The KETU

THE KETU:

Mythological the TAIL OR THE Body of the Serpent, Most classical texts define  ketu by broad terms like dissatisfaction, detachment , austerity and Spirituality.

In my View:

“Ketu represents a circle in 3 Dimensions, It is a sphere, it is a Warmhole, it is ‘An isolated perfect shphere which is ‘whole’ and ‘complete’ & ‘perfect’ in itself and requires no help or attachments/interactions and processes to improvise/change itself. It is Singularity and unification. It is a unified, unidirectional focused & isolated beam or Black hole of energy”

Ketu is usually in a broader sense described by words like Detached, satisfied, Self-Assured, who does not want ‘anything’, Spiritual, Austere, Hidden, Secretive, Secret Thinker, Spiritual, Aimless and blind.

It is Obsessive but to Moving away from life and Worldly affairs, Sharp and Ingenious, a Secretive & isolated thinker who Runs after Higher Physics, Philosophy and spirituality.

But It is an incomplete & basic definition. There should be logical co-relation to life and mundane events and why something is assigned particular nakshtras and signs.

Anyhow, before I move to the Crux of information about ketu here is some more of classical information regarding ketu.

“Ketu also represents Introvert-ness, hiding one’s feelings and Introspection. It represents deep connections as well as privacy. It represents detachments, losses and letting go of worldly connections, wishes and demands. It can understand deep things and ‘what is going on deep inside’ itself and others.

Ketu also represents unidirectional and impulsive initiation of action or movement without thought and consideration, meaning it takes action and Run ahead without proper planning or any Pre-set Goals, Just acts and interprets the consequences later on.  Thus People with a Mars-Ketu conjunction can be very impulsive and thoughtless while asserting their will or taking any action.

But as I said this is not a Satisfactory or complete explanation about Ketu. Let’s start with my detailed views on ketu,

Ketu represents the downwards lowest form of energy state. In the level Bar graph of Entropy or Randomness or Possible states of existence or possible ‘degrees of freedom’( refer to your Physics textbooks), Ketu represents the Zero or minimal entropy state or the least amount of degrees of freedom. It represents ‘ONE-Ness’ & Universal unification or universal Connectivity to ‘the Source’ /’the one’ / or ‘GOD’. On a Kelvin Scale it represents ABSOLUTE ZERO temperature. It represents the state acquired after Giving off all energy, heat, randomness or acquisition and achievement of Peace, Calm, Serenity, Zeroness, Immobility, Rigidity, focus and STABILITY. It is a state of Zero entropy or a state when there is no change in the present level of entropy.

This State is similar to Infinity or RAHU in 1 aspect. It has NO INFORMATION TO INTERPRET or OBSERVE and give meaning to by a regular Human being.

It is a ‘No Information state’.
‘Information’ is something that is intelligible. It is a form of interpretable data or stimuli or observations. It is something we can infer something from. Something we can use & share as meaningful data in the mundane or anthropological world & phenomena.
And by no interpretable information I mean it is a state or ‘existence’ where nothing is happening( nothing of the regular physical world) and so nothing to observe.
It is outside the boundaries of the regular ‘Space-time’ ‘UNIVERSE’ yet it as a Single Spot/source is Connected to the ENTIRE Stretch of this UNIVERSE. There is No Space, No Size, No Distance and NO time there and ‘that there’ is connected to the whole Creation. Some ‘force’ there is running this whole Creation and yet that force is isolated and ‘Outside’ or Detached from this Whole ‘Creation’.

It is Moksha or Zeroness.

So NOW We start from here,, I mean ‘literally’ ‘this everything’ of our ‘universe’ Starts from ‘here’.
We start with BIRTH of Something out of Nothing.


All we need is an Impulse or Energy that only has One direction to move into with full focus, Beaming Blast of Energy like a Gamma ray and Enhancement , Racing in one direction to give a unidirectional Blast or a Kick START to create or Manifest this ‘WHOLE’ Observable and interpretable UNIVERSE & ALL the Phenomena in it which will be a Sort of ‘Information’ & ‘Meaning’ for us humans or any entities in this Universe to Observe and play with.

