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Have been struggling all my life with Money/Career, stability and Relationships hoping that will eventually improve but they worsened. Been to a number of astrologers/ Numerologists personally trying to found out why am I lagging behind others despite more efforts, i faced difficult interviews, others just got lucky. Despite working for over 20 yrs I don't have savings, something or the other kept happening draining my resources. Had back to back job loss and my wife left with my bcuz of money. I'm 42 already with no positive signs for the future. I have given up on astrologers bcuz even after doing remedies/ Pooja's, stones nothing worked, or even if worked I cannot imagine what could have happened with out those efforts..

This is a desperate call for help.

To understand the working mechanism of Rahu and Ketu, we should first understand how they came into existence, which I have covered in the first part of this post HERE.

While both the grahas sprang from Swarbhanu's body, their Ras or flavour is entirely different at the very core. Rahu embodies the personality traits of Swarbhanu, the clever Asura prince, while Ketu is the other half that came into existence after the supreme godhead, Narayana himself, became the catalyst for a change in Swarbhanu's course of life.

Rahu is depicted without a body in the Vedic system and is also known as the Dragon's Head in Western Astrology. Since the graha lacks the physical prowess needed to go out and win in this competitive world, intellect, strategy and cleverness become its biggest weapons. In short, it deploys saam daam dand bhed and strives to win at all costs.

In its higher expression, this can make a person extremely strategic and capable of influencing the masses, but when badly afflicted in a chart, the same qualities can manifest through corrupt politicians, criminals and fraudulent businessmen. With only a head that can consume everything it wants and no body to store the same, Rahu's hunger can become insatiable. It constantly wants more and is very hard to please, which is where its tendency towards greed and quick gains comes from.

Instead of always relying on hard work, an afflicted Rahu can make a person look for shortcuts through avenues like share market manipulation, betting or even gambling to make a quick buck.

Ketu, on the other hand, is depicted as a body without its head in the Vedic system and is known as the Dragon's Tail in Western Astrology. Without the usual senses to rely on, Ketu is associated with intuition and the sixth sense. However, when afflicted or sitting in poor dignity, Ketu can make a native feel like their logic is leaving them, especially during the relevant dashas. They may keep making mistakes in the areas influenced by Ketu in their birth chart or take decisions that repeatedly backfire.

Just like Ketu was formed after Swarbhanu was severed and went on to attain a place in the Navgraha system, this graha operates by severing ties, attachments and connections that no longer serve your higher purpose.

A small detail which I forgot to mention in the last article was that it was actually the Chandra Surya duo that first caught Swarbhanu's trickery and alerted Narayana. For that reason, the Chhaya Grahas or shadow planets continue to eclipse the luminaries to this day.

The karma must be served, right?

1. Rahu in 7th House and Ketu in 1st House

With Rahu in the 7th House, a person finds it very difficult to stay single and is often the most productive when they are committed. The relationship gives them a sense of purpose and grounding which they lack otherwise. They can have a fear of ending up alone and tend to attract unconventional partners. The partner in this case can very well come from a different caste, community or cultural background. Depending on how individual chart placements look, this can also bring marriage with a foreign spouse, especially if Venus also sits with Rahu or Ketu either in D1 or D9.

With this position, Ketu goes in the first house and a native here can develop a strong intuition right from childhood. In certain positions, they might have had a rough childhood which shapes the experiences they go through later in life. The person can struggle with confidence and experience a lack of identity. They are usually introverted or prefer isolation after periods of socialising unless the 11th house and its lord are in good dignity.

2. Rahu in 8th House and Ketu in 2nd House

With Rahu in 8th, the native can benefit from other people's money through inheritance from parents, spouse's income or favours through in-laws. They can also go through repeated transformations throughout their lives since Rahu, the planet signifying transformation, is sitting in the 8th house, which signifies the same.

