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  5. [Ketu in classroom-5]
  6. [Ketu in classroom-6]
  7. [Ketu in classroom-7]
  8. [Ketu in classroom-8]
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  1. [Ketu-Mesha]
  2. [Ketu-Urisha]
  3. [Ketu-Mithuna]
  4. [Ketu-Karkata]
  5. [Ketu-Singha]
  6. [Ketu-Kanya]
  7. [Ketu-Tula]
  8. [Ketu-Vṛścika] = [svakshetra]
  9. [Ketu-Dhanus]
  10. [Ketu-Makara-Draco]
  11. [Ketu-Kumbha]
  12. [Ketu-Meena]

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OM shram shreem shroum sah ketave namah

OM Ekadantaya Vidmahe Vakkratundaya Dheemahi -

Tanno Danti Prachodayat

केतु ketu

Professor Ketu

शिखिन् śikhin

= comet, reaching peak knowledge

आकाश ākāśa = ether, space, vacuity

कावन्ध kāvandha

= appearing as a headless trunk

रुण्डक ruṇḍaka = headless body

विशिरस्क viśiraska = headless

छिद्रकारक chidra-karaka = agent of cutting-off

resides in

Mesha - Aja

मेष meṣa = ram, sheep

छाग chāga = he-goat

अज aja = driver, mover, instigator, leader

आद्य ādya = first, at the head

South Lunar Node

cauda draconis = tail of the dragon

caesura = cut

यति yati = pause, stop, break in recitation

καταβιβαζόν kata-bibazon

= catabibazon

= κᾰτᾰ = down +‎ βαίνω = go

= go down, descend = descending-node

occupies

Arya - Ars

Arietis - Aries - Avinas

Belier - Ram

Moishe

al-Hamal

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Arjuna beheads Jayadratha

Razmnama, c. 1598-CE

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sunset_RichAmber.jpgKetu-Mesha = sorted by NAKSHATRA-PADA

[dominating-arriviste , competitive-champion, innovative-pushy Aśvini-1]

= [vargottamsha] = MESHA navamsha ++ Ketu in nakshatra-of-Ketu

[music-language, knowledgeable-traditiona, historical-storytelling Aśvini-2] = URISHA navamsha ++ Ketu in nakshatra-of-Ketu

[managing-teamtalking, announcing-explaining Aśvini-3] = MITHUNA navamsha ++ Ketu in nakshatra-of-Ketu

[rhythmic-protective, sheltering-parental Aśvini-4] = KARKATA navamsha++ Ketu in nakshatra-of-Ketu

[political-displaying, dramatizing-demonstrating Bharani-1] = SIMHAnavamsha

POTUS-16 Emancipation 1809-1865 Abraham Lincoln

Origin of Species 1809-1892 naturalist Charles Darwin

Italy-Dictator 1883-1945 Fascist Benito Mussolini + [Kala-Amrita Ananta- KSY]

[logistical-helping, strategic-complaining, calculating-ministering, analytical-ailing Bharani-2] =KANYA navamsha

POTUS-17 Reconstruction 1808-1875 Andrew Johnson

[brokering-bargaining, arranging-balancing, diplomatic-middleman Bharani-3] = TULA navamsha

[secretive-erupting, discovering-revealing, disguising-emerging Bharani-4] = KITA navamsha = [navamsha Ketu-Vṛścika-uchcha]

[ideological-believing, optimistic-dogmatic Kṛttikā-1] = DHANUS navamsha

EXAMPLES

[Ketu in Bhava-1]

[for Mesha indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[disregards obsolete original identities] [eccentricly energized dominating movements] [incoherent challenge to fresh-start initiatives]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing, apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula -7 risk-rewarding partners, attorneys, representatives, counselors, advisers, advocates, traders, deal-makers, middlemen, negotiators, brokers]

[empty pursuit of first-arriver supremacy] [restless embodied apathy toward collapsing physical life-force] [may release liberating mobility via disconnected personal behaviors]

