Rahu in 6th House & Ketu in 12th House

Dear ardent readers here comes the sixth in the series of Rahu / Ketu  in Houses, The earlier series on Rahu / Ketu in Signs published in 2007 also is equally important & worthwhile reading, however care should be taken not to apply these writings verbatim on any chart, as there are many other factors, combinations, aspects etc which need to be studied always before coming to any conclusion.

The Rahu in the Sixth House is good for the native’s health, and even when he is ailing, or seriously ill at some time of his life, Rahu will help him to get over his illness, so that if his life should be despaired of he will have a chance of recovery. It also implies good fortune derived from employees; and if the horoscope on the whole predicts it, it confirms gain through an inheritance. Integration only comes to this individual through service. Must come out of his work and he would have been isolated through self-undoing in the past. Either enforced seclusion, or restrictions due to lack of compassion in the past, has made it easy to retreat this time. Fulfillment comes to this individual through serving others and losing the sense of separateness. Humility, the last virtue to be attained, can be the keynote of his life if the individual is willing to serve others with no concern about the self. In order for any of us to become something, we have to be willing to be nothing. This is the message of the sixth house.

With Rahu in the sixth, he needs to work and to be of service to others. He must learn to do for others with no regard for himself. He needs to lose the self-interest toward which he tends to gravitate. This also includes learning discrimination, attention to details, and discipline from too much daydreaming. He also must concentrate on health matters for the protection of his physical body. He needs to bring compassion down to the practical level.

Ketu in the twelfth indicates spiritual bent of mind in the present and previous lives and sensitivity. Here is the person with a talent for working with the sick or mentally insecure. It gives a drive to seek seclusion and an inclination to meditate. With bad aspects it could give an alienation from society. This position seems to be karmic; and there is a very definite secret, sacrificial service of some kind involved, depending upon sign and aspects. The person with the Ketu in the twelfth house may have a martyr complex, which must be used at its highest in sacrificial service and delving into the secrets of the subconscious, bringing them to the light of the conscious mind. This position gives many nurses and doctors.

The Ketu in the Twelfth House is not so favorable position. It causes incessant worries and troubles during the whole period of occupying this house, or when it passes through it again, unless benefic aspects from other planets are in operation at the same time. It causes loss of money, and unsatisfactory business transactions. It makes powerful enemies and merciless creditors, and is also a sign of ill-health and troubles of all kinds, Ketu in Twelfth house has one very good affect and that is ‘Ultimate Spiritual Progress’ surpassing all other traits.

This condition often signifies work-related areas and importance in life. For some reason, they are highly inspired to do things others may not want to do. For spiritual growth, this is quite a good position of the Rahu. For some reason, their interest in life is not tremendous but just a passing stage in the Karmic line-up. Physical health is maintained considerably well, and they may even get into diet foods, meditation and related areas. In their prior life, they came fairly close to achieving the secret of the universal escape, but missed it by a short margin. This aspect often provides self-confining tendencies to elevate one’s position in the universal race.

This individual spends most of his time in deep thought. He likes to be left alone so that uninterrupted by others he can let his inner reflections sift through the karmic memories of all his past incarnations. This is not to say that he doesn’t like company, or that he’s even aware of what he’s doing. The fact is that he goes so deep as to become totally oblivious to anything he is thinking about! He loses himself in himself.
Always the conscious reason for going inward is based on logical intention, but the individual tends to reach the point where all logic eludes him. The subtlety of the depths he reaches remains a mystery even to him!
One of his greatest problems is that while he stays inside himself he is preventing others from stabilizing his mental journeys. As a result, he accumulates enormous past-life fears, having no idea whether they are real or imagined, or just a compressed collection of the mental scenery on his inward journeys. Still the basis of his outward life is built on fear and imagination, and regardless of how strong the rest of the chart is, he keeps having moments of not being able to find confidence in himself.

He is a lot like the turtle constantly peeking out of his shell. People close to him see his life as a tendency to avoid all that seems real. He spends most of his time watching others from behind a see-through mirror. Ultimately he comes to believe that the rest of the world is viewing him with the same scrutiny. There is a latent paranoia built into this Nodal position. In areas of work he is an unusually poor organizer, leaving many scattered ends behind him and always feeling that there are not enough hours in the day to complete his chores. His problem is that he doesn’t know how to budget his time, and as a result he is constantly trying to catch up to the present. Part of his life will at one time be involved with hospitals, institutions or organizations which demand him to structure his ways. He needs this in order to come out of his inner self..

The big karmic lesson is for him to learn responsibility instead of feeling sorry for all the woes that seem to beset him. More than any other house in the zodiac, he cries at the slightest hurt either real or imagined. Sometimes the crying is inward, but always it is there, for on the very deepest levels he feels that the love he has to give goes unnoticed and unappreciated. Because he thinks this way, he becomes his own creator of gloom; and woe to the person who tries to pull him out, for then he will have a receptive ear for all the past-life hurts, fears and worries.

Underneath all else, he is a bottomless well of fretting, with not enough deep faith in the positive outcome of events. He must work on building trust so that he can have the strength to come out of his shell. Once he does, he is one of the most compassionate, beautiful and useful people in the zodiac. His sixth house Rahu gives him great pleasure in helping others, but he cannot do this well until he realizes and accepts the fact that in this incarnation he has chosen a life of sacrifice. He must learn how to organize his thoughts, his work and his diet, for he is a natural-born healer, capable of defying the limits of practical medicine with his own more mystical methods of curing. But a talent is not a talent until it is developed, and an individual is not more than he thinks he is. Ultimately he will come to learn that his greatest gift is faith. But he will work long and hard to reach that awareness.

