Ketu in rashi and bhava Ketu in houses and signs - Barbara Pijan Lama Jyotisha Jyotish Vedic Astrology Horoscope Readings Surya Sun Chandra Moon Mangala Mars Budha Mercury Guru Jupiter Shukra Venus Shani Saturn Rahu Ketu Graha Planets Dasha Timeline Nakshatra Navamsha Marriage Children Wealth Career Spiritual Wisdom Death

Rahu-Ketu's position by BHAVA is much more influential than the nodes' position by RASHI.

In rashi, Rahu-Ketu's primarily give the effects of their rashi lords, & of any co-tenant planets which share their house.

Below are a few observations on the general effects of the rashi qualities upon the Nodes. However in practice, be sure to prioritize the significations of Rahu-Ketu's BHAVA position.

Mesha [Aries]

Little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign & house of Kuja. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that when Ketu occupies Mesha rashi, Ketu will blunt the sensitivities of Mangala, making the native less warlike & more self-preoccupied, less clear about their external military goals & more concerned with their internal warfare.

Ketu's influence moves the attributes of Mesha - conflict, aggression, direct action & competition - into the 'liminal' arena. One competes against standards for achievement it is true but these will tend to be spiritual standards which have little material value. Thus one's warrior energies are deflected within, & one is unlikely to achieve much unique self-definition in external social life.

Dissatisfied with the basically selfish human condition, & uncomfortable with direct competition, the native typically shows a blunted individualism which is neither conformist nor marginalist, but is a profound disengagement from the whole pursuit of establishing identity. They are odd.

Males will have less interest in competitive sports; females retreat from attention-getting fashion. Wonderful for winning inner battles against addiction or fears; for un-conflicted dedication to an organization or ideal. They go where angels fear to tread.

Vrishabha [Taurus]

Little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign & house of Shukra. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that Ketu in Vrishabha rashi will blunt the sensitivities of Venus, making the native unsure about sensual indulgence. This native can lose himself easily in escapist behaviors of sensual and sexual pleasure.

Ketu's signature is disenchantment with the ego-self. In Shukra's sign, Ketu's first choice of route for self-dissolution will be down the path of Shukra's portfolio. If Shukra is strong, then drugs, alcohol, fine fabrics, lovely appearances, delicious foods & scented oils will find this native easily. However, no amount of pleasure will be satisfying to this person. They become cantankerous. The body's cravings are never fulfilled; desires only increase, without satisfaction.

This native seeks deepest fulfillment through marriage & love relationships but that area of life is precisely where he is most disenchanted. His love behavior will be seen by outsiders as "passive-aggressive" because the native simultaneously wants sensual love & pleasure, while rejecting it.

Ketu in Vrishabha either self-destructs through sensual addictions or develops a very selective sensual filter, allowing the native to pursue only those pleasures which advance specific spiritual goals.

Native becomes increasingly austere aesthetic with age. Ketu similar to Shani gives better results with age. But he is never able to fully dissociate from sensual desire. Permanently dissatisfied with spouse. See Ketu with Swakshetra Shukra in the marriage house for an example.

Mithuna [Gemini]

Budha' effect on Ketu is very determining and little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign and house of Budha. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that when occupying Mithuna rashi, Ketu will blunt the mental-communicative sensitivities of Mercury, making the native dissatisfied with mundane communications and likely to twist, evade, or ignore communicative convention.

Ketu encourages the native to believe that mental wellness and communication is irrelevant so the native does not invest ego energy is developing clear, descriptive communications. Rather he relies on a few phrases or devices, and does not make the effort to articulate his speech or gestures. When Ketu is yuti Budha in swakshetra, the native's verbal and written communication is difficult to understand even whilst he may be multi-lingual or work in a media job! Often exaggerated speed or a speech defect will be the culprit.

Karka [Cancer]

Ammachi

Chandra's effect on Ketu is very determining and little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign and house of Soma. This is more true of the Moon than any other planet, so our comments here are definitely bracketed! However, we can say somewhat minimally that when occupying Karkata rashi, Ketu will blunt the sensitivities of Moon, making the native emotionally detached and impersonal in their nurturing style.

