Houses That Trouble Rahu and Ketu

Rahu and Ketu are always opposite, so any house called bad for one is occupied by the other seven signs away. The pair matchers dispute most is the 1st and the 7th. Rahu in the 7th puts appetite and an unconventional script in marriage and puts Ketu in the lagna. Ketu in the 7th puts detachment in marriage and puts Rahu in the lagna. The 8th and the 12th are the dusthana fears: breaks, expense, and sudden loss, with the opposite node in the 2nd or the 6th.

The 3rd, 6th, and 11th are the houses this complaint usually spares, because they are upachayas.

Ketu in the 12th is often left alone as a moksha-leaning placement, while Rahu in the 6th, opposite it, is a competitive placement people even like. Calling the 12th universally bad for nodes misses that split. Rahu in the 4th can unsettle home and mother, with Ketu in the 10th thinning the career's satisfaction. The house is bad for the topic it owns, not bad as a moral fact about the node.

A node conjunct the Moon is a special case in whatever house, because the mind's karaka is eclipsed. That conjunction can make a tolerable house feel personal.

Rahu's 18 years spend Rahu's house at full volume. Ketu's 7 years spend the opposite house. A 7th-house Rahu is a marriage climate for 18 years. A 7th-house Ketu is a marriage climate for 7. The shorter period is not automatically kinder. It is briefer.

Jupiter's aspect can witness the house. It does not move the node into an upachaya. If you want the least argued address, use the 3rd, 6th, or 11th, and accept the opposite node in the 9th, 12th, or 5th as the price.