Indian Astrology | 01-Jan-2014
 Views: 4613Rahu and Ketu are two modes of Moon and they are regarded as full-fledged planets in Astrology. They are considered as most dreaded planets. Rahu is the Dragon’s head and Ketu as Dragon’s tail. Both of them form a malefic yoga, known as Kal-Sarp Yoga. In Astrology, this Yoga is supposed to have direct impact on the following events :
     It causes deterioration of health and reduces longevity.
-  Rahu in first house and Ketu in 7th house: Downfall, loss of position and reputation, mishappening, marital discord, loss of wife and children. 
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 Rahu in second house and Ketu in 8th house : Reduction in wealth and health causes poverty, worries defects in body and lot of travelling. 
-  Rahu in 3rd house and Ketu in 9th house : Involved in criminal activities, unpopular, waste energy and wealth, selfish, accident prone and paralysis is possible. 
-  Rahu in 4th house and Ketu in 10th house : Loss of property, disappoint-ment, loss of job and business, unhappiness, sarpdosha unhappy and unsettled life. 
-  Rahu in 5th and Ketu in 11th house : Heavy losses in litigation, failure in love affair, loss of children and betrayal by friends. 
- Rahu in 6th house and Ketu in 12th house : imprisonment, secret enemies, bad health and serious sickness and set backs in married life. 
Note : The impact is more severe if Rahu has support of Sun and Saturn.
Duration of Kal-Sarpn Yoga :
-  Rahu in 1st house: upto 27 years of age. 
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     Rahu in 2nd house: upto 33 years of age. 
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     Rahu in 3rd house: upto 36 years of age. 
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     Rahu in 4th house: upto 42 years of age. 
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     Rahu in 5th house: upto 48 years of age. 
-  Rahu in 6th house: upto 54 years of age. 
Notes :
-  It causes malefic impact on houses occupied by Rahu and Ketu. 
-  It causes malefic impact on houses aspected by Rahu and ketu. 
- It spoils the benefic planets joining with Rahu and Ketu. 
-  It causes severe hardship when related with Sun and Saturn or the lords of the houses occupied by Sun, Saturn,Rahu and Ketu. 
- Its impact will be clearly noticed during periods and interperiods of Rahu and Ketu. 
-  Its impact is more severe when Rahu/Ketu are in 1,5 or 9th position from themselves or Sun, Mars and Saturn. 
-  Sometimes it pushes a man to great heights. 
-  Sometimes it gives benefic results, when Rahu/Ketu are aspected by benefic planets, specially Jupiter or Venus. 
-  Ketu is always 180 degrees from the longitude of Rahu 
-  In case Uranus, Neptune or Pluto are outside the arch of Rahu and Ketu, no Kal-Sarp Yoga is formed. 
-  Ketu’s aspect is less malefic than Rahu 
-  Raja Yogas in the chart are more effective than Kal-Sarp Yoga 
-  This Yoga causes great harm to th4e family, society and nation through the person who has Kal-Sarp Yoga 
-  This Yoga plays important role in Mundane Astrology 
-  Rahu joining ninth Mars in any chart create criminals or suicide or serious accident or murder 
-  Rahu and Saturn joining in any house destroy the 7th house, the house opposite them 
- Rahu in transit creating relations with Jupiter or Venus gives benefic results 
- Ketu moving over any planet is evil for the significations of the concerned house 
- Rahu and Ketu generally behaves like lord of the sign occupied by them or the planet conjuncting with them. 
- If Ascendant is outside the arch of Kal-Sarp Yoga, the malefic impact is reduced. 
- The dispositors of Rahu and Ketu also play important role in determining the benefic or malefic impact. 
- Rahu in 3rd or 6th house in Aries, Taurus or Cancer sign does not give malefic results. It is benefic and gives benefic results. 
- Rahu in 10th house or aspecting 10th house and its lord along with Sun and Saturn destroy the native’s career. In case of 7th house separation and divorce id possible 
- Rahu and Mars in 3rd house causes accident and damages to life. 
- Rahu + Mars + Sat in ascendant: Dangerous personality.