Good morning ladies and gentlemen welcome to my channel. We are in Rahu and Ketu
study part 14. Personal note before I get started. Why is this important to
study Rahu and Ketu? Why so many videos? Why so much detailed study right? First of
all I want you to remember and always keep this in mind study Rahu and Ketu
with regard to personal context of your life. Your personal context. This is not
something which is universally applicable to all people everywhere in the
same way. Why? We are more in different parts of the world. We are in different
countries, different race, culture, religion, and so many factors, so many
personal circumstances that dictate your life. So don't go to an astrologer and
think some guy who presents you with it's universal kind of a thing. There's
nothing like that. Okay? There's no universal business. It's all individual.
Earth is full of variety. Human beings are full of variety and that's what makes
it beautiful. So evaluate it in context with your personal life. Does it apply to
you? How does it apply to you? How is this Rahu and Ketu playing for me
personally in my life? With everything that is going on with me. That's the
crucial part. You ought to keep it in mind. That's why I bring all this study
material to you so you can evaluate for yourself because I can't evaluate for you
using your personal context of life. What defines you? Where are you born? Which
country? What's your family like? What's your economic circumstances like? What is
your race, culture, religion like? Everything defines how you think, how you
act, how you will implement this Rahu and Ketu in your life. Okay? Let's get
started. At 13 we now come to the Rahu in Swati Nakshatra in Libra. In the heart
of Libra is Swati, the independent one, the independent thinker, the traveler, the
constant moving energy. It's a moving Nakshatra in a moving sign so you can't
have more motile energy than in Swati. Swati are independent thinkers. They are
originators. They are leaders. They are diplomats. They are seriously brainy
people. Okay? And this is the brainy part of Libra. Brainy as an intellectual
brainism. Individuality is the key theme of Swati. The name Swati stands for me. Who
am I? Individual. It's that octorian energy. If you have star seeds watching
this, pay attention to this. Swati Nakshatra stands for the
Arcturus, the Arcturian constellation. Okay? So Rahu in Swati, Rahu is first of all an
unorthodox guy. He wants to do everything differently. He's very shrewd, very intelligent,
very cunning, very clever and put in Swati he becomes even more amplified. The
maximum amplification of Rahu you might say. Swati encourages that originality.
Swati wants originality. Swati wants individuality. Who am I in this whole circus
called earth? What am I here to do? What is my style? What do I bring to the table?
That's Swati. On the other side, Ketu is sitting, goes between Barani and
Ashwini Nakshatra. And that we shall examine in the oncoming slides. Now if
you're new to my channel, you can like, share, subscribe, put notifications and you
can skip this beginning part, the introduction to Rahu and Ketu. I would
say just go through it once again because it refreshes your mind. What is Rahu
and Ketu will follow followed by the Pichar. Okay? Analysis. So let's get
packing. So number one, the classical characteristics of Rahu and Ketu as
described by the classical Vedic literature. Okay? 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 eclipses,
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'm using the same
symbol here. Rahu is mythologically depicted as the
seeded head of a demon symbolizing constant and less 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. Okay? 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's a
virtual node. 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's always insatiable hunger to go after one thing
after the another without being able to hold on. 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's trying to hold on to everything but it
releases immediately because it knows that's not the head. It's 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 or Life by
Roberts 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
leads to confusion, escapism, neurosis, psychosis, deception, addiction, vagueness,
illusion, delusion. This is the downside. Now how this plays out and why we
like to see individually in the charts which will see that. Okay Ketu. Ketu the
guy with only the body no head there is gives us the feeling of a
universality impression ability 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
Rishon 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. We 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 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. Now 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 Astrologers. 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. 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 this sit in and borrow the attributes of the
house from which that Lord sits in. Suppose Mercury is in the third house.
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. Mercury, Mars, Venus, Sun, Moon so on. So
they take on the attributes of whichever house they are sitting in. If it sits in
Rahu, so 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. Now 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're 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 Artha Kama Moksha is there.
