Rahu&Ketu Which In Your Kundli

Rahu In 1st House Ketu In 7th House 

The Rahu in the First House is good for the native; it brings him a measure of support which will enable him to succeed in life. It is also a sign of wealth from the intellectual standpoint: a practical imagination, an inventive and fruitful mind. This position is good for the health.

The Ketu, being in the Seventh House, signifies worries and troubles regarding partners. It often indicates a very material union, so that if the planets are well-placed in the Horoscope this position will be fortunate for money and material things, but where marriage is concerned, not for the emotions.

Person must develop his/her own initiative and their own personal power. They would have relied too much on other people in the past, and have been dependent on or dominated by others. Now they must work and carve out their own destiny. Through their own efforts and own actions, they will gain the confidence and self-reliance they need.

This person tends to learn to do things for himself/herself, to rely on their own initiative. Life seems to force them constantly into situations where they will have to act under their own volition. He/she should develop a personality that the public identifies as being individual; and he/she needs to take a personal stand on things. Rahu in the first is forced constantly to project himself, depending upon the sign position. The sign would indicate the reason for the projection of self. He/she will need to accomplish things through the power of his personality, and to develop self-sufficiency.

Ketu in the seventh is self-negation. There is danger here that the individual will try to indulge in all kinds of relationships. His/her partnerships can become so involved that he/she may lose his/her individuality in other. This gives the probability that the person will marry successfully later in life. There is always a secret fear of losing the marriage partner. It gives innate knowledge and talent of how to be a good partner. Along with this comes dissatisfaction because of the Ketu person’s overly idealistic image of a partner. Marriage in this ideal sense may be tried many times and many times denied. He/she is not rational where partnerships are concerned, especially when Ketu is in the sign of Libra. Ketu in Scorpio in the seventh is troubled with sexual idealism and / or the partner’s financial status. The person is capable of counselling others despite his own personal problems, or more probably because of them.

This condition signifies that the personal values are more important than general public or partnership(s). Individuality is self-propelled; and this person may or may not take heavy partnership responsibility. In reality, the partnership activities are often a drag for them in many ways, but they have to learn to cope with that. Strong aggressive tendencies are displayed, and the personality can be action-oriented. Other people or partnerships become a medium of learning experiences with or without choice. In their recent past life, they have been too much marriage-oriented or in deeper public involvement.

This individual is here to go through experiences which challenge the self. In former incarnations, he/she fell into the trap of depending upon undependable people.

Spending too much time trying to help others understand themselves, he/she never stopped to reflect on how their same situations and circumstances played an important role in his/her own identity. As a result of putting the accent outside the self, it now becomes difficult for him/her to see who he/she really is.

These Nodes indicate past incarnations in which the individual submerged his identity in the affairs of others. Marriage and partnerships are so deeply rooted in his/her way of doing things that his quest of self is constantly viewed through other people’s eyes. He/she therefore allows their thoughts and opinions of him to influence his own sense of identity.

Ultimately he/she must come out of the bondage of trying to be all things to all people, and, in the light of his own singular vibration, establish who he/she really is. He/she must escape from living in the shadow of other people’s lives.

His/her soul memories of co-operation and teamwork are so strong that every time he/she falls back on them, he/she actually extinguishes himselfherself in the causes of others.

His/her first house Rahu now brings to him/her the awareness that somehow he/she has lost his identity. Submerged in the desire to please, he/she has made himself a reflection of an ideal peculiarly opposite to his own basic nature. This causes him much current-life pain as he/she desires to come out of himself/herself while at the same time not inflict hurt upon those near him/her.

He/she must ultimately learn how to assume gracefully the role of leadership. This is extremely difficult, because he/she has had so much prior-life experience in being submissive. He/she has sacrificed himself/herself so that others could achieve their goals.

All of his important experiences revolved around docile acquiescence. Now the highest growth potential is to establish a sense of self without shutting off completely the benefits of marriage and partnerships. Too often when he/she becomes aware of all he/she has sacrificed through his Ketu, he/she becomes an extremist, feeling that one state of existence inhibits the other. He/she starts focusing every part of the life energy around the desire to lead rather than to be led. Through an instinctive knowledge that his/her Achilles heel or weak spot is in the ways that he/she can allow himself to be put into the position of being taken advantage of in marriage, he/she develops the tendency to become too over-assertive. He/she tries too hard to make up for what he/she feels he/she has lost.

To achieve happiness in the current life, he/she must learn how to balance equally his/her own needs with those around him. He/she must deliberately try not to rush his/her own growth and independence, with the understanding that the most beautiful flower takes time to blossom, while only the weed grows quickly!

The sign which contains the Ketu indicates the ways in which the individual during former incarnations submerged himself/herself in others. The sign which contains the Rahu shows the ways in which he/she can now establish his own sense of identity.

Conflicts: Good self-projection in terms of being true to self vs. good projection in terms of appealing to others. Excessive worry about partner’s well-being vs. attention to your own well-being. Self-generated vitality vs. dependency on others for stimulating vitality.

Possible results of sacrificing Rahu: You become dependent on the co-operation of others. You lose awareness of your own feelings about things. You lose your identity. You sacrifice yourself so that others can achieve their goals.

Possible ways to integrate Rahu: Learn to accept leadership roles occasionally. Remain sensitive to your environment, but try to avoid being overly influenced by it. Travel – preferably on your own. Seek direct, honest contact with others. Seek out new experiences.

In the first house, there’s a hang-up about leadership. This person is inherently strong and probably highly motivated, but often lacks moderation in his/her attempts to fulfill a leadership role. There’s a fluctuation between playing the dictator – which invariably proves unsuccessful – and a strong lack of confidence in your abilities. You feel if you can’t be the ultimate leader you may as well just put your life in other people’s hands. Either extreme produces clashes with others, since neither the dictator nor the pawn proves to be a totally comfortable role.

A less common tendency is to not care about how you look. This person, rightly or wrongly, wants to be accepted on the basis of his or her inner qualities. However, again rightly or wrongly, in our society relationships are often initiated on the basis of an attractive appearance. For this reason, those who neglect to develop this facet of their personality quite often don’t get to first base when it comes to forming relationships.

It’s interesting to note that in the process of balancing the first / seventh nodal axis, the person may for a time develop an almost narcissistic preoccupation with grooming and appearance.

Rahu in the first house wants to be thought of as ambitious, energetic, and lucky. In contrast, ambitions may have been thwarted by an early marriage or an unfortunate marriage that was based more on transitory romantic feelings than real love. Feelings about relationships and life in general are changeable, and often make a drain on energy, so that when opportunities arise, motivation to act on them is lacking. Sometimes there are problems from laziness or passivity.

Your focus for personal development will concern identity and relationship issues. You may become dependent on others and, in so doing, submerge your identity in the process, perhaps by displaying a passivity to their will, desires, and needs. You may lack self-esteem, as your self-image often reflects others’ perceptions and evaluations of you. This can be misleading, perhaps creating a distorted self-perception, particularly since you allow others’ views and opinions to influence your actions and behavior. Yet relationships will be important, and you can devote much time trying to satisfy these partnership needs.

You need freedom from dependency on others. Learn how to be more independent and forge a unique identity, instead of relying on others to define it for you. Through self-understanding, you can live by your own light. But, until this is achieved, you probably will remain too influenced by another’s persuasion. What may occur is that, through your desire to please others, you deny and repress your own identity, needs and desires; and through misplaced self-sacrifice, lose contact with your deeper being.

While you recognize the value of relationship co-operation and harmony, being too passive and submissive to more assertive personalities becomes damaging. There are alternate ways of relating, however, which can benefit all concerned. Discovering this alternate path is your challenge. You may have to assert your needs and desires in a way which does not create conflict. Perhaps due to previously relying on others to decide actions, when you become more assertive, you encounter friction with those who have almost taken you for granted. They may find it difficult to deal with the emerging ‘new you’. Such difficulties must be faced, and relationships must be rebalanced and adjusted; reverting to a submissive or passive attitude will be detrimental to inner growth.

Ideally, this developing self-expression will be balanced with an opennes to experience the richness and complexity offered by relationships. Initially, this may cause relationship challenges; and your assertiveness may be inappropriate at times. Careful moderation may be necessary, especially if you suddenly at as a ‘new you’ overnight, or try to dominate others. You need awareness of how you are treating others as you move from a passive to an active role in your relationships. Care is required as you unfold your personality, and when harmonizing your needs with those of partners. For some, the transition could involve dissolving older relationships and later forming new ones more suitable to the old phase. Growth rarely happens overnight; it will come slowly and with considerable effort. But retain faith that your struggles will create great personal benefit and freedom.

Here the individual stands out against the backdrop of his or her environment. In the 1^st house, the native introduces himself or herself. The 1^st house is an extrovert house. The native seeks recognition and makes an effort to be noticed. With the Node in the 1^st house, what is required is the courage to stand up and say, ‘This is what I am, and I am not going to change for anyone’.

When the chart is examined as a whole, it is usually found that the ego has problems in sufficiently being itself, and that this is something the Moon’s Node urges us to work at. If, with the Node in the 1^st house, I run into difficulties, the most likely reason is an inability to say, ‘Whatever happens, I am going to be myself; and it is for me to decide whether or not I can do it or want to do it’. With the Node in the 1^st house, we must learn to stick to our point of view.

Also, it is important to be aware of the opposite Node, as there is a tendency to be ruled by the opinions of others, and to wait for them to tell us what to do. The Ketu is, of course, in the 7^th house. But reliance on someone else, and hoping that another person will put our chestnuts out of the fire for us, so that we have no need to fight for ourselves, amounts to stagnation or falling back in development.

In hard aspects to the 1^st-house Node, the tendency is to use the Ketu reflexly by currying favor with the other person; we get on well with this person because we are friendly and hide the less amiable side of our character. Thus a false picture of ourself is presented, which considerably blocks our development. Certainly, in the 1^st house, one has to cultivate one’s image, but it should be presented as honestly as possible.

If the Node in the 1^st house receives soft aspects, the partner, represented by the 7^th house, will be very supportive without having to be asked. This is not as bad as when the native asks for support. The motivation is what matters. If the native tries to help himself or herself, the partner may also come along and help. That is not stagnation. Action has been taken. If the Node is on the Ascendant itself, the whole 1^st-house theme must be taken very seriously. In soft aspects, and very much more so in inconjuncts, it is observable that often the native does not care to emphasize the ego, because it is not the ‘done thing’. This can be a big mistake, since without parading our ego we have no real chance in the world. The world will not know who we are. It is preferable to try and make the best possible impression on people than to make none at all. The Node on the Ascendant is a placement in which the native almost always has to call attention to himself or herself. The world has to be made to look at him or her. It is very important to put the self forward and to keep on improving the personal image.

Rahu in the first house. If the Rahu is in the first house, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through developing his/her own personality and personal power. He/she has been too dependent on marriage partners in past lives, and has relinquished his individuality and authority to his/her mates. The person must follow his/her instincts and impulses, and learn to care for his/her own destiny. He/she must not allow himself to be dominated, manipulated, or overshadowed by the feelings and wishes of others. There is a great likelihood that the person will become enmeshed in early marriage and soon feel smothered and controlled. He/she may (with great effort, pain, and struggle) eventually free himself in order to develop and nurture his own personality, ambitions, and self-expression. Then the possibility of growth, satisfaction, and a sense of accomplishment becomes a reality.

The person should beware of compromising too quickly and easily. He/she must work on confidence and self-reliance, and use his/her own judgement. He/she will be happier and healthier when he/she learns to value his own opinions and stand up for himself. The person gains a great deal from decisiveness and dynamic action, and should therefore take the initiative as much as possible. Men or women with this Rahu placement are well-advised to cultivate and nurture their masculine side. The person should be more assertive, and express his/her emotions when provoked. He/she must not, in the event of anger or irritability, give in to his habitual patterns of suppression and self-denial. In this lifetime, his individuality, self-esteem, and ego needs are of the essence.

The person must let go of his compulsion to create peace and harmony in the environment. Toward this end, he/she will be forever thrust into circumstances where he/she feels compelled to declare his convictions and take appropriate action. The person should focus on his/her physical body, be more daring, and allow the fiery element of his personality to come through more often. In ancient Hindu astrology, the Rahu in the first house and the Ketu in the seventh indicates a beautiful and powerful appearance, serious ups and downs in married life, and a strange, eccentric, or highly spiritual spouse. Sign positions of the nodes are of much higher significanc

Rahu in 2nd House / Ketu in 8th House

The Rahu in the second house is fortunate for the native’s personal worth; his/her business will prosper, he will accumulate wealth fairly rapidly, and many strokes of luck will urge him onward. It also favours a rich marriage for love, with an intellectual partner, of tall stature, gentle disposition and clear complexion.

The Ketu in the eighth house will bring trouble connected with the sense; abuse of the animal passions. It is also a sign of a peculiar death, often connected with a relative, or the marriage partner, or his/her parents, who may suffer from heart trouble. This position also implies trouble in connection with inheritance.

Emphasis is on developing personal resources. Can attract money, and needs to do so in order to develop ‘attracting’ power. The ability to attract (Venus), whether it is material or spiritual, is to be built in. Reliance on other people’s resources or other people’s money must go.

The person having the Rahu in the 2^nd will be faced with the problem of earning and managing his/her own resources. It is instructive for him/her to depend upon others’ finances and resources. He must build his/her own if his/her destiny is to be fulfilled. This nodal position needs to develop practicality, physical endurance, and perseverance. Rahu here must relate loyalty to sex, and must bring it down to earth and reality.

Ketu in the eighth is secretive. There is an innate knowledge or extreme interest in sexual matters as a true regenerative force. It gives a natural talent for the occult arts. Ketu in the eighth gives a desire to be supported by another, or the partner’s money is extremely important to him. It gives a knowledge and talent for handling other people’s money. This person needs to lose reliance on partner’s finances. He/she is not afraid of the thought of death or dying. It gives an extreme hunger for knowledge of the hereafter, coupled with an innate wisdom of our connection with the cosmic forces. Death seems to play an important part as a rejuvenative force in his/her life. There is a preoccupation with his/her sexual knowledge and prowess. however, he/she is very considerate of his/her partner’s satisfaction in sex. Ketu in the eighth can bring fame after death, depending on aspects to the Sun and Moon.

This condition often signifies unusual financial activities, or abilities to deal with resources successfully or unsuccessfully in this life. They have to learn to abide by their resources rather than others’ possessions. Tricky affairs with others’ resources in the past life would have taught them strong lessons. Thus, in this life, they try to stay away from credit matters and others’ resources as much as possible. Their partner’s money or possessions become a ‘headache’ for many of these individuals. Another significant lesson they have to learn in this life is to understand and diagnose the occult or hidden influences in their judgments and actions.

The individual with these Nodes spends a good amount of his/her current-life energies on the darker side of life. From past incarnations he has secrets which he now spends most of his/her time guarding carefully. His/her greatest difficulty is in attempting to lead a life which is beyond reproach, for his/her lower self is powerfully strong.

He/she desires light, but with every step he takes toward it the aching of his/her guilt-ridden subconscious blocks the road.

He/shehas had much prior-life experience behind closed doors, where the eyes of open society failed to look. He/she is even accustomed to creating deceitful circumstances where there were none before.

Actually, he/she is testing the limits of other people’s values; and while many may know him/her closely, none will know him/her well.

Inside, he/she is highly nervous for fear of others unlocking his/her secret doors; for well he knows that he is undermining nearly everything he/she touches. Yet he/she has the self-assuredness to believe that all will go well no matter where his/her sometimes immoral adventures continue to lead him/her.

Because this individual has not yet established his/her own sense of values, he/she tries desperately to study the values of others. In so doing, he/she inadvertently pushes others off their track and therefore can be a threat to all that others hold near and dear. In former incarnations he/she destroyed much of his/her own value systems, so now he finds it difficult to understand why others cherish the things they do. He/she doesn’t have his/her own stake in this life, so with nothing to lose he/she feels free to claim-jump the stakes of others. Usually, this is accomplished in such subtle fashion that it is extremely difficult to recognize.