Part of the current life might be spent nursing or coping with physical or mental illness, either in himself or in others close to him. His major growth occurs when he realizes that all illness is no more than a disharmony in the body reflecting disharmony in thought. Something inside himself is constantly trying to tell him this, and he must learn not to allow his past-life fears to block what is now being opened for him. Many with these Nodes go through experiences of illnesses that miraculously disappear, to the amazement of medical doctors, dentists and other professional practitioners. The karmic lesson here is to learn the higher reason why, for as soon as understanding is reached, the new-born faith starts to heal. Once he becomes aware of the power of his faith, he becomes a veritable house of power. As he builds in more positive thought currents, he automatically learns not to criticize others for the lack of perfection he sees in them.  His outlook on life remains clinical i.e scrutinizing and diagnosing all with which he comes in contact.

Of all the Nodal positions, this is the most difficult one to open up to past incarnations. The twelfth house Ketu has completed a karmic path, and is ready to get evolved, which is also in essence an indicator of getting Spiritually evolved, the details of which are to remain forever sealed in past times, even though the subtle essence still remains. Lifetimes of escaping from inner torment have been completed. The individual must come to realize that most of his inner negativity is not related to the current life, but only exists through his continuing to think along a track which has already ended. He still has inner feelings of being persecuted which he must learn to bury once and for all, for the more he allows himself to dwell in such thoughts, the more he will inadvertently recreate such circumstances. He should learn to realize the past for exactly what it is: no more than a memory, and no more real than a photograph in his mind, which he now has the free choice of holding on to for the sake of its misery or discarding so that he may step out into a productive new world.

Once he can put his entire state of consciousness into a positive and productive outlook on life, he will be able to start experiencing a new meaning to his existence. The sign which contains the Ketu shows the ways in which the individual blocks his current-life advancement by withdrawing into karma he has already completed. The sign which contains the Rahu indicates the ways in which he can now develop a fruitful life through service. In the sixth house there can be hang-ups about imperfections, dedication, or service. Narrow-mindedness and intolerance are frequently at the root of these hang-ups. A lack of confidence and a strong fear of rejection are common side effects. Everything must be black or white; gray is intolerable; ‘almost’ doesn’t count at all. This holds true both in self-judgment and in judgment of other people.

Total success is this person’s ultimate goal; nothing else is acceptable. There’s a tendency to frequently test other people’s dedication by throwing out obstacles or challenges which must be met if the tested person wants to retain the esteem and respect. Extreme urgency is a keynote - there’s always some crisis to be solved or some need that must be filled immediately. Otherwise, dissatisfaction sets in.
Sometimes, the person may retreat from the real world entirely either via the nervous breakdown route or through involvement in some idealistic pursuit. Typically, this person makes excessive demands on himself or herself and talks a great deal about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ people, things, and attitudes. He or she is generally disappointed in friends, work and everything else because expectations are set at such an unreasonably high level.

Rahu in the sixth house dreams of being vital, energetic, and physically and mentally healthy. They may want to be actively involved in some sort of healing art or profession. They dream of becoming psychic healers, doctors, renowned herbalists, or people noted for their healthy, attractive bodies. They dream of finding a way to take care of their body without foregoing self-indulgence and hope of being able to pass this way on to others. Sometimes mental health is emphasized rather than physical health. This person wants very much to be thought of as perceptive. He or she typically feels isolated from others and has difficulty finding emotional satisfaction. Much time is spent examining both emotions and the physical state, hoping to find a key that will allow him or her to feel more in tune with others. Self-deceit or attempts to deceive others may keep perceptions and well-being blocked or lead to misguided or self-defeating action.
You may experience slipping back into the depths of your unconscious mind, moving beyond rational thought, and accessing irrational and imaginative sources. You tend to be introverted, often with a distracted attention as you prefer to avoid involvement in the mundane world. This could either become a form of escapism - and evasion of responsibility and duties - or more positively and creatively be directed toward meditation, contemplation, and a creative artistic spirit. Results depend upon application and choice. You may feel that life is a dreamlike state; this depends on how effectively you separate inner activity from external reality.

This inward mental attention does affect daily life. You may be less efficient and organized at work or when performing domestic tasks. Through diverting energy and interest toward inner realms, you often leave work unfinished and then claim the excuse of insufficient time. This can become a normal behavior pattern. Even if you had more time, however, you may still fail to complete tasks as your attention suddenly fades. To change this tendency, and to become more mundanely anchored, you could benefit from an organizational structure which requires self-discipline and shows how careful planning and a focused will can be efficient.
There may be various inner fears and indistinct worries which preoccupy your mind and make you feel sorry for yourself. What may be needed is greater self-responsibility, and an effort to become more positive and trusting of life, so that fears can be banished. Then you can feel confident to dare to face the real world. You are quite capable of doing this; but any avoidance habit may inhibit progress, since you do prefer retreating into a private inner world, especially at times during relationships when you believe your love for another is unappreciated.

You need to be helpful to others, but may be reticent in moving beyond a protective shell. Your usefulness depends on passing beyond these restrictive behavior patterns. Reaching out to embrace life, accepting your total nature, and improving communication with others is your way forward.
There may be a phase of illness - either your own or that of someone else close to you - which offers a lesson that much illness, being psychosomatic in nature, is caused by states of inner disharmony of thought, emotions, attitudes and values. This can be through emotional repression which generates physical side-effects, tension, and stress. If you can perceive the cause behind the obvious symptoms, identify the real underlying problem, and make a conscious, deliberate effort to transform and resolve the problem, amazing healings can occur. The path of healing may then attract your attention, and you could have healing abilities which can be awakened. Linking your observational abilities and empathic contact to your personal growth, and introducing more positive attitudes, could help transform you into a ‘healer’, especially in the alternative medicine field. Once you deal with your problems, you should experience a more fulfilling sense of meaning and purpose, especially when you share yourself with others.

