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Cat's Eye, Ketu, and the Second House
Cat's eye is the gem linked to Ketu, and Ketu in the second house is a placement in the house of wealth and speech, not an order to buy the stone. Pitri dosha, a ninth-house condition, is not cured by this gem.
Ketu in the house of speech and money
The second house is wealth and speech. Ketu there can detach the voice, make income unusual, or create a disinterest in display. It gives the result of the sign lord and of any graha it joins. If the second lord is strong, the detachment can be a clean, spare prosperity. If the lord is weak, speech may be abrupt and savings uneven. Cat's eye, lahsuniya, is the stone associated with Ketu. It is discussed only when Ketu's role for the lagna is helpful and weak enough to need a prop. A second-house Ketu is not that judgment by itself.
The lagna can forbid the stone
Ketu is a node. Strengthening it while it occupies a money house can increase the very detachment the family hopes to soften. For some lagnas the second lord is already a difficult graha, and a Ketu stone piles on. The eleventh house is gains. Look there before you treat the second as the whole of wealth. The seventh house is marriage. People buy cat's eye for speech and then ask it to save a marriage. It will not. The seventh lord is a different question.
Seven years, then stop assuming
Ketu mahadasha lasts 7 years. That is when a Ketu remedy is even on the table. A Venus mahadasha of 20 years does not become a cat's eye project because Ketu sits in the second natally. Lahiri Ketu must actually be in the second, not merely feared there from a wrong time. No weight, metal, or mantra count is prescribed. If the conditions fail, do not wear the stone. The second house will still be the second house.
Frequently asked questions
Should Ketu in the second always get cat's eye?
No. The second house is wealth and speech. The stone is only for a Ketu that helps that lagna and needs support. Many charts should skip it.
What does Ketu do to speech?
It follows the second lord. Speech can become spare or abrupt. The result is the dispositor's, not a fixed curse.
When is the gem even timely?
In Ketu mahadasha, which lasts 7 years, or a Ketu antardasha, and only after the lagna agrees. It does not touch a ninth-house Pitri condition.
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