I have stuck Rahu Ketu as possible axis on the 1, 7. That is Aries and Libra, that is the
top and the bottom. So either it can go to house number one or seven. Rahu Ketu
can be reversed. It's okay. It doesn't matter. Or in 4 and 10. Now 1, 4, 7 and 10 in
Vedic Astrology are given very vital importance because they are the
foundational aspects that define who you are. They define how you operate in life,
throughout life. So these become crucial. Why? The 1, 7 axis effects if Rahu and
Ketu fall on there has a direct effect on yourself and other concept. One and
seven is self and other. How you relate to yourself and how you relate look at
the world around you as others, including the spouse because 7000 is the
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 4th one on the other hand, 4th house being the
house of the mother, 10th being father, 4th being home, 10th being career. You see
this has all kinds of implications which define who you are. The 4th and
axis has effects on the heart versus mind. Mind is the one who goes out
there in the world and being used in the career. You dissipate your energy as
the mind in the 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 4th, Ketu might be in the 10th or vice versa. Same way with
1 and 7. 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 Thikona or Kona
in Sanskrit. These are the things that come and go in your life.
Let it be 2nd house, 3rd house, 5th house, 6th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th. These are the things that come and go in our
life through life, through your entire life. These are things that are added and
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 axes
depict what attachments and detachment we have towards different areas of our
life. That's all it is. They are less significant in terms of Rahu and Ketu
when compared to 1, 7, 4 and 10 axes of Rahu and Ketu. Please remember this. When
you're 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 they stand opposite to each other all this. Now let's
take the cases one by one. As usual, we begin with the last
Pada of Swati, the 4th Pada of Swati which is going into Namamsa in Pisces.
And we again come to the Artha Moksha Pada. Now this Artha Moksha dynamic and
Dharma Kamaan dynamic, I'll cover it post after all these 27 videos are
finished here. Now of all these nakshatras, I don't want to deal with it now. So go
through all the post notes later on. Okay, so now it is going from Libra to Pisces,
from Natal to Namamsa in Rahu. While on the other hand the Artha goes from Aries
to Virgo. First order of business, Dispositor. So what you got to see? If you
want to see this Rahu and how it's functioning in your chart, see where
Venus is placed. Venus is rooting Libra as the air sign. Libra is the air sign.
It's all about mental stuff. And Swati is all about mental stuff also. And so
his Rahu all about mental stuff. So it's highly mental in energy. And one more
thing, if you remember I covered in previous videos somewhere, is that when
Rahu and Ketu are placed in movable zodiac signs, in this case we are in the
axis of Aries and Libra, both of which are movable. Aries, Libra, Cancer, Capricorn,
these are moving signs. And they do very well, Rahu and Ketu both. Why? Because
these two energies called Rahu and Ketu need a dynamism of movement. They
don't like restriction. They will want to break out of restriction at all costs.
So if it appears in fixed sign, for example, Torosin Scorpio, it has trouble
there. It feels like, I don't want to sit here. What is the restrictive place? This is
the behavior of Rahu and Ketu in fixed signs. So anyway, so you look at the
dispositor of Venus, first of all, where Venus is sitting. And this Rahu is going
to take the attributes of that Venus of that house and that Venus,
Nakshatra and bring it here to this house and play in this way. Ketu on the
other hand, now let's see Ketu transition because it goes between two different
Nakshatras. First in this case, it is Bahraini. It is going to second
Pada of Bahraini. What is the theme of Bahraini here? Bahraini is learning
patience, learning like the womb, symbol of the womb. One which holds things
together, one which holds the child inside, not to let it drop off in between.
The womb holds the child. That's the symbol of Bahraini, the womb. So Bahraini
there itself should give you a life. The wisdom that Ketu brings here to this
Bahraini is what go like. That means they have a very grounded patience
in them. This Ketu will provide them the inbuilt groundedness. A very sort of
strong firm grounding within themselves. But they tend to ignore it. Don't ignore
Ketu in your chats. It's very very important. That's why I bring all these Ketu
aspects also. So it brings in that grounded energy and that's what it needs
to achieve. What? It's going into Pisces. Now the axis of Virgo Pisces as I told you
is about materialism versus emotional contentment. So when it goes
into Pisces Virgo in Navamsa, it means this person later on in life will want
to achieve emotional satisfaction. Pisces, the last of the Moksha science ruled by
Jupiter. So you're going to see where Jupiter is placed because this is always
going to behave like Jupiter. Like wanting to be the teacher of emotional
enlightenment. If you want to call it that. Something like emotional enlightenment.
It's just emotional wisdom. It wants to gain emotional wisdom. Jupiter stands for
wisdom. Yes. So that's number four. Now let's see what it does in Pada 3.
In Pada 3, the Namamsa has ascended into Aquarius Leo, the father in the Sun
Dynamics, the Saturn and the Sun, physical Sun. Who are father and son but
they have a kind of tussle. Sun wants all praise and appreciation for itself.
