When you think of Rahu and Ketu because we are doing these studies right?
Here's one more tip for Rahu and Ketu.
Rahu is just the head.
It wants to go out there and get stuff whatever it is interested in and wherever whichever
house it falls in.
And you always got to look at the birth chart more than anything else.
Other divisional charts are simply how you interact in a specific area of your life.
The Navamsa will be how you do it with spouse.
The Shamsa or the 10th division chart is how you do it work and so on and so forth.
Birth chart always governs.
So even if you just look at Rahu and Ketu for only the birth chart you are good to go
because that's who you will be anyway.
You interact with different areas of your life in a different fashion, in a different
style but you are still you.
So Rahu and Ketu, one more tip here I have discovered this morning is Rahu is just the
head and Ketu is the rest of the body.
It's how the classical texts depicted right?
So Rahu being that endless drive towards moving from one thing to another in the form of senses.
Let's look at it.
All your senses are focused in the head.
All your identity is focused in the head.
Rarely do people look at your body, they look at your head first.
The Rahu is that head.
Rahu is the one who looks itself in the mirror each day.
You are looking at your face, you are looking at Rahu itself.
So it's nothing to be made bad of really speaking but you got to understand this.
You got to really understand this.
This is like psychology one on one.
On the other hand Ketu is the one who is detaching you from everything else.
It's got the hands but it doesn't have a head.
So it's always looking for identity, grabbing on to whatever things it can get its hands
on but discarding it once again because it is not the head but it wants to derive something
to have for itself.
This is one of the reasons why you will find a trend of Rahu is the one who is called as
one who wants to hold on and let go.
There is Ketu but it tends to let go but wants to hold on to.
There's the clue.
So wherever Ketu falls that house usually you have those things but you don't give any
importance to it.
Ketu in the second house might give you wealth all the time but you are not having any attachment
towards it.
It disconnects you as energy as your form of ego energy that you have.
It disconnects you from that.
It means you don't give much importance to it.
You see this is how it works.
Rahu on the other hand is the one, is the basic root of all desire.
I want that stuff.
I want that car.
I want that woman or man.
I want that house.
I want that promotion and a number of things.
So you go towards it.
You not necessarily achieve it by the way.
This depends upon many other things in the chart as you know.
But this is how you basically analyze it.
One more thing I want to leave you with before we get into the study.
Now middle portion of it is the basic principles which I leave in every video.
If you are seeing this the second or the third or the 27th one because we will have to cover
this in 27 parts every nakshatra.
So it will be a long series.
And I suggest you watch each and every one of them even if you are a Rahu Ketu is not
like that because you know someone in your friend or family who is having their access.
So if you have seen the middle portion you can skip it.
You can fast forward it to the portion where I start with the pie chart.
Start with the exploration.
Start with the Rahu Ketu access.
I will take Gabi Sef.
So number one, the classical characteristics of Rahu and Ketu as described by the classical
Vedic literature.
What is Rahu and Ketu?
These are the north and the south nodes of the moon found by the virtual points which
are the intersection points between orbit of the moon around the earth and orbit of
the earth around the sun.
So basically if you take two ellipses it will form two intersection points.
So these two intersection points are called the north node and the south node.
They are virtual nodes although they behave like planets and we shall see why in a minute.
So who is Rahu?
The symbols are there like a horseshoe and the reverse horseshoe.
This is typically how it is portrayed in western astrology.
So I am using the same symbol here.
Rahu is mythologically depicted as the severe head of a demon symbolizing constant endless
insatiable hunger and appetite be it sensual or physical yet it is unable to hold on to
or grasp it.
Rahu is the one who constantly wants something.
Think of it as a live head only not the body.
So it can't hold on to anything or be satisfied even if it gets that thing since it has no
arms or body or stomach.
Just a head which is alive.
This gives Rahu the title of Bhoga Karaka or meaning one who is after sensory materialistic
pursuits.
So think any earth sign for example they want sensory materialistic pursuits or think any
of the signs literally whatever they are after Rahu wants that and wants that very badly
and goes after it with everything.