[scattered competitive personality] [virtuously ignores untenable natural vitality] [focused upon contesting partner, may project nebulizing disinterest toward independent action]

[Ketu in Bhava-2]

for Meena - Antya indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[disregards original capitalization conventions] [eccentric conquesting verbosity] [vigorous but incoherent start-up speeches]

[empty challenges in first-arriver proclamations] [restless apathy toward physical asset acquisition] [typically disconnected from dominating family-of-origin]

[champion of oddly innovative approach to sound and lineage knowledge]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula -8 healers, explorers, interventionists, maskers, disaster-responders, surgeons, initiators, rejuvenators, transformers]

[second marriage, if any, may be prone to mobilized wandering, kinetic distancing, or agitated ennui] [typically no second marriage, yet potentially unlimited number of athletic placeholder alliances]

[ambivalent toward hot food-and-drink] [energetically liberating sound-color knowledge] [scattered competitive heritage]

  • Raag Khamaj 1920-2012 sitarist Ravi Shankar [secretive-erupting Bharani-4] = [navamsha Ketu-Vṛścika-uchcha]

[Ketu in Bhava-3]

[for Kumbha indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[disregards obsolete original discourse conventions] [bold pursuit of noble ephemeral communications] [incoherent start-up plans based on aristocratic virtue]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula-9 pleasant indoctrinators, gracious father-figures, bargaining preachers, public contract-brokering spiritual guides]

[empty conversations about active championship] [eccentric gesturing movements] [meaningless urgent get-ready announcements]

[energetically liberating abstract discussions] [scattered thinking fragments the competitive mentality]

***

  • Origin of Species 1809-1892 naturalist Charles Darwin [displaying-demonstrating Bharani-1] [intakes amplifying drishti of Kuja-yuti-Rahu] [Ketu-3, publications that break things apart]

[Ketu in Bhava-4] occupies [Bhava-4]

[for Makara - Draco indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[dispersed homeland bloodline vitality] [physically scattered cultural foundations] [energetic absentee mother-caretaker] [neutral witness to pioneering actions of the local settlements]

[Rahu-Tula-10 = elite bargaining-brokering executive career]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula -10 middleman leaders, brokering commanders, advocating iconic-figures, go-between bosses, counseling hierarchs]

[vigorous journeys away from the home-folk] [primal disdain for the educational infrastrucuture] [disinterest in the customary movements of liturgical worship]

***

  • POTUS-17 Reconstruction 1808-1875 Andrew Johnson [strategic-complaining Bharani-2]

  • Opus Dei 1902-1975 St. Josemaria Escriva [calculating-ministering Bharani-2] + [Ghataka KSY]

  • CNN buffalo lands 1938- Ted Turner [secretive-eruptive Bharani-4] = [navamsha Ketu-Vṛścika-uchcha]

  • Clairsentient 1939-1994 social justice Paul Solomon [rhythmic-protective Aśvini-4] + [Aśvini-Ketu-yuti-Shani-Aśvini]

[Ketu in Bhava-5]

[for Dhanus - Haya indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[unconcerned with speculation on originations and inventions] [abandons entitlement based in nobility of birth] [surrenders romantic interest in bold muscular adventures]

  • [material relationship to children, especially but not exclusively the eldest, may physically or tangibly dissolve. The energetic spiritual relationship remains intact. Outcome depends upon any other graha-in-5]

[scattered innovative intelligence] [disengaged witness to championship games] [liberated from ceremonial show of knightly-virtue]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula -11 friends, socialites, earners, awarders, revenue-makers, economists, distributors, associates, community-links]

[disregard for empty drama of competitive political elections] [walks away from flashy display of dominating supremacy] [dismisses poeticly idealisttic engineering]

[Ketu in Bhava-6]

= [liberating location for Ketu = papa-upagraha in maha-dusthamsha]