Here our problems are existential, and we are concerned with maintaining ourselves - unlike the situation in the 5th house, where we simply stand and make our presence felt and where being is more important than doing. However, even the 6th house is not primarily concerned with doing, but with getting a clear idea of what one is capable of doing. The 6th house is a mutable house; and mutable houses always have to do with realization. It employs the process of realization to find its own ‘untapped market’. It prompts us to ask, ‘Where are abilities like mine in demand, where am I needed, where would I fit in?’ The question may appear to be academic, but it is real enough, for a 6th house presupposes a 5th - i.e., it presupposes that we already possess 5th-house self-assurance and enjoy a certain status.

In the 6th house we are concerned with being able to make proper use of the ‘I’ that has been put to the test in the 5th house. Thus we are concerned with becoming part of the environment, and with making a personal contribution to it, while earning a living at the same time. Basically, in the 6th house - especially if the Node is positioned there - we should look on ourselves as a supplier who can satisfy a demand, saying, ‘I wish to make a contribution to my local community. Now where is this contribution required?’ It is a question of putting others first, because the 6th house is a house of service.

The principle of service should be recognized as a valid principle, as when it is said of a king that he is the chief servant of his people. Similarly, the 6th house does not necessitate servility, or passive, compliant acceptance. It calls for a positive contribution, provided our contribution meets a real need; for this is what service is all about. Often we have to do hard work, and make an effort that taxes our strength and may even seem to be bad for us; but, with the Node in the 6th house, such experiences are a necessary part of life. We can grit our teeth and say, ‘I know this is no good to me. Nevertheless, I will do it, because the situation calls for it’. If we are harboring some illusion about our abilities, the Node in the 6th house will undeceive us, and will show us the truth about what we can and cannot do. In the 6th house, it is important to perform, as briskly and as cheerfully as possible, the task that lies to hand. We need to resist the temptation to sit and dream. Success in the 6th house comes by tackling a job oneself, without waiting for someone else to do it. One should do one’s best, even if the task seems to be beneath one’s dignity, or leaves us feeling that we always have to do everything ourselves, because it is by our personal participation that everything gets underway and is organized. The whole secret of the 6th house lies in the continual fulfillment of obligations, and in a wholehearted application of one’s abilities to achieve common goals.

If the Rahu is in the sixth house, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through routine service, daily work, and attention to details. In past lives, the person has been dreamy, idealistic, religious, and spiritual. Now he must focus on practical matters and learn to deal with boundaries, essentials, and necessities. Careers involving nursing, cooking, haircutting, etc. are all favored. Or the person may fulfill his destiny in any pursuit dealing with knowledge and information. He may be a good writer, editor, accountant, or bookkeeper. The person must investigate, analyze, and evaluate on a daily basis.

The person may have been born wanting to help everyone else, with little concern for his own personal needs. Now he is here to focus on self-improvement, progress, and full development of his talents. He should take care of the quality of his appearance and the food he eats. Health matters are important, and the person should exercise and learn about preventative medicine and healing techniques. He has to relinquish his easygoing ways, and make a lifestyle of discriminating, judging, and attaining perfection in earthly matters. He should work on precision, manual dexterity, technical skills, and any crafts of his choice. Duty and discipline are crucial in this lifetime.

The person should be picky. He should be cautious and careful, and intensely examine all issues. He should seek to understand the details and mechanics of things. The more knowledge he gains, the happier he will be. His task is to categorize and compartmentalize, and create order wherever chaos exists. He should leave wisdom, idealism, and broad perspectives to philosophers. His efforts should be directed toward solving problems and overcoming obstacles. Old tendencies of profound, compassionate sacrifice should be avoided. The person is here for minor service, and he will suffer if he acts the part of ‘savior’, or allows others to take advantage of his generous nature. Enjoyment of small pets is favored. Purity and innocence are essential, and the person must never function out of improper motives.
Rahu in the sixth house indicates good health and a powerful appetite. The person defeats his enemies and competitors with ease, and therefore may reach the top of his chosen field with little interference or resistance. The Ketu in the twelfth is good for spiritual growth and enlightenment.

Rahu in 5th House & Ketu in 11th House

Dear ardent readers here comes the fifth in the series of Rahu / Ketu  in 5th House & 11th House, The earlier series on Rahu / Ketu in Signs published in 2007 also is equally important & worthwhile reading, however care should be taken not to apply these writings verbatim on any chart, as there are many other factors, combinations, aspects etc which need to be studied always before coming to any conclusion.

The Rahu in the fifth house indicates pleasure in regard to the children, who will be intelligent and have a generous measure of luck in life. This position is also fortunate for an artist, or anyone who is connected with matters that appeal to the mind. It is good for theatrical managers, musicians, and all engaged in artistic occupations. For everyone, it is a sign of luck in games and speculation; but prudence must be exercised in this direction, as an evil aspect of Mars to this house would upset everything. It is especially at the period of the annual revolution that this position of the Rahu is fortunate for speculating, if the horoscope at birth on the whole shows that the native is lucky.
The Ketu in the Eleventh House does not always bring friends and acquaintances of a specially high social status. It causes the native to come into contact with people who may do him harm. Some of his associates will not be disinterested, and will try to cause him pecuniary losses. This position may also indicate a heavy monetary loss to the Mother, or Wife,  or Partner or co-workers if the Moon is in bad aspect.
Through self-expression, he will find fulfillment. Attention must be given to developing his own desires; and he will not be led by others. In the past the attitude was ‘Let others do it’. Now others won’t do it, and the person has to develop his own goals and objectives. Friends have helped in the past, and thereby weakened the person instead of strengthening him. Dependence is a habit pattern buried deeply in the subconscious; but this time the will to stand on one’s own strength and attain their own goals is the necessary ingredient for a successful life.
A person having Rahu in the 5th needs to learn to use his heart and become attached in a very personal way. He needs to love deeply and intensely on a one-to-one basis. There is also a deficiency or delay concerning children in his life. The children can be physical, mental, or spiritual offspring. He should develop a great desire to be creative in some endeavor. this person cannot seem to hold onto love until later in life, because he simply does not know how. He seems able to succeed in this more successfully when he meets someone with Ketu in the fifth. Aspects to this position of Rahu/Ketu are very important in determining whether he has the strength to acquire this new growth. As an example, bad aspects to the Moon could give emotional problems by loss of touch with reality in this regard. Rahu here needs to learn to consider self in loving. He may not be able to express his love fully.
Ketu in the eleventh is unattached love. It is too detached and selfless. Friendships, social affairs, reforming drives, and advanced ideas in human relationships are part of the perfected Ketu in the eleventh. This person is friendly and open, and instinctively knows society’s needs. Friends can turn into lovers; and he truly needs an intense love affair to fulfill his soul’s destiny. People with the Ketu in the eleventh house suffer real discomfort in close relationships between members of the opposite sex. They have very utopian ideals where human needs are concerned. This varies with signs and aspects, but these ideals must be used as a basis of leadership in social and / or political causes where he can teach others humanitarian ideals. Here, we find many government officials or those dealing with the public welfare.

