ROLE OF KETU GRAHA IN ASTROLOGY

 

KETU

Like Rahu, Ketu is also a Chhaya Graha (Shadow planet).  i.e., is is not believed to have an independent existence as a planet.  It is associated with Saturn.

CHARACTERISTICS:

Ketu is strange looking black - white or smoke coloured.  The person dominated by the influence of Ketu is lean and short.  The upper portion of the body is heavily built but the lower part is comparatively thin.

Adidevatha	Brahma
Animals	Dog, Donkey, Pig, Lazard
Aspects	7
Basis of Virtue	Tamsika
Best Houses	3, 6, 9, 10, 12
Body Parts	Whole body except head
Caste	Shoodra
Color	Black + White
Color of Planet	Multicoloured
Constellations	Aswani, Makha, Moola
Day	Sunday
Day Chalitha	3 minutes and 11 seconds
Debiliated	6, 8
Deity	Lord Ganesh
Diesease	Joints, Urine, feet, legs
Enemies	Sun, Moon, Mars
Enemy Houses	3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Exalted	5, 9, 12
Favourable HOuses	1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 12
Festivals	Vinayaka Chethurdi
Friends	Venus, Rahu
Gender	Neutral
gotharam	Jayamuni
Metals / Precious stones	Vaidurya
Neutral planets	Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Sun
On the Face	Ear, Feet, Spine, Knees, Ankles
Other Things of Remedies	til
Own Houses	6
Parents	Kashyap, Shimalika
Pooja	Surya Namaskar
Pratyadi Devatha	Chitragupta
Remedies	Giving Cow
Substitute	Venus + Saturn (Exalted); Moon + Saturn (Debiliated)
Time	Early in the morning
Vimshothara Maha Dasa	7 Years
Visit Temples	Ganapathi, Surya Narayana
Vocation	Free from social or religious
Weak Houses	8, 7, 11
Week	Tuesday
wife	Dumra