 HEya.. Hello,, what do you see,,, Out of NOTHING,, we now have an Impulse of creation, A Birth, A Randomness, A unidirectional INITIATION of a Cycle. IT is an unstoppable RACE to Grow into multiple options, multiple ‘degrees of freedoms & Possibilities after going  through multiple levels and types of readable interpretable ‘informations’ to ultimately reach massive deep empty expansion and Emptiness where again there is NO Interpretable ‘Information’ to be read. You all may be feeling ‘What is all this’. But if you re-read the Above text, once again, I have Given you a small Glimpse on the ORIGIN of this UNIVERSE and ASTROLOGY.

I just explained to you What is KETU? Why is it the Zeroness and Nothingness/Moksha State and Also Why is it the Starting Point of everything?

If you Observed keenly I also just explained to you the CHARACTERISTICS of the ‘ASHWINI’ Nakshatra.
As we all know that the first Nakshtra is #Ashwini who is lorded by ketu and by reading the above lines you can understand that out of nothing or zero or fixed state come a blast of unidirectional focused energy to give a jump start to creation.

Hence We have startings from Ketu + Ashwini + Aries + Mars. How We move on with other signs and Nakshtras I will explain in other articles.

Hence we can see ketu represents ‘a focused beam with no mind, No Confusion and total self- assurance and Focused action.

Ketu can also be referred to a circle or a sphere which is complete and whole in itself and does not need any change or any addition or subtraction to improve or get better, it is already accomplished and in the best possible state of perfection and needs no change or variation. It is Isolated & complete and Yet it is connected to this ‘whole creation’ BUT from ‘outside’ or from an ‘Outer Dimension’ & not from ‘within’ this ‘Creation’. Any change will only cause imperfection.



The Root of this Planet as a Wordly participant is:
 Rigid, fixed, Complete, ‘Wholeness in itself’ like a circle or sphere or a Zero, it is Stable, Self-assured and unidirectional in motion.

It does not like much change , randomness or making mistakes and learning and making continuous improvements like Rahu.

It already knows everything, and has already lived everything, Because ‘where’ it ‘stays’, all ‘TIME’ from beginning to end has already existed and has been observed and lived. It renounces everything and Meditates with focus and Stability in mind as well as mundane things.

It also believes I have lived and felt all the experiences in a specific arena of life already and I don’t need more information or experience in it anymore.

Now if this focused beam conjuncts a planet. See the results,

1) Sun-Ketu – Self Proclaimed and Self-felt Status and confidence like no one can achieve. Blind, Full, firm and Hardcore belief in one’s views. Full on internal confidence and self –belief that does not need anyone’s approval or Support. They know they are the best inside or internally. Do not need external support or approval. Although you do not get involved in society as this King bcz of that “focused beam” being uncaring and unconcerned of what the world thinks. It is Self assured that I am the King, People believe or not. Focused Clear-cut orthodox beliefs and views. Creates a Similar father with clear –cut confident and firm ideologies. Creates a similar ideology Pattern in the native. On the contrary Rahu-Sun people have a fragile confidence, no harcore beliefs and also they need constant approval from people to feel they are the King or to feel confident and hence are always seeking approval to satisfy their ego and status by different means and trying to prove themselves.

Mars – Ketu: Such a focused beam of devastating Anger and Instant impulsive fearless, mindless and Finishing action. You know you are RIGHT as per the RULES and you attack believing you will win. You Enter the battle to Kill and Win. You don’t doubt. You don’t think twice before fighting. You attack. You don’t give a single thought you will win or loose, live or die afterwards. You know you will win. Focussed clear cut Action, fealess Action.

Moon - Ketu: Deep emotions, You hide them, You know all that can be felt. You connect at the deepest emotional level. You know as a “focused beam” what someone is feeling in the room. You can connect with a person emotionally, how they feel at the deepest point PRCISELY.
Focussed Clear cut picture of depth of emotions. Knows the Greatness of Feelings, how faith and feelings can make accomplish anything but still renounces the “WANT” or “WISH” or “Desire” of tangible accomplishment. Because it ‘knows’ , unconditional love is Just Giving love and care without the need for Accomplishment.