[Ketu = energizing-identifying co-lagnesha co-ruler for Vṛścika indriya- lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[wins over enemies by ignoring their challenges][unconcerned with aggressive quarrels] [disinterested in unbalanced physical pursuits] [scatters vengeful warrior conflicts]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula-12 symbolists, ethereal spirits, visionaries, astral way-showers, abstractors, dreamers, private guides]

[disengaged witness toward unfair sporting contests] [disregard toward unsustainable complaints of competitors] [releases the untenable accusations of champion adversaries]

[may dismisse medical treatment for brain-and-blood ailments] [apathetic toward empty hot-headed arguments] [walks-away from disagreements with upstart innovators]

  • Egypt-Sudan King 1920-1965 Faruq al-Awwal [optimistic-ideological Kṛttikā-1]

  • UK-Prince 2013- George Wales [strategic-complaining Bharani-2]

[Ketu in Bhava-7]

[for Tulā indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[evacuating activity within competitive relationships] [forcefully engineered agreements seem to go nowhere] [dispersed engagement within innovative partnerships]

  • [material relationship to spouse, especially but not exclusively the first spouse, may physically or tangibly dissolve. The primal spiritual relationship remains intact. Outcome depends upon any other graha-in-7]

[dissolution of dynamicly mobile advocacies] [incoherent thrust toward aimless challenging actions] [surrenders pioneering contracts]

  • [may be passively fixated upon one's own ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing = Rahu-Tula -1 fabulous shimmering physical embodiment of bargaining, brokering, aligning, representing, advocating grace]

[ignores broken fresh-start promises] [apatheticly forgives the trespasses of dominating advisors] [abandons unsustainable physical arrangements]

[erratic supremacist pairings] [absent from empty champion alliances based in knightly-virtue] [may disregard an untenable original marriage covenant]

[eccentric kinetic energy may fragment avowed unions][may ignore aggressive middlemen such as attorneys, traders, brokers, dealers]

[unreliable combative counselors may give ungrounded weapons advice, dissipated vitality assurances, collapsing fiery oaths]

  • Italy-Dictator 1883-1945 Fascist Benito Mussolini [political-displaying Bharani-1] [Kala-Amrita Ananta- KSY]

[Ketu in Bhava-8] = [liberating location for Ketu = papa-upa-graha in dusthamsha-12]

[for Kanya indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[dispersed engagement with innovative rebirths] [dissolution of wartime catastrophe] [surrenders pioneering initiations]

[forgives broken fresh-start transformations] [abandons unsustainable physical eruptions] [absent from empty blood eruptions]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula -2 treasuries, store-holds, family-members, bankers, memory-collectors, warehousers, knowledge-preservers, or second-spouse]

[disregards invasive surgical conventions] [eccentric kinetic trauma-healing]

  • POTUS-16 Emancipation 1809-1865 Abraham Lincoln [political-dramatizing Bharani-1]

  • Golf 1975- champion Tiger Woods [secretive-discovering Bharani-4] = [navamsha Ketu-Vṛścika-uchcha]

***

  • Prodigals 1920-2007 writer-illustrator Ruth Bell Graham [arranging-balancing Bharani-3]

[Ketu in Bhava-9]

[for Simha indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[unlimited engagement with innovative ideologies] [dissolution of wartime convictions] [disinterested in outdated concepts of nobility of birth]

[surrenders useless pioneering life-principles] [apatheticly forgives the trespass of invasive preachers]

boldly abandons unsustainable catechism]

[absent from empty origin-story beliefs] [disregards obsolete community conventions of championship] [eccentric competitive worldview]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula-3 pleasant sibling-cousins, agreeable secretaries, bargaining team-mates, contractual publishers, meddling neighbors]

[typically distracted or absentee father moves energeticly but with little effect]

***

[Ketu in Bhava-10]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[dispersed virtuous contests with innovative leadership] [quiet dissolution of untenable pioneering command] [restlessly anarchic toward supremacist governance hierarchy]