Frequently the mother or primary nurturer rejects the native either overtly or covertly (overt when Rahu's lord Shani is strong) because the mother is having some crisis of emotional withdrawal when the child is born. Often disinterested in having their own children, they are nevertheless under ideal spiritual conditions able to universalize their maternal instincts to care for all of God's children. However under less ideal spiritual conditions (i.e., in normal cases), the native is perpetually dissatisfied with their home conditions, and may be afraid of water.

Simha [Leo]

Surya's effect on Ketu is very determining and little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign and house of Ravi. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that when occupying Simha rashi, Ketu will blunt the sensitivities of Sun, making the native ambivalent about ego-expression in general and about assuming moral authority in particular. Consistent with Ketu's passive-aggressive style, this native is prone to criticizing the leadership positions of others and trying to undermine social authorities rather than making positive suggestions toward constructive social change.

They are attracted into support roles in theatre and politics, where they can mingle with celebrities without actually assuming symbolic roles themselves. Moral uncertainty plagues them. However Ketu with Surya in swakshetra may yield a creative genius who expresses unworldly sounds and color. Past-lives associated with cult of the Sun-priest; they have been sacrificed and although they love the pageantry they are naturally wary of abuse of power.

Kanya [Virgo]

Ram Dass

Budha's effect on Ketu is very determining; little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign and house of Budha. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that when occupying Kanya rashi, Ketu will blunt the mental-organizational sensitivities of Mercury, making the native a curator & collector of concepts & ideas which lack direction & serve little practical purpose.

These ideas may be of profound spiritual significance, but they are so eccentric, ungrounded, or unusual that the native finds no lasting home in conventional social-educational institutions.

One may be intellectually gifted but the method of organizing information is quite peculiar. Often unable to marshal the force of their intellect for much beyond casual chat and as they say in Nepal, "time-pass".

May pursue dead-end analytical philosophy, or elaborately documented yet unfounded conspiracy theories. Mistakenly they substitute a vast collection of details for an actual system, i.e., they miss the forest for the trees at least intellectually. Verbally inconsistent but insight is profound. Spiritually the information is good & liberating.

This native was traumatized by scholarship in a past life, & is fundamentally ambivalent about categorical thought. Yet, due to residual ego-attachment, one is still compelled to think.

As a result one follows circuitous analytical paths, mentalizing when they should be meditating & meditating when they should be mentalizing, always frustrated & dissatisfied with the value & purpose of their knowledge base.

Thula [Libra]

Paramahamsa Yogananda

Julia Roberts (actress)

Shukra's effect on Ketu is very determining. Little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign and house of Shukra. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that when occupying Thula rashi, Ketu will blunt the artistic & architectural sensitivities of Venus, making the native ambivalent about balance & design, and thwarting his relationship management skills. His sense of natural balance, fairness, and justice in the larger sense being lost in a fog, the native is likely to err in judgment on social & personal matters.

Good manners of his culture evade one's understanding. Thus, one is disliked, considered unaesthetic, badly dressed, or somehow an icon of poor taste in one's society. In situations where polite negotiation of meaning or identity is required, one lacks the grace to introduce oneself properly or make the other party feel balanced in one's company. This native is always ill-at-ease.

However, Ketu with Shukra/swakshetra may produce a genius of unorthodox costume design, or an avant-garde style in arts or theatre. The result of disturbing the natural balance of things may be awkward but it may also be interesting - at least temporarily.

Vrischika [Scorpio]

Mars' effect on Ketu is very determining and little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign and house of Kuja. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that when occupying Vrischika rashi, Ketu will blunt the sensitivities of Mars, making the native ambivalent about tantric healing, profound therapeutic change, and the reality of trauma. He spends much of his life force in the project of denying the existence of psycho-spiritual energies; he disregards magic; and he avoids therapeutic engagement in conscious change.

This native is locked into subconscious avoidance patterns which cause obsessive behaviors. Despite what some authorities say about Ketu being exalted in Scorpio, I find Vrischika to be a very unhealthy position for Ketu. (But Rahu exalted here is entirely viable.) A healthy person simply cannot be in denial about life's ongoing need for managed, constant change.

