Details of Rahu in Gemini (Mithun) and Ketu in Sagittarius (Dhanu)

Rahu is in its exaltation in this sign, and is therefore very powerful. It indicates victory after much anxiety and trouble. It is a token of success, and luck which often comes only when everything seems lost. The friends who surround the native are reliable, and will help him to succeed. The native has a noble mind, which will always enable him to fight against the current; but Faith and Perseverance are also required. Courage is not wanting; and this position makes the native good and straightforward. He will know how to gain the sympathy of people who will help him: he may therefore look straight ahead, for Rahu in Gemini is always a sign of progress.

Ketu in Sagittarius robs the native of some of the quietude upon which he might otherwise count. Frequently over-confidence in himself will be detrimental, and cause him to undertake things before due considerations, so that when it is too late he might regret what he has done. Countless difficulties will arise, but he will conquer them through exertion and courage, and by clear-sightedness and caution, not always thinking that everything he does is right. Perfection does not exist in this world.

Rahu in Gemini increases versatility, adaptability and mental agility. Benefits through relatives and friends because of an optimistic viewpoint toward life. This kind of attitude should be cultivated in this life.

Ketu in Sagittarius gives poor judgment and adds to the restless and rash tendencies that keep the individual from accomplishment. Has to learn to concentrate and focus forces and not go dashing off looking for other fields to conquer. Conquering, like charity, begins where the person is placed.

Here the individual receives an initiation to join society. His soul has come into this life with a past incarnation of wildness. As a result, he is unaccustomed to appreciating the point of view of others. The karmic continuation of a strong self-righteous attitude makes it difficult for him to be a fair judge of his own actions. As such his life is excessive. He is still attracted to the natural existence without formalities, and will go far out of his way to avoid having any restrictions imposed on him.

He is used to being a free spirit, and desperately tries to retain his sense of liberty at all costs. Whether he is married or not, the soul memory of his bachelor-like attitude makes it impossible for others to get too close to him.

Believing that actions speak louder than words, he makes his present life a kaleidoscope of rushed activity. He always tries to do too many things at a time, spreading himself so thickly that he keeps losing sight of any central life theme.

In past incarnations, he functioned on great reservoirs of nervous energy. Yet, for all his activities, he has not yet learned how to focus his attention in any one area. In this life he is still seeking expediency and finding himself forever the victim of short cuts that have to be repeated.

Unaccustomed to all the demands of society, he tries to shirk responsibility. He feels that if he can just clear away all the business at hand as quickly as possible, he will then experience the freedom that society is trying to take away from him. And so, most of his time is spent trying to free himself. What he doesn’t realize is that each action creates an equal and opposite reaction. As a result, he is actually making himself more imprisoned than ever before.

Always his nature is somewhat primitive. If he is selfish, it is done innocently. If he steps on others’ toes, it is because he is unaware they are there. Always he seems to miss the obvious, blissfully ignorant of the immediate circumstances around him. When it comes to social graces, he is so inexperienced that he appears to be the proverbial ‘bull in the china shop’.

In the current life, he is learning how to mix with the society from which he is benefiting. Yet, still fearful of the reactions of people, he lives his life on the rim of the wheel, occasionally darting into the center of the hub only to run back out again.

His past life experiences with people were lacking in the areas of co-operation, sociability and tact. Now he is striving to reach sophistication. He doesn’t yet know how to see a clear reflection of himself, for he doesn’t understand that there are two sides to the same coin. Through his Gemini Rahu, he will now undergo experiences which will force him to see both sides of every issue.

In this life, he is destined to learn what the world looks like through the eyes of others. Before he can understand why people seem not to listen to him, he must first put himself in their place. Ultimately he will come to realize that all the negative qualities he has been attaching to others are things he does not understand in himself.

Sometimes he is a shouter in a library. No matter how sophisticated he pretends to be, he has so much past life residue of crudeness in him that it is bound to seep through at the most inopportune moments. This embarrasses him so much that he becomes determined to polish himself by paying attention to his mannerisms, habits and public behavior, and particularly his mode of speaking.

Through his Gemini Rahu, he will spend most of this life’s energy learning how to be adept at the art of communication. He now feels the need to educate himself, so that he can establish an identity in society.

At one time in the current life, he will be faced with the conflict of whether to live in the city (Gemini) or the country (Sagittarius). While is basic nature for so many lifetimes would feel more comfortable in a country setting, he can learn much by adapting himself to the new experience of coping with city life.