This condition often signifies close relationship with children. They have fairly good success in love / romance, but regarding friendships they may have many disappointments. Their love given to others is much more elaborate than what they receive back. This imbalance in love exchange creates internal inferiority complex in them; and sometimes frustrations affect the relationship. Their creative ideas can be out-of-this-world and at times ahead of time as well. They often find their vista-sphere of life is limited, and many of their goals and ambitions remain as a fantasy. Their love affairs often have a  previous life connection; and they can feel that awareness when they are with others.
Here the individual is learning about the creative process. He spends much time in the clouds, hitching his wagon to some distant dream or pondering through his vast multitude of fantastic ideas. In past incarnations, he lived for the fulfillment of wishes. Now his world of wispy dreams is so ornamented with the accumulated fragrance of promise that it takes a great deal of realistic prodding to shake him loose.
From a young age, he has learned to become a ‘people-watcher’, spending most of his conscious hours pondering the possibilities of other people’s actions. As a result of prior lives, he has learned to become highly imaginative and inventive; at times he is even ingenious, but he is too used to spending most of his mental powers working out the intricate plots of his fantastic daydreams.
He never ceases to amaze himself at the oddities he can conjure up within his own mind; but for all his ingenuity he is one of the least practical people of the zodiac. He is always deeply enmeshed in thought. what he is really doing is seeking symbols which will provide new material for future dreams.
His duty is to learn the importance of dreams, inasmuch as how they explain his life. Ultimately he comes to realize that his entire existence has consisted of acting out his dreams, to the point that he has become the puppet of his own fantasies.
When he does come down to earth, his first instinct is to reach for friends who in either appearance or behavior remind him of the characters of his fantasyland.
His mind is constantly drifting off into the distant future; and there, in the science fiction of a century as yet unlived, he indulges himself in the intriguing fascination of the remotest possibilities which would otherwise have little or no bearing on his current life. Still, he likes to ponder.
He thinks much about the value of his work as well as of the effects of his childhood, both of which he blames for his difficulties in coping with his sex urges.
The truth is that neither his work nor his parents, nor even his sex urges truly bother him, but instead his frustration arises from the gap he sees between the reality of his past-life dream-world and the sharp awakening circumstances through whose boundaries and limitations his current life is actually lived.
He finds it difficult to understand why there is a barrier between dreams and actions; and as a result, he spends much effort trying to break through the walls of limitation that separate one world from the other.
But all the while he is dissipating his strength; and the more he does this, the less he is able to create his own life.
He must realize that through his fifth house Rahu he is now given the greatest gift that man can receive - the power to create his own identity. By studying the process of creation, he can become aware that it is his own thoughts that have caused all the circumstances that he deems real in his life. He must then go further to understand the link between his thought and his dreams, for truly it is his life of dreams that in greater measure than he thinks is creating his life on earth.
He must learn to be responsible about his dreams and careful of what he wishes for, since he, more than one with any other Nodal position in the zodiac, will actually see his dreams materialize. But always the physical effect of each dream comes with a slight twist; enough to make him aware of the danger of creating selfishly.
This individual will have to live his dreams long after he remembers the reasons for them. It is a strong part of his continuing karma to understand ‘wish power’; and how better to understand it than by living through the consequences of all his wishes?
Thus, his life is both a blessing and a curse for each time he rubs Aladdin’s lamp his soul will either move higher on the wings of spirit or sink miserably in the depths of his own private hell.
He is learning that the dreams of his eleventh house Ketu are under the ruler-ship of lord of 11^th house, where they must be directed towards a service for humanity; and that the more he wishes for others, the more he will ultimately have for himself. But when he reverses this process, his life becomes a veritable shambles.
If he chooses to create for himself, he faces the unfortunate results of misusing a sacred gift, for his dreams ultimately will become so jaded as to be utterly worthless insofar as they are able to bring him happiness.
Unless this position fall in Water and Earth signs, they can cause difficulty in relationships and marriage due to so much past-life residue of non-attachment.
Major turning points in the current life revolve around children, through whose eyes the individual comes to understand his own sense of self-worth. He observes how children put their dreams into action, and soon comes to realize that instead of making his dreams the plans for his future he actually has been allowing them to block every present moment. Once he sees his dreams as a well with no bottom, he is able to let go of the castles in the sky and focus his attention on whatever he is creating in the present.
To do this, he even reaches the point of becoming aware of how he allows his great need for friendships to dissipate his creative energies.
More than anything else, he desires to be a doer; but it is only after he gives up every personal dream that he can become strong enough to take the building blocks of his life and put them together. He must literally take the bull by the horns instead of allowing himself to be led through the world his soul remembers.
To accomplish this, he would do well to spend much of his time learning self-discipline, for only through the ability to guide himself will he ultimately be able to surface from the deep waters in which for lifetimes he has submerged his hopes and his dreams.
The sign which contains the Ketu shows the ways in which past-life dreams continue into this incarnation. The sign which contains the Rahu indicates how the individual can constructively apply all his dreams to reality through expressing creatively all he feels inside.
Some highly evolved souls with this position have experienced Cosmic Consciousness in a former life. Now through their fifth house Rahu they are here to bring this awareness to the children of earth.
Fulfill dreams in a practical way. Develop potential for enjoying leisure time in an active, tangible way. Exploit ability to bring pleasure to others. Examine feelings about children, childrearing and procreation. Don’t use group priorities as an excuse for neglecting your personal goals.
In the fifth house, there’s a hang-up about self-expression. Here we have the social climber of the show-off. Humility is either lacking or perverted in some way. In some way, the ability to verbalize your attitudes is detrimental to relationship formation. Romance is usually the most common area of difficulty, although parent-child relationships and social life in general can suffer as well. Sometimes there’s a tendency to expect your children to do what you couldn’t, whether it’s marry a millionaire, become a brain surgeon, or simply be the most popular child in the class.
Rahu in the fifth house wants to be considered loyal, above all else. Fun, romance, and children often play a role in the dream motif. This person wants to be thought of as a powerful instrument or advocate of good. This person tends to be rather moody. He or she is inclined to attract sensitive souls to befriend; sometimes these people are cranky or difficult, and severely test Rahu in fifth’s desire to remain loyal. Parents are generally a strong influence for better or worse. Often there’s over-concern about whether the parents will approach of their actions or not. If the person chooses to break away from parental dominance, he or she may suffer severe guilt pangs that hinder effective functioning. The dream of loyalty must be tempered by a primary loyalty to self before the rest of the dream can be fulfilled.

