Raahu and Ketu Explained -- PART 1

Raahu and Ketu are often misunderstood by most of the Astrologers let alone the aam janata. The Western astrology is completely clueless and hence ineffective due to ignorance towards Raahu and Ketu. Raahu and Ketu are lot many things: Let us try to cover as much as possible with them in lay man’s terms and language. You can search n number of sites in order to get mythological information about the head (Raahu) and the tail (Ketu); the attempt in this article is to keep the discussion thinking that it is addressed to common folks.

Let address RAAHU in this article. We will reserve KETU for the next one.

 

RAHU KETU sign changes/transitions do not have as much and as direct an impact as SHANI GURU and rest of the planets as per their “ministries” or departments or governance in your chart/life. However, they do have significant impact with genetics and DNA or simply family history and family karm. Before jumping into RAHU KETU transition its impact on various rashi – let us look at that they stand for – some random thoughts if you will! :)

RAHU represents following 3 things predominantly for any person.

(1)      Paternal Grandfather or Paternal grandmother and their family.

(2)      Insatiable desires, Deep desires, extreme ambitions, agitation, irritation and dark mysticism forces

(3)      People of different caste culture religion language etc.

Good or bad luck with these things depends on the birth-time RAHU position and overall “strength” of Rahu and its owner-depositor.)

Similarly, KETU represents following 3 things

(1)      Maternal grandfather or grandmother and their family.

(2)      Spirituality, Detachment, 6^th sense, Imagination, Calm, Sukoon, side effect or negative impact is pessimism.

(3)      Saintly people, not just GURU sorts but beyond that -highly evolved souls and people. Top 1% people in the society – spiritual or influential by thoughts or even money/wealth.

FROM WHAT 3 things RAHU KETU represent: one can also see that – how difficult is to predict from charts! Right? This also means astrology is not an exact-science. People born at the same time have different parents and grandparents! :D so, they will have different place and intensity of events. But YES, there WILL be similarities in their family tree and history to a large extent. So, predicting transits of RAHU KETU are far more complicated than other transitions of SHANI GURU etc. Also, they are important with Chandra but also lagna-rashi and how good bad they are placed in the birth-time chart.

Observations:

(1)      If you INTERCONNECT RAHU Karakatva – does it mean a person inherits aggression and anger ONLY from paternal family by default: Very aggressive maternal genes and highly aggressive maternal people karma might not come to any person in the form of aggression ever? YES – to a large extent!

(2)      Even an aggressive MANGAL with KETU and say, owner of KETU-Rashi or Nakshatra with RAHU might not be able to instill or inherit aggression of the people from the maternal side? Yes, again to a large extent!

(3)      Of course, the karma will be inherited & it will have its good & bad effects on a person as shown by KETU in the chart but the nature or “swabhav” will not inherit aggression in the maternal family!

(4)      RAHU carries paternal side history and RAHU represents anger agitation. So, one inherits these things predominantly from the paternal side of the family.

(5)      Most of the autism cases are related to Budh/Mercury and or Rashi-Swami with Rahu and drushti by Mars/Mangal. They are connected to either pending karma towards maama mousi of either paternal grandfather or paternal grandmother! (Autism does have homeopathy (brain medicine) remedy but more so KAARMIC remedies could help – trying to find with help from astrologer WHOS mama mousi – at times could be own father’s mama mousi but it is PREDOMINANTLY – paternal one of the grandparent’s one!)

Example of KETU – Mama mousi and such family connection:

(1)      I met one guy at SALIM’s Chaai-Tapari in Nashik. SALIM’s Son introduced him to me saying “Siraanni attach motha job sodun full astrology suru keliye – boss hain ekdum astrology main”! :) So, he asked me is it really so as looking at my attire and perceived age he didn’t think so! :)

(2)      I created his chart on mobile and while having cutting chaay told him several things for the next 5 mins (they were all true and some were quite extreme!) Actually, the chart was itself quite “talkative” – he was quite surprised to hear all the great gains he might have had in mid2012 to mid2013 and total losses from Nov2014 to Jan2017! :)  Fortuner to DZire and carrying KG Gold on his person in those days to loses taking to a simple lifestyle! The last straw was kidney and maama and mousi and land matters in the maternal family.