There is also strong past-life residue of sexual misuse. He/she has learned to think of his/her sexuality as his/her strength, using it as foothold to gain possession of others. In the female, this is the story of Delilah Mata Hari, whose unusual sexual powers lured the strongest of men from their appointed missions. In the male, much of the life energy is dissipated on sexual thoughts. He doesn’t use it for power in the same sense as the female, but it is for him the reassurance that all is going well with his ego.

The interesting thing is that sex is never the end but always the means. In the give and take barter system, sexual allure or responsiveness becomes the payment in exchange for another’s values.

Individuals with these Nodal position become jealous easily. Constantly they wish to trade places with whoever seems to have a greater backyard; and all too often they feel the sex is a fair price to pay for all the honors they may eventually receive.

From past incarnations, this individual feels shunned by society. Now, on the outskirts of acceptance, he is like a little lost child, peeking into the window of a brightly lit cabin with the hope that somebody will come and let him out of the night.

He/she is less than discriminating, for he/she desires such an immediate release from his/her current pain that it hardly matters to him/her whether he/she is jumping from the frying pan into the fire.

He/she turns to wherever solace is available, for his/her loyalties have not yet reached the state of evolution at which they may be considered totally trustworthy.

In his/her current-life childhood, he/she experiences fear of death, almost as if death itself would be the logical punishment for all his/her misdeeds in past incarnations.

He/she keeps feeling that he/she has to fight for the things he/she needs, for he/she has no sense of having yet earned them. When he/she falls short of reaching the brighter side of life, he/she secretly blames others for his/her misfortunes.

In a few rare cases, this individual must overcome past life criminal tendencies or residue of witchcraft. Only through a proper assessment of his/her second house Rahu can he establish the substance that will lead to a new rebirth.

Here the memory of past lives has to be brought to the surface and then eliminated completely in this/her eighth house of death before the soul can progress into a new set of values.

The individual must learn to develop and build that which is sincerely meaningful to him/her, understanding clearly that that which is dishonorably obtained is highly difficult to preserve. He/she cannot expect to grow through other people’s efforts, for if he/she wishes to cross the bridge, he must pay the toll out of his/her own pocket.

As soon as he grows to this realization, the lighted door cabin swings open for him/her not through the goodness of others, but because he/she has earned it!

The sign which contains the Ketu indicates the ways in which former incarnations have brought the individual to be too preoccupied with the business of others.

The sign which contains the Rahu shows the ways in which he/she can now build a substantially new and meaningful life for himself by establishing his/her own value systems.

Conflicts: Personal worth vs. worth to others. Practicality vs. sensuality. Ability to influence others vs. ability to be influenced by others.

Possible results of sacrificing Rahu: Extravagance. Involvement in shady dealings. Creation of false values. Lack of discrimination. Misuse of sex, occult knowledge or joint resources.

Possible ways to integrate Rahu: Earn what you accept. Seek possessions for their practicality or intrinsic beauty rather than for their value as status symbols. Keep some strength in reserve for your own needs rather than using it all in pleasing others. Invest in known commodities rather than high-risk ventures. Keep spending slightly behind income.

When the Rahu is in the second house, there’s a hang-up about security. According to what stage of the balancing act the person is in, he or she can exhibit wild extravagance or greed and parsimony. In either case, there’s an emphasis on possessions as status symbols. The actual possessions may take various forms – from ultra-expensive to the recycled bargain. In any case, they’re only a symptom of the cause, which in reality is a perverted or underdeveloped spirit of enterprise. Sometimes possessions are used to assuage feelings of inadequacy caused by a constitutional weakness; other times they’re a means of providing some measure of present security to compensate for a childhood lack. There’s a strong tendency to trust to luck or be attracted to get-rich-quick schemes. Often, possessions are gained only to be lost again through extravagance or blind generosity. Sometimes there’s a tendency to gamble, with disgrace or disaster ensuing.

Chances are that some important form of security was withheld in childhood. Clients with this placing invariably complain of some traumatic lack of privacy. Having to share a room with several siblings, having to conform to stifling regulations while in boarding school, a parent who listened in on ‘phone conversations, opened mail, read diaries etc. – these are some of the most common experiences mentioned. As a result, these people have come to feel that they have nothing to truly call their own. Thus, even if they should acquire great wealth, they’re afraid to give even a little for fear that others will demand more and more until once again everything they have is gone.

This last form of expression may also result from a surfeit of negative eighth house Ketu experiences in the adult years.

Rahu in the second house wants assurance that his/her or her financial needs will always be met. He or she may dream of great wealth, but more commonly just wants enough to provide the basic necessities plus an allowance for indulgence in one major luxury – expensive beauty treatments, antiques, books, or whatever. (This luxury in itself doesn’t seem to have any bearing on the nodal sign; it’s more often connected with a rising or otherwise predominant planet.) Peace and harmony are also important components of the dream. In contrast, this person is often subject to feelings of strangeness or bouts of moodiness that hinder harmony and successful attainment of dreams. It’s interesting to note that there’s often marked psychic ability that’s repressed or totally denied. When this is channeled, moods often improve. In extreme cases, there’s compulsiveness that can lead to underhanded methods of obtaining goals. Again, this sabotages the need for harmony.

One tends to protect personal secrets, perhaps associated with feelings of undefined guilt and insecurity. An example of your self-protective needs could be your tendency to weave misleading webs around yourself as a form of ‘disguise’, or possibly from a fear of anyone coming too close emotionally. This insecurity influences relationships, and you may fear social condemnation if your attitudes and hidden personality are exposed. These fears may be unfounded, yet they exert inner stress and pressure, shaping communication and often causing you to withdraw from more intimate contacts.

You tend to undermine things unconsciously, having an unsettling and sometimes disturbing influence on events and people, as well as on your own life. A firm stand of personal values is probably missing; and this can have a negative effect on your identity. Intentionally or not, you can challenge the values of others in a manner which weakens them, as your impact can shake their foundations. As you lack firm values, you can fail to appreciate their worth or understand how others may rely on them for support through investing in beliefs, attitudes, and ideals which provide personal meaning.

You may feel socially unacceptable, although your isolationist stance contributes to this, as do deeper insecurities. Simultaneously, however, you may want to be part of the same society which another part of you is rejecting. Pain may come from fearful feelings of social rejection. The danger is that these unresolved, wounded feelings can make you want to undermine people and society deliberately, to blame and punish them for your lack of social adaptation and integration. The feeling that you deserve more than you receive, coupled with a knowledge that you are failing to make sufficient effort, can create contradictions which generate suffering, inner discord, and dissatisfaction.

Sexuality will have a high profile, and much attention will be devoted to your adult needs. Yet attitude change may be required, especially if you prefer domination and power over others or use sexuality as a means of releasing aggressive energies. Through deeper sexual experience, a path toward enhanced harmony with others could be discovered – a path whereby relationship negativity and confusion could eventually be transformed.

You need to learn how to build foundations based on your values and worldview, on what is personally important and holds meaning and purpose. Look honestly at yourself, define these important values, and seek to apply them in daily life. Once you learn self-respect and honor these values, you will cease to undermine those of others, and instead will respect them too. As you begin to recreate yourself, relationships will also improve and become more satisfying. You will discover a new social affinity; and thorough acceptance, self-rejection and disruptive pain will dissolve. You can benefit from self-directed changes along these guidelines, and they will transform your life. Human nature is more flexible and amenable to change than is often realized. Choosing to change will provide considerable insights into your nature. You could offer yourself as an example and help others by encouraging their transformation into a more meaningful life.

Essentially, with Rahu in the 2^nd house, we are concerned with exploiting our capital resources. We must learn to use the possessions, capabilities, and knowledge we have acquired or partly acquired. There is no need to rely on others for their help or financial assistance. We ourselves have sufficient strength and funds to play our part in life.

The 2^nd house has to do with personal possessions. It is an ownership house. The individual who has the Node in the 2^nd house must use what he or she owns in order to make progress. One becomes effective only when one begins to employ one’s capabilities, talents, or whatever one has – material as well as intellectual. Generosity, too, is important to cultivate, because as a rule there is a reluctance to give; or, depending on the sign, there is not enough self-knowledge and self-confidence in what one has. In which case, one must start to create this/her sense of security by continuing to build up one’s resources.

The area of life concerned is one in which, over a fairly long period in early youth, substantial acquisitions are being made. It does not matter if these are material, intellectual, or spiritual, provided they are solid. Then comes a second period, in which these solid values are put to work. Here, too, the key question is that of generosity – of whether or not one is prepared to give. If so, the discovery is made that abundant giving yields an abundant return.

When charts have this placement, one sometimes finds a poor self-image, especially when the Nodes receive hard or in conjunct aspects. The native underestimates his/her personal merit, which, in the 2^nd house, is judged by possessions. Consequently there can be a determination to hold on to these possessions without sharing them; also a desire to collect more. On the other hand, the native can become dependent on the wealth of others.

With the Rahu in the 2^nd house, the vital assets are sound, but this/her fact is left out of account until it registers in the conscious mind. The complaint is made that one is being exploited, or that others are earning more or are better off than oneself. But when the influence of the Moon’s Node enters consciousness, it brings with it a belief in one’s intrinsic worth.

If the Rahu is in the second house or Taurus, the person’s greatest growth, evolution and fulfillment come through appreciation and enjoyment of earthly pleasures. In past lives, the person has been preoccupied with the profundity of life, mysticism, spiritual development, and helping others find their values and self-worth. It is not time to expand the practical side of being, and cherish God’s creation to the fullest. The person should focus on wealth, comforts, the arts etc.. Collections of any kind are very much to be favored. The person must let go of patterns of detachment and indifference, and engage fully and passionately in life. Enjoyment of the physical universe is his/her path to happiness, spiritual integration, and higher realms of awareness.

The person should concern himself/herself with personal security. He/she needs to take jobs that are steady and stable, and that allow him to cultivate a conservative, systematic manner. Endeavors involving agriculture, gardening, or archaeology will bring satisfaction and delight. The person should surround himself/herself with beauty, and take his/her appearance very seriously. He must honor the qualities of patience, consistency, firmness, and determination. Above all, he/she must learn to acknowledge and value his/her own personal needs and desires. He/she should seek out the real and tangible, and remain somewhat skeptical of that which he cannot see, smell, hear, touch, or taste. Self-identity is extremely important during this/her lifetime; and the person is developing loyalty, balance, and equanimity.

Sex may be enjoyed for the sensuality and sheer pleasure of the experience, but not as a means of gaining power, indulging in passion, or losing his/her identity to another. Unless other aspects of the birthchart indicate otherwise, the person may have little desire for the occult or mystical side of life. He/she is not much concerned with psychological transformation and spiritual methods of evolutionary growth. The Ketu in the eighth house is good for intuition and psychic ability.

Rahu in 3rd House / Ketu in 9th House

The Rahu in the Third House is a sure sign of the native’s good education and of his/her being able to live on good terms with those around him/her; it means harmonious relations with brothers and sisters. It procures the means of success in an intellectual occupation, especially in literature, history or geography. The native has an observant, studious and imaginative mind; ideas flow in abundance, and they are usually good and help him/her to progress rapidly, as much on account of his/her skilful management as on account of the help given by those around him/her. This purpose is also favorable for traveling for educational purposes.

The Descending Node in the Ninth House denotes a practical, and often materialistic mind, which either scoffs at religion or else is very superstitious. In this House it indicates danger while traveling, trouble in connection with a journey regarding mysterious matters, or matters of which the native alone has any knowledge and no one else knows about it.

The integration lies in the development of the mental power. The ability to reason logically and the power to analyze the objective world realistically must be brought to bear on the environing conditions. The person has had blind faith and has been religious in the past, but it has been in a non-thinking dogmatic fashion. He/she also has to learn to stick to routine and everyday matters and not think far away fields are greener. His/her pastures lies close at hand. His/her opportunities and challenges are in the environment close at hand. His/her subconscious motivations of the past will make him/her long for far-distant places and give him/her a desire to escape from the near-at-hand pressures.

Rahu in the 3^rd makes it difficult for the person to express his/her deepest feelings. This must be learned by constantly exchanging ideas and feelings with others. This must be forced before he/she/she can reap fulfillment. He/she needs to develop the ability to share his/her sensory awareness in his/her life with those in his/her social environment, and needs to receive from them their awareness and impressions. He/she needs to relate easily to his/her environment and to work for the betterment of that society. The key words are communication and subjectivity.

Ketu in the ninth is objectivity. This gives instinctive knowledge of philosophy, theology, and science. It gives an objective desire to study higher abstract truth. There may be many changes in religious thinking because of an inner need to seek the truth of our being. But on a lower scale this may result in a tendency to cross-examine. It promotes interest in the basic theories and concepts of religion, social ideas, and the metaphysical. The person should learn to study these subjects realistically with his/her intellect instead of day-dreaming. Ketu in the ninth, at its best, is a genius at separating fact from fancy, especially when favorably aspects to Mercury.. This position gives creative intelligence, aside from book knowledge. It also causes the person to think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence.

This condition often signifies unusual intellectual abilities and their use in this life. These people seem to bring vast knowledge and philosophies from previous life and utilize them on a practical level. Their communicative means are fairly strange and odd at times. Excellent relationships with brothers or sisters are noticed. They have a strange subconscious fear for foreign culture or foreign people. During this lifetime they may not achieve fame or recognition, but they will have dispersed their knowledge to many who surround them. Often one notices a hidden coldness towards their father figure in this life. Benefits from travel and short moves are often noticed in their life.

These Nodes represent a karma in relationships. The individual is here to learn how to fit the intertwining of people and ideas into the scope of his/her understanding.

The ninth house Ketu shows an accent on growth in former lives. Literally millions of hours of thought were spent on developing an abundance of wisdom. Much was sacrificed to do this, particularly the enjoyment of meaningful relationships with others. So that a large amount of soul growth could be accomplished, a freedom to explore without restriction or limitation had to be developed first.

Now in the current life the individual is habitually linked to his/her past incarnation sense of freedom, which although he/she feels he/she must retain, he/she can no longer consciously remember why.

From time to time he/she feels a wanderlust to visit different horizons, for somewhere off in the distance is the rainbow he/she is used to seeking. He/she is a mental nomad, constantly traveling through the great expanse of his/her consciousness, stopping only for rest at each oasis which offers temporary shelter from his/her restless urge.

Always he/she is seeking, yet it is difficult for him/her to define exactly what he/she is looking for. He/she finds others puzzling as he/she curiously tries to understand what makes them tick. Herein are some of his/her major karmic lessons. He/she must learn how to interact with people. Though he/she may be happily married or involved in close relationships, he/she still retains a sense of brotherhood in his/her thoughts. He/she must learn how to make his/her life fit into the exact puzzle slot allowed by all the other lives around him/her.

The ways in which he/she relates and communicates will constantly be put through one test after another. Ultimately he/she will find himself enmeshed in a network of people, so that all the knowledge he/she has acquired in previous lifetimes can be put to practical use.

In his/her current-life relationships, he/she feels frustrated with not enough room to move. This enclosure of people around him/her eventually comes to extinguish his/her past-life tendencies to be vague and evasive, and in its place teaches him/her the art of pinpoint communication.

He/she is very much concerned with the values of sexuality, feeling obliged to conquer any grip this force has on him/her. Now he/she sees clearly the presence of a higher and a lower self, and it is the pull from both which he/she must karmically wrestle out.

The individual is less concerned with gain than with protection against loss. He/she is terribly fearful of losing the freedom he/she was accustomed to in past incarnations; yet he/she must risk such loss if he/she is to interact with humanity. As soon as he/she is willing to take this risk, he/she is ready to receive his/her greatest rewards.

Ultimately he/she elevates himself through reading and purposeful study; and although he/she is more used to informal ways of learning, it will be a formal education that now puts it all together for him/her.

This Nodal position often causes a friction marriage, since the individual is prone to seeking out-of-wedlock relationships in which to work out the understanding of personality interactions that he/she must develop.

One of his/her biggest lessons is to learn how to consolidate his/her energies, for each time he/she feels the urgency to move on with things, he/she tends to leave loose ends scattered behind him/her.

His/her life is wide in scope, not only in areas of knowledge, but also in the myriad of people he/she meets, and the multitude of places he/she travels.

He/she will ultimately be known as a Messenger, bringing to all those who need it the specific bits of information.