Mercury – Ketu: Not a Good Combination for both. Mercury the adolescent, Random, flirt, Experimental, Manager, Connects to multiple consciousnesses in way that all those consciousnesses like to connect, Reacts that is the best as per the scenario for Goal accomplishment. Sort of like Rahu, While KETU is deep , focused and likes Renunciation, isolation and Truth. So Can be beneficial in A few scenarios where Strict rules of LOGIC and Maths are to be applied. But not good where multiple options are to considered in parallel to arrive at a result like Algebra, Business and to decipher a  Matrix.

Venus – Ketu: Relationships like one woman man. Commitment to an extreme. Even one – sided can be a commitment to an extreme. These people have pre-set in their mind their perfect case scenario which obviously is difficult to find in the world and hence they move away from most “time-pass” type relationships. But when they form a relation or bond they want it to be fixed and eternal and forever. Unlike rahu-venus who are very confused and lack focus on 1 relationship and hence there is randomness and doubt in relationships(to be very brief).

Ketu-Jupiter: A Very focused rigid and deep desire for supreme wisdom and knowledge. Very self assured and Confident about their views, ideologies and wisdom. Consider it to be way better and higher then most other people, unlike Rahu-jupiter which has changing belief systems, ideologies and confusions, which always wants to learn all philosophies and belief systems but unable to follow anyone for long with faith and dedication. But Ketu – Jupiter are very rigid in their beliefs.

Saturn – Ketu: A Very focused and dedicated hard-working and Personality. Efforts are very focused and fruitful , no wastage of effort in useless and random activities. Stability , slowness and Minimum required efforts that are righteous and necessary for fructification of events.

Thank you!

JUPITER - KETU Conjunction - The REAL Picture

#‎JUPITER & ‪#‎KETU‬:
A Jupiter and Ketu Conjunction or Jupiter's placement in any of Ketu's Nakshtras like Ashwini, Magha or Moola will make the Native feel they have a very Complete and holistic type of wisdom which is complete or 'whole' in every aspect and is beyond and above every one elses'.
It makes People who are Very Firm and Orthodox believers in their beliefs.

They Feel their wisdom and ideologies and Complete and Perfect in every respect and that they are the Best Teachers and that Everyone should listen to them.
Ketu which is Rigidity, Focus, Unidirectionalism, Self-Assurance and Wholeness or unification and Completeness When Combines this Giant, Wise, Optimistic and Ideological teacher and Guide named Jupiter makes them a Very FIRM BELIEVER in his Beliefs. 

These people have a very focused, unique, original , true(mostly) , complete, and Orthodox belief system.
‪#‎Ashwini‬ Jupiter is more of Impulsive, Optimistic, Creative and Motivating Wisdom. They Show everyone a Vision as to how they can Grow and Rise and Rejuvenate themselves. Very Good at healing or Bringing new life and Elation in All via their Firm Beliefs , Motivating speeches and Firm Faith. It is the least orthodox of all i believe as it has potential to grow in all possibilites. It is the most Positive of all.
On a Practical Plane this is Good for entrepreneurs and Go Getters.

‪#‎Magha‬ Jupiter: Self Assured, Sustaining and Royal Wisdom. These people will believe in Sustaining and Governing all with their wisdom.

‪#‎Moola‬ Jupiter: The Most FIRM & Rigid believer in their beliefs, as it is also in the Signs of Belief Systems i.e Sagittarius, so much so that they can either Destroy or get Destroyed for an ideology or belief. This can be seen in orthodox religious leaders or terrorists too. This Immense Faith in oneself and a Single blind Direction is sure to give the Native a LOT of Height, Status and Power in his life but if the Native is Wrong and ill-willed in his beliefs causing harm to others via his orthodox beliefs it will certainly cause destruction and Downfall of Self.
Now 2 things which come out of this are:
1) This combination will bless the native with Material Properity but never demand or desire for it. It is as a gift to a saint who has renounced everything and all that is important for him/her are his beliefs with a wish wanting good of others(may be his community members or all humanity) with an attitude of the SIGN involved that they are given so much respect and status in society.
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2) Even the 3 Nakshtras(Creations) of Planet Ketu has the Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and SadaShiva Incorporated in them as You can clearly see in them as first one being a More f Initiator, Second one as a Sustain-er and the 3rd one and the most powerful of all relating to the Root of everything and the ultimate truth i.e In the end everything Dissolutes and Death comes to Erase everything.
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RAHU V/s KETU – A Comparison of Lunar Nodes.