(3)      His chart had various indicators of highly aggressive maternal family people and also KIDNEY related issues with his mama and mom and his mom and mama seemed connected very strongly to each other from the past birth. (Rather, reality is that --- his mom donated a kidney to her twin brother and saved his life!!)  Naturally, he was choked shocked to hear this quick analysis in a compromised setup! :) (I also chocked his friend asking if he has twins but late after the age of 30/31! :) )

(4)      LONG STORY SHORT – despite VIOLENT maternal family – this guy is quite docile and rather not in to any yedapanti and wants to resolve by good deeds.

(5)      There are lot many examples of maternal aggression getting into kids of that family males and not females. The practical reason could be that inheritance comes to sons more and lesser to women as they go into other family (“parayaa dhan” Afterall reflected in astrology too!?!)

(6)      That is why a person has 18 years of RAHU MAHA and only 7 years of KETU MAHA! This means various Antardasha of RAHU are also a LOT bigger than KETU ones. So, our live is lot more impacted by paternal side of the DNA and not maternal side as much?? This despite having KETU 1^st house and having all planets in KETU nakshatra which shows rebirth or DNA replication from the maternal family!?

(7)      Is that why we say MAATRUMUKHI SADASUKHI?? Is that why Sanjay Dutt gets away with things lot more than father looking people!?? :) :) Just kidding!!

(8)      (Counterpoints: KETU Maha only 7 years and KETU AD only a few months so they could be lot more effective?? – YES, that’s true!)

CYCLE of RAHU and KETU:

(1)      RAHU & KETU have 18-year circle for 12 signs. 18 months per sign.

(2)      At the ages of running 18^th 36^th 54^th 72^nd etc transit-RAHU is on your birth-time RAHU! These ages show some transformation of personality and even say maturity of next level not just mind but also DNA and hereditary stuff. So, someone with strong RAHU means having a STRONG paternal family will see higher positions and ACCESS to higher positions at the ages of running 18^th 36^th 48^th itself!! Someone with violent and not so good RAHU would see some difficulties at these ages!

(3)      The good part is that ---- GURU has 11.88 (12) years cycle and at the ages of 18^th it is aspecting birth-time GURU and 36^th it is going over birth-time GURU and 54^th again it is aspecting (7^th) your birth-time GURU. This ensures good guidance and help with advice and direction despite good or bad RAHU placements.

(4)      The NATURE or our planetary system has ensured that when a person hits a JACKPOT due to RAHU KETU or even a person gets HIT badly by bad paternal maternal history is well advised and well directed to take right actions!

(5)      At the ages of 9^th and 27^th 45^th 63^rd etc etc – transit RAHU is going your Birth-Chart KETU and transit KETU is going over your Birth-time RAHU. These are also interesting times when there is some transition in your life. There are some events planned together with BOTH the families at these times. Rather, some get-togethers should be planned at these ages getting people from both the families together! The person in question should connect with the folks from both the families. DNA wise or family history wise these are interesting ages indeed. I need to collect more case studied here as direct correlation of events is EASIER with GURU SHANI transits and other ones but not these ones which are utterly family history related.

P.S. At the age of running 30 & 60: transit SHANI is on birth-SHANI & transit GURU is also aspecting horoscope GURU!!

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In short:

1. The quest for Raahu & Ketu is search for your DNA!! It is the search of your forefathers and your family (both paternal and maternal). Backtracking of Rahau and Ketu from a horoscope can reveal some VERY interesting material facts about both the families.

2. Raahu also shows materialism, aggression, passion, agitation; Ketu shows spirituality, depression, negativity, pessimism.

Raahu:

In a horoscope of a person: It represents Paternal family – i.e. the history of father’s family is imbibed in the horoscope thru position, raashi, nakshatra, overall power of Raahu. You can deduce many assumptions based on Raahu’s position in the horoscope.

As you might not be aware of MOST of the births are re-births within the family. Due to joint family in Indian cultures, many folks have attachments etc with some specific folks in the family. You will see many such pairs and affection for some relation repeating across generations. I see countless horoscopes that show direct connection with someone from paternal or Maternal family in past 1 / 2 etc generations.

Here are the conditions when the person is rebirth from the Paternal Family:

1. Raahu in first house of the person. The Raahsi, Nakshatra and Yuti etc of Raahu will show if it is from father’s father side of Father’s mother side person in the past life! :)

2. The ascendant point is in one of the Raahu’s nakshatra – Mithun Raashi – Ardra Nakshatra; Tula raashi Swati nakshatra; Kumbh raashi Shatataaraka nakshatra and so on.

