Ketu (South Node)
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Ketu is the south lunar node, positioned exactly opposite Rahu and computed as Rahu plus 180°. It has no sign rulership. Ketu signifies detachment, inherited mastery and renunciation. Its mahadasha runs seven years. Ketu's house shows where a person is already competent but strangely uninterested in the reward.
Karaka: Detachment, past mastery, and liberation. Nature: Shadow. Mahadasha: 7 years.
Significations
- Detachment and disinterest in worldly reward
- Skills that feel already learned
- Spiritual practice and liberation
- Sudden endings, and what is let go of
Ketu in each rashi
Ketu in each house
- Ketu in the first houseTanu
- Ketu in the second houseDhana
- Ketu in the third houseSahaja
- Ketu in the fourth houseBandhu
- Ketu in the fifth housePutra
- Ketu in the sixth houseAri
- Ketu in the seventh houseYuvati
- Ketu in the eighth houseRandhra
- Ketu in the ninth houseDharma
- Ketu in the tenth houseKarma
- Ketu in the eleventh houseLabha
- Ketu in the twelfth houseVyaya