You need to explore creativity and imagination, discover the dreaming mind’s potential, and learn to apply this in life. Releasing innate creativity will enrich your life and others’. Your mind and subjective  life fascinates, and you can become inwardly preoccupied. Daydreaming is likely; and considerable energy can be directed toward stimulating imagination, with a view to elaborating your more inventive dreams. Your inner life can develop as a weaving of imagination, dreams, desires and fantasies.
Yet this ability is a two-edged sword; it can enrich life, adding an extra dimension interwoven with physical reality, or it can become a conditioning force, distorting reality through attempting to rule and direct your life, trying to force you to act out fantasy roles. You need to ensure that you remain master and not become a slave to a creative process which can become powerfully obsessive. You may avoid living fully in the present, instead allowing dreams to fill you with future options and compensatory worlds in which you are preoccupied with what could be or what is hoped for. This may be allowed to happen whenever your present situation fails to match projections and it becomes too painful to confront the fact that dreams have failed to materialize.
You prefer associations with friends, partners, or groups that stimulate this dream tendency, those whose attitudes are supportive of you, or whose interests offer material for imagination. Often you reject those who confront you with your present reality. Eventually, the abyss between your dreams and actual reality will be exposed, and this will pose a direct challenge to your progress.
Once you stand before this abyss, you cannot avoid confrontation. Looking for a way forward, you may become interested in exploring psychology or the occult, hoping for self-understanding. You aim to discover the powerful ability to create your ideal future. By studying, observing, and experimenting with your mind and imagination, you may realize that it is by aspirational dreams, thoughts, and imagination that life progresses. These are the roots of all choice and decision-making - if both will and application are potent enough to manifest desires. This is the belief behind the techniques of creative visualization, and these are powerful methods to use for self-transformation and life-style change.
You may observe that it is difficult to manifest purely, and that many dreams are too selfish and thus become distorted in the process of becoming real. You need to understand this process of ‘creative wishing’. The most effective way is by experiencing the results in real life. You can learn how to control and direct this ability to create those situations for which you take responsibility. Ideally, you will discover that your dreams and imagination can also benefit others; selfish dreams may eventually be revealed as providing no lasting enrichment or satisfaction. Basically, the ability to manifest one’s thoughts is the creative process; this is an important psychological and magical skill. What is required is considerable self-knowledge in order that this not be abused. It is a power that can be dangerous; and the only safeguard lies in the power being applied with the good of others in mind.
In the 5th house, we are concerned with proving ourselves or presenting ourselves, in a direct way, to the ‘You’. We must learn to face everyone openly and fearlessly, and must be capable of somehow drawing attention to ourselves as individuals. The 5th house is one of the three houses which have to do, in the most intense and direct way, with self-presentation and self-promotion. The most apt description of the 5th house is that it signifies the development of ‘presence’ - to be self-assured and not easily put off by a critical word or a short retort; to be able to persuade others by our confident bearing and by the strength of our personality. These are prominent features of this placement.
Eroticism also belongs to the fifth house, but the mistake is often made of confusing eroticism with sexual appetite. Sex can be one of its functions, but sexuality occurs in all the houses, although admittedly in different forms and connections. In itself, eroticism is not sexual, but rather emotional or sensorial attraction that may function also among people of the same sex as friendship or platonic love. It is the direct, vital connection between one human being and another. It is felt as a tingling and excitement when in the neighborhood of a certain person. This is not unconditionally sexual. The purpose of eroticism is to put one in touch with others by means other than conversation.
With this position in the 5th house, the native has to seek closeness to others, a closeness that is stimulating and conveys a permanent sense of warmth. In this respect, eroticism can be incredibly fine, cultivated, and elevated. Physically, it is tactile and involves entering the field of vibration of another and experiencing the interaction of one’s own vibrational field with it. Of course, this can operate in the sexual area, where the erotic is a primary impulse. This placement in the 5th house requires us to be straightforward and direct: then the other person will respond to us and our influence, and we shall have vital encounters. The 5th house is a Fire house; so, inevitably, the encounters it promotes are vital.
Inhibitions are natural; but, with this placement, it is very important that we do not allow ourselves to be overcome by our situation, but that we remain ourselves. Otherwise this pole, which is one that specifically represents us, can no longer exist as part of a dual or multiple erotic field of vibration, but is overwhelmed. Thus this position requires us to be active and strong in a relationship.
Therefore we must be ready to experiment, and to take risks. When we make contact with a person and feel these vibrations, we do not know what will come of it. We may decide to stay as we are for the most part. Then, in principle, nothing negative can occur, and we shall harm no-one. The concentration is at the ‘I’; the ‘You’ reacts to it, and the ‘I’ is strengthened by meeting a strong ‘I’: both of them sharpen their identities and profit from the encounter.
If the Rahu is in the fifth house, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through performing creative acts, attaining recognition, and developing the ego. Self-expression and personal power are essential. In past lives, the person may have been detached, unemotional, and indifferent to approval and acknowledgement. Now, he must seek out status, accolades, leadership, and honor. Above all, he must create a life which is regarded as significant and meaningful. Theatre and film are favored, as are all other artistic endeavors. The person should strive for prominence and fame. He should promote himself and his work. He must abandon his old tendencies of modesty, altruism, and obscurity.
In previous incarnations, the person may have lived a life of group activity, always being with friends and companions. Now he must delve deeply into passionate love affairs and all matters of the heart. He should enjoy the pleasures of romance, sensuality, and eroticism. Children are extremely important and fulfilling. The person finds great value in working with youth. He may decide to teach, so that his influence will live on through his pupils. He must act with integrity, honesty, and warmth. He should strive for individuality, and resist the temptation to follow the dictates and opinions of others. He is here for his own needs, concerns, and pleasures, not for those of society. He should honor his desires and instincts more than his rational mind.
Pride, dignity, and self-respect should be cultivated. The person has to realize the unique and special nature of his personality. He should work on developing confidence and a regal demeanor. The more he becomes the center of attention, the greater his evolution will be and the faster he will attain perfection. He should guard against shyness, timidity, and an unassuming manner. He gains great benefit from fun and pleasure, and should immerse himself completely in earthly matters. The person may enjoy sports, stocks, and all other forms of speculation. Careers involving entertainment and personal creativity are favored. Faith and loyalty in this life are important.
Rahu in the fifth house indicates powerful or worldly children, cravings for material benefits, and unsettled peace of mind. The person is considered to have died in his last life while contemplating his money and possessions. Now he is easily able to fulfill his materialistic desires. Unfortunately, however, his cravings may be never-ending. The Ketu in the eleventh house means spiritual or psychic friends, difficulties with groups, and strong ability to realize major goals and ambitions in life.