Ketu in Scorpio can create a living hell, with the native locked into a set of ritual behaviors intent on manipulating evil forces, with intent to damage the change-agents he sees as a threat. However Ketu yuti swakshetra Mangala could under favorable circumstances produce a tantrika of great ability. Such a person under proper guidance might become an effective channel for planetary healing although working from the dark side.

Dhanus [Sagittarius]

Guru's effect on Ketu is very determining and little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign and house of Brihaspati. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that when occupying Dhanau rashi, Ketu will blunt the sensitivities of Jupiter, making the native ambivalent about the reality of fundamental goodness, world family, All-One, and other blessings of the Divine which penetrate the veil of our human sadness and bring spiritual light into human lives.

This native is curmudgeonly, unable to recognize the value of education, religion, or charity. He tends toward atheism and survival-of-the-fittest market economics. He dislikes group activities and does not celebrate holidays. He is not a lot of fun. Yet, Ketu with swakshetra Guru may produce a genius of world humanitarian systems.

Detachment from religion and even from humanism may be a good thing when looking objectively at what can be done to advance humanity's situation on the global scale. It may be clarifying to be free of idealistic, ideological attachment when constructing comprehensive world visions. Such a humorless, morally ambivalent viewpoint may be entirely accurate, valid, and - unlike value-charged future projections based on religious tenet - may actually work.

Makara [Capricorn]

Mahatma Gandhi

U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter

These natives are inadvertently egalitarian due to their inability to locate their caste/social class identity. They can bring much distributive justice into the world ironically due to their fundamental confusion about their proper level in the social hierarchy. Wonderful position for truly religious political leaders or the wandering mendicant who takes physical sustenance from temples & government rationing programs.

Kumbha [Aquarius]

U.S. Pres. Baraka Obama

Shani's effect on Ketu is very determining and little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign and house of Sanaicharya. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that when occupying Kumbha rashi, Ketu will blunt the populist, democratizing sensitivities of Saturn, making the native ambivalent about his role in the marketplace. Kumbha is in general a highly abstract sign, famous for its esoteric theories and special interest groups which have little connection to the survival reality of the global population yet purport to be universal in nature. Kumbha is the solar or rational side of Shani's domain, concerned primarily with equalizing exchange networks of the marketplace not with the emotional security of fixed caste (Makara). Ketu here gives reluctance to participate in networks of association and dislike of the masses.

The native has been traumatized in revolutionary political movements, perhaps an uprising against royalty, which creates in his a compulsory disengagement from political activism and group-think in all its visages. Ketu with swakshetra Shani is likely to produce extreme disengagement from earthly politics and distrust of human social movements, marginalizing the native and forcing the group-think scope into galactic or even cosmic range.

This is a science-fiction orientation with a mind that wanders across the universe in search of a culture weird enough and 'safe' enough but also familiar enough to identity with. Might be a gifted sci-fi script writer or mathematician or computer programmer if Budha is strong. Otherwise, seeks anonymity and intellectual distance through cold logic. Could live in isolation & socialize exclusively via computer networks. Very detached person.

Meena [Pisces]

Guru's effect on Ketu is very determining and little can be said about Ketu without knowing the sign and house of Brihaspati. However, we can comment somewhat minimally that when occupying Meena rashi, Ketu will blunt the sensitivities of Jupiter, making the native ambivalent about the spirit world, and our human communion with all sentient beings. This native lacks compassion. They lack a natural affection for children. They will not support social programs which favor children, nor do they enjoy the childhood phase of their own lives. They are unable to communicate with fairies, elves, devas, deities, spirit beings of any class.

They simply cannot bear the possibility that all beings are connected in continuum of reincarnational creativity and that Divine love penetrates and enlivens all beings. This native is lonely and worried about their well-being, yet naturally afraid to express compassion for others. They avoid formal meditation and sanctuaries such as ashrams and monasteries, although ironically in their extreme detachment from the awareness of the interconnectedness of all life they are exemplary models of meditative detachment!

This is not such a bad position for Ketu - really, nothing in Meena is ruined except hyper-mental Budha (and good riddance). The fairies will get them in the end, because Ketu is so permeable and vulnerable. Don't worry about this one because God will get you, whether you resist or not.