This Rahu can potentially create problems in one's sex life or give health issues pertaining to the sexual organs. How it actually manifests will depend on which dasha activates those things and how Rahu is placed through aspects, sign and conjunction.

Ketu in the second house here tends to detach them from the material world. Unless the rest of the chart shows something else, these natives don't have a lot of needs and can be happy with limited resources. Through their speech, they can hurt other people as they may be blunt and have a hard time expressing their emotions. They can feel detached within the family space and feel like they are unable to truly connect with that aspect of life.

3. Rahu in 9th House and Ketu in 3rd House

Rahu in the 9th can bring eccentric fathers, father figures or gurus who have out of the box thinking and unconventional ideas. The native with this placement often questions the true meaning of life and tries to seek the higher truth. They can have a travel bug within them and as I discussed in the last post, this is another placement that supports foreign settlement, especially if the 4th and 12th house echo a similar theme.

With Ketu being in the 3rd house, the native tends to be detached from communicating and prefers smaller meaningful conversations rather than talking just for the sake of it. In order to succeed at something, they may have to make repeated attempts with this placement. They tend to struggle a bit before they become successful or feel comfortable in life. These are the people who may get delayed results for their labour or where the results don't always match the hard work they put in.

4. Rahu in 10th House and Ketu in 4th House

These people are super ambitious and driven to make it big in life. If there's affliction to this house, they may also look for shortcuts through which they can succeed sooner and earn bigger. They crave fame and reputation, and that is what they naturally attract as well. They work tirelessly and get motivated by money and status. They can reach leadership positions early on in their life due to the right networking and career opportunities unless Rahu is heavily afflicted in this house.

Ketu in the 4th house tends to bring karma related to one's mother and childhood experiences. They may feel detached from that aspect of life or it could have been missing for a variety of reasons, such as a mother working long hours or going through struggles of her own. They may find that whenever they start getting comfortable with a particular scenario, that is when a twist arrives in their life. Happiness and comfort can be cyclical and unstable.

5. Rahu in 11th House and Ketu in 5th House

With Rahu in the 11th, a person has the potential to come into contact with the right people in life, with whom networking can lead to good gains. However, in an unfavourable dasha, this same placement can bring illusory friendships that end on a bitter note at times.

For financial gains through one's network circle and coming across good opportunities through the right kind of people, this can be a favourable placement. But in terms of friendships, it can be a mixed bag of results where an individual can attract manipulative, insincere companions with a hidden agenda.

Ketu in the 5th can make a person oblivious to their creative side and bring detachment in love relationships, where either they or the partners they attract are emotionally unavailable. This placement can also cause emotional detachment from children or, depending on the rest of the chart, there can be difficulty for the couple to conceive.

6. Rahu in 12th House and Ketu in 6th House

In the previous part, I shared with the readers that I will be sharing three positions of Rahu where it helps a person settle abroad and this is the final one (With Rahu in 4th and 9th being the other two). This Rahu placement gives a longing to be in far-off places and a native often achieves that if the 4th and 9th house show the same promise.

Rahu in the 12th, I have often seen, can give people some sort of addiction that consumes them. Depending on the chart placements, it depends on whether the addiction will be something which leads to their development or something that leads to their fall.

For example, if this Rahu is placed in a way where it brings an obsession or addiction towards something like a sport, cricket or football, a person can gain name and fame through it. Whereas if the addiction takes a lower expression such as alcohol, drugs or other self destructive patterns, then that is something to be careful about.

With Ketu being in the 6th house here, it can create a placement where a person can undergo surgeries in the relevant time periods. So, it is better not to ignore health issues when they are in the initial phase and address them at the right time.

Apart from that, a person can feel too monotonous when their daily routine becomes too familiar, and they can find it really difficult to follow a disciplined schedule in their daily life. There can be a certain level of detachment from their everyday responsibilities where they feel like they are working on autopilot. Most health issues that can possibly occur often start with a person's mind first.

I hope this made for an interesting read!

Have an amazing weekend!

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