RAHU V/s Ketu – A Comparison of Lunar Nodes.

Rahu is illusion while ketu is truth. Rahu is fantasy while ketu is reality.

Rahu is the Mind who thinks about doing everything, wanting everything, thinks in every direction and everything but has no body to satisfy and settle in the end while Ketu is a Blind, Focused, unidirectional, Running in one direction without a Goal or Mission( a Self-less, Beam-like, Fixed and Stable Soul.

Rahu is pomp, show, explosions, Extrovertness and extremism while ketu is austerity and shyness, secrecy , hiding and introspection and inversion and analysis. Rahu is Explosions and infinity while ketu is Singularity, Zero-ness or nothingness andMoksha. Rahu is illusion, false reality, false-ness and while ketu is spiritualism and truth and letting go.

Rahu is self interest and self centered-ness while ketu is others interest and philanthropism or others' centered. Rahu is Expansion and Heights while Ketu is Involution and Depth. Ketu represents DEEP CONNECTIONS of Empathic, Spiritual and true Nature.

Rahu is ego-centric , ketu is letting go of self interest and ego, rahu is ego and Status, while ketu is letting go of one’s ego or Status, it is loss of ego, loss of false feelings of worldly status, reputation , public opinions and attitudes, because ketu knows these all are false and temporary feelings which are not universal and permanent.

Rahu is inconsiderate of others while ketu is considerate of others. Rahu is Proud while ketu is aware. Ketu knows all this show off, ego and status is actually just a temporary phase and a false illusion.

Rahu is childish ketu is old and mature, rahu is fun, ketu is satisfied and boring, RAHU is RANDOMNESS and Confusion, KETU is focused and Self-Assured, rahu is expressive and ketu is quiet and introvert. Rahu gets what it wants, ketu gives people what they want, rahu is extrover, ketu is introvert, rahu tells you i want this, ketu will hide it, never tell and do or give what others want. Rahu is materialistic and worldly while ketu is spiritual. Rahu breaks boundaries and rules to go out of the box while ketu encircles all that is and goes deep in. It is already outside, above or beyond all boundaries and rules. Rahu is false show off and exaggeration ketu is simplicity , austerity and introspection.
Rahu is Coming out and Expressing your Desires and Demands, Ketu is Meditating and Contentment and Isolation.

Rahu is Roller Coaster ride in a Beach Party at Night in the smoke and Loud music from all sides and Drugs on our mind making a Random, unstable and confused picture or a fake reality giving you burst and Extremes of emotions of random kinds, Happiness, Joy and courage or tears and fears,,its all random and unpredictable, it can be Good or Bad :) on the other hand Ketu is a Meditating Saint in Himalayas because he has already experienced and lived all worldly affairs.

Rahu is false reality, virtual reality, acting, animation, cameras, want and wishes, while ketu is true reality, true status and conditions, neither high or egoistic nor down to earth, just plain true, detached, alone, hidden, secret and usually far away from worldly matters and affairs no matter they(worldly affairs) are true or false, good or bad , likable or unlikeable.

THE KETU & its Conjunctions:

THE KETU:

Mythological the TAIL OR THE Body of the Serpent, Most classical texts define  ketu by broad terms like dissatisfaction, detachment , austerity and Spirituality. But why does it represent these things, and what is the root cause. Every specification of a planet has a ROOT. These Roots give birth to all other specifications. Hence here i am to give you the roots of a planet that itself Is ROOT of everything else in this creation. :)

Okay first of all In my Book ‘Vedic Astrology – The Nine Planets’ I wrote these lines about Ketu which i was not satisfied from and which I have updated now,

‘‘Ketu is Detached, satisfied, does not want ‘anything’, Spiritual, Hidden, Secretive, Secret Thinker, Austere, Spiritual, Aimless, Obsessive but to Moving away from life and Worldly affairs, Sharp and Ingenious, Runs after Higher Physics, Philosophy and spiritual detachments.”

