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Career guidance for Classes 9–12

Find the stream and career your child is built for.

95 interactive questions on interests, aptitude, personality, emotional intelligence and values, turned into a clear report: the best-fit careers, why each one fits, and the route to get there.

  • ₹499 one-time, per student
  • About 28 minutes
  • Web and PDF report
A Class 12 student holding a notebook, imagining future careers in chips, medicine, drones, design, code and space

Aanya · Class 12

Example
86%

Best match

AI, Machine Learning & Data Science

Top numerical reasoning, a love of figuring out how things work, and she picked AI herself.

interactive questions
95
interactive questions
chapters, about 28 minutes
5
chapters, about 28 minutes
careers, updated for 2026
110+
careers, updated for 2026
stream paths after Class 10
8
stream paths after Class 10

Built on established frameworks: Holland RIASEC interests · Big Five personality · situational judgement · reasoning puzzles · work-values ranking

A mother and her teenage daughter smiling at each other over an open DecodeLives career report at the dining table
A conversation, not a conclusion.

For parents

Give your child clarity without deciding for them.

DecodeLives turns 95 answers into a calm, evidence-based conversation about strengths, subjects and careers. The choice stays your child's. The confidence is yours.

  • Student-firstBuilt from your child's own answers, never a fixed label.
  • Written for parentsPlain language you can read together in one sitting.
  • Every match explainedA personal “why this fits” for each recommendation.
  • The route to get thereSubjects, degree routes and entrance exams to plan around.
Read a full sample report

The assessment

Not a quiz. A complete picture of your child.

Five chapters measure what a single interest test can't. Try one real question from each chapter below, exactly as your child will see it.

Chapter 1 of 5 · Interests

What genuinely excites them: activities, subjects and careers.

Quick picks · this-or-that cards · statements

A free Saturday for a project of your own. You'd rather…

Tap an answer to try it, exactly as your child will in the real test.

Built for your class

The right question for the right age.

The test and the report adapt to where your child is right now.

Class 9–10

Which stream after Class 10?

  • Ranks all 8 stream and path options for your child
  • Shows the subjects and strengths behind each one
  • Real example careers, so the choice feels concrete
Science (PCM)Science (PCB)CommerceHumanitiesDesign & CreativePolytechnicITI & Skilled TradesSports & Performing Arts
Class 11–12

Which career, and how to get there?

  • Ranks 23 career families, from AI to music, researched for 2026
  • The degree route and entrance exams for each field
  • The latest market outlook, so you decide with real data
JEENEETCUETCLATNIDCA Foundationand more

Careers for 2026 and beyond

Who could your child become?

Not only the careers of their parents' generation, but the ones being built right now. Every match in the report comes with real roles, the route in and the latest market outlook.

  • A young woman doctor studying an AI-assisted lung scan on a tablet

    Medicine & health

    AI-assisted doctor

    Medicine with AI at the bedside: sharper diagnosis, human care.

  • A young man at a laptop gesturing at a floating neural network

    AI & data

    AI engineer

    Building the models behind India's fastest-growing jobs.

  • A young man drawing characters on a pen tablet in a sunny studio

    Animation & games

    Character designer

    Turning imagination into games, films and stories people love.

  • A young woman advocate in a black blazer and white bands, speaking confidently

    Law & policy

    Advocate

    Making the case, from courtrooms to the new world of data privacy.

110+ careers across 23 career families

Researched for today's India, updated for 2026.

  • AI & Data Science
  • Software & Cloud
  • Cybersecurity
  • Chip Design
  • Robotics & Drones
  • EVs & Clean Energy
  • Space & Aerospace
  • Biotech & Genomics
  • Medicine & Dentistry
  • Nursing & Allied Health
  • Psychology & Counselling
  • CA, Finance & Fintech
  • Business & Product
  • Law & Data Privacy
  • Civil Services & Defence
  • UX & Fashion Design
  • Animation, VFX & Games
  • Media & Content
  • Architecture & Planning
  • Climate & Sustainability
  • Aviation & Hospitality
  • Sports Science & Management
  • Music & Performing Arts

The report

Five chapters, and a book to keep.

