Good morning wonderful people welcome to my channel Rahu and Ketu part 15 I think.
Okay so personal note first. The human being is an extremely complex being.
Mentally, physically, emotionally all of it put together. Your soul's path
everything it's a highly complex being. Why I'm saying this? Because you can't
simplify complexity and try to have a reductionist approach and try to make
everything simplify, simplify, simplify, simplify. You can't do that beyond a
certain point. It gets ridiculous. A complex thing is complex. So you have to
unpack it one piece at a time. We are like a complex jigsaw puzzle each one of
us each of the eight billion people. So to unpack this requires systematic
unpacking. You're trying to understand it by taking it apart piece by piece by
piece. That's what astrology is about. That's what Vedic astrology is about.
That's what Rahu Ketu is also about. Okay that's why I'm taking it out one
piece at a time because you have to understand it this way. Only then you
can understand the picture in its complexity. First try to understand
complexity in baby steps, in simple steps, in doable steps. This is like
studying your normal education right. If you're going to school, if you're going
to college, you can't directly jump from fifth standard and go to engineering
college degree. You won't know anything that is required in between. We are
covering the ground one step at a time, one path at a time, one nakshatra at a
time, one zodiac at a time and seeing what it could possibly bring you.
Get it? Okay. So now we are in Aries Libra access. Okay we go to Chitra
Nakshatra. In this one we'll be exploring that. Chitra Nakshatra is about
creativity. It's a highly creative energy. Most of the popular Hollywood
Bollywood stars have Chitra Nakshatra. Chitra Nakshatra is about fame and
popularity. Singers, actors, musicians, they're highly creative beings and Rahu
being here, you got to see where the Mars, sorry where the Venus is placed. Chitra
is in Libra, dispositor being Venus. So you see where the Venus is placed and
Rahu will want to bring that creativity. Okay. On the other hand, Ketu goes, swings
in between Ashwini and Revati. Okay. Between Aries and Pisces. So it's a
Gandanta point. When Ketu transits the Gandanta point, there is some
transformational aspect left from the past life. Ketu is past life wisdom
coming into this lifetime. So it will want to use that some past life wisdom
and transform it and bring it this lifetime around. Ironically, isn't it?
You are talking about popular actors and actresses. They are solving some very
big time karma from their past life. How about that? Right? Okay, let's get into it.
Let's begin the studies for the day. 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
seated 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 science 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 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 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
right? 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 it's 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. Okay 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 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 should 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. How this plays out and
why we'll have to see individually in the charts which will see that. Okay Ketu.
Ketu the guy with only the body, no head there, gives us the feeling of a
universality, impressionability, idealism, intuition, compassion, spirituality,
self-sacrifice, subtleness on the positive side. On the downside it 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. 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
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. 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 volume 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 they sit in and borrow the
attributes of the house from which that Lord sits in. Suppose Mercury is in the
third house 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 where 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
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 there's a 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, that 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. 1 and 7 is self and other. How you relate to yourself and how you
relate to look at the world around you as others including the spouse because
7th house is 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
what is the one who goes out there in the world and being used in the career
type. 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. 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 the Kona 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 to 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 and Ketu when compared to 1, 7, 4 and 10
axis of Rahu and Ketu. Please remember this. When you are 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 always. Now let's take the cases for Rahu.
So there you have it. Starting with the 4th pada of Chitra. This axis, Rahu is in
the 4th pada of Chitra and it is going through and Ketu is in Ashwini. Ashwini
is an initiator. Ashwini is the one who's got the Mars power. And we have stuck
Ketu in here. So Ketu makes this person detached from their initiating capability.
They need to bring that initiating capability in order to accomplish what
Ketu has to bring in its power to accomplish the Rahu. The body needs to
meet the head. So Rahu in here will do very well depending upon what it wants
to accomplish. In Chitra, what does it want to accomplish? It is all about
opportunity, creation of physical beauty, architecture, harvest. They are very
success driven. They are themes of overcoming negativity through effort,
growth, sustaining and creating balance of spirituality and materialism. Big one.
They are very active socially. They have an active social life. They are
attractive physically. Actors and actresses. Hollywood, Bollywood just like I said.
They are amiable with people. They have lots of sexual energy, intense and
frustration. They could be bordering on arrogance and narcissism. Especially,
well, narcissism. This has been spoken of much, right? My narcissistic ex or
whatever it is. What is narcissism about? If Rahu is stuck in the first house,
ascendant, if Rahu goes there and it comes in Rakshasa, Gana, Nakshatras like
Chitra, it can become very narcissistic in approach. It can become very, very
egotistical narcissism. I meet myself all the time. That's all there is to
narcissism. Okay, so in first Pada, in fourth Pada, Chitra does very well.
Rahu in general in Chitra will do very well because it's all about external
affairs. Materializing success and Rahu loves that. But it will do so in an
unconventional manner. That's what Rahu is about. Now, let's see the second step.