It was a good enough explanation but I was not satisfied with my work , there should be logical co-relation to life and mundane events and why something is assigned some particular characteristics and particular nakshtras or signs.

Anyhow, before I move to the Crux of information about ketu here is some more of classical information regarding ketu.

“Ketu represents Introvert-ness, hiding one’s feelings and Introspection. It represents 'deep connections' as well as 'privacy' and 'isolation'. It represents detachments, losses and letting go of worldly connections, wishes and demands."

"Ketu also represents directionless and impulsive initiation of action or movement without thought and consideration, meaning it takes action and Runs ahead without proper planning or any Pre-set Goals, Just acts and interprets the consequences later on.  Thus People with a Mars-Ketu conjunction can be very impulsive and thoughtless while taking action.”


Above were a a few lines from the chapter on Ketu from my book(before i edited it).

But as I said I was not satisfied with my own explanation about Ketu. Somewhere Down inside I was not clear, I was not confident about many characteristics. But suddenly I had an epiphany. The concept of Rahu & Ketu is a work of GENIUS. Who-soever came up with the idea of Rahu and Ketu and who so ever defined their characteristics,, OMG wow Man ,, That guy was Divinely Brilliant. ;)
He has given us EVERYTHING via these 2. J
which I will Share Soon… J

Anyhow, Let’s start with my latest views on ketu,


KETU Actually represents the downwards lowest form of energy state. In the level Bar graph of Entropy or Randomness, Ketu represents the Zero or minimal entropy state. It can also represent a state where either there is no Entropy/Radomness at all or there is no change in the level of Entropy/randomness i.e there is a fixed level of Entropy.

On a Kelvin Scale it represents ABSOLUTE ZERO temperature. It represents the state acquired after Giving off all energy, heat, randomness or acquisition and achieving Peace, Zero-ness, Immobility, Rigidity, focus and Stability.

Anyhow this State is similar to Infinity or RAHU in 1 aspect. It has NO INFORMATION to interpret or observe by a regular Human being exists here. It is a No Information state.         
And by information I mean it is a state where nothing is happening( nothing of the regular physical world) and so nothing to observe. It is 'Moksha' or 'Zeroness' and liberation from worldly Order ( Devas) as well as Disorder ( Rahu).

So NOW We start from here,, We start with BIRTH of Something out of Nothing.

All we need is an Impulse or Energy that only has One direction to move into with focus, Enhancement and Impulse( The BIG BANG theory). Racing in one direction to give a START to create Observable and interpretable Phenomena which will be a Sort of ‘Information’ for us humans to Observe. HEya.. Hello,, what do you see,,, Out of NOTHING,, we now have an Impulse, a creation, A Birth, A Randomness, A unidirectional , unstoppable RACE to Grow into multiple options and directions, after going  through multiple levels as well as types of readable interpretable ‘information’ to ultimately reach massive deep empty expansion where again there is NO Interpretable ‘Information’ to be read.

You all may be feeling ‘What is all this’. But if you re-read the Above text, I have Given you a small Glimpse on the ORIGIN of Astrology and EVERYTHING.

I just explained to you What is KETU? Why is it the Zeroness and Nothingness/Moksha State and Also Why is it the Starting Point of everything? I just explained to you the CHARACTERISTICS of the ASHWINI Nakshatra. As we all know that the first Nakshtra is #Ashwini who is lorded by ketu and by reading the above lines you can understand that out of nothing or zero or fixed state come a blast of unidirectional focused energy to give a jump start to creation. Hence We have startings from Ketu + Ashwini + Aries + Mars. J How We move on with other signs and Nakshtras I will explain in later articles.


Hence we can see ketu represents ‘a focused beam with no mind, No Confusion and total self- assurance and Focused action.

Ketu can also be referred to a circle or a sphere which is complete and whole in itself and does not need any change or any addition or subtraction to improve or get better, it is already accomplished the best possible state and needs no change or variation. Any change will only cause imperfection.



The Root of this Planet is:It is Rigid, fixed, Complete, a Whole in itself like a circle or sphere or a Zero, it is Stable, Self-assured and unidirectional in motion.

It does not like much change , randomness or making mistakes and learning and making continuous improvements like Rahu.