Through his Gemini Rahu, he must learn diplomatically to respect the rights of others if he is to help preserve a society which in prior lives he thought unimportant, but in this life is necessary for his very survival.

While his body cries out for sports, nature and the primitive live, his mind will eventually lead him toward a study of words and language and a reflection of his self-expression, so that he starts to become a more humanistic part of the culture in which he lives.

He is like the wild stallion desperately trying to fight being tamed, and yet wondering what the experience must be like. In the midst of this seeming paradox, he is a messenger of the lower and higher minds to all who come in contact with him. His past incarnations brought him to a natural understanding of the universe. Now his mission is not only for himself, but also to spread his understanding to the myriads of people that run through his life. Herein lies the mystical reason for his eternal restlessness. He has much to say and much ground to cover!

The house position of the Ketu shows the area in life where past incarnation residue still pulls him toward a desire to be a free spirit. The house position of the Gemini Rahu indicates the doorway through which he must walk in order to experience the advantages of the civilized humanistic culture he is destined to join.

Previous incarnation for this person was spent in various philosophical and mystical pursuits. A lot of freedom and independence was noticed in that life. Thus, this person has to learn to deal with people in this life. Isolation becomes a rare quality in life as he has to exchange his ideology with others and on a face-to-face basis. If he tries to isolate and withdraw from society, the circumstances force him to be with others. Considerable intellectual dissipation of knowledge is seen in this life; and communicative means are extremely significant for him. He seldom has a chance or opportunity to cultivate his emotional and material base. Thus, those elements are very significant in this life structure.

You need to share your awareness with others. Your Sagittarius Ketu replies ‘Yeah, but I don’t want to stick around explaining things. I can’t learn anything that way’.

Your problems are likely to include an obsession with learning but no interest in using your knowledge in any practical way. Difficulty establishing lasting relationships leads to over-valuation of books, classes and other intellectual activities that provide indirect communication.

Possible reasons for these problems include: that a need for long-term concentration on study or some sort of cultural, ethnic or religious difference has interfered with the formation of relationships; that a speech impediment has caused you to turn to books instead of people; that a literary career limits people contact; dependency on reading as an escape from a boring routine; that poor judgement about people has caused you to place your trust only in ‘proven’ sources of information; that a lack of concentration has led to communication problems and misunderstandings; or that you have a need to conquer ain ingrained feeling of stupidity or inferiority.

Possible solutions: Develop your latent communication skills. Channel your intellect instead of being a slave to it. Share your knowledge with othes to that they can learn. Become a professional trivia expert, a con artist, or a perpetual student.

Gemini Rahu can be a good talker, but he or she is often a poor communicator. He or she is good at tossing out facts, lecturing, impressing others with long streams of beautiful words or technical jargon, and so on. But he or she quite often talks at others rather than with them. The Gemini Rahu tends to quote books verbatim, drop names, quibble over semantics. He or she talks skillfully about facts and theories, but generally is at a loss when it comes to applying them or sharing his or her feelings about them. In fact, this person generally avoids sharing any facet of his or her personality beyond the intellectual side. This is a shame since Rahu in Gemini invariably holds great potential for perception. Development of this potential brings a deepening of the intellect so that ideas can be used for the practical betterment of his day-to-day relationships and living conditions.

Signs of an over-developed Sagittarius Ketu are: a tendency to flirt, flatter and charm but reveal nothing; an expectations that others will hinder his or her freedom; a tendency to ridicule others; being generally on his or her way somewhere - ‘only having a minute’; a first instinct to take off when pressured; a tendency to promise more than he or she can deliver; a distrust of security and routine; being accused by others of being unreliable. but feeling that it’s others who are unreliable; enormous faith in the published word; and being uncormfortable with peers in general.

Rahu in Gemini dreams of a life of variety. He or she wants to be seen as adaptable and a good conversationalist. He or she also wants to be thought of as an educated person. In reality, this is a person who transmutes emotions into interests. He or she is interested in spirituality, education, travel, and similar Sagittarius-ruled things, but in a passive, abstract way rather than in terms of experiencing and enriching the life. He or she may mix well with others, but only as long as he or she can assume the role of teacher. Thie teaching isn’t necessarily a formal or professional role, but it permeates most interactions just the same; and in the course of assuming this role, much of Rahu in Gemini’s enthusiasm for life is misused or wasted. Extremism of some sort may also mar conversational skills.

