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UNDERSTANDING THE PLANETS - THE LUNAR NODES (Part - 2)

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. Hence, their description is similar In “BPHS”.

{The personality and nature of the native is influenced by the ascendant, strong planet of the chart & ascendant of the D-9 (Navamsha) chart.}

Rahu as significator

Rahu is the significator of all the things that it represents and till now, we got a general idea of what it represents.

Let’s go one step further into the discussion to know what other things the Saturn can signify.

Rahu signifies the following things -:


1. Materialism, delusion, sudden events, transformation, chaos, unknown, eclipses

2. Unpredictability, abnormal mental behaviors, punk, trickster

3. Thieves & burglars, suspicious persons, intelligent but liar persons

4. Ever changing characteristics, cheating, abusing, theft, robbery, fear

5. Never ending desires, gambling, myths, hypocrisy, rebellion, deception

6. Lust, greed, obsession, addiction, hallucinations, paranoia

7. Extremism, Extreme in nature and quantity, rebels, protesters

8. Separation, foreign land & culture, foreign language, foreign travel

9. Magic, magicians, politicians, diplomats, con artists, actors, cinema

10. Drugs, lepers, outcast people, imprisonment, fuzzy & wrong logic

11. Weird, eccentric, extremely charming, extremely repulsive

12. Poison, chemicals, chemical engineering, computer related work & study

13. Internet, electricity, electronic gadgets, airplanes, flying, air element

14. Paternal grandfather, maternal grandmother, old sick person

15. Hospitals, jails, mental asylums, forests, epidemics

16. cats (especially, black colored cats), street dogs,

17. Agnostics, atheists, smoke, fog & things that are unclear


In Medical astrology, the Rahu represents the following things -:


1. Leprosy

2. Respiratory diseases

3. Itching & swelling in body

4. Blood infection

5. Nervous system and its related diseases

6. Rare diseases

7. HIV AIDS & STDs

8. Cancer

9. Terminal & incurable diseases


Ketu as significator


Ketu signifies the following things -:

1. Spirituality, liberation (Moksha), enlightenment, meditation, isolation

2. Scandals, hidden things, suspicious, spy, rumors, conspiracy, propaganda

3. Corruption, espionage, hatred, hypocrisy, hypocrites, revolutionary thinkers & writers, secrets

4. Isolation, solitude, renunciation, Psychic abilities, Intuition

5. Intuition, ghosts & spirits, witchcraft, occultism, black magic

6. Fire, poison, leathers, internal transformation, encrypted languages including computer languages

7. Medical & semi-medical professions, inventions, butcher, weapons

8. Sudden & violent injuries, flying accidents, catastrophic events, epidemics

9. Dogs, colorful birds, animals with horns, worms, germs, roots, old & sick persons

10. Lie, liars, baffling, tendency to harm others



In Medical astrology, the Ketu represents the following things -:



1. Wounds, infections

2. Skin diseases, leukoderma

3. Fever, Pain in body

4. Nervous disorder, Problems in dental roots & spines



With this our series on "Understanding the Planets" comes to an end and in our next post, we will start a new series on "Reading The Chart", where we will discuss about various types of astrological charts and how to read them.

Till then stay tuned with us.




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