This is an energy in us by the way it is not a planet it is a virtual node but it will
behave like a planet which we shall see why.
So it is unable to satisfy that hunger or hold on to anything even though it gets something
it wants to move on to the next and then to the next and then to the next.
This is why Rahu is also called as the guy who wants foreign things not of the native
land or not of what the person is natively born in.
Why?
Because of that insatiable hunger.
There is always insatiable hunger to go after one thing after the other without being able
to hold on to it.
That's Rahu.
Ketu on the other hand is mythologically depicted as the severe body the remaining half of the
demon symbolizing constant and less insatiable search for identity it is looking for the
head but it doesn't have a head.
So it is looking for that identity everybody's identity ego is centered in the head what
you look like.
It is also seeking for true purpose sense of self as a result of this it tries to hold
and grab on to everything that can find its hands on because it has got hands.
Ketu has got hands.
It is trying to hold on to everything but it releases immediately because it knows that's
not the head.
It is like trying to grasp on to everything thinking oh I want this or I am this I am
that I am this not getting any identity because not finding the head there.
Since it has arms and walks everywhere it goes around through life walking from place
to place people situation circumstances but not knowing who or what it is it doesn't have
a head.
This is why Ketu is referred to as Moksha Karaka or the seekers path the one energy in us which
seeks something that's why Ketu is called the Moksha Karaka.
Now this is the classical interpretation.
Now we shall see how this plays out in the modern interpretation very important to connect
the bridges.
Now here you have the Rahu Ketu general characteristics as modern interpretation this I have borrowed
from the book Light on Life by Robert's was an excellent book I have put it in the community
tab if you want to go through it or purchase it and read it I seriously suggest that.
Okay the North node of the moon Rahu.
What does it become because of the characteristics which classically is told in the texts?
What does Rahu lead to in the modern context?
Rahu is responsible for originality, individuality, independence, insight, ingenuity, inspiration
and imagination on the positive side.
Because Rahu and Ketu both love to explore foreign stuff things out of the box things
not taught by tradition Rahu and Ketu will be anything but traditional.
Okay think of it as something foreign to the culture to the way you are taught things
looking for original stuff if there is one singular force that is responsible for creating
everything that keep modernizing so to speak thinking out of the box it is this that's
why it's important to pay attention to this.
Okay back to this so Rahu on the downside becomes leads to confusion, escapism, neurosis,
psychosis, deception, addiction, vagueness, illusion, delusion this is the downside.
Now how this plays out and why we will have to see individually in the charts which you
will see that okay.
Ketu the guy with only the body no head there is gives us the feeling of universality impressionability
idealism intuition compassion spirituality self sacrifice subtleness on the positive
side on the downside can lead to eccentricity fanaticism explosiveness violence unconventionality
immorality iconoclasm impulsiveness and emotional tensions this is on the downside this is what
it plays out and Rahu Ketu is typically an axis like we shown over there right Rahu Ketu
let me remove myself for the time being from that axis okay there you are so you see it
as an axis okay 180 degrees apart and it can play out in any one of the opposite houses
it can play out in one seven two eight three nine four ten etc etc it can be you will see
that later but this axis becomes a definition point of where in your life in your different
houses are you looking for these two aspects and they are always opposite to each other
as you can see okay to stand opposite to each other so if it plays out in second house
it detaches itself from the eighth house if Rahu is in second house it Ketu will be in
the eighth house you see what I mean and so you will bring the eighth house aspect with
these aspects shown here second house with that aspect shown over there of course it
plays out with something called as dispositors we shall see that next if you go to a traditional
Vedic Astrology they will go on and on endlessly about dispositors what the hell is a dispositor
it's an invented term by the Vedic Astrologist it is no meaning of its own it shows the disposition
and what's the story on this Rahu and Ketu both are enemies of the Sun and the Moon this
is the basic principle so it has the solar aspect and the lunar aspect the solar aspect
is called the dispositor and the lunar aspect is the nakshatra which gives the entire characteristics
and the ball game of Rahu and Ketu okay the solar or the dispositor means since Rahu and
Ketu are enemies with the Sun and do not have a full identity of their own remember it's
a virtual node it is not a planet they both do not have any planetary characteristic individually
so they take on the identity or the disposition of the Lord of the zodiac sign that they sit
in and borrow the attributes of the house from which that Lord sits in suppose Mercury
is in the third house okay and Rahu sits in the house of Mercury somewhere else so it
will borrow the attributes of Mercury sitting in the third house and bring it to that particular
house wherever Rahu is sitting in got it nakshatra since Rahu and Ketu are enemies with the Moon
and do not have a full identity of their own individually they take on the shade of personality
nakshatra is essentially a shade of personality it's coloring of a personality it's seeing
the world through different colored glasses that they sit in and borrow the nakshatra
traits and attributes which color their propensities so Rahu and Ketu do two things at the same
time at the solar level it goes with the dispositor that is all of the planets physical planets
nakshatra, Venus, Sun, Moon, Sun they take on the attributes of whichever house they
are sitting in Rahu's it's in cancer you have to look for where Moon is sitting which house
and what it is doing there and even the Moon nakshatra if it is sitting in Leo Rahu in
Leo that means you have to look for where Sun is sitting and which nakshatra and which
house so it will bring those attributes that's the way you have to analyze this okay.
