Ketu Experiences

  One of the basic fundamentals of Jyotish is that a person starts to look feel act and behave like the Mahadasha Lord. Ketu “The Monk” is a saintly planet which wants to disengage from the world, and enter the realm of spirituality. It would be better to follow his lead and avoid engaging with the world too much as this would lead to disasters in your life. The best way to keep the Ketu Mahadasha Lord happy is to do things that he enjoys. 1. Travel to pilgrimages: Ketu is the best time to pack your bags and run to Rishikesh or something like that which is known for seclusion, nature and temples. Ketu is very happy in holy places and can bring you the BLISS of spirituality which no other planet can. Better make a plan with the Monk, you won’t regret it. 2. Don’t work hard: Monks don’t work, and neither should you, as far as possible. Whatever you do, just don’t work very hard. The harder you will try to get engaged with the world, the worse your problems would become. 3. Quit you...

Redemption and liberation:   This is the most desired effect of a Ketu dasha . Once you have realised the illusions of Maya, in the first half, and have worked your way to redemption in the second half, you come out wiser and liberated. I have seen people who have undergone this dasha behave with detached amusement in the next Venus Mahadasha that brings a fun, possessions, and relationships. The native remembers that these are temporary and can be taken away at any moment. Lessons of Ketu Mahadasha are harsh, unforgettable and liberating.Read Saturn Mahadasha . Ketu Mahadasha Analysis: "Let go, or be dragged" -Zen Proverb Let's look into various phases of Ketu Mahadasha: Like all Mahadashas, Ketu Mahadasha is divided in 9 phases (Antardashas) of 9 planets.

You lose your attachments:   Ketu Mahadasha takes away all that you were proud of. E.g. intelligence-gone, money-gone, relations-gone, career-gone. Again this happens in a swift and brutal manner. Ketu Mahadasha separates not like a surgeon but like a butcher. Few people are left clinging to anything once this period is done with them. They realise that they may end up losing anything at a moment’s notice. The grip of illusionary Maya is loosened on them and the lucky ones become detached. You lose your ego:   Once you have lost all that you were proud of, there comes a day during Ketu Mahadasha (normally in the first half) when a man realises his helplessness and insignificance. Once all is taken away, the ego crumbles, and when it does, it is very liberating and life turns for the better. Ketu leaves you with only the essence of what you got, your soul.

  You lose your head:   Guess this has something to do with Ketu not having a head. Coming out of brilliant Mercury Mahadasha, people feel that they are intellectually brilliant and invincible. However, Ketu Mahadasha corrects this misconception quickly. Natives often complain of headaches, sleepiness, thyroid problems and in some cases even diabetes. All this dulls down their famous intellect that they were so proud of during their mercury period. During Mercury Mahadasha they were applauded as geniuses, they are criticised for their “foolishness” during Ketu dasha . This shows  fully well that what they considered their intelligence, was a passing grace of mercury. The intellectual giants of Mercury dasha  fall flat and learn that they are little more than paws in the great game of planets.Read Saturn Mahadasha . You lose your relation (a closest one):   Chidrakaraka Ketu, the planet which lost its own head at the time of birth, symbolises separation from a ...

 The Ascetic, is the biggest and harshest enemy of Venus and brutally blocks things that Venus signifies. Ketu, thus denies all good things in life. I have often seen the natives being tormented by females during this period, may be this is the sing of Venus going bad. EDIT: For some reason 20% people don't face the bad impact of this period. I have seen Sagittarius and Pisces ascendant people go through this period with comparative ease.   The people who suffer the most are Capricorn, Aquarius, Aries and Leo lagnas. Basically the better your Venus is in the chart, the TOUGHER your Ketu-Venus would be. Good part: If this time was really tough, Shukra dasha would be really great.   3. Ketu Mahadasha - Sun Antardasha – Humiliation followed by liberation:   This finally comes as a sigh of relief. This is the point where a person literally “taps out” and gives into the power of the planets. Ketu Mahadasha who has washed the Venus good times out of you, is now ready...