In essence, he/she is a teacher’s teacher, for although he/she has little patience with a classroom situation, he/she is well capable of feeding information wherever and whenever it’s needed. He/she likes doing things because it fulfills his/her past-life need for movement. As such, he/she never gets a chance to see how important the information he/she is disseminating actually is. Nevertheless, he/she has an enormous effect on the awareness of all those whose lives he/she touches.

His/her own life is as interesting and full as an encyclopedia, for he/she tries to live much of what he/she reads about.

For all of his/her movement, one would think him/her desirous of having a rest, but underneath he/she is highly nervous and needs this amount of movement in his/her life. The nervousness is not to be considered a negative trait, but rather as part of his/her mission. It reminds him/her that he/she has a task to do. Every moment, a piece of information comes into his/her mind, the nervousness gets triggered, reminding him/her that he/she must deliver it somewhere.

In past incarnations he/she avoided conclusions. Now he/she refuses to make a final judgment on anything. This is part of his/her understanding that if he/she were to make a final decision it would be premature for he/she knows that new information will constantly be coming.

He/she is superficially conversant in almost all areas. Still, on the personal plane he/she is highly misunderstood, for the messages he/she delivers are so uniquely disguised that they have a tendency to go over the heads of others who only see him/her as eternally gossiping about nothing.

The truth is that all of his/her words are important, but they must be seen to have deeper than surface value before they can be interpreted properly. He/she is truly the fast-winged messenger of the gods.

The sign which contains the Ketu indicates the unintelligible ways in which the independent higher mind is accustomed to receiving its coded information. The sign which contains the Rahu shows the ways in which the individual can now translate his/her knowledge into a language which society can understand and accept.

Conflicts: Good practical education vs. mind expansion. Familiar day-to-day contacts (siblings, neighbors, school chums) vs. new contacts (in-laws, foreigners, people whose experiences are different from yours). Liking for your environment vs. desire to explore new areas.

Lack of concern with education’s practical application. Extensive contacts lead to loss of touch with family, old friends etc. Craving for travel causes drifting. Superficial intellectualism replaces true understanding.

Travel, with an eye to successfully settling down somewhere. Strive to understand, and make yourself understood to siblings, close kin, etc.. Study with an eye to using your knowledge. Share your practical knowledge. Use your common sense.

In the third house, there’s a hang-up about relationships. This generally stems from repressed or misdirected concentration on one area to the detriment of the other. Problems can range from fanaticism to cynicism. There’s often a sense of not belonging which may lead to anything from unhealthy rivalries to bigotry to involvement in cults. In extreme cases, there can be a turning against your own culture and absorption into a completely alien one.

Rahu in the third house dreams of mental vitality and of respect in some traditional field. He/she wants to be thought of as someone worth talking to. This is a person of changing interests and philosophy who’s often been strongly influenced - consciously or unconsciously - by early religious, educational, or cultural dogma. These ingrained beliefs can lead to a wasting of mental ability or less traditional but nonetheless valuable talents.

One of the native’s primary impulses is toward freedom, whether physical freedom and the need to travel, or a mental freedom to explore intellectually, inquire, and satisfy curiosity. One probably feel this as a restless energy, perpetually striving for release from any restrictions and breaking free from limitations. Yet this search can lack a fixed direction or purpose, and one could find it difficult to rationalize these needs for escape and change that agitate the native. Likewise, others may consider the native’s reasons and explanations unsatisfactory. One need to understand how this impulse operates and choose to control and direct its activity, or this could damage your life-style, relationships, or employment ability.

Relationships will be a major area for self-discovery. One may lack understanding of others and have problems in interaction. Even though one experience relationships, one retain the desire for freedom; how this is expressed is very important, both for the native and for others. Often, one feels relationships become limiting after a while, but, as one’s freedom need is often selfish, one may find that a discipline of staying within the relationship and dealing with this freedom impulse could deepen self-understanding. The native react against threats to this freedom; but modifying responses may enable oneself to enjoy other benefits. The value of good relationships is priceless. Both partners are enabled to enjoy life and develop in their unique ways. This joy could be what one loses if one decides for freedom at any cost, because it is inevitable that the native’s solitary experience of a selfish freedom will not be at all pleasurable.

The native’s social friendliness and flexibility will create a variety of relationships; and this is a source of experience which aids one to attain greater understanding of others. Yet this - allied with your freedom needs - could also encourage oneself to enter affairs without much forethought or consideration. Surrendering to this impulse could complicate one’s life, leaving many issues unresolved and causing pain and confusion. One’s future well-being could be affected by his/her pursuing the temptation of change without fulfilling obligations or responsibilities.

Knowledge is absorbed easily, accumulating a multitude of pieces of information from all sources, whether from formal study (likely to be of great value) or from people and places. Such information can be valuable to others; and the native enjosy sharing it with those in need. The native may fulfill a function of disseminating such ‘information messages’. He/she may be attracted to becoming a teacher or educative communicator, preferably one who disseminates information rather than evaluates and interprets, due to a difficulty piecing together disparate pieces of information into a coherent whole. Decision-making or judgments may not be one’s strong point, as you continue to wait for more information which may influence your choices; often life circumstances will decide for you.

An essential lesson is to understand your freedom impulse. Learn how to express it positively within relationships, and your life will be enriched through greater harmony. Fail to apply it correctly through selfish expression, and your freedom will lead to greater suffering for yourself and others.

The first two houses are still very much involved with the self. In the 3^rd house, we enter the collective sphere, and our attitude to the group is important. In order to pick up the thoughts of the group, I must listen to, and understand, the language they are using. I must make my unconscious states of dependence conscious and, above all, I must be aware of any tendency to tell people what they want to hear.

Inherently, the collective sphere is always a problem in the horoscope, because it is too close to us. Our reactions to the group, whether in thought (3^rd house) or feeling (4^th house) are completely automatic; as, for example, when I say something on the spur of the moment which, although it flatters the other person, is not absolutely true. And, with the Node in the 3^rd house, we need to guard our tongues, because speech is the means of communication there. At least we should go over what we have said and consider whether or not we were right to advocate it, and whether or not it is objectively true. Possibly we have agreed with someone simply to please them or to avoid an argument.

If we make it a rule to check what we say, we can come to terms fairly quickly, something that is very important when there is an opposition. Naturally, we have to talk in the same way as everybody else, but we must do so with common sense and avoid exaggeration. In other words, we must use contemporary ideas and thought structures but without discrimination. Only then can we find our true niche, and avoid being pigeon-holed. The individual has to conform within reason, but the group has no right to demand submission. On the other hand, the individual is not entitled to expect submission from the group. There is a world of difference between heedlessly allowing oneself to be controlled by others, and seeing how far one can accommodate them after making up one’s own mind via the 9^th house. The need to do the latter is indicated by the placement of the Node in the 3^rd house.

If the Rahu is in the third house, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through mental expression and rational analysis of objective truth. In past lifetimes, the person may have been idealistic and emotional in his/her thinking. Now he/she must use discrimination, and focus on the facts and figures in the here and now. He/she should follow his/her instincts of avoiding dogmas, creeds, religions, and higher philosophies. The person gains little from meditation, astrology, metaphysics, and any disciplines which are not verifiable through traditional science. The person suffers when he/she goes by faith and intuition. He/she does not fare well whenever he/she follows blindly. He/she must abide by his/her newfound skepticism, and make his/her way to the truth by way of logic and reasoning.

Happiness will be found in mental professions such as teaching, lecturing, debating, and writing. The person is a good salesman. He/she thrives on city life, and should be as active as possible. Public relations or co-ordinating -type careers are favored. During previous incarnations, the person could have been sentimental, philosophical, and too taken with theories, principles, doctrines, and conjectures. Now he/she must plant his/her feet firmly on the ground and embrace the notion that ‘what you sow is what you get’. The person should cultivate good relations with siblings and relatives. He/she must work on versatility and adaptability, and try to experience as much variety and ‘spice of life’ as possible. The person may often find himself thrust into situations that require great precision and attention to details.

The daily environment is important; long-distance travel is not. The person is well-advised to meet as many people as possible and continually expand his/her social life. He/she should avoid gambling or trying to predict the future, except through serious investigation and statistical research. The more he/she gains of useful information and practical knowledge, the happier he/she will be and the greater his/her growth and evolution. He/she must not allow his/her feelings and emotions to interfere when trying to understand an issue. The person should not concern himself/herself with broad viewpoints, abstract ideas, fanciful inspirations, and spiritual realities. He/she must learn through personal experience, not gurus and mentors.

It may be that the person is exceedingly blessed because he/she is making great evolutionary strides simply by living with physical reality. Perhaps he/she has had such unshakeable faith in previous lives that his/her only present necessity is to deal squarely with life as it is. The person feels no need whatsoever to inject meaning and significance into his/her existence through conceptual and philosophical beliefs. Certainly, the person with the Rahu in 3^rd has an easier time with practicalities than anyone else. He/she pays attention and quickly learns how things work here on planet Earth.

Rahu in the third house indicates an enormously strong will and an interesting personality. The person is courageous and adventurous. He/she works well with his/her hands, has intense cravings, and fulfills his/her desires easily. The Ketu in the ninth house may indicate troubles with religious or spiritual leaders. Or the person may have a guru or mentor who is strange, weird, occultish, extremely introverted, or invisible in a way or whom the native is unable to decipher or understand easily.

Rahu in 4th House and Ketu in 10th House

The Rahu in the fourth house gives a cheerful and happy home life, and harmonious relations with the family. The Father, or the marriage partner, occupies a prominent post. Rahu in the Nadir of Heavens is favourable for marriage, and will be a sign of happiness if the Moon is well-placed in the horoscope. It is also a sign of good heredity from the physical as well as the mental standpoint.

The Ketu in the tenth house may be fortunate for material things if the horoscope on the whole is good. It may, however, bring at some period in life serious worries and troubles affecting things in general – losses and damage if the Moon is afflicted.

The fourth house represents the midnight or deeply hidden depth of the personality. This is why it represents the soul powers; what we are in the depths is not what we always appear to be on the surface. In the depth of oneself (home) the inner powers must be released. Not for this one the acclaim of the public and the limelight. He has had it all in the past. He gained from it the sense of power that made him feel his importance as a person. Now he must grow. Through his domestic surroundings, through a quiet withdrawal, and through the wise use of his emotions, he will find fulfillment.

With the Rahu in the fourth there should be a development of the domestic life. He needs to learn the art of going into seclusion. He must be alone with himself at times to develop his own depth of soul, to dig deep and get to the very roots. Possibly, he would have to learn the role of nurturing, helping another grow, as in helping to sustain life. This person would need to establish a home, to care for it and learn what it takes to do this. There may be a problem in connection with a parent, or an imbalance in his love for them – loving one more than the other – or it could give loss of one parent at an early age.

Ketu in the tenth is the extrovert. With this position there is great ability to deal with the public as the person easily understands its needs. This is similar to the Moon in the tenth, but coupled with the innate genius in public affairs. He does not take time to relate on a personal basis because of an inner need for public acclaim. It also can bring disappointment and dissatisfaction with regard to his vocation, bringing in many changes. If Ketu is in Aquarius in the tenth, he can be a leader of unpopular causes. The Ketu here gives a tendency to resist control by others. At its best, the power and success attained in the world must be used to assist others. When the person is able to do this, then destiny for this person will be met. At its worst, when used for vain self-glory, he fails. Here the uppermost thought should be control of selfish desires for ambition and power.

This condition often signifies fairly close relationship with mother figure. At the most, the relationship with mother is closer than with father. For some reason, home or domestication is highly significant in their life. They may or may not like to be family-oriented, but that is the way their life has to be structured. Career is given a second priority in their life. Although they have strong self-displaying ego, circumstances may not give them the opportunity to be prominent in their field. The relationship with parents is that of a deep attachment; and they require a lot of effort to be free from their parental wing. Considerable sensitivity is seen in these people. This individual must learn to overcome the karmic feeling that he is the vital center of all situations around him. He comes into the current life with subconscious memories of a past sense of dignity, which leads him to believe that at least certain areas of life experience are beneath him.

His prior incarnations could have put him in the position of being captain of his own ship, if not the commander of others. As a result, he is used to assuming an authoritative position whenever the weakness of others triggers his powerful need to take charge.

He enjoys the role of protector and goes to extremes in filling his life with those whose very weaknesses put them under his dominion. By so doing, he is constantly testing his own power to stand tall.

This is a lonely position, for here the individual is so concerned with his self-appointed mission that he never allows others to see into his real self underneath. What he shows is a façade or the uniform of the role he feels obliged to play.

In the current life, he goes through experiences which teach him to come down off his skyscraper and make sure of the foundation underneath.

It is in the area of his most highly intimate relationships within his own family that the stage is set for his lifelong battle in an attempt to gain control of his own roots.

Many with these Nodes have one unusually demanding parent whose expectations encourage them to believe that they are truly destined to achieve a position of sitting on top of the world. As a result, they are discontented with whatever situation they are in, for always it falls short of what they feel they were meant to do.

The karmic lesson here is that ‘A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’. The individual must overcome his readiness to forsake what he has for the possibility of attaining what he doesn’t.

So unwilling is he to see himself in a back-seat position that when circumstances force him to do so he may in extreme cases even contemplate suicide; for he firmly believes that without his achieving some great destiny, life is utterly worthless.

This incarnation brings him through the experience of facing the conflict between a career for himself and the demands of his family.

He must learn maturity, for with all his projected strength, power and dignity he is nearly a cripple when it comes to solving his own emotional problems. He must examine his roots, and, after pulling his head out of the clouds of his past, build a practical foundation for his future.

Eventually he learns that his organizing for others is merely a distraction from putting his own life in order.

The relationship established with parents early in life is more important in these Nodes than in any other position of the zodiac. Here the individual will spend much of his life energy attempting to be totally free and independent of his parents, yet always conscious of how much he needs them. Nevertheless, the reaction patterns to life continue to show a definite parental defiance, masking a strong need for parental love.

This soul is at a point in karm where he feels unappreciated for all his efforts. The past incarnation residue is based on achievement for the sake of recognition and appreciation. Now, achievement is to be its own reward. The soul must stop trying to gain audience for its deeds, realizing that the audience will always be there if the deeds are great enough. It is in this process of seeking an audience that the individual tends to lose himself. He must literally transform his fourth house into a new birth of emotional attitudes, learning the lessons that when a man stands on tiptoes he is unsteady.

His life is like the beautiful orchid: a splendid sight to behold when raised and nourished under the most delicately controlled environmental conditions; but once the orchid is prepared for display, it is snipped from its roots, insuring wilting and certain death after a short time. This individual will be faced with the choice of being the overlooked orchid growing in a garden of thousands, or sacrificing his own happiness to be the beautiful flower on someone’s lapel. As soon as he overcomes his past-life need for display, he can start to grow to the maturity he is so desperately seeking.

The sign which contains the Ketu indicates the ways through which he still overemphasizes his importance. The sign which contains the Rahu shows how he can grow to become in substance so emotionally fulfilled that he no longer has to equate his happiness with his soul memory of prior-life personal esteem.

Conflicts: Pleasant home life vs. pleasant career. Worries about career vs. attention to private life. Private doubts vs. public self-esteem.

Possible results of sacrificing Rahu: Loss of dignity. Tendency to insist on getting recognition as boss. Tendency to take on a big daddy façade (no, this isn’t strictly a male trait, even if it’s thought of as a male stereotype).

Possible ways to integrate Rahu: Develop maturity. Use your untapped potential to strengthen your foundations. Examine your roots, upbringing and prejudices for keys to the reasons for your self-doubts. Take notice of your domestic needs.

In the fourth house, there’s a hang-up about developing or growing up when the Rahu is present. This can take the form of excessive self-consciousness, or it can trigger a lust for power, depending on which node is allowed to dominate. In either case, the feelings of inferiority are based on illogical feelings. These are often a result of childhood experiences. Sometimes death of a parent plays a role. Other times the parent’s immaturity or lack of common sense or stability has had a negative impact. Those people who try to fulfill their excess needs for power often complain of lack of recognition and / or sympathy from those who are in a position to offer advancement.

Rahu in the fourth house wants a very loyal family and a home in which he or she will be the focal point and chief mover. Less frequently, this person dreams of developing some sort of powerful metaphysical abilities. Acknowledgement of some sort is a basic dream motif. This is a person of changing ambitions. Usually there are several career interests that are pursued in turn in an almost ruthless way. The dream of acknowledgement is often fulfilled, but the acknowledgement may not be the sort that was expected or wanted.