It already knows everything, has lived everything, renounces everything and Meditates with focus and Stability in mind as well as mundane things.

It also believes I have lived and felt all the experiences in a specific arena of life already and I don’t need more information or experience in it anymore.


Now if this focused beam conjuncts a planet. See the results,

1) Sun-Ketu – Self Proclaimed and Self-felt Status and confidence like no one can achieve. Blind, Full, firm and Hardcore belief in one’s views. Full on internal confidence and self –belief that does not need anyone’s approval or Support. They know they are the best inside or internally. Do not need external support or approval. Although you do not get involved in society as this King bcz of that “focused beam” being uncaring and unconcerned of what the world thinks. It is Self assured that I am the King, People believe or not. Focused Clear-cut orthodox beliefs and views. Creates a Similar father with clear –cut confident and firm ideologies. Creates a similar ideology Pattern in the native. On the contrary Rahu-Sun people have a fragile confidence, no harcore beliefs and also they need constant approval from people to feel they are the King or to feel confident and hence are always seeking approval to satisfy their ego and status by different means and trying to prove themselves.

Mars – Ketu: Such a focused beam of devastating Anger and Instant impulsive fearless, mindless and Finishing action. You know you are RIGHT as per the RULES and you attack believing you will win. You Enter the battle to Kill and Win. You don’t doubt. You don’t think twice before fighting. You attack. You don’t give a single thought you will win or loose, live or die afterwards. You know you will win. Focussed clear cut Action, fealess Action.

Moon - Ketu: Deep emotions, You hide them, You know all that can be felt. You connect at the deepest emotional level. You know as a “focused beam” what someone is feeling in the room. You can connect with a person emotionally, how they feel at the deepest point PRCISELY.
Focussed Clear cut picture of depth of emotions. Knows the Greatness of Feelings, how faith and feelings can make accomplish anything but still renounces the “WANT” or “WISH” or “Desire” of tangible accomplishment. Because it ‘knows’ , unconditional love is Just Giving love and care without the need for Accomplishment.

Mercury – Ketu: Not a Good Combination for both. Mercury the adolescent, Random, flirt, Experimental, Manager, Connects to multiple consciousnesses in way that all those consciousnesses like to connect, Reacts that is the best as per the scenario for Goal accomplishment. Sort of like Rahu, While KETU is deep , focused and likes Renunciation, isolation and Truth. So Can be beneficial in A few scenarios where Strict rules of LOGIC and Maths are to be applied. But not good where multiple options are to considered in parallel to arrive at a result like Algebra, Business and to decipher a  Matrix.

Venus – Ketu: Relationships like one woman man. Commitment to an extreme. Even one – sided can be a commitment to an extreme. These people have pre-set in their mind their perfect case scenario which obviously is difficult to find in the world and hence they move away from most “time-pass” type relationships. But when they form a relation or bond they want it to be fixed and eternal and forever. Unlike rahu-venus who are very confused and lack focus on 1 relationship and hence there is randomness and doubt in relationships(to be very brief).

Ketu-Jupiter: A Very focused rigid and deep desire for supreme wisdom and knowledge. Very self assured and Confident about their views, ideologies and wisdom. Consider it to be way better and higher then most other people, unlike Rahu-jupiter which has changing belief systems, ideologies and confusions, which always wants to learn all philosophies and belief systems but unable to follow anyone for long with faith and dedication. But Ketu – Jupiter are very rigid in their beliefs.

Saturn – Ketu: A Very focused and dedicated hard-working and Personality. Efforts are very focused and fruitful , no wastage of effort in useless and random activities. Stability , slowness and Minimum required efforts that are righteous and necessary for fruitification of events.

Thank you! J

WHAT ARE "RAHU" & "KETU" & WHERE IN THE SKY ARE THE PLANETSNAMED "RAHU" & "KETU" SITUATED??

 What are "RAHU" & "KETU" & Where in the Sky are the 'Planets' named "Rahu" & "Ketu" SITUATED??

