Significance of the Ketu Planet
The Ketu or the south node of the moon has an important part in the birth chart of an individual. Ketu is not a real planet and is considered as a shadow planet. It is the point where the orbit of the moon intersects the path of Sun.
Rahu and Ketu are interconnected as Rahu is the face of the snake, and Ketu is the tail of the snake. Ketu relates to the qualities of spirituality, instinct, meditation, loneliness and disinterestedness.
Spiritual growth: Ketu is linked to enlightenment and spiritual expansion. It helps the individual to have a strong inclination for contemplation, spirituality and the pursuit of knowledge.
Disinterestedness: Ketu represents detachment. It will encourage the individual to understand the transitory nature of physical existence and help them detach from materialistic desires.
Connection with the past life: Ketu indicates the connection with the past lives of the person. It is an indicator of the experiences of the past lives of the person which are carried over to the present life.
Instinct and psychic aptitudes: Ketu improves the intuition and psychic abilities of the person. This will help the individual to reflect upon the deeper aspects of knowledge and acquire a better awareness of life.
Liberation: Ketu will help the person to seek methods to attain Moksha or liberation from the eternal cycle of life and death. Ketu will guide the individual to have a deeper spiritual insight and craving for liberation.
Abrupt happenings: Both Rahu and Ketu are linked to unexpected happenings in the life of the person. On the one hand, Rahu will provide the individual with problems and opportunities and Ketu, on the other hand, will present the individual with events, innovations and real-life experiences to encourage the person towards spiritual advancement.
Relinquishment: Ketu is related to austerity and sacrifice. Influence of Ketu will make the person to live a simple, lonely, religious life with spirituality as the main factor.
Ketu is the ruler of 3 constellations: Ashwini, Magha and Moola
Ketu is exalted in Scorpio or Sagittarius
Ketu is not powerful in Taurus or Gemini
The Ketu Planet aspects in the different Houses
Ketu in First House: If malefic, disease, misery, and problems in childbirth. If benefic, richness and children with long life.
Ketu in Second House: Malefic: bad health, family problems, black colour, many marriages, money problems. The individual will be fortunate, will detest people and will be detested by them
Ketu in Third House: Excellent nature, wealthy, will succeed as a messenger, contractor or farmer.
Ketu in Fourth House: Rich, ornaments, many marriages. Will hate mother and relatives.
Ketu in Fifth House: problems of children, stammering, bad personality, deceptive and poor health
Ketu in Sixth House: Bold, enjoyable life. In conjunction with Moon, intelligence, poverty and financial losses. Good relationship with relations, popular, knowledgeable, serious
Ketu in Seventh House: Second marriage with a sick person, marital problems. If benefice, good luck, happy married life, long life.
Ketu in Eighth House: Chronic ailments, inheritance, stingy, enjoys company of other females. If beneficence, wealth, and long life.
Ketu in Ninth House: Long living children, enjoyment with low-class people, unkind, miserly, irritable, argumentative, bad mouthing.
Ketu in Tenth House: Life in miserable places and bad company. If beneficent: intelligent, bold, tactful, traveller, success in society
Ketu in Eleventh House: spendthrift, bold, rich, socialite, many children.
Ketu in Twelfth House: Sick children, bad character, dishonest, fickle minded, loss of money and social status.
Remedies for overcoming the harmful effects of Ketu
1. Worshipping Lord Ganesha and offering Durva grass.
2. Chanting Ketu Beeja Mantra, Ketu Gayatri Mantra, Ketu Puranokta Mantra.
3. Charity
4. Feeding Dogs
5. Gemstone for Ketu: Cat’s Eye or Lessonia
6. 9 Mukhi Rudraksha
7. Ketu Graha Shanti Puja