Rahu in 4th House and Ketu in 10th House

Rahu in 4th House / Ketu in 10th House

Dear ardent readers here comes the fourth in the series of Rahu / Ketu (The Nodes) in 4th House / 10th House, The earlier series on Rahu / Ketu in Signs published in 2007 also is equally important & worthwhile reading, however care should be taken not to apply these writings verbatim on any chart, as there are many other factors, combinations, aspects etc which need to be studied always before coming to any conclusion, for ease of writing only one gender is used this time

The Rahu in the fourth house gives a cheerful and happy home life, and harmonious relations with the family. The Father, or the marriage partner, occupies a prominent post. Rahu in the Nadir of Heavens is favourable for marriage, and will be a sign of happiness if the Moon is well-placed in the horoscope. It is also a sign of good heredity from the physical as well as the mental standpoint.

 
The Ketu in the tenth house may be fortunate for material things if the horoscope on the whole is good. It may, however, bring at some period in life some troubles and issues affecting things in general - tensions if the Moon is afflicted.

 
The fourth house represents the midnight or the depth of the personality. What we are in the depths is not what we always appear to be on the surface. In the depth of oneself the inner powers must be released.  He/she gained from it the sense of power that made him feel his importance as a person. Now he/she must grow. Through his domestic surroundings, through a quiet withdrawal, and through the wise use of his emotions, he/she will find fulfillment.

With the Rahu in the fourth there should be a development of the domestic life. He/she needs to learn the art of going into seclusion. He/she must be alone with himself at times to develop his own depth of soul, to dig deep and get to the very roots. Possibly, he/she would have to learn the role of nurturing, helping another grow, as in helping to sustain life. This person would need to establish a home, to care for it and learn what it takes to do this. There may be a problem in connection with some relations, or an imbalance in his/her relations with them.

Ketu in the tenth is the extrovert. With this position there is great ability to deal with the public as the person easily understands its needs. This is similar to the Moon in the tenth, but coupled with the innate genius in public affairs. He/she does not take time to relate on a personal basis because of an inner need for public acclaim. It also can bring disappointment and dissatisfaction with regard to his/her vocation, bringing in many changes. If Ketu is in Aquarius in the tenth, he/she can be a leader. The Ketu here gives a tendency to resist control by others. At its best, the power and success attained in the world must be used to assist others. When the person is able to do this, then destiny for this person will be met. At its worst, when used for vain self-glory, he/she fails. Here the uppermost thought should be control of selfish desires.

 
This condition often signifies fairly close relationship with mother figure. At the most, the relationship with mother is closer than with father. For some reason, home or domestication is highly significant in their life. They may or may not like to be family-oriented, but that is the way their life has to be structured. Career is given a second priority in their life. Although they have strong self-displaying ego, circumstances may not give them the opportunity to be prominent in their field. The relationship with parents is that of a deep attachment; and they require a lot of effort to be free from their parental wing. Considerable sensitivity is seen in these people. This individual must learn to overcome the karmic feeling that he is the vital center of all situations around him. He comes into the current life with subconscious memories of a past sense of dignity, which leads him to believe that at least certain areas of life experience are beneath him.