Let's see some aspects of which house they play in and why and there are some vital aspects
that you need to keep in mind when evaluating Rahu and Ketu because this is important especially
for people who are sort of looking for self development to understand where they are coming
from if you are not interested in changing yourself this entire channel is useless for
you but if the other one who is interested in knowing what is happening in my life where
do I need to go what are my talents and you question these kinds of things excuse the
noise somebody is drilling about so then you need to understand these aspects now that's
the typical chart Indian chart and house numbers are depicted as 1 2 3 4 up till 12 dharma
rata kama moksha is there and I have stuck Rahu Ketu as possible axis on the 1 7 that
is iris and Libra that is the top and the bottom so either it can put a house number
1 or 7 Rahu Ketu can be reversed it's okay it doesn't matter or in 4 and 10 now 147
and 10 in Vedic Astrology are given very vital importance because they are the foundational
aspects that define who you are that define how you operate in life throughout life so
these become crucial why the one 7 axis effects if Rahu and Ketu fall on there has a direct
effect on yourself and other concept one and seven itself and other how you relate to yourself
and how you relate look at the world around you as others including the spouse because
7000 houses house of the spouse but also others so how you develop through life and how you
develop a relationship with others so it defines who you are in a very broad sense
1 7 axis of Rahu Ketu the full pen on the other hand fourth house being the house of the mother
10th being father fourth being home and being carrier you see this as a you know all kinds
of implications which define who you are the full 10 axis has effects on the heart versus
mind mind wants is the one who goes out there in the world and being used in the career
method you dissipate your energy as the mind in external world heart is your home your
home center where you feel comfortable home is where the heart is that kind of a thing
so heart and home is affected by this Rahu Ketu axis again Rahu and Ketu might be reversed
Rahu might be in the fourth Ketu might be in the 10th or vice versa same way with one and
seven but these are the vital relating aspects of Rahu and Ketu now what about the rest of
the houses now rest of the houses are called taikona or kona and Sanskrit right these are
the things that come and go in your life the late the second house third house fifth house
sixth eighth ninth eleven that well these are the things that come and go in our life through
life through your entire life these are things that are added into subtracted from us but
this is not us 1 4 7 and 10 is us everything else is secondary which revolves around you
as life comes and goes all other axis depict what attachments and detachments we have towards
different areas of our life that's all it is they are less significant in terms of Rahu
in Ketu and compared to 174 and 10 axis of Rahu in Ketu please remember this when you
evaluating you just have more propensity towards one part of life and less towards others Rahu
is attachment Ketu is detachment Rahu is expansion Ketu is reduction and this time opposite
to each other always right now let's take the cases one by one now we come to the Revati
Chitra and Hastha axis of Rahu and Ketu stuck in the axis of Rahu Ketu here in the shaded
portion as you can see in the pie chart and now we have Rahu in Revati you got to remember
one principle in general when Rahu or when Ketu fall in Devganas they generally dilute
their propensity to create bad stuff malefickness okay they become a little more driven towards
upward energy seeking more divine purpose and towards spirituality rather than materialism
you got to remember this is in a general rule all the Devganas Revati is a Devgana and Rahu
here will want to explore the final aspects of Pisces Pisces being first as a rule like
we said before is to look for the dispositor who is the ruler of Pisces Jupiter so Rahu
sitting there you got to look for where Jupiter is sitting in your chart and what it is doing
and also remember the cusp of the ascendant which I have said in the earlier video if the cusp
of the ascendant is near Jupiter this will become even more prominent energy okay so we
are looking at Rahu in Revati meaning first the ruler of Pisces Jupiter this is the first
order of examination on the other hand the opposite axis of Rahu which is Ketu is going
into the sign of Vorko which is ruled by Mercury now you will see a general trend as we go
