KETU (south node) MAHADASA/TIME PERIOD, VEDIC ASTROLOGY

Ketu is a spiritual planet which is opposite to materialistic effects. A person running benefic Ketu Maha Dasa can enjoy benefits of wealth as well as spritual knowledge. They will be interested in doing activtities charity organization, temples, etc. Ketu is capable of completely satisfying or removing the interest on the house it occupies.This is one of the reason people do fear of Ketu when it occupies 7th house. Since 7th house represents spouse, the person may not be interested in marriage life or can not lead successful married life. This is NOT true when Ketu is coming as a malefic planet.

Ketu is capable of giving spiritual knowledge. Ketu can do this in two ways that is either by giving enormous of amount of wealth and popularity so that the person will get satisfied completely and then move towards spiritual path. Or by making the person suffer like anything and make him think that he or she wants to finish up all the duties on this birth and travel towards Moksha.

The support of Ketu is important to avoid rebirth and attain moskha. With respect to this perspective, no matter ketu is malefic or benefic. As long as Ketu suports your destiny towards no rebirth, then that is good enough.

The person born in Aswini, Makam and Moolam stars will start their life with Ketu Maha Dasa. Note that no nakshatra is called dosha or yoga nakshatra. Moolam is one the great star and the people born in Moolam star will have the strong support of Jupiter.

When Ketu occupies on 3rd, 6th and 11th house of the horoscope, then it yield favorable results. This is only a general rule. There are lots of exceptions to this rule. People born in Mehsa (Aries), Meena (Pisces) and Kataga (Cancer) lagna, will enjoy the most benefits of Ketu Maha Dasas. People born in Thula (Libra) and Makara (Capricorn) lagna will experience the worst part of Ketu Maha Dasa.

Ketu is capable of completely satisfying or removing the interest on the house it occupies. Following results can happen in Ketu Mahadasha if it occupies the following houses;

• 1st house – merging with the self, ascetic and realization of the Bramhan stage
• 2nd house -detachment from home, furnishings, family money, let go attitude
• 3rd house- distance from younger siblings, lack of will power, confidence, bravado
• 4th house – distance from mother, luxuries and all things material
• 5th house – distance from children and lack of interest in sex, hobbies etc
• 6th house – increase in enemies, difficult stage and struggles
• 7th house – detachment from spouse and lack of interest in the institution of marriage
• 8th house – diseases, unknow occult knowledge etc
• 9th house – detachment from father an perceptors
• 10th house – lack of interest in job and career, futility in climbing the corporate ladder
• 11th house – sudden bursts of philanthrophy and devolution of wealth
• 12th house – renouncing world, ascetic living, confinement etc.
•