[may abdicate - or serve ambivalently - in top warrior status] [surrenders useless dominating authority] [apatheticly forgives invasive trespass of aggressive executive decision-makers]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula -4 parents, householders, property-owners, gardeners, drivers, stewards of Earth]

[abandons honored but unsustainable fighter rank] [absent from empty championship of institutional elitism] [disregards obsolete respected first-arriver dignities]

[oddly eccentric nebulously competitive reputation] [has kinetic vitality and tangible high-visibility position, but vigorously walks away from original regulatory power]

[Ketu in Bhava-11]

[for Mithuna indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[dispersed engagement with innovative earnings] [dissolution of weaponry profits] [restless apathy toward marketplace champions]

[surrenders useless pioneering revenues] [apatheticly forgives the trespass of fresh-start gain-seekers] [abandons unsustainable competitive friendships]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula -5 advocating children, brokering celebrities, proxy gamers, meddling speculators]

[absent from empty nobility connections] [disregards obsolete dominating community conventions] [eccentricly impulsive distribution systems]

***

[Ketu in Bhava-12] = [liberating location for Ketu = papa-upa-graha in dusthamsha-12]

[for Urisha indriya-lagna]

  • check Kuja + Kuja-drishti to source Ketu's ambivalently forward-pushing, apatheticly pioneering, disintegrating inventiveness

[dispersed engagement with innovative conceptual thought] [dissolution of wartime back-channels] [restless apathy toward research competitors]

[surrenders pioneering visions] [forgives broken fresh-start private guidance] [abandons unsustainable vitality fantasies] [absent from empty dreams of championship]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously diplomatic, instrumentally partnering , apparently fair-dealing Rahu-Tula -6 gracious enemies, pleasant animals, agreeable assistants, bargaining servants]

[disregards obsolete invasive clandestine conventions] [eccentric warrior of the dissolving interior spaces]

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wandering KETU occupies MESHA-RASHI

hypo-competitive

diffused action

been-there, done-that

fire that resembles hot steam

Mesha = Aries - competition, innovation, championship, vitality

[Ketu-3, publications that break things apart]

Ketu provides the ease of No Resistance against direct forward action. Yet matters of Mesha can become incoherent (do not stick together) when Ketu the Releaser occupies the Kriya rashi.

The lessons of Professor Ketu = the Viewpoint of the Witness, the act of surrender, "Islam" .

Nebulous Ketu signifies a cloud-like dispersion of social meaning and disconnection to material reality. Ketu-Mesha pulverizes Mesha-matters such as

  • new birth, new arrival

  • direct unimpeded force

  • competition, championship "best in the field"

  • primitive life-force vitality

Ketu-Mesha = no capacity to resist or prevent the incursion of physical force , which can allow a higher incidence of aggressive or competitive attack by less nebulous forces.

Permeability in the aura-shell scatters the defenses and accepts what is while at the same time the perpetrators of invasive energy are not accused.

  1. Ketu-Mesha-1 represents dissolution of independent identity and disregard for aggressive competititors.
  2. Ketu-Mesha-2 represents dissolution of asset-hoards and disregard for aggressive bankers.
  3. Ketu-Mesha-3 represents dissolution of mentality and disregard for aggressive managers.
  4. Ketu-Mesha-4 represents dissolution of security and disregard for aggressive defenders.
  5. Ketu-Mesha-5 represents dissolution of intelligence and disregard for aggressive politicians.
  6. Ketu-Mesha-6 represents dissolution of debts and disregard for aggressive accusations.
  7. Ketu-Mesha-7 represents dissolution of equity and disregard for aggressive negotiators.
  8. Ketu-Mesha-8 represents dissolution of secrecy and disregard for aggressive invaders.
  9. Ketu-Mesha-9 represents dissolution of doctrine and disregard for aggressive patriarchs
  10. Ketu-Mesha-10 represents dissolution of social-status and disregard for aggressive regulators.
  11. Ketu-Mesha-11 represents dissolution of goals and disregard for aggressive friends.
  12. Ketu-Mesha-12 represents dissolution of enclosures and disregard for aggressive travelers.