Okay
This Question has been in my Mind for Long,,There's the SUN, The Moon, The Epitome of Wisdom Jupiter, The Master of the Occult Venus, The Brave & Bold Mars, The Justice Loving Saturn & The Prajapati Uranus, The Neptune, The Pluto (All Qualities or Adjectives assigned to Planets above are as per Vedic Astrology) and all these Planets in the Solar System and are Shown in Horoscopes & Astrological Charts,, But Where are the Mystical or also Called Shadow Planets named 'Rahu' & 'Ketu' in the Solar System or the Cosmos. So here's what i found out.. Hope You all like it. :)
Okay,
So The Earth Revolves around the Sun And the Moon Revolves around the Earth in an Elliptical Orbit. We all Know that!! O:)
But Everything we see is Defined from the Point of Observation. How Something appears/looks to us or how something Behaves depends upon from where are we looking at it. Not only in Astronomy but also in our life in general how something appears to us depends a lot upon the Position/Perspective of the Observer. Anyways Observing from any point on earth it would appear as if both the Sun & Moon are Orbiting the earth in a Plane Horizontal Orbit.
BUT, The Orbit of the earth around the Sun(The Elliptic) and the Orbit of the Moon around the Earth (Lunar Orbit) are not in the Same horizontal Plane. These Orbits are inclined to each other making an Angle of Around 5 degree 9 minutes with each other. This Particular Arrangement of the 2 'Orbits' makes them have 2 Points of Intersection with each other as seen in the Figures Below.
These 2 Points of Intersection of the 'Elliptic' and the 'Lunar Orbit' are Assigned the Designation of Lord 'Rahu' & Lord 'Ketu' in Vedic Astrology.
Now, The Point of Intersection from where the Moon would appear to be Going above the Plane of the Elliptic after crossing it is called the 'North Node' or the Ascending Node and Assigned the Point for Planet/Lord "Rahu" in the Cosmos and the 2nd Point of Intersection of the Orbits where the Moon will Run below the elliptic after crossing has been assigned the Position of the 'Southern Node' or Lord "Ketu".

WHY DO THEY ALWAYS MOVE RETROGRADE??

Now the Sun And Moon Always Move(as seen from earth) in an Antegrade Direction (Clockwise) due to the Mutual Relative Positions of the earth & the Moon & the Sun. THEY WILL ALWAYS MOVE ANTE-GRADE. ;) (y) Hence these Points of Intersection will ALWAYS appear to move in an Anti-Clockwise (Retrograde) direction as seen from earth. Hence "Rahu" & "Ketu" ALWAYS move RETROGRADE.

Now When we Say Rahu & Ketu are in a Particular "Nakshatra" or "Zodiac Sign" in someone's Horoscope it simply means the if we look at these points of intersection from any point on earth at any particular time , That Particular 'Nakshatra' or "Zodiac Sign" would appear in the Background/Behind these Points as seen from earth. i.e If we Draw a Straight line (Vector) from the Point of Observation(Particular Space-time co-ordinate on earth/Place & Time of Birth of an Individual) from Earth to "Rahu"/"Ketu" and Extend that Vector Beyond these Points of Intersection,, It Will Reach a Particular Zodiac Sign or Nakshtra in the Background of "Rahu"/"Ketu" And Hence we define or Give them a Particular Sign Or Nakshtra Placement in A Horoscope Chart as is the case with all other planets. This is How we See in Which Sign a Planet is from a "Point of Observation on Planet Earth"  :)
Also These Points of Intersection/Nodes/Rahu & Ketu 'move' approximately 3 minutes and 11 seconds relative to the Earth (Earth Considered at rest) Every day/24 hours, making a complete circle of the 12 Zodiacs( 360 degrees) with respect to/Around  the Planet earth in around 18.6 Years, remaining almost 1.25 Years in a Particular Zodiac Sign. This arrangement is also the Reason Why they both have Exactly the same Degrees and In Exactly the Opposite 'Signs' in the Zodiac always. :)


INTERESTINGLY, The Relative Positions of the Orbits of the Sun and the Moon are the Reason why  'Rahu' & 'Ketu'  EXIST.
Sun and Moon (Father & Mother in Astrology) are the Reason why Rahu & Ketu Exist ( Not in Any Astronomical Text, these are just my Views).
Sun and Moon are Responsible for the Very Existence of "Rahu" & "Ketu"(actually in mythology too, Rahu sat in between Sun and Moon to get the Nector of IMMORTALITY from 'Mohini' , and was seen by Sun(or moon, not sure right now) who then Complained to Lord Vishnu about him. Lord Vishnu Cut of His Head, Creating/Bringing into Existence the two PLanets, SO mythologicallly also tHEY are the Reason i guess, Anyways ).
 Thus, as Long as the Sun & Moon will Exist , Rahu & Ketu will also Exist as "Immortals" along with them.