What tends to dominate is a sense of importance, authority, and decisiveness. You feel that you have a higher social standing than most, and that they should give you appropriate deference and respect. You may believe that certain tasks are ‘beneath you’. You will have an aura of ‘dignified aloofness’ which can distance you from others.

How accurate are these feelings of importance? Or are they self-deceptive illusions? These feelings come from needing to control; and you hope to satisfy this as an authority or leader. You dislike having to adopt a follower’s role or defer to another’s authority, especially as this reminds you that your feelings of command could be illusions. This issue of authority needs to be confronted.

You may often assume a role of protector, attracting others who are more passive or personally weak, and who need someone to rely on. This role allows you to express leadership qualities. Yet, through identifying with this authority role, you often manage to avoid other aspects of yourself, those which may not fit your image of leadership. The authority role, however, does offer additional challenges which help you to grow and mature. Authority implies greater responsibility, and you need to feel convinced that you have the ability to succeed.

Part of this need derives from personal insecurity, probably formed during childhood, perhaps by excessive parental expectations that encouraged a belief that you had a natural right to lead others. If these expectations fail to be met in adult life, a growing dissatisfaction develops, as life fails to match the hopes and dreams absorbed from parents.

Problems related to choices between family obligations and work may occur within your adult family, especially if you reach a senior and responsible position. You tend to be adept at organizing for others, but, in doing so, you leave less time, energy, and interest to increase your self-understanding. This may be most noticeable in a tendency to be uneasy with emotional expression or uncomfortable with feelings. You may try to avoid intimate situations when these are exposed. Emotional problems pose difficulties, and generally you hope that they simply go away and regret that you cannot orgnaize them into resolution!

Growth occurs when you accept your emotions and express rather than repress them. Your family and others will appreciate you more if emotions are allowed to flow more easily, rather than being submerged in role playing. Your achievements can be considerable, especially through career and work, but you should strive to achieve for achievement’s sake, rather than for the ‘applause of the audience’, as this will serve only to reinforce identification with your role.

In the 4th house, emotional values are all-important. It is not enough, as in the 3rd house, simply to inquire about the meaning of something; one must be able to enter into it with feeling. With the Node here, we are like a bird that felt good in its cosy nest and was thrown out of it. Usually the chart will exhibit a tendency on the part of the native to lack balance and to be overeager to stress his or her own individuality. The lesson to learn is to be an ordinary human being among other human beings, and to be able to give and take emotionally.

Often the 4th-house Node is counterbalanced by the Sun, Uranus, or Pluto at the top of the chart; and this produces, by relfex action, the wish to be famous or a leader. When emotional imaginative pictures to do with the family or the group enter consciousness, these guiding images have to be clarified.

If planets in the 9th or 10th house show high ambition, this can be satisfied; but, with the Node in the 4th house, the native needs to keep close to home and roots. The feet need to be kept firmly on the ground. Bottlenecks, which hold up progress, are often encountered. Now, when blockages occur, the native’s reaction is to try and forge ahead. In many cases, that would be the right thing to do; but with the Moon’s Node in the 4th house, it is wrong. The proper course of action is to upll back and to live as one of the group, as one of the family. This is the only way to prepare to move forward again, to find room for maneuver, to gain access to those it is desired to lead. Then misunderstandings will be swept away and a fresh impetus will be given to upward development.

With Nodes in the 4th house that receive hard aspects, there can be a retreat into a  pleasant ideal world of acceptance and domestic bliss. This ‘warm nest’ feeling has a very important function. It is one of the fundamentals of life; and we may well want to experience it at all costs. This makes us undifferentiated and dependent on the activities of the family. We are governed by these activities, and do not have a hand in shaping them but are sacrificed to the family’s interests. In the worst scenario, our relatives assume the right to abuse us and to walk all over us.

When there is a planet in the 10th house, in opposition to the Node, the native will readily part with a place in the nest in order, at least, to make sure of getting on in the world. Ambition, in whatever form it occurs, destroys the sense of domesticity. The natural need to be part of a bigger organism, group, or family, comes second-best.

With a square from a planet on the Ascendant, the departure from normal is not excessive, but the native is too egotistic; with a square from the Descendant, the native defers to the partner. If, for the sake of personal development, the need to belong is allowed to wither, an essential human quality dies, and the individual becomes a loner and inclined to do wrong to others. For the ability to avoid unfairness is based on the nest-like environment of the 4th house.

Rahu in 4th House : If the Rahu is in the fourth house, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through taking care of his home and family life. In previous incarnations, there may have been an overabundance of professional activities and social responsibility. Now the person must concentrate on his own soul growth and fulfillment of emotional needs. All activities involving land, property, and homes are favored. The person should develop his feminine and maternal energy, and seek to nurture all those in his presence. He should dedicate his life to family, children, relatives, and loved ones. He may do well in healing professions, nursing, cooking, catering, inn-keeping, or any domestically-oriented jobs. Although career focus is neither psychologically significant nor a main objective of this life, the person is extremely concerned with the well-being of all members of his immediate community. He must do his best to see that everyone has a sense of belonging.

The person should not look for a life of profound philosophical meaning. His actions would not be based upon compelling drives towards particularly ambitious goals. Rather, he is here to experience and appreciate the full value of his emotions, senses, passions, sensitivities, and vulnerabilities. His job is to keep his family and the human species alive and well. Tradition, rituals, and cultural values are of very great importance. The person is on a lifelong journey back to his roots. Spiritually, this means he is very well-advised to engage in meditation, contemplation, and all inner-directed self-development techniques. Also, he gains tremendous benefits from periods of self-imposed seclusion and isolation. On a more mundane level, the person wants to learn everything possible about the lives, history, and circumstances of his ancestors and predecessors. At the very beginning of life, the person is organically connected to the father. However, as his consciousness grows, he quickly realizes there is no progress to be made in this realm. He then shifts his attention to his mother and all other tenderhearted expressions of creation.

The person is devoted to practicalities, not ideals. He is wonderfully sympathetic, and functions as a magnificent support system to those in need. He is like a rock of stability, always emotionally available for others. In this lifetime the person is learning extreme devotion and loyalty to his loved ones. He may derive tremendous pleasure from gardening, landscaping, or farming. Collectibles and material possessions are very important. The person must have absolute control over his daily environment.  he should surround himself with beauty and whatever else appeals to his personal tastes. Living near water is preferred; and the person may wish to develop his psychic, sensitive nature to the fullest. He is here for a highly subjective, even sentimental, experience of life, and is now relinquishing his obsession with objective realities and ultimate truths.

Rahu in the fourth house also sometimes indicates problems with a forceful or domineering mother and troubles in gaining educational degrees. There are strong cravings in the heart, and a possibility of attaining large homes or mansions. The Ketu in the tenth house reveals a good reputation and successful professional life. Careers may involve any spiritual activity which raises the consciousness of the common person. There is distinct talent in metaphysical or natural healing techniques.

Rahu in 5th House & Ketu in 11th House

Dear ardent readers here comes the fifth in the series of Rahu / Ketu  in 5th House & 11th House, The earlier series on Rahu / Ketu in Signs, also is equally important & worthwhile reading, however care should be taken not to apply these writings verbatim on any chart, as there are many other factors, combinations, aspects etc which need to be studied always before coming to any conclusion.

The Rahu in the fifth house indicates pleasure in regard to the children, who will be intelligent and have a generous measure of luck in life. This position is also fortunate for an artist, or anyone who is connected with matters that appeal to the mind. It is good for theatrical managers, musicians, and all engaged in artistic occupations. For everyone, it is a sign of luck in games and speculation; but prudence must be exercised in this direction, as an evil aspect of Mars to this house would upset everything. It is especially at the period of the annual revolution that this position of the Rahu is fortunate for speculating, if the horoscope at birth on the whole shows that the native is lucky.

The Ketu in the Eleventh House does not always bring friends and acquaintances of a specially high social status. It causes the native to come into contact with people who may do him harm. Some of his associates will not be disinterested, and will try to cause him pecuniary losses. This position may also indicate a heavy monetary loss to the Mother, or Wife,  or Partner or co-workers if the Moon is in bad aspect.

Through self-expression, he will find fulfillment. Attention must be given to developing his own desires; and he will not be led by others. In the past the attitude was ‘Let others do it’. Now others won’t do it, and the person has to develop his own goals and objectives. Friends have helped in the past, and thereby weakened the person instead of strengthening him. Dependence is a habit pattern buried deeply in the subconscious; but this time the will to stand on one’s own strength and attain their own goals is the necessary ingredient for a successful life.

A person having Rahu in the 5th needs to learn to use his heart and become attached in a very personal way. He needs to love deeply and intensely on a one-to-one basis. There is also a deficiency or delay concerning children in his life. The children can be physical, mental, or spiritual offspring. He should develop a great desire to be creative in some endeavor. this person cannot seem to hold onto love until later in life, because he simply does not know how. He seems able to succeed in this more successfully when he meets someone with Ketu in the fifth. Aspects to this position of Rahu/Ketu are very important in determining whether he has the strength to acquire this new growth. As an example, bad aspects to the Moon could give emotional problems by loss of touch with reality in this regard. Rahu here needs to learn to consider self in loving. He may not be able to express his love fully.

Ketu in the eleventh is unattached love. It is too detached and selfless. Friendships, social affairs, reforming drives, and advanced ideas in human relationships are part of the perfected Ketu in the eleventh. This person is friendly and open, and instinctively knows society’s needs. Friends can turn into lovers; and he truly needs an intense love affair to fulfill his soul’s destiny. People with the Ketu in the eleventh house suffer real discomfort in close relationships between members of the opposite sex. They have very utopian ideals where human needs are concerned. This varies with signs and aspects, but these ideals must be used as a basis of leadership in social and / or political causes where he can teach others humanitarian ideals. Here, we find many government officials or those dealing with the public welfare.

This condition often signifies close relationship with children. They have fairly good success in love / romance, but regarding friendships they may have many disappointments. Their love given to others is much more elaborate than what they receive back. This imbalance in love exchange creates internal inferiority complex in them; and sometimes frustrations affect the relationship. Their creative ideas can be out-of-this-world and at times ahead of time as well. They often find their vista-sphere of life is limited, and many of their goals and ambitions remain as a fantasy. Their love affairs often have a  previous life connection; and they can feel that awareness when they are with others.

Here the individual is learning about the creative process. He spends much time in the clouds, hitching his wagon to some distant dream or pondering through his vast multitude of fantastic ideas. In past incarnations, he lived for the fulfillment of wishes. Now his world of wispy dreams is so ornamented with the accumulated fragrance of promise that it takes a great deal of realistic prodding to shake him loose.

From a young age, he has learned to become a ‘people-watcher’, spending most of his conscious hours pondering the possibilities of other people’s actions. As a result of prior lives, he has learned to become highly imaginative and inventive; at times he is even ingenious, but he is too used to spending most of his mental powers working out the intricate plots of his fantastic daydreams.

He never ceases to amaze himself at the oddities he can conjure up within his own mind; but for all his ingenuity he is one of the least practical people of the zodiac. He is always deeply enmeshed in thought. what he is really doing is seeking symbols which will provide new material for future dreams.

His duty is to learn the importance of dreams, inasmuch as how they explain his life. Ultimately he comes to realize that his entire existence has consisted of acting out his dreams, to the point that he has become the puppet of his own fantasies.

When he does come down to earth, his first instinct is to reach for friends who in either appearance or behavior remind him of the characters of his fantasyland.

His mind is constantly drifting off into the distant future; and there, in the science fiction of a century as yet unlived, he indulges himself in the intriguing fascination of the remotest possibilities which would otherwise have little or no bearing on his current life. Still, he likes to ponder.

He thinks much about the value of his work as well as of the effects of his childhood, both of which he blames for his difficulties in coping with his sex urges.

The truth is that neither his work nor his parents, nor even his sex urges truly bother him, but instead his frustration arises from the gap he sees between the reality of his past-life dream-world and the sharp awakening circumstances through whose boundaries and limitations his current life is actually lived.

He finds it difficult to understand why there is a barrier between dreams and actions; and as a result, he spends much effort trying to break through the walls of limitation that separate one world from the other.

But all the while he is dissipating his strength; and the more he does this, the less he is able to create his own life.

He must realize that through his fifth house Rahu he is now given the greatest gift that man can receive – the power to create his own identity. By studying the process of creation, he can become aware that it is his own thoughts that have caused all the circumstances that he deems real in his life. He must then go further to understand the link between his thought and his dreams, for truly it is his life of dreams that in greater measure than he thinks is creating his life on earth.

He must learn to be responsible about his dreams and careful of what he wishes for, since he, more than one with any other Nodal position in the zodiac, will actually see his dreams materialize. But always the physical effect of each dream comes with a slight twist; enough to make him aware of the danger of creating selfishly.

This individual will have to live his dreams long after he remembers the reasons for them. It is a strong part of his continuing karma to understand ‘wish power’; and how better to understand it than by living through the consequences of all his wishes?

Thus, his life is both a blessing and a curse for each time he rubs Aladdin’s lamp his soul will either move higher on the wings of spirit or sink miserably in the depths of his own private hell.

He is learning that the dreams of his eleventh house Ketu are under the ruler-ship of lord of 11^th house, where they must be directed towards a service for humanity; and that the more he wishes for others, the more he will ultimately have for himself. But when he reverses this process, his life becomes a veritable shambles.

If he chooses to create for himself, he faces the unfortunate results of misusing a sacred gift, for his dreams ultimately will become so jaded as to be utterly worthless insofar as they are able to bring him happiness.

Unless this position fall in Water and Earth signs, they can cause difficulty in relationships and marriage due to so much past-life residue of non-attachment.

Major turning points in the current life revolve around children, through whose eyes the individual comes to understand his own sense of self-worth. He observes how children put their dreams into action, and soon comes to realize that instead of making his dreams the plans for his future he actually has been allowing them to block every present moment. Once he sees his dreams as a well with no bottom, he is able to let go of the castles in the sky and focus his attention on whatever he is creating in the present.

To do this, he even reaches the point of becoming aware of how he allows his great need for friendships to dissipate his creative energies.

More than anything else, he desires to be a doer; but it is only after he gives up every personal dream that he can become strong enough to take the building blocks of his life and put them together. He must literally take the bull by the horns instead of allowing himself to be led through the world his soul remembers.

To accomplish this, he would do well to spend much of his time learning self-discipline, for only through the ability to guide himself will he ultimately be able to surface from the deep waters in which for lifetimes he has submerged his hopes and his dreams.

The sign which contains the Ketu shows the ways in which past-life dreams continue into this incarnation. The sign which contains the Rahu indicates how the individual can constructively apply all his dreams to reality through expressing creatively all he feels inside.

Some highly evolved souls with this position have experienced Cosmic Consciousness in a former life. Now through their fifth house Rahu they are here to bring this awareness to the children of earth.

Fulfill dreams in a practical way. Develop potential for enjoying leisure time in an active, tangible way. Exploit ability to bring pleasure to others. Examine feelings about children, childrearing and procreation. Don’t use group priorities as an excuse for neglecting your personal goals.

In the fifth house, there’s a hang-up about self-expression. Here we have the social climber of the show-off. Humility is either lacking or perverted in some way. In some way, the ability to verbalize your attitudes is detrimental to relationship formation. Romance is usually the most common area of difficulty, although parent-child relationships and social life in general can suffer as well. Sometimes there’s a tendency to expect your children to do what you couldn’t, whether it’s marry a millionaire, become a brain surgeon, or simply be the most popular child in the class.

Rahu in the fifth house wants to be considered loyal, above all else. Fun, romance, and children often play a role in the dream motif. This person wants to be thought of as a powerful instrument or advocate of good. This person tends to be rather moody. He or she is inclined to attract sensitive souls to befriend; sometimes these people are cranky or difficult, and severely test Rahu in fifth’s desire to remain loyal. Parents are generally a strong influence for better or worse. Often there’s over-concern about whether the parents will approach of their actions or not. If the person chooses to break away from parental dominance, he or she may suffer severe guilt pangs that hinder effective functioning. The dream of loyalty must be tempered by a primary loyalty to self before the rest of the dream can be fulfilled.