Saturn wants everything for others. So it's that tussle going on here.
Okay. So here what would it do? Rahu. Again, first you've got to see Venus where
it's placed in the birth and in Namamsa, this Rahu will go into Aquarius where it
wants to give to the masses. And Rahu does very well in terms of bringing from
Swati that independent thought which has a mass appeal. They can become
powerful influencers, thinkers, coaches, counselors. Counselors is more of one-on-one.
More of business coaches. More of wanting to bring original ideas.
Something like Simon Sinek for example. Wanting to bring original ideas and
influence the masses, influence big corporations. Aquarius is for big
corporations. The 11th house. On the other side, K2 is sitting in Leo in the
Namamsa. Means Sun. Sun is a dispositor. Sun is a natural fifth house. So it's all
about children. It's all about ancestral energy. It's all about creativity. So for
this access to succeed, this person must go and bring their creative
intelligence into bringing their original ideas from Swati Nakshatra
wherever Saturn is placed and whatever Nakshatra Saturn is doing. Got it?
Okay, let's go for Padha 2. So now we come to the last one. Last
one is about what? Kama and Dharma. So Kama and Dharma, here we are talking about
Sagittarius and Gemini in the Namamsa. Butchart obviously Venus and Mars, you go
to see where they are placed. That will always be ruling. Namamsa is how it
graduates or how it behaves with the spouse. We shall cover that in other series.
So here we are talking about Gemini to Sagittarius. What is the Gemini to
Sagittarius access define? It's the Guru Shishya. It is the teacher and the
student. Sagittarius is the teacher. Gemini is the student. Gemini is the one
who is learning. Sagittarius is the one who teaches. Okay, the third and the
ninth house. So here what we got to see? First of all, Sagittarius in Swati.
So it wants to bring in original wisdom, original thought. Swati is all about
originality. Rahu is all about originality. Again these people can become
great thinkers, great writers maybe. Great influence is not so much because
Sagittarius is not interested in so much in influencing. They might be more like
loners in this case. They might be more like seekers seeking spiritual wisdom
because Sagittarius wants that and Swati wants to provide it in an original way
so they can become a little bit of loner. So what does that Sagittarius need?
What does a Jupiter need? It needs the assistance of Mercury. Mercury is sitting
in the Kamapada meaning it has a desire to bring intellectual knowledge from
Ashwini now who is the initiator. What is the themes of Ashwini? This is how we
get clues from everywhere. Ashwini is the initiator. Ashwini is ruled by Mars. So it
wants to initiate everything. Now Ashwini here through Gemini wants to
bring in that intellectual knowledge as an initiating mechanism meaning this
initiator and original thinker dynamic will come in. Initiator from Ketu in
Gemini and Rahu in Sagittarius. So you got to see where Mercury and Jupiter are
placed and you want to bring the qualities of that Mercury into whatever
house Nakshatra Jupiter is placed in what it looks at from the fifth and
the ninth aspect. That's how it works. Let me leave you with this much
tomorrow or next whenever we shall cover the Chitra Nakshatra.
Meanwhile take care. Be safe. So in Pagato what do we see? We see the
Navamsha. We are always focusing on Navamsha because the birth is the same.
We are talking about Venus and Mars. Libra is Venus and it is Mars. So you
got to see this dispositors by default. Don't even look at me for that. But now
we are talking about Navamsha transitions because that gives the
transit or maturity of Rahu and Ketu. So Navamsha and Rahu Ketu we are
talking about Capricorn Cancer. So it's the mind versus heart. The fourth and the
tenth house. It's all about mother and father. It's all about work and home.
That dynamic. So we are talking about Rahu where it sits and in Capricorn
also it does well in Navamsha because Capricorn dispositor is Saturn. But
here Saturn wants to get original. So check the Nakshatra of Saturn where it is
sitting and which house it is sitting in. That's where this person wants to bring
originality. But Capricorn is slightly different from Aquarius. It's not so much
about other people. It's about what work they must do as individuals. It's your
individual career, work, job, business etc. Capricorn is about 10th house, career,
business, jobs. So think of that. On the other side what does this Capricorn need?
What does this Saturn need? It needs cancer. It needs to bring in that
emotional counterpart. Emotional reason why you need to do whatever you need to
do. It needs the sanction of the heart in order to go towards that Saturn and
accomplish it fully properly. Let's see the last one now.