through this entire 27 nakshatras is the opposite houses are usually in dispositor function
enemy to one another enemy in this sense just means they work they don't like each other's
type of functioning they work from opposite ends of the spectrum it is more about duality
than of good and bad you got to get rid of this concepts of good and bad everything just is okay
so I have put list table list of dispositors there now we are talking about Jupiter versus
Mercury why Jupiter is the ruler of Pisces so Rahu's dispositor in this case being Jupiter okay
through the entire Revati and through the entire Chitra and Hastha it is Mercury let us say the
relationship Mercury is neutral towards Jupiter however next row there you see Jupiter does not
like Mercury intellectual capacity I am translating this intellectual capacity is not opposed to
wisdom an intellectual person is not opposed to wisdom however wisdom a wise person will look
down on intellectual people and say you don't know anything much do you you're just pretending you
know a lot of stuff you're just using your intellectual capacity of the mind rather than
rising above into the wisdom layer of it we rise in layers okay step by step nothing is like
instantaneous in this world hey when we took nine months and troubled our mothers to get here right
so you know you lose that impatient form be a little more patient when you see this it's not
about quick youtube shorts here this is about study okay right let's get into it so this particular
axis the fourth path of Revati and the second path of Chitra that's where this axis now rests okay
first of all this is a Gandhanta point and you can see my video on the transformational points
the last two paths of Revati and first two paths of Ashwini fall between Pisces and Aries so whenever
fire and water meet each other fire sign and water sign in this case Aries and Pisces they meet at
this point they become transformational points and especially if Rahu and Ketu meet here it really
becomes a transformational point for example let's see now it's in the last path of Revati
which means it is 20 degrees 26 degrees 40 minutes to the end of Pisces 30 degrees that is Pisces in
natal going to Pisces in Navamsa we just focus on the natal for the time being and in Chitra
nakshatra it goes into the Artha path also known as the moksha and Artha it'll give you clues
it falls between Artha path just 26 degree 40 minutes and 30 degrees of Virgo so it is Pisces
going to Pisces and Rahu sits there number one and it is Virgo going into Virgo so it's like
Virgo Tamah okay so off Virgo right so this is as Virgo as it can get and this is as Piscian as
it can get this is true Pisces nature and there is true Virgo nature and Rahu Ketu is sitting right
on this axis and it's axis of transformation because fire is very close to water now okay
right so what does this give us next level we will go to the coloring the nakshatra what does
Revati stand for? Revati stands for prosperity the one who wants to be prosperous because it's
ruled by Jupiter and now it is exalted in Pisces going to Pisces so you got to really look at
Jupiter and where it falls whether it's exalted debilitated witch house in this case because
Jupiter will become very strong governor for this person's life okay Rahu is sitting there
and it is sitting in Revati so it wants the themes of Revati if you want to look at the
27 nakshatra's playlist which everything is there what are the life themes of Revati
this Rahu will be obsessed about those life themes of Revati because it is sitting there
however it will gain a little more finer attribute because Revati is a devagana and Rahu becomes a
little less materialistic obsessive and little more spiritual in nature little more higher
knowledge kind in this because it's a devagana Chitra on the other hand is more grounded it is
more raksasakana it is more of tamasic nature it wants to create it is ruled by Vishwakarma so it
wants to create things Chitra nakshatra so this person has a push and pull between the themes of
Revati and the themes of Chitra and the dispositor of Mercury where Mercury is sitting in and Jupiter
where Jupiter is sitting in so it will have all the qualities of Mercury wherever it sits in it
will be intellectually driven on that but it will take that for granted okay whereas on the other
hand it will want stuff with wherever Jupiter sits in and it will go towards that this is the
axis of push and pull you see here and one is Artha means they want real grounding stuff
they are all very grounded people Chitra because it wants real hardcore practical things of life