You need to explore creativity and imagination, discover the dreaming mind’s potential, and learn to apply this in life. Releasing innate creativity will enrich your life and others’. Your mind and subjective  life fascinates, and you can become inwardly preoccupied. Daydreaming is likely; and considerable energy can be directed toward stimulating imagination, with a view to elaborating your more inventive dreams. Your inner life can develop as a weaving of imagination, dreams, desires and fantasies.

Yet this ability is a two-edged sword; it can enrich life, adding an extra dimension interwoven with physical reality, or it can become a conditioning force, distorting reality through attempting to rule and direct your life, trying to force you to act out fantasy roles. You need to ensure that you remain master and not become a slave to a creative process which can become powerfully obsessive. You may avoid living fully in the present, instead allowing dreams to fill you with future options and compensatory worlds in which you are preoccupied with what could be or what is hoped for. This may be allowed to happen whenever your present situation fails to match projections and it becomes too painful to confront the fact that dreams have failed to materialize.

You prefer associations with friends, partners, or groups that stimulate this dream tendency, those whose attitudes are supportive of you, or whose interests offer material for imagination. Often you reject those who confront you with your present reality. Eventually, the abyss between your dreams and actual reality will be exposed, and this will pose a direct challenge to your progress.

Once you stand before this abyss, you cannot avoid confrontation. Looking for a way forward, you may become interested in exploring psychology or the occult, hoping for self-understanding. You aim to discover the powerful ability to create your ideal future. By studying, observing, and experimenting with your mind and imagination, you may realize that it is by aspirational dreams, thoughts, and imagination that life progresses. These are the roots of all choice and decision-making – if both will and application are potent enough to manifest desires. This is the belief behind the techniques of creative visualization, and these are powerful methods to use for self-transformation and life-style change.

You may observe that it is difficult to manifest purely, and that many dreams are too selfish and thus become distorted in the process of becoming real. You need to understand this process of ‘creative wishing’. The most effective way is by experiencing the results in real life. You can learn how to control and direct this ability to create those situations for which you take responsibility. Ideally, you will discover that your dreams and imagination can also benefit others; selfish dreams may eventually be revealed as providing no lasting enrichment or satisfaction. Basically, the ability to manifest one’s thoughts is the creative process; this is an important psychological and magical skill. What is required is considerable self-knowledge in order that this not be abused. It is a power that can be dangerous; and the only safeguard lies in the power being applied with the good of others in mind.

In the 5th house, we are concerned with proving ourselves or presenting ourselves, in a direct way, to the ‘You’. We must learn to face everyone openly and fearlessly, and must be capable of somehow drawing attention to ourselves as individuals. The 5th house is one of the three houses which have to do, in the most intense and direct way, with self-presentation and self-promotion. The most apt description of the 5th house is that it signifies the development of ‘presence’ – to be self-assured and not easily put off by a critical word or a short retort; to be able to persuade others by our confident bearing and by the strength of our personality. These are prominent features of this placement.

Eroticism also belongs to the fifth house, but the mistake is often made of confusing eroticism with sexual appetite. Sex can be one of its functions, but sexuality occurs in all the houses, although admittedly in different forms and connections. In itself, eroticism is not sexual, but rather emotional or sensorial attraction that may function also among people of the same sex as friendship or platonic love. It is the direct, vital connection between one human being and another. It is felt as a tingling and excitement when in the neighborhood of a certain person. This is not unconditionally sexual. The purpose of eroticism is to put one in touch with others by means other than conversation.

With this position in the 5th house, the native has to seek closeness to others, a closeness that is stimulating and conveys a permanent sense of warmth. In this respect, eroticism can be incredibly fine, cultivated, and elevated. Physically, it is tactile and involves entering the field of vibration of another and experiencing the interaction of one’s own vibrational field with it. Of course, this can operate in the sexual area, where the erotic is a primary impulse. This placement in the 5th house requires us to be straightforward and direct: then the other person will respond to us and our influence, and we shall have vital encounters. The 5th house is a Fire house; so, inevitably, the encounters it promotes are vital.

Inhibitions are natural; but, with this placement, it is very important that we do not allow ourselves to be overcome by our situation, but that we remain ourselves. Otherwise this pole, which is one that specifically represents us, can no longer exist as part of a dual or multiple erotic field of vibration, but is overwhelmed. Thus this position requires us to be active and strong in a relationship.

Therefore we must be ready to experiment, and to take risks. When we make contact with a person and feel these vibrations, we do not know what will come of it. We may decide to stay as we are for the most part. Then, in principle, nothing negative can occur, and we shall harm no-one. The concentration is at the ‘I’; the ‘You’ reacts to it, and the ‘I’ is strengthened by meeting a strong ‘I’: both of them sharpen their identities and profit from the encounter.

If the Rahu is in the fifth house, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through performing creative acts, attaining recognition, and developing the ego. Self-expression and personal power are essential. In past lives, the person may have been detached, unemotional, and indifferent to approval and acknowledgement. Now, he must seek out status, accolades, leadership, and honor. Above all, he must create a life which is regarded as significant and meaningful. Theatre and film are favored, as are all other artistic endeavors. The person should strive for prominence and fame. He should promote himself and his work. He must abandon his old tendencies of modesty, altruism, and obscurity.

In previous incarnations, the person may have lived a life of group activity, always being with friends and companions. Now he must delve deeply into passionate love affairs and all matters of the heart. He should enjoy the pleasures of romance, sensuality, and eroticism. Children are extremely important and fulfilling. The person finds great value in working with youth. He may decide to teach, so that his influence will live on through his pupils. He must act with integrity, honesty, and warmth. He should strive for individuality, and resist the temptation to follow the dictates and opinions of others. He is here for his own needs, concerns, and pleasures, not for those of society. He should honor his desires and instincts more than his rational mind.

Pride, dignity, and self-respect should be cultivated. The person has to realize the unique and special nature of his personality. He should work on developing confidence and a regal demeanor. The more he becomes the center of attention, the greater his evolution will be and the faster he will attain perfection. He should guard against shyness, timidity, and an unassuming manner. He gains great benefit from fun and pleasure, and should immerse himself completely in earthly matters. The person may enjoy sports, stocks, and all other forms of speculation. Careers involving entertainment and personal creativity are favored. Faith and loyalty in this life are important.

Rahu in the fifth house indicates powerful or worldly children, cravings for material benefits, and unsettled peace of mind. The person is considered to have died in his last life while contemplating his money and possessions. Now he is easily able to fulfill his materialistic desires. Unfortunately, however, his cravings may be never-ending. The Ketu in the eleventh house means spiritual or psychic friends, difficulties with groups, and strong ability to realize major goals and ambitions in life.

Rahu in 6th House & Ketu in 12th House 

Dear ardent readers here comes the sixth in the series of Rahu / Ketu  in Houses, The earlier series on Rahu / Ketu in Signs published in 2007 also is equally important & worthwhile reading, however care should be taken not to apply these writings verbatim on any chart, as there are many other factors, combinations, aspects etc which need to be studied always before coming to any conclusion.

The Rahu in the Sixth House is good for the native’s health, and even when he is ailing, or seriously ill at some time of his life, Rahu will help him to get over his illness, so that if his life should be despaired of he will have a chance of recovery. It also implies good fortune derived from employees; and if the horoscope on the whole predicts it, it confirms gain through an inheritance. Integration only comes to this individual through service. Must come out of his work and he would have been isolated through self-undoing in the past. Either enforced seclusion, or restrictions due to lack of compassion in the past, has made it easy to retreat this time. Fulfillment comes to this individual through serving others and losing the sense of separateness. Humility, the last virtue to be attained, can be the keynote of his life if the individual is willing to serve others with no concern about the self. In order for any of us to become something, we have to be willing to be nothing. This is the message of the sixth house.

With Rahu in the sixth, he needs to work and to be of service to others. He must learn to do for others with no regard for himself. He needs to lose the self-interest toward which he tends to gravitate. This also includes learning discrimination, attention to details, and discipline from too much daydreaming. He also must concentrate on health matters for the protection of his physical body. He needs to bring compassion down to the practical level.

Ketu in the twelfth indicates spiritual bent of mind in the present and previous lives and sensitivity. Here is the person with a talent for working with the sick or mentally insecure. It gives a drive to seek seclusion and an inclination to meditate. With bad aspects it could give an alienation from society. This position seems to be karmic; and there is a very definite secret, sacrificial service of some kind involved, depending upon sign and aspects. The person with the Ketu in the twelfth house may have a martyr complex, which must be used at its highest in sacrificial service and delving into the secrets of the subconscious, bringing them to the light of the conscious mind. This position gives many nurses and doctors.

The Ketu in the Twelfth House is not so favorable position. It causes incessant worries and troubles during the whole period of occupying this house, or when it passes through it again, unless benefic aspects from other planets are in operation at the same time. It causes loss of money, and unsatisfactory business transactions. It makes powerful enemies and merciless creditors, and is also a sign of ill-health and troubles of all kinds, Ketu in Twelfth house has one very good affect and that is ‘Ultimate Spiritual Progress’ surpassing all other traits.

This condition often signifies work-related areas and importance in life. For some reason, they are highly inspired to do things others may not want to do. For spiritual growth, this is quite a good position of the Rahu. For some reason, their interest in life is not tremendous but just a passing stage in the Karmic line-up. Physical health is maintained considerably well, and they may even get into diet foods, meditation and related areas. In their prior life, they came fairly close to achieving the secret of the universal escape, but missed it by a short margin. This aspect often provides self-confining tendencies to elevate one’s position in the universal race.

This individual spends most of his time in deep thought. He likes to be left alone so that uninterrupted by others he can let his inner reflections sift through the karmic memories of all his past incarnations. This is not to say that he doesn’t like company, or that he’s even aware of what he’s doing. The fact is that he goes so deep as to become totally oblivious to anything he is thinking about! He loses himself in himself.

Always the conscious reason for going inward is based on logical intention, but the individual tends to reach the point where all logic eludes him. The subtlety of the depths he reaches remains a mystery even to him!

One of his greatest problems is that while he stays inside himself he is preventing others from stabilizing his mental journeys. As a result, he accumulates enormous past-life fears, having no idea whether they are real or imagined, or just a compressed collection of the mental scenery on his inward journeys. Still the basis of his outward life is built on fear and imagination, and regardless of how strong the rest of the chart is, he keeps having moments of not being able to find confidence in himself.

He is a lot like the turtle constantly peeking out of his shell. People close to him see his life as a tendency to avoid all that seems real. He spends most of his time watching others from behind a see-through mirror. Ultimately he comes to believe that the rest of the world is viewing him with the same scrutiny. There is a latent paranoia built into this Nodal position. In areas of work he is an unusually poor organizer, leaving many scattered ends behind him and always feeling that there are not enough hours in the day to complete his chores. His problem is that he doesn’t know how to budget his time, and as a result he is constantly trying to catch up to the present. Part of his life will at one time be involved with hospitals, institutions or organizations which demand him to structure his ways. He needs this in order to come out of his inner self..

The big karmic lesson is for him to learn responsibility instead of feeling sorry for all the woes that seem to beset him. More than any other house in the zodiac, he cries at the slightest hurt either real or imagined. Sometimes the crying is inward, but always it is there, for on the very deepest levels he feels that the love he has to give goes unnoticed and unappreciated. Because he thinks this way, he becomes his own creator of gloom; and woe to the person who tries to pull him out, for then he will have a receptive ear for all the past-life hurts, fears and worries.

Underneath all else, he is a bottomless well of fretting, with not enough deep faith in the positive outcome of events. He must work on building trust so that he can have the strength to come out of his shell. Once he does, he is one of the most compassionate, beautiful and useful people in the zodiac. His sixth house Rahu gives him great pleasure in helping others, but he cannot do this well until he realizes and accepts the fact that in this incarnation he has chosen a life of sacrifice. He must learn how to organize his thoughts, his work and his diet, for he is a natural-born healer, capable of defying the limits of practical medicine with his own more mystical methods of curing. But a talent is not a talent until it is developed, and an individual is not more than he thinks he is. Ultimately he will come to learn that his greatest gift is faith. But he will work long and hard to reach that awareness.

Part of the current life might be spent nursing or coping with physical or mental illness, either in himself or in others close to him. His major growth occurs when he realizes that all illness is no more than a disharmony in the body reflecting disharmony in thought. Something inside himself is constantly trying to tell him this, and he must learn not to allow his past-life fears to block what is now being opened for him. Many with these Nodes go through experiences of illnesses that miraculously disappear, to the amazement of medical doctors, dentists and other professional practitioners. The karmic lesson here is to learn the higher reason why, for as soon as understanding is reached, the new-born faith starts to heal. Once he becomes aware of the power of his faith, he becomes a veritable house of power. As he builds in more positive thought currents, he automatically learns not to criticize others for the lack of perfection he sees in them.  His outlook on life remains clinical i.e scrutinizing and diagnosing all with which he comes in contact.

Of all the Nodal positions, this is the most difficult one to open up to past incarnations. The twelfth house Ketu has completed a karmic path, and is ready to get evolved, which is also in essence an indicator of getting Spiritually evolved, the details of which are to remain forever sealed in past times, even though the subtle essence still remains. Lifetimes of escaping from inner torment have been completed. The individual must come to realize that most of his inner negativity is not related to the current life, but only exists through his continuing to think along a track which has already ended. He still has inner feelings of being persecuted which he must learn to bury once and for all, for the more he allows himself to dwell in such thoughts, the more he will inadvertently recreate such circumstances. He should learn to realize the past for exactly what it is: no more than a memory, and no more real than a photograph in his mind, which he now has the free choice of holding on to for the sake of its misery or discarding so that he may step out into a productive new world.

Once he can put his entire state of consciousness into a positive and productive outlook on life, he will be able to start experiencing a new meaning to his existence. The sign which contains the Ketu shows the ways in which the individual blocks his current-life advancement by withdrawing into karma he has already completed. The sign which contains the Rahu indicates the ways in which he can now develop a fruitful life through service. In the sixth house there can be hang-ups about imperfections, dedication, or service. Narrow-mindedness and intolerance are frequently at the root of these hang-ups. A lack of confidence and a strong fear of rejection are common side effects. Everything must be black or white; gray is intolerable; ‘almost’ doesn’t count at all. This holds true both in self-judgment and in judgment of other people.

Total success is this person’s ultimate goal; nothing else is acceptable. There’s a tendency to frequently test other people’s dedication by throwing out obstacles or challenges which must be met if the tested person wants to retain the esteem and respect. Extreme urgency is a keynote - there’s always some crisis to be solved or some need that must be filled immediately. Otherwise, dissatisfaction sets in.

Sometimes, the person may retreat from the real world entirely either via the nervous breakdown route or through involvement in some idealistic pursuit. Typically, this person makes excessive demands on himself or herself and talks a great deal about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people, things, and attitudes. He or she is generally disappointed in friends, work and everything else because expectations are set at such an unreasonably high level.

Rahu in the sixth house dreams of being vital, energetic, and physically and mentally healthy. They may want to be actively involved in some sort of healing art or profession. They dream of becoming psychic healers, doctors, renowned herbalists, or people noted for their healthy, attractive bodies. They dream of finding a way to take care of their body without foregoing self-indulgence and hope of being able to pass this way on to others. Sometimes mental health is emphasized rather than physical health. This person wants very much to be thought of as perceptive. He or she typically feels isolated from others and has difficulty finding emotional satisfaction. Much time is spent examining both emotions and the physical state, hoping to find a key that will allow him or her to feel more in tune with others. Self-deceit or attempts to deceive others may keep perceptions and well-being blocked or lead to misguided or self-defeating action.

You may experience slipping back into the depths of your unconscious mind, moving beyond rational thought, and accessing irrational and imaginative sources. You tend to be introverted, often with a distracted attention as you prefer to avoid involvement in the mundane world. This could either become a form of escapism - and evasion of responsibility and duties - or more positively and creatively be directed toward meditation, contemplation, and a creative artistic spirit. Results depend upon application and choice. You may feel that life is a dreamlike state; this depends on how effectively you separate inner activity from external reality.

