Rahu Kethu

Astronomically, the intersection points of the sun and moon – on their movements in the celestial sphere – are called Rahu and Kethu. They are also called the north node and south node. Rahu and Kethu are unimaginably huge dark shadows in space. During their transit, when their shadow falls on any planet, that planet’s all-effects will be completely altered or diverted by Rahu and Kethu. Rahu and Kethu are solely responsible for a beggar to become a millionaire and a millionaire to become a beggar. This book elaborately discusses the effects of Rahu and Kethu. In the horoscope, how Rahu and Kethu are positioned, how the planets and the houses (Bhavas) are affected by them in the birth chart are all analysed in this book. How and when the natives will be affected? To what extent they will be affected? It is because of the birth chart, the transit movement and the Dhasa Bhukthi of Rahu and Kethu? They are all clearly explained in this book with many birth charts. Kindly read this book thoroughly, analyse it with your known people’s horoscope, and experience the result. It will surely give you goosebumps!

Astrology is an integral part of Indian culture. It is as old as the vedas. It explains the celestial phenomena and the corresponding terrestrial events. It explains the cause and effect of events. The main basis of astrological thought is that the celestial phenomena effects the life and events on the earth. It does not permit anyone to conclude any event just as an accident. Celestial bodies generate a lot of energy m their movements and astrology shows us how we can use these energies operative m our lives in the best possible way. Astrology is a science which helps the mankind to put their life in the right path. Astrology was tested and experienced for many centuries and it’s knowledge was handed down the ages to new generations. A study of the civilizations flourished m different parts of the world shows that Astrology played an important role m their life. The places where astrology does not flourish are mostly barbarious, lacking in knowledge and they don’t have any communication with the universe. In India, astrology has been considered as the best guide to achieve the fourfold objectives of life and they are Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksa All the activities of human being are directed towards the achievement of these goals and astrology helps us to achieve them in a organized manner. Astrology has reached this stage after nullifying the criticisms, which it has to face from the beginning itself. Astrology has the seven visible grahas - Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn along with the two lunar nodes - Rahu and Ketu . Rahu and Ketu are accepted as grahas in Indian astrology only. They are considered as shadowy - grahas. The details available about Rahu and Ketu are confusing. Astrological texts don’t have a unanimus opmion about Rahu - Ketu. These opinions create confusion in the mind of astrologers as well as astrology followers. So, there is a need of study on Rahu - Ketu. Rahu - Ketu are considered as recent developments by many scholars But, this is not true. Their references are available m vedas itself. So, with a view to give some clear opinion on Rahu - Ketu, I have chosen this subject for study. Further, we know that astrology is the most criticized subject and research in this field are very less. So, I have tried to answer these criticisms and I hope that my study will encourage more researches in this field.

In Hindu astrology, Rahu and Ketu signify the two mathematical points on each side of the moon that have a significant impact on self-experience. The Significance of Rahu and Ketu in Vedic Astrology is realized positively and negatively in a person’s life. As a rising node of the moon, Rahu is known to cause spiritual growth and whenever it exists in a chart; the result is luxury and obsession. It’s a powerful node favorable to politicians as it presents opportunities and immense power to ascend in political affairs both justly and unjustly. Rahu also influences criminals, snakes as well as magicians just to mention a few. Rahu has the power to give wealth and make a person popular. At the same time, this shadow planet is likely to cause confusion, despair and emotional inequity. It’s very powerful in the 3rd, 6th and 11th houses of a horoscope. Ketu is a shadowy, descending and malefic planet but not as malefic as Rahu. Ketu offers liberation and nonattachment to material desires and worldly ambitions. It provides spiritual knowledge, power to differentiate, self-knowledge as well as wisdom. Whenever present in a chart, it gives a person psychic abilities. A person can perform natural healing, deal with ghosts, evil spirits, and astral forces as well as make them wizards of foods, herbs and spices. Ketu enables a person to blend in naturally among people

Karma keeps every living thing in its control. Debt is the prime Karma that follows and affects a person. The Great Indian Epic compares the turbulence faced by a Great King to that of the agitated mind of a debt-trapped person giving that much prominence to debt. While the path of debt is not seen its strain is felt.

This book is structured to provide an understanding of Rahu and Ketu in the natal birth chart. Their placement in the zodiacal signs gives expression to the personality and illustrates the meaning of human behavior. The houses they occupy reveal the areas of life's experience that facilitate the soul's highest growth due to past experiences in previous lifetimes. A table is provided with the sign placements of Rahu and Ketu from 1940-2040 to locate your personal placements. You will understand your own karma through the sign and house placement of Rahu and Ketu.