His/her prior incarnations could have put him in the position of being captain of his own ship, if not the commander of others. As a result, he is used to assuming an authoritative position whenever the weakness of others triggers his powerful need to take charge.
He/she enjoys the role of protector and goes to extremes in filling his life with those whose very weaknesses put them under his dominion. By so doing, he is constantly testing his own power to stand tall.

This is a lonely position, for here the individual is so concerned with his self-appointed mission that he never allows others to see into his real self underneath. What he shows is the uniform of the role he/she feels obliged to play. In the current life, he goes through experiences which teach him to come down off his skyscraper and make sure of the foundation underneath. It is in the area of his most highly intimate relationships within his own family that the stage is set for his lifelong battle in an attempt to gain control of his own roots.

Many with these Nodes have one unusually demanding parent whose expectations encourage them to believe that they are truly destined to achieve a position of sitting on top of the world. As a result, they are discontented with whatever situation they are in, for always it falls short of what they feel they were meant to do. The karmic lesson here is that ‘A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’. The individual must overcome his readiness to forsake what he has for the possibility of attaining what he doesn’t. So unwilling is he to see himself in a back-seat position that when circumstances force him to do so he may in extreme cases even contemplate suicide; for he firmly believes that without his achieving some great destiny, life is utterly worthless.

This incarnation brings him through the experience of facing the conflict between a career for himself and the demands of his family. He must learn maturity, for with all his projected strength, power and dignity he is nearly a cripple when it comes to solving his own emotional problems. He must examine his roots, and, after pulling his head out of the clouds of his past, build a practical foundation for his future. Eventually he learns that his organizing for others is merely a distraction from putting his own life in order.

The relationship established with parents early in life is more important in these Nodes than in any other position of the zodiac. Here the individual will spend much of his life energy attempting to be totally free and independent of his parents, yet always conscious of how much he needs them. Nevertheless, the reaction patterns to life continue to show a definite parental defiance, masking a strong need for parental love.

This soul is at a point in karmic cycle where it feels unappreciated for all the efforts. The past incarnation residue is based on achievement for the sake of recognition and appreciation. Now, achievement is to be its own reward. The soul must stop trying to gain audience for its deeds, realizing that the audience will always be there if the deeds are great enough. It is in this process of seeking an audience that the individual tends to lose himself. He must literally transform his fourth house into a new birth of emotional attitudes, learning the lessons that when a man stands on tiptoes he is unsteady.

His/her life is like the beautiful orchid: a splendid sight to behold when raised and nourished under the most delicately controlled environmental conditions; but once the orchid is prepared for display, it is snipped from its roots, insuring wilting and certain death after a short time. This individual will be faced with the choice of being the overlooked orchid growing in a garden of thousands, or sacrificing his own happiness to be the beautiful flower on someone’s lapel. As soon as he overcomes his past-life need for display, he can start to grow to the maturity he is so desperately seeking.

The sign which contains the Ketu indicates the ways through which he still overemphasizes his importance. The sign which contains the Rahu shows how he can grow to become in substance so emotionally fulfilled that he no longer has to equate his happiness with his soul memory of prior-life personal esteem.

Conflicts: Pleasant home life vs. pleasant career. Worries about career vs. attention to private life. 

 
Tendency to insist on getting recognition as boss. Develop maturity. Use your untapped potential to strengthen your foundations. Examine your roots, upbringing and prejudices for keys to the reasons for your self-doubts. Take notice of your domestic needs.

In the fourth house, there’s a hang-up about developing or growing up when the Rahu is present. This can take the form of excessive self-consciousness, or it can trigger a lust for power, depending on which node is allowed to dominate. In either case, the feelings of inferiority are based on illogical feelings. These are often a result of childhood experiences. Sometimes death of a parent plays a role. Other times the parent’s immaturity or lack of common sense or stability has had a negative impact. Those people who try to fulfill their excess needs for power often complain of lack of recognition and / or sympathy from those who are in a position to offer advancement.

Rahu in the fourth house wants a very loyal family and a home in which he or she will be the focal point and chief mover. Less frequently, this person dreams of developing some sort of powerful metaphysical abilities. Acknowledgement of some sort is a basic dream motif. This is a person of changing ambitions. Usually there are several career interests that are pursued in turn in an almost ruthless way. The dream of acknowledgement is often fulfilled, but the acknowledgement may not be the sort that was expected or wanted.

What tends to dominate is a sense of importance, authority, and decisiveness. You feel that you have a higher social standing than most, and that they should give you appropriate deference and respect. You may believe that certain tasks are ‘beneath you’. You will have an aura of ‘dignified aloofness’ which can distance you from others.

How accurate are these feelings of importance? Or are they self-deceptive illusions? These feelings come from needing to control; and you hope to satisfy this as an authority or leader. You dislike having to adopt a follower’s role or defer to another’s authority, especially as this reminds you that your feelings of command could be illusions.

You may often assume a role of protector, attracting others who are more passive or personally weak, and who need someone to rely on. This role allows you to express leadership qualities. Yet, through identifying with this authority role, you often manage to avoid other aspects of yourself, those which may not fit your image of leadership. The authority role, however, does offer additional challenges which help you to grow and mature. Authority implies greater responsibility, and you need to feel convinced that you have the ability to succeed.

Part of this need derives from personal insecurity, probably formed during childhood, perhaps by excessive parental expectations that encouraged a belief that you had a natural right to lead others. If these expectations fail to be met in adult life, a growing dissatisfaction develops, as life fails to match the hopes and dreams absorbed from parents.