This inward mental attention does affect daily life. You may be less efficient and organized at work or when performing domestic tasks. Through diverting energy and interest toward inner realms, you often leave work unfinished and then claim the excuse of insufficient time. This can become a normal behavior pattern. Even if you had more time, however, you may still fail to complete tasks as your attention suddenly fades. To change this tendency, and to become more mundanely anchored, you could benefit from an organizational structure which requires self-discipline and shows how careful planning and a focused will can be efficient.

There may be various inner fears and indistinct worries which preoccupy your mind and make you feel sorry for yourself. What may be needed is greater self-responsibility, and an effort to become more positive and trusting of life, so that fears can be banished. Then you can feel confident to dare to face the real world. You are quite capable of doing this; but any avoidance habit may inhibit progress, since you do prefer retreating into a private inner world, especially at times during relationships when you believe your love for another is unappreciated.

You need to be helpful to others, but may be reticent in moving beyond a protective shell. Your usefulness depends on passing beyond these restrictive behavior patterns. Reaching out to embrace life, accepting your total nature, and improving communication with others is your way forward.

There may be a phase of illness - either your own or that of someone else close to you - which offers a lesson that much illness, being psychosomatic in nature, is caused by states of inner disharmony of thought, emotions, attitudes and values. This can be through emotional repression which generates physical side-effects, tension, and stress. If you can perceive the cause behind the obvious symptoms, identify the real underlying problem, and make a conscious, deliberate effort to transform and resolve the problem, amazing healings can occur. The path of healing may then attract your attention, and you could have healing abilities which can be awakened. Linking your observational abilities and empathic contact to your personal growth, and introducing more positive attitudes, could help transform you into a ‘healer’, especially in the alternative medicine field. Once you deal with your problems, you should experience a more fulfilling sense of meaning and purpose, especially when you share yourself with others.

Here our problems are existential, and we are concerned with maintaining ourselves - unlike the situation in the 5th house, where we simply stand and make our presence felt and where being is more important than doing. However, even the 6th house is not primarily concerned with doing, but with getting a clear idea of what one is capable of doing. The 6th house is a mutable house; and mutable houses always have to do with realization. It employs the process of realization to find its own ‘untapped market’. It prompts us to ask, ‘Where are abilities like mine in demand, where am I needed, where would I fit in?’ The question may appear to be academic, but it is real enough, for a 6th house presupposes a 5th - i.e., it presupposes that we already possess 5th-house self-assurance and enjoy a certain status.

In the 6th house we are concerned with being able to make proper use of the ‘I’ that has been put to the test in the 5th house. Thus we are concerned with becoming part of the environment, and with making a personal contribution to it, while earning a living at the same time. Basically, in the 6th house - especially if the Node is positioned there - we should look on ourselves as a supplier who can satisfy a demand, saying, ‘I wish to make a contribution to my local community. Now where is this contribution required?’ It is a question of putting others first, because the 6th house is a house of service.

The principle of service should be recognized as a valid principle, as when it is said of a king that he is the chief servant of his people. Similarly, the 6th house does not necessitate servility, or passive, compliant acceptance. It calls for a positive contribution, provided our contribution meets a real need; for this is what service is all about. Often we have to do hard work, and make an effort that taxes our strength and may even seem to be bad for us; but, with the Node in the 6th house, such experiences are a necessary part of life. We can grit our teeth and say, ‘I know this is no good to me. Nevertheless, I will do it, because the situation calls for it’. If we are harboring some illusion about our abilities, the Node in the 6th house will undeceive us, and will show us the truth about what we can and cannot do. In the 6th house, it is important to perform, as briskly and as cheerfully as possible, the task that lies to hand. We need to resist the temptation to sit and dream. Success in the 6th house comes by tackling a job oneself, without waiting for someone else to do it. One should do one’s best, even if the task seems to be beneath one’s dignity, or leaves us feeling that we always have to do everything ourselves, because it is by our personal participation that everything gets underway and is organized. The whole secret of the 6th house lies in the continual fulfillment of obligations, and in a wholehearted application of one’s abilities to achieve common goals.

If the Rahu is in the sixth house, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through routine service, daily work, and attention to details. In past lives, the person has been dreamy, idealistic, religious, and spiritual. Now he must focus on practical matters and learn to deal with boundaries, essentials, and necessities. Careers involving nursing, cooking, haircutting, etc. are all favored. Or the person may fulfill his destiny in any pursuit dealing with knowledge and information. He may be a good writer, editor, accountant, or bookkeeper. The person must investigate, analyze, and evaluate on a daily basis.

The person may have been born wanting to help everyone else, with little concern for his own personal needs. Now he is here to focus on self-improvement, progress, and full development of his talents. He should take care of the quality of his appearance and the food he eats. Health matters are important, and the person should exercise and learn about preventative medicine and healing techniques. He has to relinquish his easygoing ways, and make a lifestyle of discriminating, judging, and attaining perfection in earthly matters. He should work on precision, manual dexterity, technical skills, and any crafts of his choice. Duty and discipline are crucial in this lifetime.

The person should be picky. He should be cautious and careful, and intensely examine all issues. He should seek to understand the details and mechanics of things. The more knowledge he gains, the happier he will be. His task is to categorize and compartmentalize, and create order wherever chaos exists. He should leave wisdom, idealism, and broad perspectives to philosophers. His efforts should be directed toward solving problems and overcoming obstacles. Old tendencies of profound, compassionate sacrifice should be avoided. The person is here for minor service, and he will suffer if he acts the part of ‘savior’, or allows others to take advantage of his generous nature. Enjoyment of small pets is favored. Purity and innocence are essential, and the person must never function out of improper motives.

Rahu in the sixth house indicates good health and a powerful appetite. The person defeats his enemies and competitors with ease, and therefore may reach the top of his chosen field with little interference or resistance. The Ketu in the twelfth is good for spiritual growth and enlightenment.

Rahu in 7th Ketu in 1st House

It is also a token of inheritance from grandparents, or an increase of wealth for the latter, by which the native will benefit.

The Ketu in the first house has a detrimental influence on the development of the native in the early period of his life. It upsets his health, and often his mind as well, in as much as he will be too analytical and will not always see things as a whole, but will become absorbed in small details. In regard to any special question put, it would signify a very bad beginning for the matter under consideration, as it always entails trouble and worry. This influence in a horoscope continues for a fairly long period, in a smuch as the Nodes being retrograde Ketu passes from the first to the twelfth house, which is also malefic.

Needs to get away from himself. Has lived for and to himself until he has become too independent. Needs to take other people into account and get away from too much self-centeredness. Self-assertion has to be eliminated. Integration and fulfillment come through giving up the personal ego and helping others to attain a sense of their worth.

This person has to overcome a tendency to work by himself. He needs to learn to work with a partner, to learn the balance it takes to do this. He has to strive for a close personal relationship with others. This relationship should bear some constructive fruit, whether business or marriage. This is quite a step because it leads to the death of the self-centered ego. The person then acquires the knack for becoming an arbitrator. He needs to develop an appreciation of beauty in the arts.

Ketu in the first is the egotist. This is the person who tries too hard and, as a result, comes on strong at first. It gives a strong pioneering spirit with a ‘me-first’ attitude. There is an ability to do all things by oneself. This position can give a changeable personality. He tries too hard to be a special personality. This person may think in terms of his physical body being superior to others. He has a tendency to push himself too hard because of a lack in partnerships. The problems in life seem to be very much concerned with self. He can be the fearless pioneer of new concepts or new activity.

This condition often signifies marriage or partnership activities are extremely important in his life. Self is often given no priority but what is best for the marriage is taken into consideration. Thus, a self-sacrifice for the betterment of the marriage may turn out to be a devastating situation. This individual will try everything to maintain that relationship. As an individual, they may not be able to contribute and achieve much in life; however, with partnership activities their contribution and output is substantially increased. They often have a good public image; and their objectivity is fairly well known among others. They are very charming, diplomatic and polite in general expression or communication.

Here the individual has many lessons to learn in areas of partnerships, marriage and co-operation with others. In past incarnations, he had to account only to himself for all his thoughts and actions. Now in the current life, his soul remembers all the individualism and independence he enjoyed. While he may pretend to be a good listener for the sake of society’s acceptance, he rarely takes advice given to him. Instead, he spends most of his energy developing whatever abilities he has, while constantly seeking approval for the efforts he has made.

Although he will be the last to admit it openly, he never quite notices others as much as himself. He has great apprehensions about being outdone, and will go far out of his way to secure for himself a position where his dominion will not be challenged. If the rest of the horoscope shows strength, then this is truly the individual who wishes to be ‘King of the Mountain’.

Although his experiences in this incarnation teach him to sacrifice for others, he never truly sacrifices himself, for he has spent lifetimes building to a point where he has now become an independent spirit. He can relate to others so long as they don’t shackle or bind his sense of freedom. If he feels someone close to him is inhibiting his self-expression, he will do all he can to extricate himself from the relationship. Thus, the marriage state is not one that comes easy for him.

Individuals with these Nodes are either single or divorced, or at least separated in consciousness from their spouse. They find it difficult to believe that the continuance of their own past-life selfishness is creating all the problems for which they are now blaming others. They must learn how to give with a whole heart, rather than symbolically throwing a bone here and there just to keep the pack quiet.

This individual is usually so out of harmony with himself as being part of a greater universe that he is prone to develop a chronic impairment or impediment, either physical or emotional, which he ultimately uses for sympathy. The last thing he is willing to accept is a sense of failure, for he constantly feels the needs to prove his own self-sufficiency.

Sometimes he is seen by others as a battler, well guarded against any threats to his ego. Since he truly doesn’t like to be dependent on others, his loyalties are questionable. Underneath it all, his past incarnations have taught him to be faithful to himself, and therein his allegiance ends.

For those who wish to join him, he will be their patron, but rarely will he go out of his way to join them. He is a ‘loner’, conscious of his own unique individuality, and proud of the ways in which he knows he can retain it.

His karma is to learn consideration for others, for in his desire to be the center of attention he projects himself as more important than he usually is, thereby shutting out the very love he claims he is being denied. Still, he desires to control others, and in this ability to control he bases his security.

He is capable of great achievements, but he rarely reaches the levels of his capabilities because he is so wrapped up on self that he fails to see the cosmic scope of his personal ideas. He must learn to view the reflections of his thoughts and actions and to realize that there are always two sides to a coin. Eventually he comes to understand that while both sides of an issue may be totally different, neither ie better or worse than the other.

His major growth occurs when he can detach from himself and impersonally laugh at all the ego-centered ideas that ruled him in the past. He must ultimately come to the point at which he is willing to take all the power, strength and confidence that his prior incarnations have built and give it away to others who need it more. He must do this wholeheartedly without a sense of martyrdom, for if his giving becomes ego-involved in any way then he remains on his lonely island. But if his generosity is truly dedicated without pride in giving, then he has an infinite blessing to offer as he inspires confidence and strength in others.

He can give others the will to live where there was none. He can make others aware of their own self-worth. But all the while he is not to ask for anything in return, for if he learns to focus his energies on helping others, then he will be amazed to find how God keeps providing all his own needs.

In this Rahu-Ketu position, there is a guaranteed built-in unhappiness every time he focuses, he energies on himself. If married, he will have much to learn from his second child, as well as in his relationships with nieces and nephews.

He is destined to devote his life to others. Actually he has been preparing for many lifetimes to meet now the person or persons who need him the most. In some cases the spouses is an escapist who must be given the strength and confidence to face reality.

Whether married or single, this individual eventually comes to learn that his life is a mission, dedicated to another soul or in fact many souls needing more than he does. His karmic lessons are in developing kindness and an understanding nature. As soon as he does this, he is rewarded a thousand to one for all he gives.

The sign which contains the Ketu shows the ways in which too much residue of past-life concern for the self can hamper progress. The sign which contains the Rahu shows the ways in which the individual can reach fulfillment through sacrificing the self for others.

Increase your consideration for others. Take an objective look at how others respond to your self-projection and do what you can to improve it. Detach yourself from your over-concern with your image. Channel your energies into marriage and other one-to-one relationships.

In the seventh house, there can be hang-ups about harmony or co-operation. Depending on the phase of nodal balance, the person can be far too easily influenced or far too convinced that his or her way is the only way. The underlying cause of this is a lack of firm partnership goals. This person is torn between involvement at any cost and preservation of his or her highly comfortable image of self as a good or beautiful person.

Less frequently, there’s an inability for the small talk and role playing that’s necessary to attract others. This seems to be a problem connected to the overcompensation phase of nodal balance.

Rahu in the seventh house dreams of gaining much through marriage and / or other relationships. He or she truly believes that teaming up with others will improve his or her lot in life. This person hopes to gain respect vicariously, through marriage or some other type of affiliation, and feels that success and happiness will be guaranteed once he or she finds his or her ‘other half’ – someone who embodies those qualities that he or she feels are lacking in his or her own make-up. This person has a great deal of sensitivity. He or she also has a great deal of psychic ability; unfortunately, both are liable to be repressed. Aggressive pursuit of an alter ego tends to drive the dream further and further out of reach until the person is forced to look within for the repressed or lacking qualities.

He/she often insist on asserting independence and individuality; and this sometimes is detrimental to relationship success and co-operation with others. Self-preoccupation is indicated by your 1st house Ketu, and excessive concern with your own needs often makes you unconscious of others’ reactions.

He/she insist on living in your own way, and can fail to pay attention to the wiser advice of others. His/her need for freedom is felt strongly; and whenever anyone invades your space or expects relationship demands and commitments, you feel independence is threatened. Often, you react against this by reasserting your individuality, usually by withdrawing from the relationship. This tendency implies difficulty in maintaining long-term relationships, and could indicate divorce, separations, or relationships characterized by considerable freedom and space between partners.

You need to become aware of your innate selfishness, look at yourself honestly, and discover how to give freely to others, instead of just taking for yourself. You may lack harmony between yourself and the ‘world’, and suffer from a disruption of free-flowing relationship energy; this can stimulate ill-health, physical or emotional, which could be used to gain sympathy and your own way.

Because of assertiveness, you may remain a ‘loner’ – believing in your self-sufficiency – and you may rarely accept that you have ‘failed’ in anything. You prefer to feel at the center of things, holding an important role and supervising people; if you do achieve this, you will feel secure. The point, though, is that, from such a position, you should discover how to be more considerate of others and how to meet their needs more effectively.

The challenge is to become able to give to others without thought of personal gain. Fundamentally, you are a strong, confident person, but one who tends to take more than to share; learn to give to those in need, and life will be enriched and relationships renewed. In fact, you will discover much of value to share with others, and of course vice versa. You may observe that, when you act from a selfish standpoint, the results fail to satisfy, or cause suffering for all concerned. The more creative and positive way is to give freely and risk sharing with others. Your perspective needs to widen beyond yourself. Your future growth and happiness depends on opening to others, and experiencing the joy that can occur in true relationships.

This house is opposite the 1st, so things go into reverse. What was negative with the Ketu is now positive with the Rahu. The 7th house is one for making contracts and agreements; but care must be taken that the agreements are mutual. The terms of a contract, for example, must be observed by both parties; and each party should derive some benefit from it. We find the Node in the 7th house in individuals of two types. Firstly, we find it in those who are egocentric and think that everything should revolve round themselves. Such people never make proper contracts or enter into genuine partnerships. Secondly, we find it in those who are not forceful enough to assert, ‘I want my share’. Usually such people try to justify themselves by a show of ethics, saying, ‘It is wrong to be mercenary; we should give without expecting anything in return. We ought not to look for praise after doing a good deed, nor should we take money for spiritual work’.

There has to be give and take in the 7th house. It also corresponds to the sign Tula/Libra, the Scales, the balance of accounts between the ‘You’ and the ‘I’. The presence of the Node in the 7th house means that we must keep striking a balance between ourselves and others. In the main, it serves to hold our fits of egotism in check. We must make sure that our agreements are fair to both sides, and must check them objectively, is not entirely wrapped up in emotion.

When the Rahu is in the 7th house, this can mean that we are not keen on commitment or that we are unduly nervous of provisos. Therefore we must learn to enter into permanent relationships. These will have certain consequences: they will bind us, impose obligations on us, and limit our personal freedom. Also, in our development, the tie to a partner draws us in a certain direction or limits our range of movement. But whole-hearted commitment is perfectly natural; and it is important to cultivate a willingness to enter into valid relationships. These involve natural duties and restrictions; which may, in time, be felt as a deprivation of liberty; which is why there is often a reluctance to seek such commitments.