Written in plain language, with every recommendation explained, not just scored. Read it on any screen, or keep it as a printed-quality PDF book.

  1. 01Where it all pointsThe direction on one page, and where the assessment and the birth chart agree.
  2. 02Best-fit careersThree ranked matches, each with why it fits, the route in and the 2026 outlook.
  3. 03What you told usTheir dream workday, chosen careers and favourite subjects, in their own words.
  4. 04Your profileInterests, aptitude, personality, emotional intelligence and values, charted.
  5. 05Astrology insightsThe birth chart read for careers, with every step and every number shown.
Report page: your best-fit careers
Report page: contents
Report cover: prepared for Aarav Sharma
The sample report as a PDF book: cover, contents and every chapter, about 20 A4 pages.

Included · A second lens

Your birth chart, read for careers.

From the date, time and place of birth, the report adds a Vedic reading in its own chapter, explained in plain words so you don't need to know astrology. It never changes the assessment scores.

  • 1Professions in the birth chart, and whyThe fields the chart favours, with every step shown: which part of the chart points to each one.
  • 2Job or businessWhether the chart leans towards a steady role, an independent venture, or either.
  • 3Where both lenses agreeThe careers the assessment and the chart both point to: the best place to start.

How a chart points to a profession

A real sample chart (born 16 March 2008, 8:30 pm, Mumbai), read step by step.

1VirLAGNA2Lib3Sco4SagJu5Cap6AquMeVeRa7PisSu8Ari9Tau10GemMa11CanMo12LeoSaKe
This is a map of the sky at the moment of birth. Each box is a ‘house’ for one area of life.10th house: careerCareer planet (Mercury)

From chart to professions, step by step

  1. 1

    Find the career house

    At the moment of birth, Virgo was rising in the east. That sign fills the 1st house, the Lagna (rising sign). Counting round the chart, the 10th house, the house of career and public role, falls in Gemini.

  2. 2

    Find the career planet

    Every sign has a ruling planet. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, so Mercury is the career planet: the planet that carries the career. Mercury stands for intellect, analysis, communication and commerce.

  3. 3

    Where Mercury sits, and what that means

    Sign: Aquarius
    Inventive, systems-minded and forward-looking. This sets the broad nature of the work.

    Points to: Technology and software · Research and investigation · Charity and social work · Aviation and air travel (+1.0 each)

    House: 6th
    The house of service, effort and daily work. It sets the setting of the work, and is weighed in the job-or-business reading below rather than in the professions.
    Star: Shatabhisha
    The sky is also divided into 27 finer star-segments, called nakshatras. The career planet's star is the sharpest single clue, so it counts the most.

    Points to: Medicine and healing · Research and investigation · Technology and software (+1.5 each)

4

The result: the professions it favours most

With Virgo rising, the career house (the 10th house, meaning career and public role) falls in Gemini. Its ruler, Mercury, the career planet (intellect, analysis and communication), sits in Aquarius in the 6th house of service and daily work, in the star (nakshatra) Shatabhisha. The D10 career chart rises in Aquarius. This leads to technology and software first, then research and investigation.

  1. 1

    Technology and software

    5 clues agree · 5.1 points

    Mercury, the career planet, sits in Aquarius, an inventive and systems-minded sign, in Shatabhisha, a star linked to technology. The D10 career chart also rises in Aquarius, and Mars in the career house in Ardra adds engineering energy. Five agreeing clues give 5.1 points.

  2. 2

    Research and investigation

    4 clues agree · 4.0 points

    Mercury, the career planet, stands for intellect and analysis, and sits in Aquarius, a forward-looking sign, in Shatabhisha, a star suited to deep enquiry. The D10 career chart rising in Aquarius repeats this, and Mars in the career house in Ardra adds investigation. Four agreeing clues give 4 points.

