![]() ![]() In order to achieve that Ketu is believed to take away the material possessions, resulting in financial crises for a person. ![]() Therefore, Rahu will tend to drown the person more and more into worldly enjoyments and indulgences, luring the native towards illusions and temptations, while Ketu will try to drive him towards spirituality and gaining higher wisdom. Rahu represents absolute materialism, whereas Ketu stands for pure detachment and a spiritually driven worldly disconnect. But there is a deeper meaning to this anecdote. It is said that Rahu gives, while Ketu takes away. So, individually, each of the shadow planet’s form is incomplete, which symbolizes their never-ending quest for satisfaction and fulfillment. Rahu and Ketu are half-bodied Rahu with the upper half and Ketu with the lower half. Vedic Scriptures hold him as Tamasik and malefic in nature, but not as malefic as Rahu. With an imagery of a headless, half-bodied, smoky planet, Ketu is generally known as the planet of illusion, detachment, spirituality, asceticism, secrets, apart from various other things. Its prime enemies are the Moon, the Sun, Mars, and it is neutral with Jupiter. It is friendly with Mercury, Saturn and Venus. Ketu, as aforementioned is a shadow planet or chaya grah, and behaves quite similarly to the planet of Mars. as per Vedic Astrology, placed always in diagonal opposition (180 degrees apart) to Rahu- the North node of the moon. ![]() Ketu or the South-node of the moon is a shadowy planet i.e.
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