With Rahu in the 7th house, the idea is to moderate one’s characteristics and self-absoprtion in order to leave the other party to the contract equal scope for self-expression. They deserve the same rights and benefits as we have, and the same degree of freedom to be themselves. The keywords of the Rahu in the 7th house are reciprocity and equilibrium. As a regulatory feature, we often find the node in the 7th house accompanied by many planets on the Ascendant to balance the egocentricity. When there are conflicts within the partnership, we can restore the status quo by opening up and recognizing that it is up to us to make the first move. With the Rahu in the 7th house, the ‘I’ is afraid to trust, or to accept help from, the ‘You’. The ‘I’ must overcome its fear and hesitation and be prepared for commitment.

With the Ketu in 1^st house, the person’s  greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through evolution and liberation. In past lifetimes the person was too selfish or self-directed, and now must learn how to compromise and co-operate with the individual of his heart’s desire. Love relationships and marriage are essential, and must not be resisted or opposed, except under extenuating circumstances for brief intervals. The person must discover how to surrender his personal motives and viewpoints, and open up to the needs and concerns of his companion. He is born with confidence, assertiveness, and self-reliance. He has an over-developed personality and sense of independence.

With Ketu in 1^st House  the person has had his way for so many lifetimes, he now, unconsciously, finds the experience empty. Consequently, he immerses himself in relationships which entail great surrender and compromise. To counter this tendency, he should be extremely careful before marrying. He must not in any way assume that a marriage partner will change or alter her desires, behavior, or lifestyle sometime in the future. The sacrifices and concessions necessary in the beginning of the relationship, though they may actually be quite intense and unfair, are certain to continue during the duration of the union. A tremendous amount of devotion is to be learned. It is crucial to note that evolution occurs through affinity with the love partner, not with friends, teachers, or gurus.

The person should develop his social life. Happiness comes from lending a sympathetic ear and cultivating sensitivity to the cares and needs of others. Any activities involving beauty, arts, sweets, jewellery etc are to be favored. The person should work on being more idealistic, generous, and affectionate. He should nurture his intellectual, contemplative side and forego his habitual impulsive tendencies. He should try to create balance, harmony, and serenity wherever he goes. The more the person lets go of his personal ego desires, and the more he cultivates tolerance, love, and appreciation, the happier and more fulfilled he will be.

Rahu in the seventh house indicates intense cravings for love relationships, as well as significant ups and downs in married life. Minor issues which need to be addressed are constantly arising (to be dealt with). The spouse is worldly, materialistic, powerful, and manipulative or domineering. The Ketu in the first house indicates a spiritual, ascetic, and psychic personality. However, confidence is weakened and the person may be shy, impish, or rather invisible. The nodes in the signs are of much less significance.

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

The eighth house is an indicator of all obstructions minor, major and it is the primary indicator of end of life, inheritances of not just properties but majorly the attributes and hereditary characteristics and attributes,  along with the secondary indicator 2^nd house. In the eighth house, the Rahu promises a peaceful and natural death, and a happy ending to the life. If the malefic planets (Saturn, Mars) are free from affliction in the horoscope, and provided the Sun and Moon are powerfully situated, the length of life may be very long. This position is also fortunate for inheritances and legacies. The native’s inherited property/ legacy/characteristics/attributes from his parents will be considerably increased, and he will also have the chance of unexpected gains from lotteries or gifts.

In the second house, the Ketu is not fortunate for money matters, the second house being the indicator of accumulated wealth. It is harmful to the native; or, more strictly speaking, his enterprises will be upset by circumstances over which he will have no control. This position may cause bankruptcy. Moreover, in regard to the affections, it will indicate deceit on the part of people in a low strata of life. If the horoscope on the whole is not good, it denotes loss of position on account of the opposite sex.

Subconscious habit patterns of the past have been the ‘getting’ principle rather than the ‘giving’ one. Must help others to find their resources and their sense of worth. The play on the senses must give way to the transforming of passion into compassion. Before the seed can bring forth fruit it must be buried in darkness, break its self-enclosed shell and reach for the Light. Helping others to find their resources and values is the clue to the right use of the Rahu in the eighth house.

The Rahu in the eighth house forces the person to learn to accept another’s financial help. Sometime in his life, he will be forced to learn to accept the humility of taking from others. He also needs to learn the depth of experience in sex, its proper and beautiful purpose, and the regeneration and rejuvenation it brings to human beings. Rahu badly aspected could cause either a breakdown or disturbing emotions when there is an imbalance in any of the eighth house activities.

Ketu in the second is determination. This position gives the person a dissatisfaction with money earned, or with working conditions. It may give many changes in jobs, or more than one job at a time. The person is always seeking the ideal way of adding to his own resources. This also can lead to financial difficulties. Ketu here gives us one who enjoys the physical pleasures, but who needs to learn balance and control of appetites and sense by creating beauty for the world. Second house Ketu can give an inability to earn completely one’s own way. Satisfaction and success in this area usually is delayed. It can give the person stubborn pride but great loyalty to a cause or a person.

This condition often signifies that the person has to deal with resources and possessions in various ways in life. Often their combined resources are plentiful and handy, but the other person may or may not allow them to use it generously. Their own resources become a doubtful issue in many cases. Strong interest in the occult or hidden side of life is noticed as a rescue from the material world. They often have good instincts and ability to deal with others’ subconscious. Cash flow situation will depend upon the planet(s) conjuncting the Rahu/Ketu axis. A benefic will increase favorable chances, while a malefic will cause uneven difficulties. Learning from the idea or reality of death and regeneration is strongly noticed in this case.

Here the individual is confronted with a powerful battle inside himself on the most basic of levels. His karma is to overcome the extreme possessiveness of his past incarnations. Until he deals with this, he has difficulty finding meaning in anything he cannot personally own. He is jealous of the possessions of others, desiring strongly to have all that his eyes behold. In some individuals this builds up to an insatiable lust for possession. In this respect there is such a strong determination that little can sway him from pursuing his desires.

Nearly always his life is based around the sexual force, and it is nearly certain that the sense of sexual understanding is highly skewed. There is usually something animalistic about the nature. Whether open or concealed, there is a lack of response to the civilizing effects of society.

May be in his past lives, the individual could not fully understand the importance of other people’s values, but continued to go his own way, unaware of how he affected others. His soul has built a need system so great that no matter how much he is fulfilled, his greatest needs always seem to be just beyond his reach. He is like the proverbial donkey following a carrot strapped to his head; but rarely does he understand that he is the one who put it there.

Those near him would give him the Moon if it would make him happy, but they know as well as he does that it would be only a momentary toy ultimately to be discarded and replaced by another need. It seems to be the quantity of quality that he desires, which is to say that he feels he must have it all! A bundle of excess in all directions, he finds it difficult to change his ways even after the realization that he is headed down a path of disaster. He pushes each crossroad to such extreme excess that when he does discover his errors, he is so far beyond the point of departure that he finds it impossible to see his way back. And so he continues further along a path he knows is wrong because it is the only road his eyes can see.

In some cases he goes to such extremes that he may run into trouble with the law; but long after he sees his error he still keeps trying to convince others that he is right. More than one with any other Rahu/Ketu position, this individual must learn self-control, for without discipline he can too easily allow his past incarnation habits of self-indulgence to make a shambles of his current life.

Some with this position experience an infirmity which brings them so close to death that their eyes open to a new appreciation of life. Others go through extremely trying sexual episodes so that they may start to be more clinical about their behavior. But always the karmic lesson is the same. The individual pushes himself so hard that he ultimately destroys all ground he has gained. Through a symbolic death of excessive behavior patterns, he may ultimately experience a new birth.

The past life residue presents too many physical and material concerns. The main growth in the current life is based on the individual’s ability to ferret from out of the depths of his being the strength for a rebirth. He often displays an interest in the occult, through which he ultimately gains information needed to achieve his regenerative transformation. Whatever he chooses to do, there is always chaos in it, for he is an extremist. And yet the combined karmic residue of stubbornness and laziness keeps stalling his rebirth. His soul wants to transform, but he has difficulty finding enough energy to do it. The hardest thing for him is to learn how to walk with no footsteps, for he so desperately wants to be impressive that he keeps making his own life heavier.

Relationships are extremely important to him. From prior incarnations he could have developed the habit of seeing the world as a social caste system, and within this framework keeps struggling for status, always believing that some people are more privileged than others. Through his eighth house Rahu, he must symbolically kill this past-life value system and go through the permanent metamorphosis which will eventually attune him to the value of others. He has much to learn from those close to him as soon as he starts to listen.

Most of his thoughts come from a deep-seated desire to kill the physical plane. They lead him on a path of ultimate disgust with himself as well as with the physical and material life he has led for so long. Through open or secret lust as well as jealousies in money or business affairs, he keeps spiralling his life to a point of no return. Once he reaches this, he will begin to be accepted through other people’s value systems in order to find his way back. But he will be confronted with the test of having to give up all that he has ever thought important, almost as if he is being asked to step to the back of the line and wait his turn. Each time a new and finer value is imposed on him, he must learn how to eliminate all in himself that blocks its acceptance.

He will start his new life from the bottom of the ladder, where because of the slowness of his ascent he will treasure deeply every inch of ground he gains. Truly this position indicates a difficult life, and could be because of the ingrained attitudes of past incarnations are so fixed on having their own way.

Until the transition is complete, he can expect his current life to be one financial tug of war after another. He must learn the karmic lesson that possessions are for the purpose of use and that it is not necessary to own more than what is immediately useful.

When he overcomes the tendency to allow his life’s energies to dissipate themselves, he can become a veritable dynamo in the business world. Still, he must never forget that he is the type that must burn his bridges behind him as a protection against slipping backward to levels he has struggled to pass through.

The eighth house Rahu can regenerate the individual. It is up to the strength of his own faith. To reach heaven, this position must walk through hell first, and there from the very bowels of the earth make the realization that God will hear his faintest cry for help as soon as he sincerely promises not to ‘look back’.

The sign which contains the Ketu shows the type of past-life value system that must be regenerated. The sign which contains the Rahu shows the ways in which the rebirth will be accomplished.

Extreme possessiveness, sexual difficulties, lack of regard for other people’s values or needs. unhappiness with possessions and money, no matter how comfortable your material situation seems to others. In extreme cases, trouble with the law; more often, simply trouble from atypical values.

The individual should develop self-control and self-discipline. Develop an appreciation for life. De-emphasize things; concentrate more on relationships. Organize your life - clear away worthless people, things, attitudes. Try to stop worrying about being appreciated; be willing to work for the joy of working rather than for prestige.

With the Rahu in the eighth house, the hang-up seems to be centered around power. Inability to forgive and grudge-holding are common expressions of this hang-up. A muddled or twisted sexual identity is another manifestation. Often there’s a ‘money is power’ syndrome that can manifest in gambling or foolish spending. In most cases there’s a strong desire to prove your worth or get back at those who have wronged you.

Rahu in the eighth house also hopes to realize gains through partnerships or other relationships; but the dreamed-of gains are liable to be more tangible in this case. He or she could dream of marrying a rich mate, befriending someone who dies and leaves him or her a sizeable inheritance, or being cut in on somebody’s earnings. There’s a strong desire to eliminate hardship of all types. This person takes an emotional approach towards financial matters. He or she tends to spend on the basis of emotional impulse rather than need, and is often careless or impractical with money. Less frequently the person is too lavish with praise, time, or nurturing. These tendencies stem from a subconscious feeling that he or she is incapable of amassing necessary resources without help from others.

The individual with this position finds it difficult to change the established ways, even when recognizing that the way leads in a wrong direction. He tends to continue anyway, mainly because it is the only path you see, and you will attempt to convince others that your way is right. And, in many ways, it is, because it offers the potential to realize what drives you and to encourage change, especially when painful consequences occur.

Resisting the temptations of material life is probably needed to balance this, especially as you favor possessions and material acquisitions which appear to offer a surrogate sense of meaning. Your desire nature often prefers quantity to quality, but is rarely satisfied or satiated for long. This requires transforming to deepen life appreciation.

The individual's behavior can be extreme in most things; and you often destroy progress by burning bridges behind you, stopping any chance of returning to the past and old habits. This ensures that you are committed to a chosen future direction. Potentially, such action can lead to positive results. Yet these do not just come about by themselves; you have to work toward them consciously. You require an inner transformation, but may have difficulty in generating consistent energy to stimulate change. Additionally, there is always an element of possible chaos in your behavior that emanates from any misapplied energy which can always unconsciously undermine your intentions.

The individual desires to be impressive to others; yet to some, you can appear as a negative influence. This arises from lacking comprehension of how your personality impacts on others, because you are so preoccupied with going your own way.

Relationships are important, although you tend to seek social status through them. There may be some confusion with respect to sexual matters / identity / activities, and you do not feel at ease with insistent physical demands. This can cause inner resistance and conflict. You may feel wary of sexuality, and your sexual image may be a difficult one to accept or integrate. You can keep such insecurities hidden and at a distance. Yet, as sexuality is an essential part of adulthood, it is a powerful impulse which requires satisfaction and understanding.

If you discover more transformative personal values, this can moderate any unconscious or excessive behavior patterns. You need openness to experience and to receive the influence of others, sot that your life becomes expansive, as understanding different attitudes develops greater tolerance. Introduce new attitudes and values toward modifying your possessive impulse, especially by realizing that possessions are only for us. Material prosperity does not indicate a person’s quality, or necessarily satisfy or fulfill his or her deeper needs. Your emphasis should be placed more on appreciating quality - that of yourself, of others, and of possessions.

You may need to release much that you previously considered to be important and meaningful, even though it has failed to give peace or happiness. Circumstances may strip you of the past in order for you to receive a new impulse and be influenced by more appropriate attitudes and values. If this occurs, see this experience as a positive personal renewal, an opportunity to change your life by a more moderate and balanced approach, leaving behind your compulsive and unconscious tendencies.

This produces a double nature. In the Ketu in the second house, there is a desire to fulfill two conditions: on the one hand, to be in good communication with the ‘You’, and to profit by the contacts made through the seventh house; on the other hand, to undergo an individualization. However, to stress one’s individuality can lead to isolation and to the loss of advantages offered by the 7^th house. To be entirely ‘Me’, “I” have to give up ‘You’. Therefore he am torn between two desires. Although he wants optimum access to those around him, he also wants to be a strong, independent, free individual.

The Ketu in the second house warns the individual that he needs to understand these two conflicting requirements, and to handle them sensibly without making false compromises. In fact, any compromise is rather inconclusive. With the Rahu in the 8^th house, he is compelled to live on the razor’s edge. he must guard against opting for security at the cost of personal development.

In the 8^th house, the Rahu challenges us to strike a proper balance between society and individual growth: a balance that will produce spiritual and personal harmony. It requires us to cultivate a healthy relationship with the environment, in which the latter is respected, and to fulfill our obligations without hindrance to our spiritual growth. This is a tall order, because it presumes an internal and an external interdependence that are not easy to come by. It is important to keep things in proportion; and to do so calls for the ability to keep a cool head and to weigh everything carefully; also to be scrupulous in keeping the rules, including the rules of affection, sympathy and contact.

Also one must not neglect love while getting on in the world. In the 8^th house there has to be equilibrium between the physical and the spiritual. One is constantly being challenged not to lay undue emphasis on status or on material advantage. Usually, when the Rahu is in the 8^th house, there is a struggle to overcome a fixation on the tangible and material, and to release living human impulses.

If the Rahu is in the eighth house and Ketu in second House, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through relinquishing his desires for possessions, and helping others to determine their values. In past lifetimes, the person has been attached to his acquisitions and engrossed in his cravings for personal security. Now he is learning how to surrender and merge with energies separate from his own. Success and happiness will be found in pursuits involving the occult, metaphysics, mysticism, and psychic work. The person may also do well in politics or other fields which promote causes or campaigns for the good of others. The person should not concern himself too much with his own self-identity and intimate pleasures. He is here for greater purpose and profundity.