Problems related to choices between family obligations and work may occur within your adult family, especially if you reach a senior and responsible position. You tend to be adept at organizing for others, but, in doing so, you leave less time, energy, and interest to increase your self-understanding. This may be most noticeable in a tendency to be uneasy with emotional expression or uncomfortable with feelings. You may try to avoid intimate situations when these are exposed. Emotional problems pose difficulties, and generally you hope that they simply go away and regret that you cannot orgnaize them into resolution.

Growth occurs when you accept your emotions work upon to improve over them. Your family and others will appreciate you more if emotions are allowed to flow more easily, rather than being submerged in role playing. Your achievements can be considerable, especially through career and work, but you should strive to achieve for achievement’s sake, rather than for the ‘applause of the audience’, as this will serve only to reinforce identification with your role.

In the 4th house, emotional values are all-important. It is not enough, as in the 3rd house, simply to inquire about the meaning of something; one must be able to enter into it with feeling. With the Node here, we are like a bird that felt good in its cosy nest and was thrown out of it. Usually the chart will exhibit a tendency on the part of the native to lack balance and to be overeager to stress his or her own individuality. The lesson to learn is to be an ordinary human being among other human beings, and to be able to give and take emotionally.

Often the 4th-house Node is counterbalanced by the Sun, Uranus, or Pluto at the top of the chart; and this produces, by relfex action, the wish to be famous or a leader. When emotional imaginative pictures to do with the family or the group enter consciousness, these guiding images have to be clarified.

If planets in the 9th or 10th house show high ambition, this can be satisfied; but, with the Node in the 4th house, the native needs to keep close to home and roots. The feet need to be kept firmly on the ground. Bottlenecks, which hold up progress, are often encountered. Now, when blockages occur, the native’s reaction is to try and forge ahead. In many cases, that would be the right thing to do; but with the Moon’s Node in the 4th house, it is wrong. The proper course of action is to pull back and to live as one of the group, as one of the family. This is the only way to prepare to move forward again, to find room for maneuver, to gain access to those it is desired to lead. Then misunderstandings will be swept away and a fresh impetus will be given to upward development.

With Nodes in the 4th house that receive hard aspects, there can be a retreat into a  pleasant ideal world of acceptance and domestic bliss. This ‘warm nest’ feeling has a very important function. It is one of the fundamentals of life; and we may well want to experience it at all costs. This makes us undifferentiated and dependent on the activities of the family. We are governed by these activities, and do not have a hand in shaping them but are sacrificed to the family’s interests. In the worst scenario, our relatives assume the right to abuse us and to walk all over us.

When there is a planet in the 10th house, in opposition to the Node, the native will readily part with a place in the nest in order, at least, to make sure of getting on in the world. Ambition, in whatever form it occurs, destroys the sense of domesticity. The natural need to be part of a bigger organism, group, or family, comes second-best.

With a square from a planet on the Ascendant, the departure from normal is not excessive, but the native is too egotistic; with a square from the Descendant, the native defers to the partner. If, for the sake of personal development, the need to belong is allowed to wither, an essential human quality dies, and the individual becomes a loner and inclined to do wrong to others. For the ability to avoid unfairness is based on the nest-like environment of the 4th house.

 If the Rahu is in the fourth house, the person’s greatest growth, evolution, and fulfillment come through taking care of his home and family life. In previous incarnations, there may have been an overabundance of professional activities and social responsibility. Now the person must concentrate on his own soul growth and fulfillment of emotional needs. All activities involving land, property, and homes are favored. The person should develop his feminine and maternal energy, and seek to nurture all those in his presence. He should dedicate his life to family, children, relatives, and loved ones. He may do well in healing professions, nursing, cooking, catering, inn-keeping, or any domestically-oriented jobs. Although career focus is neither psychologically significant nor a main objective of this life, the person is extremely concerned with the well-being of all members of his immediate community. He must do his best to see that everyone has a sense of belonging.

The person should not look for a life of profound philosophical meaning. His/her actions would not be based upon compelling drives towards particularly ambitious goals. Rather, he is here to experience and appreciate the full value of his emotions, senses, passions, sensitivities, and vulnerabilities. His job is to keep his family and the human species alive and well. Tradition, rituals, and cultural values are of very great importance.

The person is on a lifelong journey back to his roots. Spiritually, this means he is very well-advised to engage in meditation, contemplation, and all inner-directed self-development techniques. Also, he gains tremendous benefits from periods of self-imposed seclusion and isolation. On a more mundane level, the person wants to learn everything possible about the lives, history, and circumstances of his ancestors and predecessors. At the very beginning of life, the person is organically connected to the father. However, as his consciousness grows, he quickly realizes there is no progress to be made in this realm. He then shifts his attention to his mother and all other tenderhearted expressions of creation.

The person is devoted to practicalities, not ideals. He is wonderfully sympathetic, and functions as a magnificent support system to those in need. He is like a rock of stability, always emotionally available for others. In this lifetime the person is learning extreme devotion and loyalty to his loved ones. He may derive tremendous pleasure from gardening, landscaping, or farming. Collectibles and material possessions are very important.

The person must have absolute control over his daily environment.  he should surround himself with beauty and whatever else appeals to his personal tastes. Living near water is preferred; and the person may wish to develop his psychic, sensitive nature to the fullest. He is here for a highly subjective, even sentimental, experience of life, and is now relinquishing his obsession with objective realities and ultimate truths.

Rahu in the fourth house also sometimes indicates problems with a disciplining mother and some minor delays in gaining educational degrees. There are strong cravings in the heart, and a possibility of attaining large homes or mansions. The Ketu in the tenth house reveals a good reputation and successful professional life. Careers may involve any spiritual activity which raises the consciousness of the common person. There is distinct talent in metaphysical or natural healing techniques.