Rahu and Ketu are controversial figures in Hindu Mytho logy, Astronomy and Astrology. Whatever may have been the liables of mythology, the physics of eclipses tells us that the shadows are caused by the Earth, the Sun and the Moon. and they do not exist by themselves. In solar Eclipse. it is Moon that covers thd orb of the Sun and casts its shadow on the Earth and causes the eclipse, ln Lunar Eclipse, it is reasonably the Earth that casts the shadow on the Moon and cause the eclipse. But if we see the movement in both the cases, it is the Moon that causes the eclipse by playing hide and seek. What are Rahu and Ketu. The usual explanation given by some of the learned astrologers is that they are as much physical bodies (planets) as other planets are and they are invisible because their discs are dark. Others are of the opinion that they are points in the ecliptic where the plane of Moon's orbit cuts the plane of Sun's orbit. Rahu and Ketu pose difficult problems for the astrologer and have been the cause of considerable controversy in the recent past. Authorities differ about them. From what Varahmihira observes in is his Brihat Somhita. itis obvious that he was aware of the true causes of eclipses and other celestial phenomen. It must, however, be stated at the very outset that there is a fundamental difference between Rahu and Ketu and the other planets. The other planets are bodies of physical mass, actually existing in the sky and visible to the eye. They have form, shape and colour and their mass, gravity, atmosphere, motion, distance from the Sun etc., have been studied in detail and ascertained. On the other hand, Rahu and Ketu are only tqre imaginary points in the heavens, without shape or form. They are the points of intersection of the apparent path of the Sun with the path of 5 the Moon. As these paths are nearly circular, the points of intersection are two which lie I80 degrees apart. Now the basic assumption of astrology is that planets in fluence the earth and its inhabitants. Man dwells upon the earth and so is influenced by them. The planets possess mass and have force of gravity. They also emit electro-magnetic viberations. These effect the earth and its inhabitants. Rahu and Ketu do not exist in the heavens and posses no mass. They are only two imaginary points in the heavens. Then how do they effect the earth and its inhabitants ? It has already been stated that Rahu and Ketu are the two points of intersection of the path of the Sun and the Moon. The apparent motion of the Sun is due to the revolution of the earth around the Sun. And the Moon revolves around the Earth. Therefore, Rahu and Ketu are the points of intersection of the paths of the earth and the Moon in the heavens. The Earth and the Moon are two bodies possessing physical mass. They move on defined paths in the heavens. Their movements on their paths create fields of force. The naine of the force is not material. It may be called electromagnetic or any other. The inhabitants of the earth are not aware of the field of force created by the earth, because they are a part of the earth and move along with it. This fact may be explained through an example. The movements of a Railway Train on its track creates a field of force which is noticed by a passerby and not by persons who are in an equilibrium. Similarly, the inhabitants of the Earth are in an equilibrium with reference to the field of force created by the earth during its motion around the Sun. The equilibrium is, however. disturbed where the paths of the earth and the Moon intersect. It is natural that where two fields of force meet with each other, something unsual should happen. Rahu and Ketu are two 6 Nodes of the Moon, are the two points of disturbance on the paths of the Earth and the Moon. The path of the earths or the apparent path on the Sun is thb ecliptic. Thus Rahu and Ketu are the two points on the ecliptic 180 degrees apart and in whose vicinity disturbed condition prevail. They represent the cross-roads on the fields of force of the earth and the Moon. But what about the influence of Nodes, whibh are ima ginary points ? They cannot either emit rays or reflect rays emanating from the other celestial bodies. So what is their position in Astrology. Latitudes of the planets depend on their Nodes. so the mutual relationship in the position of the planets will not be the same at any two instants in Kalpa, (one Kalpa, being equal to 1090 Maha-yugas and one Maha-yuga is of 4,32000 years), as the periods of revolution of the Nodes are different for different planets. It is said that History repeats itself but not in a identical manner. This truth is established on a consideration of astrology. The events may be similar but can never be identical. Since the astrological influence of planets depends on their latitudes, (their Nodes), even though they are tmaginary points naturally exercise astrology influence on the earth and the living beings on it. The effect of Rahu and Ketu forces itself on our attention most clearly at the time of the eclipses of the Sun and the Moon. When the Sun and the Moon come near the Nodes at the time of the Full Moon or the new Moon and a certain other conditions are fulfilled an eclipse of the Moon or the Sun take place. Then the light and other electro-magnetic viberations coming from the Moon or the Sun are cut off and the normal arrangenents which obtains for the earth are disturbed. Persons, who are born at the tinte of.eclipscs are always prone to mental abnormality and to other physical suffering. They are also likely to have week 7 constitutions and short lives. It is known fact that during the period of eclipses and sometimes before and after them. the normall functioning of the human system-such as digestive apparatus etc. is disturbed and that is why it is said that no food should be taken during the period of an eclipse. But it is not only the Sun and the Moon that suffer when they come in contract with Rahu or Ketu. Other planets also develop abnormal traits when they come in contact rvith them and their natural quaiities suffer, usually for the worse. When Sun comes in conjunction with Rahu. this gives a strong advantage to the Rahu area. The ego and the new activity flow along the same path. Whenever the Sun is located is where there is strength, vitality, action and warmth. But when Sun is in conjunction with Ketu, this gives greater difficulty in establishing the new growth. In order to grow and learn, the person must build a strong ego. To cut short, whenever Rahu is in conjunction with any planet, it will en hance the basic quality of that planet. It is only in recent years that Rahu and Ketu are recogni sed in Western astrological texts-this is surely a sign of Indian influence on Western astrological thought. Lately few astrologers of the West have written few books proving with illustration that the Moon's Nodes play an impartant part in human affairs.

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