Antidotes for Gemini imbalance: The client should be encouraged to keep a diary. If the client has knowledge to share, he or she should be encouraged to do so through teaching, writing, correspondence, or whatever way is most convenient. Travel in moderation often proves beneficial. Involvement in civil rights or community improvement causes can be helpful. The imagination should be tapped so that creativity can be developed and put to use in strategy - planning, writing, photography, or some other area according to the chart. If hte client is amenable to a career change or program of career training, there are many obvious choices that would encourage development of the Rahu. Among these are: journalism, newspaper work, radio work, television work, fiction writing, Air Force careers, electrical work, reporting, and linguistics. Dancing could be a possibility, although unless the client is very young this would probably be better as a hobby choice that as a career choice.

The client should be encouraged to steer clear of tiring or repetitive routines that don’t provide opportunities to develop adaptability. At the same time, he must be discouraged from the ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’ syndrome. If there are signs of being a perpetual student, the client should be encouraged to start doing something with his present store of knowledge before trying to attain more.

Hobbies should stress physical agility and manual dexterity. Origami, mobile-making, collage-making and the like are recommended. For the more active, fencing, tennis, golf, and dancing are good choices.

Your main motivations will include the search for freedom and a need for knowledgeable, self-understanding, meaning, and purpose. You may feel uncomfortable within society, as your urge for freedom is so powerful that you react strongly against attempts to restrict you; much of your energy is devoted to retaining independence, especially whenever you feel threatened. This can create problems concerning issues of commitment or relationship, and this should be admitted to anyone becoming intimately involved with you. You may justify your evasive action by self-righteous attitudes, but this can become destructive to relationships unless you choose to co-operate with others.

This pattern of selfish innocence needs modification. You may become aware that tendencies which you dislike in others actually reflect behavior patterns within you which are not accepted or understood. Self-inquiry is necessary, as asserting your freedom can perhaps only be gained at the expense of another’s freedom, resulting in future restrictions for them. Is this what you want? And does this deny the right to freedom for others. Perhaps re-evaluating how your actions affect others is required.

A clear life direction and committed application will help, as, by diversifying interests, you may eventually realize that you often fail to complete them or satisfy a standard of competence or quality. Tending to rush completion of projects in order to feel free again may prevent a satisfactory end-product.

A lesson you may need to learn is that, by searching for freedom, you actually create an opposite reaction, resulting in less freedom and fewer choices. Look at your life; see if this has occurred, and note if results have been contrary to your intention.

By developing your mind, you can cause a deeper freedom to emerge through study and knowledge, more understanding, and the formation of a life philosophy and purpose. The Sagittarian freedom impulse needs redirection toward a mental search. This may happen later in life if earlier education was inadequate to your adult needs. As this energy movement internalizes, you may develop an appreciation for world culture, knowledge, and language. The issue will then be: How can this accumulated information be used and applied in daily life?

Integrating this into a personal belief system is another step, where you sense meaning and purpose when these beliefs are tested in the fires of experience. Vision generates direction and can help unify your personality, both fulfilling Sagittarian needs and focusing the Gemini juggling of facts and information. Mental stimulation will become more important, as will learning and communicating your discoveries.

Through such changes, new types of social relationships form, in which your interaction is more purposeful and less self-centered and evasive. Taking a higher perspective on yourself and life will transform attitudes; and relationships can become easier and less stressful. Freedom is the goal for everyone - freedom to be oneself; do not deny your impulse toward this state, but consciously moderate it by insight, so that positive results occur for all concerned. Your challenge is to be both socially constructive and individually free.

Aries expends its energies on the world as a matter of course, without considering whether they are wanted or not. Taurus uses its energies economically and to best advantge, but is still extravagant in the sense that the world is not given the choice of rejecting what is being offered.

On the other hand, the mutable Air sign, Gemini, is very intent on interacting with the environment. This interaction is important for Gemini, which needs to give and take, and is happy only when conveying ideas and forming relationships.

Gemini natives are invariably caught up in what is going on around them; there is a continual enegy exchange between them and the world. With the Node in Gemini, we have to pass on our gains. Our relationships are a network through which we receive what we want to know and give back what we have learned.

This is the basic characteristic of Gemini. Connections have to be made and maintained to allow a continual energy flow back and forth. Such activities are a constant preoccupation. Gemini is typically mutable, and is happy to share its knowledge and know-how; at the same time, it is eager to take advantage of what the world knows, has, and is able to do.

Thus, the Gemini Node can show there is much of immediate value for us to learn from those around us. This means keeping in touch with the world physically, mentally, and spiritually, in a lively but intelligent way. It means that we do not avoid people, but try to have permanent points of contact with them.

To Be Continued ...