  3. 3

    Charity and social work

    2 clues agree · 1.9 points

    Mercury, the career planet, sits in Aquarius, a sign of collective and forward-looking thinking, which suits service to groups. The D10 career chart also rises in Aquarius, repeating that systems-minded, community-facing tone. Two agreeing clues give 1.9 points.

The ranking above is calculated. The explanations are written in plain words from those same chart facts, and add nothing to them.

Then, where both lenses agree

AssessmentYour child's answers

AstrologyTheir birth chart

Both agreeAI & Data ScienceSpace & AerospaceCybersecurity
From the sample report: all three of the assessment's top careers are also favoured by the chart, the strongest agreement the two lenses can give.

How it works

From sign-up to report in about 30 minutes.

  1. Create a parent account

    Sign in with Google or email in under a minute.

    1 minute
  2. Add your child · ₹499

    Name, class and birth details, then secure checkout.

    2 minutes
  3. Your child takes the test

    95 interactive questions in five chapters. Pause and resume anytime.

    About 28 minutes
  4. Read the report together

    Best-fit careers, why each one fits and the route in. On the web, and as a PDF book to keep.

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One simple price

₹499per student · one-time, no subscription
Valid for
Classes 9–12
Questions
95 interactive
Duration
About 28 min
Report
Web + PDF
  • The full 95-question assessment
  • A personalised career report
  • “Why this fits you” for every match
  • Degree routes and entrance exams
  • Astrology insights, kept separate
  • Web report and a PDF book to keep

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FAQ

Questions parents ask

Straight answers about the assessment, the report, payment and your child's data.

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Students in Classes 9 to 12 who are choosing subjects, streams or a first career direction. A parent or guardian creates the account and the student takes the assessment.

95 interactive questions across five chapters: quick picks, this-or-that cards, puzzles and real-life scenarios. Most students finish in about 25 to 30 minutes. Your progress saves automatically as you go, so you can pause anytime. If the connection drops or you log in later, you pick up exactly where you left off.

Five chapters: where it all points (including where the assessment and the birth chart agree), your best-fit careers (each with a personal “why this fits you”, the route in and the 2026 market outlook), what you told us, your full profile charted, and the astrology insights with every step shown. It is ready moments after the assessment is submitted, on the web and as a PDF book.

No. DecodeLives is a guidance tool. Scores show how strongly each theme came through in the answers; they are meant for discussion with the student, not as a diagnosis or a fixed label.

From the date, time and place of birth we draw a Vedic birth chart: a map of where the Sun, Moon and planets were at that moment (sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa). The 10th house of that chart is the house of career. We read it five ways: where its ruling planet sits, that planet's star (nakshatra), the special career chart (D10), the planets tied to it, and any planet inside it. Each points to certain kinds of work, and the professions several of them agree on rank first. The report shows every step in plain words, and it never changes the assessment scores.

The astrology reading finds the career house from the sign rising in the east at the moment and place of birth, and that sign changes about every two hours. So both are required. Use the time on the birth certificate or hospital record (IST), and choose the city of birth from the list; if it isn't listed, the nearest city works. The assessment and its career matches don't depend on them.

It is a one-time payment of ₹499 per student through Razorpay, with no subscription. Card and UPI details are handled by Razorpay and never stored by us, and access unlocks as soon as the payment is verified. See the Refund & Cancellation Policy for refunds.

Details are collected only with a parent's consent and used only to produce the report. We don't sell data or show ads. The Privacy Policy explains what we keep, for how long, and how to ask for deletion.

Answers can be changed freely until the assessment is submitted. After that they are locked so the report stays consistent. One payment covers one student's assessment and report.

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Give your child a clear direction, in one sitting.

95 interactive questions, a personalised report your family can read together, and a PDF book to keep. ₹499 per student, one-time.