The third Pada. Now, in the third Pada, we are still in the Aries Libra axis. As you
can see there, going from Chitra to Ashwini. Ketu is stuck in
Ashwini in the Dharma Pada and Rahu is stuck in Libra Libra. So here, being Libra
being a Kama sign, it's about desire. It's about fulfillment of desires. It can
be anything. Libra can be because it's a seven sign, a fulfillment of sexual
desires. Libra is a highly sexual in nature. Okay, don't mistake them because
there's a seventh house in the head. Sexually very highly driven people, very
active sexually. And so they are all about meeting the other in a very
intimate way. So Libra and Libra from Nawamshad to Nertle makes these Rahu
very driven towards sexual desires. They are having lots of partners. These are the
kind of actors and actresses that you see in media having tons of social of
extramarital affairs. Lots of affairs. They just love it. There's nothing wrong
right about it. They just love having affairs. Okay, and Dharma, Aries to Aries.
So it's a Vargutama between Nertle and Nawamshad as well as Ketu is also in the
Vargutama and this is in the very first Pada of Aries and the third Pada of
Chitra meaning this person is as Libran as they can get in the external world
and as detached as initiators or as detached from Aries as possible because
Ketu is sitting there. What does this mean? What does this lead to? We need to
always investigate what does this kind of a thing lead towards right? What can I
see practically in life? What do you mean by all of this stuff? Okay, this means
that the person needs to find out where their Maar says. We are speaking about
Ketu for a minute here. So they need to find out where the Maar says because the
dispositor is same in birth and Nawamshad and so is the case with Rahu going
from Libra to Libra from Nertle to Nawamshad. So depending upon where Venus
is placed and Maar says placed that kind of a behavior from that kind of a house
will bring into this person's life and you want to see the axis as well like I
said if it's one seven axis it's very strongly sexual. If it's four ten
axis it is more success driven. Four ten axis Cancer Capricorn is more
about home and external world so it will be driven in that axis. If it is
something like five to eleven which is good in this case if Rahu Ketu is in the
five to eleven axis it's between creativity and popularity. External
world facing. Eleventh house is about social media. It's about popularity in
the social world. Five is where you bring it from. The start of creativity is the
fifth house. You got to think of it like that. Now let's see the second
pada. In the second pada of Chitra now we have transitioned the axis from Libra
to Virgo. So now we are in the Virgo Pisces axis. Remember what I spoke about
Virgo Pisces axis? This is the axis between completely being material in the
material world. The sixth house the work house completely being in the daily work
the daily grind and the opposite how 12th house is for renunciation of it
through material loss through loss of health maybe this is what triggers
spirituality remember that. The Pisces the 12th house so-called house of losses
only when you detach yourself from materialism does one try to find the
true meaning of things that's why Pisces is the highest of moksha houses the
12th house. In this case it goes from Pisces to Pisces and Virgo to Virgo. So
this is again a Virgo Tama of Pisces and Virgo. That means this person will be as
Virgonian and as practical and this Rahudas very well in this by the way
because Rahudas wants practical stuff. He's a Bhoga Karaka. He wants all the
material good stuff of life. I want good food good wine good women good men all
the stuff and on the other hand Ketu is detached from the wisdom that they have.
Ketu in Pisces means this person is bringing a lot of wisdom from past life
this is a wise old soul but that's what Ketu signifies here. So you want to see
the dispositor Jupiter where it is placed. That Jupiterian knowledge now has
to be brought into the real world to feed Rahu. The endless appetite of Rahu
has to be fed by the wisdom of Ketu. Okay try to interpret it like this. Let's
see the last one now. Again this is a dandan the point it's a transformational
point so it undergoes makes a person radically changed. They might go from
becoming the highest most popular Hollywood actor to going and becoming
renunciate and a Tibetan monk. Remember last one. In the final Pada the first
Pada of Chitra that's the beginning of Chitra we have stuck in Rahudayana. So
we are talking about the axis of Leo Aquarius in the Navamsa right.
Kama to Dharma. What does this mean? So in the beginning part they might be very
grounded later on they might want to get more focused on popularity because
Chitra is a very material nakshatra. It's a raksha's Gana. It wants material
success. We are not talking about spiritual fluff here. This guy wants this
man or woman wants popularity. Leo is about popularity. See where the Sun is
placed. Rahu wants to behave like that Sun. Whether you will get popularity or not
is quite another issue. People crave lots of things. How much percentage of it do
they actually manifest in their life? Don't believe other laws of manifest in
around it. It's just BS. Then Pisces going into Aquarius. Jupiter moving into
Saturn. Means earlier part of life they will be have more wisdom focused on
wisdom. This Ketu. It will want to learn more stuff. But as they go past 36 years
of age they might want to come more into a grounded thing. How do I benefit
masses from this? So here the Ketu wisdom of how to handle masses. How do I get
that popularity for the greater good? Saturn is about greater good. Aquarius is
about greater good of the masses. It wants to achieve fame. So the fame that
Rahu wants to achieve here is can only be fueled by the wisdom that it has
gained from the past life as a popular person. Look as a soul you might have
become a popular person in the previous life in whatever it is whatever life you
are living. Now it wants to bring that wisdom in to gain that. To fulfill that
desire. Rahu Ketu energy is given to us to fulfill our desires on this
material plane. What does the soul require? Nothing. You don't require anything.
You're fully eternal being of consciousness. You don't require anything.
But you come to plane, the earth fail to do something. That's what this game is
about. Next we shall be doing Hastanakshatra.
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