  Ketu Mahadasha Analysis: "Let go, or be dragged" -Zen Proverb Let's look into various phases of Ketu Mahadasha : Like all Mahadashas, Ketu Mahadasha is divided in 9 phases (Antardashas) of 9 planets. Here is the breakup of Antardashas: Period Years Months Days Ketu Mahadasha - Ketu Antardasha 0 4 27 Ketu Mahadasha  - Venus Antardasha 1 2 0 Ketu Mahadasha  - Sun Antardasha 0 4 6 Ketu Mahadasha  - Moon Antardasha 0 7 0 Ketu Mahadasha  - Mars Antardasha 0 4 27 Ketu Mahadasha  - Rahu Antardasha 1 0 18 Ketu Mahadasha  - Jupiter Antardasha 0 11 16 Ketu Mahadasha  - Shani Antardasha 1 1 9 Ketu Mahadasha  - Mercury Antardasha  0 11 27 I have seen Ketu give almost uniform results to most of the natives. It is very impartial and almost all people suffer in the same way. I will use a phrase for each of these dashas which contains the essence of all that happens during the period: Ketu Mahadasha – Ketu Antardasha period: The Big Bang:   This...

  You become a man of god:   Once a person realises that the toys and titles, and so called relations he or she had piled up are temporary and illusionary, there is but little trace of materialism left in one. After going through Ketu Mahadasha , they learn that there is only one true possession :one’s quintessential self or soul, and there is only one true relation that of the soul and the Super-Soul aka God.  Redemption and liberation:   This is the most desired effect of a Ketu dasha . Once you have realised the illusions of Maya, in the first half, and have worked your way to redemption in the second half, you come out wiser and liberated. I have seen people who have undergone this dasha behave with detached amusement in the next Venus Mahadasha that brings a fun, possessions, and relationships. The native remembers that these are temporary and can be taken away at any moment. Lessons of Ketu Mahadasha are harsh, unforgettable and liberating.  

  Chidrakaraka Ketu, the planet which lost its own head at the time of birth, symbolises separation from a relation which was like a part of you. At least one (often more) of very close relations are separated from you in a very brutal manner that scars you for life.  You realise that no matter how close a relation is, everything is temporary. However, this detachment often serves the native well in times to come as Ketu Mahadasha takes away all that has become useless in present incarnation. This detached attitude also comes in handy during the Venus Mahadasha.   You lose your job:   Ketu Mahadasha is the Karka of job loses, resignations, and unemployment. People often lose their job, business or whatever they were engaged in, and after a difficult period, move towards something totally different. However good news is that like everything else that Ketu Mahadasha does, this is painful in the moment, but serves one well in the future and he or she is put on the pa...

 I think I owe the Divine Ketu this clarification: Ketu Mahadasha is NOT a malefic . I repeat, Ketu is NOT a malefic. It is the MOST spiritual of all planets, more than even Jupiter. However, it has a harsh way of delivering his lessons. He wants us to wake up to BIGGER and more important realties of Karma detachment, and spirituality. We have created a very Shani-Rahu kind of world where "My job", "My power", "My money" "My family" "My relationship" is all that we are worried about. Ketu has to show us that all these are fragile and impermanent trappings of ego. It goes to work...and starts hammering everything one by one. Ketu is interested in a burning up boatloads of bad karma during its mahadasha. It would pile all your bad karma up, put you in the middle of it, and set it on fire. There are a few things which are almost sure to happen during a Ketu Mahadasha : You lose your head:   Guess this has something to do with Ketu not h...

 I often tell my clients undergoing a Ketu Mahadasha:  “Ketu tumhey mandir ke aagey khada kar dega.” Which means Ketu Mahadasha will make you stand at the doors of a temple, you can either go in as a devotee (if you are smart), else it would make you beg in front of the temple. There is no third choice. This is a topic very, very close to my heart. Having gone through this most powerful and terrible of all Mahadashas, especially the poisonous first half of Ketu Mahadasha , I can feel the pain of anyone who is going through this period. This spiritual serpent planet is the least known but the most damaging of all planets. Most astrologers create unnecessary fear around Shani (Saturn). Shani-Shani-Shani is all you hear, I am out to dispel that myth with my Ketu-Ketu-Ketu narrative. While I would eventually write about all 9 Mahadashas, however, Ketu Mahadasha comes first and foremost for me, as this is the most difficult of all periods, and almost always gives uniform results...