तारासेतुTarasetu
ग्रह · Graha 9 of 9

केतु Ketu

Data
Own signs
Moolatrikona
Exaltationवृश्चिक Vṛścika °
Debilitationवृषभ Vṛṣabha °
FriendsMars, Venus, Saturn
NeutralMercury, Jupiter
EnemiesSun, Moon

Nature

Shadow graha (south lunar node), counted a malefic: fiery, headless, moksha-oriented — the flag of liberation. Ketu strips what it touches down to essence; its losses are graduations in disguise.

Significations (karakatvas)

Karaka of detachment and liberation (moksha): past-life mastery, intuition, mysticism and occult perception, ascetics, sudden severance, maternal grandfather, precision without ego. Where Ketu stands, you have been before — and are asked to hold lightly.

Cited fromBPHS, Ch. 3Parāśari traditionPhaladeepika, Ch. 8

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भाव फल · Ketu through the 12 houses

Ketu in the 1st house (तनु भाव)

Tanu Bhāva

An enigmatic, self-contained presence: identity held lightly, intuition strong; the world may find them hard to read — depth is the reason.

Ketu in the 2nd house (धन भाव)

Dhana Bhāva

Non-attachment around wealth and family patterns; speech that is spare but piercing. Security is rebuilt on inner ground, where it holds.

Ketu in the 3rd house (सहज भाव)

Sahaja Bhāva

Effortless courage from old mastery: bold when it matters, indifferent to show; unconventional skills and a taste for solitary effort.

Ketu in the 4th house (बन्धु भाव)

Bandhu/Sukha Bhāva

Detachment from conventional domesticity: the true home is sought within; ancestral and homeland ties resolve through acceptance rather than acquisition.

Ketu in the 5th house (पुत्र भाव)

Putra Bhāva

Intuitive, past-life-flavored intelligence: mantra, mathematics and mysticism come easily; creative and child-related joys are spiritualized rather than possessed.

Ketu in the 6th house (अरि भाव)

Ari/Ripu Bhāva

The silent healer: uncanny ability to dissolve enemies, debts and diseases without fanfare; service performed with surgical detachment — a classical strength.

Ketu in the 7th house (युवति भाव)

Yuvatī/Kalatra Bhāva

Partnership as a spiritual classroom: detachment in relating must be distinguished from distance; met consciously, it yields unusually pure, undemanding bonds.

Ketu in the 8th house (रन्ध्र भाव)

Randhra/Āyu Bhāva

Ketu at home in the depths: powerful occult intuition, fearlessness about mortality's mysteries, sudden transformations navigated with strange calm.

Ketu in the 9th house (धर्म भाव)

Dharma/Bhāgya Bhāva

The born pilgrim: skepticism of inherited doctrine, direct mystical inclination; the dharma is found off the marked trail — and it is genuine.

Ketu in the 10th house (कर्म भाव)

Karma Bhāva

Ambivalence toward worldly ladders: excellence without attachment to titles; careers in research, spirituality or precision crafts where ego is optional.

Ketu in the 11th house (लाभ भाव)

Lābha Bhāva

Detachment from gains that nonetheless arrive: modest wants, uncanny windfalls, few but true friends; desires thin out and satisfaction thickens.

Ketu in the 12th house (व्यय भाव)

Vyaya Bhāva

The moksha-karaka in the moksha house — the classical liberation signature: meditative depth, foreign or monastic affinity, and the final art of letting go, learned gladly.

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