DETACHMENT, MOKSHA & PAST-LIFE KARMA
Ketu is Rahu's counterpart — the descending lunar node, signifying spiritual detachment, past-life karma, and moksha (liberation). Where Rahu craves, Ketu renounces; its placement shows where a person already carries deep, often unconscious mastery.
- Own Sign(s)
- None classically; modern usage often treats it as co-significator of Scorpio
- Exaltation
- Scorpio or Sagittarius (genuinely contested — mirrors Rahu's ambiguity)
- Debilitation
- Taurus or Gemini (contested)
- Moolatrikona
- Not classically assigned
- Friendly Signs
- Mars, Jupiter (by common modern convention)
- Neutral Signs
- Mercury
- Enemy Signs
- Sun, Moon
- Karaka (Signifies)
- Detachment, spirituality, past-life karma, moksha
- Gemstone
- Cat's Eye (Lehsunia)
- Mantra
- Om Ketave Namah
As with Rahu, several of Ketu's classical attributes are genuinely contested across source texts rather than settled — shown here with the most commonly cited convention, disclosed rather than presented as uniform fact.
- Spiritual detachment
- Past-life karma & mastery
- Moksha (liberation)
- Intuition & psychic ability
- Isolation & introspection
- Loss that leads to growth
Strong: Can bring deep spiritual insight, unusual intuitive or technical mastery, and genuine detachment from material concerns.
Weak: May cause a lack of direction or purpose, and difficulty connecting with worldly matters.
Afflicted: Can bring isolation, confusion, unexplained anxieties, and a sense of loss without clear cause.
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