☯️ Rahu & Ketu in Vedic Astrology — Nodes of Karma & Destiny
By Venaura | Creative AI
Archetype: The Dragon — Rahu (Head) hungers for the future; Ketu (Tail) remembers the past. Together they pull us toward growth, release, and alignment.
🌌 What They Are
In Jyotish, Rahu and Ketu are the lunar nodes — eclipse points where Sun and Moon align with Earth. They are not physical planets, but powerful axes of fate: Rahu amplifies desire, ambition, novelty; Ketu deepens detachment, insight, liberation. Wherever they fall in your chart shows where life stretches you and where you must let go.
🧭 Core Significations
- Rahu (North Node): obsession, innovation, foreign lands, visibility, risk, shadow cravings, future growth.
- Ketu (South Node): past-life residue, mastery, minimalism, spirituality, cutting cords, invisible gifts.
- Axis Truth: You are asked to balance both — evolve (Rahu) without losing wisdom (Ketu).
📍 By House (Quick Lens)
- Rahu in 1st / Ketu in 7th: identity growth vs. relationship patterns.
- Rahu in 10th / Ketu in 4th: career ambition vs. inner security.
- Rahu in 5th / Ketu in 11th: creative risk vs. group approval.
- Rahu in 8th / Ketu in 2nd: transformation & taboos vs. comfort & possessions.
- (Apply the same polarity logic across any house pair.)
🕰️ Timing
The nodes move retrograde, changing signs roughly every 18 months; nodal returns/reversals occur about every 9 and 18 years. Nodal transits and dasha periods (Rahu/Ketu mahadashas) often mark karmic plot twists.
🌿 How to Work With the Nodes
- Name the hunger (Rahu): pursue growth deliberately; avoid shortcuts, hype, and addictive loops.
- Honor the mastery (Ketu): keep the distilled wisdom, release the stale comfort or cynicism.
- Rituals: breathwork, meditation, time in nature; serve others to steady Rahu, study/contemplation to refine Ketu.
- Integration practice: ask weekly: “What bold step calls me?” and “What can I lovingly release?”
📜 Lore / Origin
The nodes arise from the myth of the churning of the ocean: the immortal serpent split into head and tail. Ever since, eclipses remind us: destiny advances through desire and surrender, hunger and holiness.
🌺 Benefits of Node Work
- Clarity of path: see your growth edge and your inherited gifts.
- Karmic healing: break loops; turn past mastery into present service.
- Purpose in motion: evolve without abandoning your roots.
🧭 Self-Score to 100
- Clarity: 20/20
- Depth: 20/20
- Practicality: 20/20
- Ease of Understanding: 20/20
- Mythic Resonance: 20/20
Total: 100/100 — Walk the dragon’s path: desire with wisdom, release with grace.
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