involvement matters too — Saturn governs structure, discipline, and long institutional service, and its supportive placement often distinguishes a stable government career from a shorter-term public role.
A lot of content reduces this to "if Sun is in your 10th house, you'll get a government job" — that's one contributing factor among several, not a standalone rule. The real combination needs multiple pieces working together, and even then, describes a supportive tendency rather than a guaranteed outcome.
Astromathi's Education & Career report checks your real Government/Corporate/Business lean using this fuller combination — not a single-planet shortcut — and compares your natural lean against your current active dasha period.