In the last series under “Planets” sections, we have described different characteristics of planets and in this series, we will understand the planet more deeply and will know what exactly the planet signifies. (You can check-out the series describing different characteristic of planets, here -: Planets in Vedic astrology ) This post is the continuation of the last post of this series, i.e., about the shadow planet Rahu & Ketu. (Read the previous post here -: The Lunar Nodes (Part-1) Description of “Rahu” & “Ketu” in “Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra” The “Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra” or, “BPHS” is considered as the fundamental scripture of Vedic astrology and there, the description of “Rahu” & “Ketu” is given as follows -: “Rahu-Ketu has smoke like blue body, lives in forests and is horrible. He is intelligent and is windy in temperament.” Note -: “Rahu” and “Ketu” are one and the same person named “Svarabhanu”, who was later decapitated by Lord Vishnu
In the last series under “Planets” sections, we have described different characteristics of planets and in this series, we will understand the planet more deeply and will know what exactly the planet signifies. (You can check-out the series describing different characteristic of planets, here -: Planets in Vedic astrology ) In the last post of this series, we have discussed about the planet Saturn. Here, we will discuss about the lunar nodes (Rahu & Ketu). (Read the previous post of this series here -: The Saturn ) A Brief note on “Rahu” & “Ketu” Apart from seven planets with physical existence, there are two other planets who don’t have any physical existence but, are as effective as others. “Rahu” & “Ketu” is actually one planet with two projections. In ancient Vedic literature, they are described as the head and tail of the snake or, the north and the south node of moon respectively. According to Hindu scriptures, a demon or, “Asura” named “Svarbhanu” was dec