One's ability to innovate and compete =

both unlimited and unimportant.

If the nativity shows an otherwise robust development of the physical energies [Mangala] then the Learner may perform at high levels of athletic, competitive, and body-based identity.

Detaching Ketu ensures that one is no longer attached to the competitive process, and this detachment liberates both the enemies and the supporters.

It is relatively easy to achieve the alpha leader position in any contest.

EXAMPLE

King of Pop 1958-2009 Thriller Michael J. Jackson [dominating-arriviste Aśvini-1] = [vargottamsha] + [Aśvini-Ketu-yuti-Kuja-Kṛttikā]

  • Generational artists = considered the dominant champion of his specialized theatrical form of musical dance.

Yet, egoic-mind attachment to winning is absent. Ironically, being an easy winner, one is unlikely believe that one's success in matters of championshipor innovation is terribly important.

There = sense of been there, done that which is quite apathetic and detached even when the relative absence of competition has eased the process of achieving first-place.

Eccentric, dispersed, scattered home environment and disconnected parenting

Parents, siblings, partner

In bhava-3 = a passive-aggressive sibling or cousin.

In bhava-4, passive-aggressive mother or upset conditions in the home-or-homeland.

In bhava-7, passive-aggressive spouse.

In bhava-9, the father or priest or professor or other ideologues can be passive-aggressive.

In Mesha, Ketu's detached witness behaviors acquire Mangala-like competitive and warlike characteristics. Similar to Ketu in bhava-1, but less specific detail. Depends absolutely upon how Professor Mangala functions in the overall nativity.

One minimal comment is that, when Ketu the Releaser occupies Mesha rashi, Ketu will blunt the sensitivities of Mangala, making the native less warlike and more self-preoccupied, less clear about their external military goals and more concerned with their internal warfarer.

Ketu = "been there, done that" parallel life pull

The Learner may be drawn by [akashic memory]

  • into the worlds of blood, birth, lively movement,

  • where the Learner may mingle with athletes, hunters, heroes and warriors as one used to do in a previous life;

  • Yet, in the current life, the thrill of supremacy - of conquering - is long gone.

  • Ketu-Mesha seeks to actively disperse new movements, scattering it like particles of dust in a swift dust-cloud

Ketu's influence moves the attributes of Mesha - conflict, aggression, direct action and competition - into the 'liminal' arena.

One competes against standards for achievement it is true but these will tend to be spiritual standards which have little material value.

Thus one's warrior energies are deflected within, and one is unlikely to achieve much unique self-definition in external social life.

Dissatisfied with the basically selfish human condition, and uncomfortable with direct competition, one typically shows a blunted individualism which is neither conformist nor marginalist, but = profound disengagement from the whole pursuit of establishing identity.

They are odd.

Unless Ketu receives drishti of Mangala, males may have less interest in competitive sports; Feminine Learners retreat from attention-getting fashion. Wonderful for winning inner battles against addiction or fears; for un-conflicted dedication to an organizationor ideal. They go where angels fear to tread.

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Detachment from relationships both personal and professional, particularly marriage. Scattered loyalties, unclear commitments due to adolescent self-concern. Pulverized attachments to terms of the contract; may rationalize infidelities using cloudy, obscurantist reasoning. Separative instincts; easy to leave the agreement at the least provocation; mate has abandonment fears.

Rahu-1 suggests a strong personality much more concentrated in self-life-force and much less engaged in relationship harmony, but able to symbolize and vitalize behaviors of balance and diplomacy; also able to attract mates with personal vitality and charisma. Ketu-7 However, struggles to keep a promise to others - and to oneself.

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