3. The owner of the 1^st house is with Raahu (same sign same nakshatra, very close to Raahu).

4. Raahu-Mangal shows boiling of blood with anger; Ketu-Mangal shows slow speed of blood in the body: nervousness of some blood contents. Raahu Ketu shows lack of sportsman spirit, Ketu Mangal shows over-respect for the opponents.

5. Chandra Raahu yuti shows GREAT agitation, uncontrolled aggression / violation, display of power (narrow chin)

6. Chandra Ketu yuti shows utter depression, fear of unknown / dark; Fear of insects etc etc

Such placement of Raahu will show that the MOST OF THE DNA is inherited from Father’s family. In such cases the person also looks like father or some father side folks.

Other interesting bits:

1. If Raahu is very close to Mars – Blood history/DNA is inherited from Father’s family as-is. His siblings would also be mostly from father’s family.

2. If Raahu is close to Shani – Apart from health, it shows that approach of father’s family with Masses/workers was aggressive.

3. If Raahu is very close to Guru : The kids of this person would be rebirths from his paternal family. They will inherit good/bad things from father’s family.

Combinations:

The combinations are sometimes very difficult to decipher. i.e. Raahu is the 1^st house but in Ketu’s nakshatra say Ashwini, Magha, Moola or in Budh’s nakshatra – Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Revati. This could shows father’s side but father’s mother side or Mama side! J

Example:

I have Chandra Raahu VERY close in the 1^st house in Jyestha nakshatra (Vrushchik Raashi). Let us try to decipher this formation. (Neptune is also in the 1^st house in Anuradha nakshtra).

Analysis:

1. Raahu is the 1^st house – This is obviously a rebirth from the Father’s side. Paternal family

2. Raahu very close to Moon and 1^st house: Abrupt chin (check the snap) – Also possibility of someone from Father’s mother side family rebirth?

3. Chandra Raahu VERY close in Jyeshtha nakshatra which is owned by Budh (Governor of “Mama” or Mom’s siblings/cousins) à This means this could be a rebirth from Father’s Mom’s relatives from Mom’s side! J

4. The Sun (11^th April) is owner of the father’s house (10^th) and is in Revati Nakshatra in Meen raashi. Revati is also Budh’s nakshatra – This means even Father is rebirth from his Mom’s relatives from mother side à Yup! – We will get to that later.

5. With so much of analysis: Let us look at my father’s horoscope! J

6. His owner of the 1^st house is in 6^th house – This is 3^rd house (younger brothers) from the 4^th house (Mom) in horoscope – or simply: 6^th house is about Mother’s relatives/siblings or cousins!

7. So even my father is from similar lineage and that is also reflected in my horoscope!! Also, we must have shared closeness or unfinished business in the past live(s) and hence again chose “channel” of each other to come together??

8. This analysis would not have gone ahead in the 1^st place if I didn’t look like my father – My structure, face, hairstyle; overall speech is all very similar to my father. Also, he has to look more like his Mom than his father – Again Ditto!!! His face, speech almost all features of the face are from his mom!! J

9. Again, all this is either very simple or very mystic!

Interesting? Huh!!??

~Milind

Additional Reading:

(1)    RAHU KETU Thoughts (2): http://astromnc.blogspot.in/2017/08/rahu-ketu-thoughts-continued.html

(2)    Chandra-Rahu Yuti: http://astromnc.blogspot.in/2011/01/dra-rahu-yuti-moon-rahu-conjunction.html

(3)    Chandra Ketu Yuti: http://astromnc.blogspot.com/2017/03/chandra-ketu-yuti-moon-ketu.html

(4)    Shani Rahu Yuti: http://astromnc.blogspot.com/2017/02/shani-rahu-yuti-shani-rahu-conjunction.html

(5)    Guru-Rahu Yuti: http://astromnc.blogspot.com/2017/02/guru-rahu-yuti-guru-chandal-yog.html

(6)    Mangal-Rahu Yuti: http://astromnc.blogspot.in/2018/05/mangal-rahu-yuti.html

(7)    Mangal-Ketu Yuti: http://astromnc.blogspot.in/2018/05/mangal-ketu-yuti-mars-ketu-conjunction.html