in Virgo especially in Virgo now on the other hand you can see Rahu going towards Moksha means
Rahu here wants a liberation from this what am I doing all this for it was seeking higher
knowledge and this is the highest exaltation of Jupiter Pisces going into Pisces so Jupiter
want to hunt that higher form of wisdom wherever it is sitting in whichever house it is sitting in
wherever it is looking at the fifth and ninth aspects yeah now let's see the next Pada
so now we move to the next Pada which is the third Pada of Revati in Pisces
and the Rahu sticking there as you can see in the pie and then on the opposite side the Ketu
is in the first Pada of Chitra as indicated in the tables there so you can see the degrees and
minutes of each one Revati as well as Chitra right so now that white arrow that you see
Rahu and Ketu is shuttling the energy between these two which assumes quite a bit of different
signature because now in the Namam Shavya talking about Aquarius to Leo opposition that means a
position from Saturn to Sun okay Saturn ironically is this Sun of Sun okay but still it opposes us
this is the classical father Sun opposition if you want to call it that it's like a stereotype if
you want to call it that so Aquarius wants to do everything for others and Sun wants to do everything
for itself it shines by itself it's about ego wanting things for self and wanting things for
others this is the opposition between Aquarius and Leo typically speaking right and yet you've
also got to check in Namam Shavya where the ascendant is transforming because that's the main
important thing if ascendant is in Gemini and in Natuachadbhut and Namam Shavya becomes something
else then all the houses shift right you've got to take important note of that but anyway let's focus
on Rahu and Ketu it is still Jupiter versus Mercury as I spoke of in the previous one right
however in this case in Namam Shavya it becomes about others because Pisces water sign goes into
air sign so it becomes more from a watery energy into the airy energy meaning going from emotion
to the mind and it's all about others on the other hand the Ketu what strength it has in Chitra
goes from Virgo to Leo it's going from earth to fire sign earth to fire sign is a funny transition
because earth and fire really don't mix and so is water to air so this is a little bit of a tricky
opposition going into Namam Shav but we are talking about natal chart so it still governs okay this is
still the same however later through life they may start thinking or changing in different terms
they might become more mental in nature Rahu might become I want a mental satisfaction towards this
Rahu wants stuff remember so it want mental satisfaction Chitra on the other hand falls in
the dharma pada of Chitra meaning it wants to it feels the energy it feels the passion of
earthly nature because it's all about Vishwakarma it's all about architecture it's all about
refinements of earthly nature they will start becoming this kind of a person later through
life this is evolution of the soul through life folks okay and in Aquarius it will become all about
let me see how I can bring this to others Rahu in Aquarius does well because it wants to gain
popularity from the masses especially if your dispositor Saturn is sitting in the 11th house
and in its own sign or if it is exalted see the exaltation devaluation video
then it becomes all about giving to others becomes all about giving to masses this can be a powerful
driver like a CEO material of a company who is always focused on how I can take my company forward
they have the passion they have the drive they have the energy of Chitra they can create they have
the energy of the gamma pada of Revati which means desire to acquire and become popular in some sense
okay now let's see the next one the second pada of Revati now within the second pada of Revati
because here we are anti clockwise and Rahu is there sitting there in Pisces so again the dispositor
is Jupiter always go first to the dispositor where it is disposed to Rahu wants to think like Jupiter
in this in this case when it is passing through Revati all four paths and Ketu on the other hand
comes in Hastaa the last part of Hastaa the Moksha pada of Hastaa so I have marked by arrow there
in both the table so you can see the degrees and minutes yeah so now we are talking about Pisces
going into Capricorn what are going into earth in Navamsa and in the Artha pada so here the
Revati becomes more of what means do I need what kind of resources material become focused on material
acquisition for like means to an end it wants to achieve something but it needs the resources for