SOLAR & LUNAR ECLIPSE & The Position of 'Rahu' & 'Ketu' in the Solar System Plate!

ALSO, When Moon is at the Points labelled as "Rahu" or "Ketu" there will be a Solar Eclipse because it will come between the earth and the Sun. Similarly when the Moon is at the Points labelled 'Rahu' and 'Ketu' there's a Lunar Eclipse if Earth came In between the Sun and the Moon. :) :)

INTERESTING CORRELATION WITH ASTROLOGY!!

Now, I Don't Know if there are actually any Physical Bodies like Asteroids or Any Rocks or Anything 'Physical' Revolving the Earth at these Points of Intersection but i Guess there is NOTHING PHYSICAL at these Points Still These Points of Intersection are known to Represent Actual Physical Bodies or Planets named "Rahu" & "Ketu" and Above that are Assigned So Many Unique Qualities and Characteristics as other Planets in Astrology & much more. Some Qualities are Exceptionally unique to these two Only these two in Vedic Astrology (which are beyond the scope of my knowledge at present) that help in making Such Accurate Horoscope Predictions & Doing  Analysis of Horoscopes & Wordly Events which would be almost impossible without using them or their Characteristics.

So there are No Actual Planets at these 'Sites' BUT Our Sages Chose these 2  Arbitary Points and Assigned them So Many 'Qualities' and 'Properties' and much more that helps make Calculations & Predictions.

So are the Stories Related to Them.
'Rahu', though Ineligible (No Planet there(S), Not a 'Deva'(M)) became eligible ( Given the Status of a Planet(A/S)/Got the Nector of Immortality(M)) & is Worshiped Like a 'Devata'/God & and 'Assigned Qualities & Characteristics Like other Planets' where as actually there is No Planet there. This is How it is Seen in Astrology, Someone Who Givens You Status, Position, And other Things that You are Not Legible to get as per Honest and Ethical Rules of the Society. It Breaks the Rules of Society/Does Manipulations to Get what it Wants, to become Legible for something it is not & Give You fruitful results. Getting Money through illegit means, Getting a Position for which you may or May not be eligible, there's a lot more but that beyond the Present scope of my Knowledge of Astrology and This Topic Too. :p :)

This Makes me think how we can choose Any Number of Arbitrary Points in the Cosmos which are Observable from earth & which make a Periodic Motion with respect to our Planet Earth and Assign them Qualities, Characteristics, Designations & Much More to do Calculation , make Predictions, deduce inferences,& Do More Accurate Horoscope, Event Sequence & other Eternity Predictions from them. Assign them Qualities & More Intensively And Accurately Predict Everything,, Every Action, Reaction, Causality, Consequence, Sequence & Event in this Universe & Eternity.

These all,
And this 12 Block Chart is all but a Clock,, A "Mathematical Matrix" ,, A Mathematical Set of Equations we are Looking at with the "EYE" of an Astrologer, With a "Human EYE" ,
As per me it is a "Mathematical Block/Set of Blocks, Equations Which "RUN"//"EXECUTE" with this Seem-able Sequence or Flow of "Time" towards what seems to us as and is Called the 'future'. THIS IS ALL SUPER AMAZING.. :)
I Will Share more on that..


These Planets including the 2 Arbitary Points which are Given And Assigned the Qualities a, Characteristics of Planets act as Clocks or Markers in Motion. A Still Untapped Mathematical Tool which can be Tapped to unimaginable depths. Rahu and Ketu are the Best Support/Example in my Theory how any number of Points can be Chosen, I Don't know 'how' Yet, But I Hope One Day..I Do,, :)

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DECIPHER THE CODE...of this Eternity!!! :)

Thank you for Reading.. :)
God Bless All O:) :)

~Dr. Rohit Sharma O:)