Good results occur when the person concentrates on spiritual evolution, soul growth, and psychological transformation. He should focus on ideals, paradigms, and ultimate realities rather than what can be gained from the mundane, physical universe. Sexual experiences are deep, significant, and valuable. The person transcends individuality and merges profoundly through the orgasmic experience. Appearances and physical beauty are not so important. The person must seek that which is deep, real, spiritual and lasting. He should open himself to all kinds of experiences, without trying to pick and choose the good versus the bad. Passion, power, and self-control are to be cultivated. The person should welcome his newly-vulnerable nature and embrace whatever ego-death-and-rebirth experiences come his way.

Rahu in the 9th house / Ketu in the 3rd house –

Rahu in 9th House Ketu 3rd House 

Dear ardent readers here comes the ninth in the series of Rahu / Ketu  in Houses, The earlier series on Rahu / Ketu in Signs published in 2007 also is equally important & worthwhile reading, however care should be taken not to apply these writings verbatim on any chart, as there are many other factors, combinations, aspects etc which need to be studied always before coming to any conclusion. The masculine gender has been used only for ease of writing.

 This position is excellent for things of the mind. The native will constantly progress when Rahu occupies this house. His synthetic mind will enable him to undertake anything and succeed in everything, so long as the horoscope on the whole is favorable. It also indicates marriage with a person above one’s station in life and could ‘somebody’ from the pecuniary as well as the social standpoint. It is also fortunate for travelling, which will occur under comfortable and pleasant circumstances. This position is fortunate for taking up politics, as it enables him to emerge victorious in oratorical controversies through his facility of speech (provided Mercury is free from affliction), and especially through his ever-present common-sense.

The Ketu in the third house causes serious disagreements with those around the native. With an evil aspect of Mars, it signifies blows and wounds received during a dispute. This position is not good for the native’s education, and compels him to associate with people with smaller or negligible values, which may be to his detriment. It is also a token of disharmony with the parents, brothers, or brothers-in-law, and is detrimental to the native’s good repute, gossip, slander and calumny being the fruits of Ketu in the Third House.

It indicates too much emphasis on mind and not enough emphasis on superconscious power. Faith and devotion to an ideal is needed. Separative tendency could be strong, where mind separates and  heart could unite. Faith is tied with feelings and with the heart. Inner philosophy along devotional lines would be needed to balance the intellectual faculties. Should travel, outwardly and inwardly, for expansion. Relatives are the source of difficulties, and it would be well to be away from them if possible.

Many times when the Rahu position in the ninth is not developed, it gives the person a tendency to defy the law in some way, or gives the inclination to find ways of working deviously within the law. This can indicate also a disregard for religion. The person may have a difficult time being ethical. Religion can be touched upon only subjectively. He needs to develop an interest in psychology, religion, and abstract philosophy. He must become more objective in his thinking and studying, expanding mentally and spiritually. The person with Rahu in the ninth has to try to absorb and assimilate what is beyond his mental reach. He needs to become more objective in his interpretations within his immediate world.

Ketu in the third is subjectivity. The person has the ability to express himself very well, and is keenly interested in mental pursuits. This gives a strong psychic tie to brothers and sisters, and could bring loss of one through death or separation. It can give writing ability with favorable aspects to Mercury, Venus, or Neptune. There would be a strong urge to share knowledge with others. Ketu here denotes a duty in caring for brothers and sisters who may continually drain the individual. There is also much involvement in activities for the community. It is most difficult for the person with Ketu in this position to finish his formal education. The person would rather read and study on his own, or he goes back to school in an on-again, off-again way. This is an influence that gives impatience. There could be many small accidents if this Node is badly aspected. Involvement with neighbors could be a continual problem.

This condition often signifies that one has to utilize all their philosophies and higher knowledge to cope with the situations in life. They have to learn a lot of lessons from their mistakes, and in many cases, they cannot even communicate their problems. Mental distortion or uncommon thinking is noticed in them. Affairs of brothers or sisters are very destined in their life whether they want to or not. They will get involved with publications, publicity or some ‘foreign’ affairs / activities in their lifetime due to strange coincidences. Either they have relatives living far away from them, or they often maintain a large gap between the relatives. Long-term relocation is often significant for them, even though they dislike short travel.

This individual is forever pulling himself out of webs of entanglement. Every relationship he enters becomes so complicated that he has to use all his energies to free himself. In past incarnations he developed a great need for people, and herein lies his weak spot, for as much as he now thinks he would like to be alone he feels an almost compelling need to reach for others

He listens to problems and likes to be in the position of giving advice. Often frustrated by the multitude of problems dumped in his lap, he secretly thinks that if he had had more education he would be better equipped to cope with all the questions that befall him. He keeps trying to be as diplomatic as possible, and is constantly enmeshed in the after-thoughts of the words he has spoken to others.

Always conscious of the interpretation his words may be given, he nurtures an inner fear of being misunderstood. As a result, he keeps going back to yesterday;s conversation to re-explain all that he meant.

He must understand the essence of truth without having to feel compelled to make truth smaller by trying to communicate it verbally to others.

One of his greatest problems is dealing with the karmic residue of an insatiable curiosity, which although could have served him well in former incarnations now keeps leading him deeper into webs of details. His greatest crises occurs each time he is forced to make decisions, for rather than relying on his intuition or his higher mind, he keeps seeking more facts and details in the hope that when he has all the information the decision-making process will be easier.

Constantly striving to achieve neutrality, he becomes a paradox to himself. In prior lives, he could have fallen into the habit of identifying with catchy phrases, cute sayings and euphemisms to the point that he has now become a walking stereotype.

Liking to read and explore a wonderland of knowledge that he sees around him, his life is a constant thirst for more understanding. He is convinced that this is the one path in life that has no end. Whatever he becomes keenly interested in he can make into a life-long study, particularly if the Ketu is in a fixed sign.

He likes to feel worldly. As a result, he’ll do things that others wouldn’t, just for the sake of experiencing new understanding.

His current life is involved with so many people that hurt feelings are bound to fly, not because of any malicious intent but rather through the inability to keep up with everyone in whose life he has become involved. At the very deepest of levels, he has many inner doubts about himself which become amplified when he speaks with others, for if it were at all possible he would try to be all things to all people.

As a result of past-life habits, he could spend too much time in ‘lower mind’. He goes through more movement than he has to; and if this is not expressed physically, then he does it in thought. At times his merry-go-round of possibilities is so great that he thoroughly drains himself by thinking about what he should do. As a result he does nothing.

He will experience fears that he is sexually impotent. Once he starts questioning along this track, his enormous thirst for understanding can lead him into a promiscuous behavior pattern until he is reassured that all is well and he is perfectly normal.

On his deepest level, he may not be a sexual animal, but in fact so mentally inclined that he has fears of being shut out from the nitty-gritty of life because of his mental inclinations.

Like the young child afraid his peers will accuse him of being a bookworm, he will dare himself to prove that he can be accepted in a physically-oriented world. Nevertheless, his greatest subconscious need is one day to become a walking encyclopaedia so that he will never be caught short, lacking the right piece of information at the right moment.

His biggest growth comes when he learns how to make the karmic transition from lower to higher mind. As he drops his past-life attachment to trivia, his eyes begin to open wide to the enormous horizons before him.

The less he talks to others, the more faith he starts to develop.

He must learn how constantly to broaden his interests so that the scope of his knowledge is not limited by the demands of his immediate circle of relationships. He does well when he learns how to step back so that he can see the forest from the trees. When he does this, he also learns how to let things slide off his back, which gives him a new sense of peace that somehow always eluded his reach.

Travelling helps to broaden his perspective, and he meets his greatest successes far from his place of birth. For some, the life will be influenced greatly by a foreigner.

Through the ninth house Rahu, enormous spiritual growth is possible once the individual has learned how to pull away from all his prior-life doubts and questions. He must take his mind out of a finite world and focus on an infinite consciousness.

He will lose friends by doing this, for there are few who will understand his sudden aloofness. But through those who stay with him he will learn the difference between a friend and an acquaintance. As he grows, he begins to focus on ideas rather than the words through which the ideas are expressed. He sees how others limit themselves by language, and tries to speak to their ideas rather than to their words. The sign which contains the Ketu indicates the ways in which the soul memory of past  incarnations is still too embedded in lower mind activities. The sign which contains the Rahu shows the ways in which the individual can now free himself through the broadening influence of the higher mind.

Entanglement in mazes of busy-work, gossip, etc.. Problems with teachers, in-laws, foreigners. A tendency to take everything too literally; inhibition of the higher mind. Cynicism, agnosticism. Insatiable curiosity bordering on meddling.

Expand your mind by taking courses. Read about controversial issues and try to formulate opinions. Travel. Be selective about people; avoid gossips and crisis-prone erratic types. Take time out from routine activities to try new things.

In the ninth house, the hang-up centers around education or learning; and a lack of self-restraint invariably plays a major role. This person is often so easily swayed by his or her environment that life is spent moving from one bandwagon to another. A lack of continuity is often seen, too, making a little learning truly a potentially dangerous thing. Occasionally we find the reverse intellectual snob, one who values manual dexterity in just about any form but has no use for mental dexterity.

Rahu in the ninth house dreams of being some type of teacher. He or she feels that education holds the key to tapping his or her fullest potentials. Success and progress are important themes of the dream motif. This person tends to let emotional factors stand in the way of success. While there may be a great amount of potential, as long as emotions take precedence over sense, the dream can’t be fulfilled. Inconsistency is often a problem, since the mind rarely understands what the emotions are doing.

Your main concern is likely to be communication, relationships, mental development, and intellectual gathering of information. Relationships may become a source of conflict and confusion. You may not feel at ease with intimacy, and may prefer to break free from complications. As you are more mentally focused, you feel less comfortable with emotional and physical levels; sexual unease may also exist. This can be because you are less physically preoccupied than many, and so need intimate relationships less; sexual urges do not dominate your motivation or desires. You can learn to accept your sexuality as a natural expression, but within a context which values other aspects of relationships even more highly.

You can enjoy being alone, pursuing interests undistracted by others; yet there is also an impulse that seeks to communicate and relate with others. Balancing these tendencies can cause some difficulties.

People with emotional problems often turn to you for support, finding your detached mental perspective beneficial and calming. You help them find a more rational viewpoint to deal with agitated emotions. You enjoy this role and try to be helpful, hoping that your supportive advice can be used by them for positive results; you are very careful with suggestions, and try to ensure that you are not misunderstood.

Sometimes your tendency to be diplomatic and neutral has negative effects on you. Using evasive and non-confrontational words can eventually interfere with identifying your own thoughts and feelings; and you could lose sight of your perception. If this occurs, it may be better to become more true to yourself and ensure personal clarity. This could become more problematic if your social life builds into an ever-expanding web of relationships and contacts, making it inevitable that, at times, you will inadvertently upset someone. Relationship conflicts may happen, and this makes you confront inner doubts; if you have not been fully honest in your ‘diplomacy’, you will realize the futility of interfering with genuine communication. Through unnecessary relationship compromise and evasion of honest contact, you may become less true to yourself.

Keep conscious control of your life, or you may experience phases when its pace appears to increase, making you run faster on a treadmill just to keep in the same place. This could be the result of a social or mental whirl which makes you feel increasingly uncomfortable and could cause symptoms of ill-health and problems in decision-making. You are not always adept at making choices and decisions; you prefer gathering all facts and details prior to deciding. The difficulty lies in believing there are more facts to accumulate, and so postponing choice. Perhaps relying more on intuition or ‘gut feeling’ could be experimented with.

Stocking your mind with knowledge and information will become one of your favorite occupations; and the world appears to you as a treasure trove of facts, interests, and fascinations. You want to accumulate as many of these as possible; and your need to understand will be a lifelong preoccupation, with interests spanning human knowledge and never resting in the search for more pieces of the human puzzle. At least through mental journeys you will explore the world, although physical travel may also appeal, and would broaden your perspective. It may be that success will come through leaving your place of birth, or through foreign contacts.

You need to focus your information gathering, so that you can synthesize your knowledge into something usable, something that reveals important truths about the human condition and the nature of life. If you can do this, you will provide extra meaning to both your own life and others’ lives, as you concentrate more on inclusive ideas and less on fragmentary facts. As your vision extends, your ability to communicate will also become more effective.

The ninth  house has to do with the development of individual thought, or spiritual autonomy. What is involved here is the 3-9 (or thought) axis. In the 3^rd house, our task is to learn the language, and to absorb the knowledge, of the group. In childhood, we accept the thought-structures of our environment, of the group in which we live; and we are molded by the thinking of those around. The collective enshrines not only knowledge but also routine patterns of thought which are almost mechanical. Thinking in the third house is fairly reflex, and travels along fixed lines.

In the ninth house, there is an awareness of, and an ability to distinguish, those thought structures and routines, those scripts or programs, which have become second nature. And not until this state of awareness is reached can we discard the things that do not tally with what we have worked out for ourselves. In the ninth house, we must create our own philosophy of life and strive for intellectual freedom. We must form a picture of the world that is as objective and as devoid of value-judgments as possible, by examining things for ourselves, making up our minds about them, and so arriving at our own outlook on life. The evidence of our senses should provide food for thought. The ability to draw conclusions from what is observed, to follow the course of events, and to have clear ideas and a personal point of view, is typical of the 9^th house. Our prerequisites are accurate observations and keen perceptions, from which valid results can be obtained, inferences made, and our own attitude developed. Muddled ideas carried over from the 3^rd house can be full of prejudice, however, and may make it difficult to think clearly in the 9^th house.

Therefore, with the Node in the ninth house, we need to make a special effort to form our own opinions and to draw up a clear account of them. We should try to avoid being led astray by others either intentionally or unintentionally, or by automatic responses of our own that spoil clarity and obstruct freedom of thought. If we come across a good idea, it is not good because it is said to be good, or because it emanates from some authority; it is good only if we can verify it by obtaining the same results. Verification is the task of the ninth house.

Keen senses are absolutely vital for clear thought. Keen senses are symbolized by Jupiter, the ruler of Sagittarius(ninth sign), which is the counterpart of the ninth house. Obviously, there is a connection between observation and thought, and this connection is represented by the ninth house (and by Sagittarius). Our senses need to be in good working order before we can make clear judgments.

We require the courage of our convictions when putting forward our own ideas. We need to be self-confident to trust our own observations and feelings, and not to be persuaded by the crowd that we have seen, or should see, something different. The ninth house encourages us to stick to our point of view, and to the truth we have discovered for ourselves. Of course, we must not think that we are always right or that we can do anything. The progress indicated by the Node in the ninth house comes about through expanded awareness by means of original thinking, travelling, and philosophizing, etc., after we have left the route charted for us by others. When we take an independent line, query what we are told, and experience things for ourselves, we learn what life really is.

If the Rahu is in the ninth house, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through pursuing religion, philosophy, and higher knowledge. In past lives the person was intellectual, analytical, meticulous, precise, and skeptical. Now he is to cultivate faith, and concentrate on ideals, paradigms, and the ultimate truth of existence. The person should use wisdom and seek broad viewpoints. He must give credence to his intuition, feelings, and inspirations. He must take his visions and prophecies seriously, and give little importance to the petty and inconsequential in daily life. The person gains his greatest happiness by devoting his energies to spiritual ideals, mystical movements, and enlightened gurus. He is exceedingly gifted in promoting religion or any other knowledge which raises the consciousness of the masses. Publishing, as a career, is greatly favored.

The person must continually discriminate between right and wrong, and even make a discipline of the process. He should seek freedom and liberation, and develop his soul conscience. Beliefs, principles, and morals are everything, and the person must maintain a positive outlook under all circumstance. The person is eternally concerned with profundities. He knows the meaning of life is to find perfection with God. Money, possessions, and material comforts are of little consideration. The person should seek to increase his generosity and charitable nature. Travel is a source of evolution; and the person may wish to engage in foreign affairs. He should take fun and recreation seriously, and enjoy speculations when he feels the impulse.

The person may pay little attention to relationships with siblings and relatives. He must relinquish his previously constricted or microscopic way of thinking and allow his perception and insights to take him to the highest interpretation of life that is possible.

In Hindu astrology, the Rahu in the ninth house indicates cravings for religion and higher knowledge, and great power after the age of forty-one. However, there may also be difficulties with the father and religious or spiritual teachers. The Ketu in the third house means that the person is strong-willed, exciting and adventurous, and good at fulfilling his desires. It also signifies a spiritual, introspective, or introverted younger siblin