Rahu (North Node) mahadasha
By The Astrologic Desk · Editorial and calculation review
Rahu (North Node) rules a 18-year mahadasha in the 120-year Vimshottari cycle. The Moon's nakshatra at birth decides which mahadasha you begin in, and the Moon's exact degree inside that nakshatra decides how much of it remains.
Rahu is the north lunar node, a shadow graha with no physical body and no sign rulership. It signifies intense desire, ambition and attraction to the unfamiliar. Its mahadasha runs eighteen years. Rahu amplifies whatever it touches, and its house shows where a person is genuinely insatiable — for better and worse.
During this period the chart tends to foreground desire, ambition, foreignness, amplification. Well supported: Unconventional ambition that actually delivers. Under stress: Appetite that increases with feeding.
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