Rahu Mahadasha Follows the Dispositor

Rahu in the 10th makes a public, unusual career the long theme, if the 10th is actually Rahu's house from the lagna. Rahu in the 7th makes marriage the unusual theme. The host decides the texture. A Jupiter host, Rahu in Sagittarius or Pisces, ties the 18 years to Jupiter's condition, including Jupiter's debilitation if Jupiter is in Capricorn. A Saturn host ties them to Saturn. People who read Rahu as always foreign are half right: foreign and unusual are Rahu's style, and the host chooses the department that becomes foreign or enlarged.

Mars mahadasha, 7 years, comes before Rahu. Jupiter, 16, comes after. The opening antardasha is Rahu-Rahu, 18 times 18 divided by 120, a little under three years. Those opening years are the node without a subtitle. Later bhuktis bring the other lords under Rahu's roof, including the Mars year of a little over one year. A heavy opening usually means Rahu's house and host are heavy, not that the whole 18 years are identical. When Jupiter's mahadasha begins, the theme changes to Jupiter's houses even if Rahu remains in the same natal sign.

Obsession, ambition, and a life that does not copy the parents are fair descriptions of style. A specific scandal, a specific illness, or a specific country is not. The 12th house, if that is where Rahu sits, already covers foreign residence and cost. Let the house do that work. Sade Sati may overlap these 18 years or miss them entirely, because it is Saturn's transit from the Moon. Do not merge the two clocks. Saturday remedies help only if Saturn is the dispositor.