that the man the materials the money you name it everything the circumstances so it's looking for
means Pisces going into Capricorn because starts becoming more grounded in later in life so Capricorn
here would want to achieve things and remember even the dispositor changes in Navamsa the dispositor
of this particular Rahu will become satan that's how the energy shifts okay whereas in
natal it was all about Jupiter so moving from Jupiter in energies to Saturn in energies maturity
through work through life whereas on the other hand Hastaa it's going into Moksha pada or go
going into Cancer meaning Ketu here which is distinct in Hastaa will have this stuff of emotional
grounding because hasta is very grounded emotional talents because hasta wants to speak communicate
think of the nakshatra themes always nakshatra themes also play here reviti is the prosperous
one hasta wants to do things with hands it's a communicator emotional sort of communication
can be a good theme here because cancer is ruled by moon so in the Navamsa the dispositor changes
to moon whereas before it was mercury so you're saying the transition from intellectual thinking
to emotional feeling transition from communication hand skills in the natal chart it'll be all about
mercury in kind of creates creative intelligence intellectual logic capability but now you're
moving into the emotional body later in life okay now let's see how the last pada fairs the first
pada of reviti which goes into the third pada of hasta let's see that so there you have it
the last pada or the first pada sorry of reviti okay and white arrow is marked there now Rahu is
sitting there and the degrees and minutes you can follow in the table and it goes into the
third pada of hasta so now we are talking about the Rahu energy being in dharma Pisces going
into Sagittarius Dharma sign is always the fire sign right so you'll see Dharma the Kamamoksha
have covered this before will always be respective fire earth air and water science anyway so it is
going from Sagittarius and Dharma to Kama meaning here has to has more of a strong air energy
Gemini is all about air so in the Navamsa Vargo goes into Gemini both are ruled by mercury so
mercury dispositor will still be the same but you've got to see where it is placed in which house
because the ascendant shifts according to Navamsa so mercury might have changed its position although
Vargo and Gemini are ruled by each other and Vargo is a higher form of Mercury's as compared to
Gemini so it's like descending from more higher exalted form of Mercury down into more refined
form of air Gemini is the beginning point of mental analysis so now K2 is there means this
person later on in life will develop highly refined analytical skills K2 is there but they
will take that for granted and Rahu which wants to go into Sagittarius claim the wisdom Sagittarius
is ruled by Jupiter again you see the trends here everywhere you have to see patterns Natal and
Navamsa Rahu is having the same dispositor Pisces and Sagittarius at the same time Natal and Navamsa
K2 dispositors are also the same they use find these kind of patterns everywhere in Vedic astrology
that's what's beautiful about it everywhere it's a very pattern oriented you got to approach it like
a detective you must have read detective novels so you approach it from that perspective and study
like that then it will become interesting don't take one thing or the other or one thing to the
exclusion of all the rest of it this is the mistake most astrologers I seen make they just see this
one part like tunnel vision you know yeah why won't only this forget that that doesn't matter this
doesn't matter life doesn't work that life is all inclusive you got to study this like a detective
like a cop so later on in life this person goes into very Jupiterian energies so in the Navamsa
and with that ascendant you got to see the dispositor of Rahu in Navamsa where Jupiter is
sitting that's where the wisdom and life path of this person will head towards that's what Rahu
wants to achieve understand Rahu Ketu just want to achieve they have some talent Ketu has some talent
it wants to achieve but it takes it for granted this is the thing you got to watch for don't make
such a mistake use your talents and Rahu wants to go after things wherever it is pointing towards
so think of it as an arrow Ketu going towards Rahu but you have to take the talents of Ketu to
move towards Rahu that's the life lesson in every Rahu Ketu chart okay next we shall see going towards
Uttarabhadra Bada and where it leads to the next nakshatra because we are turning anti-glacolice