What are Rahu and Ketu astronomically?
In fact, these planets do not have physical bodies; they are merely points of intersection between the Moon's orbit and the Sun's ecliptic*.
*The ecliptic is the apparent path of the Sun across the sky over a year.
They are also known as the North Node (Rahu) and the South Node (Ketu).
Rahu and Ketu are the key to understanding the soul's connection to its past incarnations. The influence of these planets is very strong and full of spiritual meaning.
From time to time, they shake up our lives to remind us of previously accumulated wisdom and potential.
The task of Rahu and Ketu is to awaken a person immersed in material goals and desires and fill them with spiritual energy.
Rahu and Ketu show our inner conflict, the internal struggle between positive and negative qualities.
This is a personal point of growth, an opportunity to get rid of the karma of past incarnations, achieve liberation, and reveal oneself in all their beauty.
Rahu indicates unfinished life tasks and desires from previous incarnations, explaining why we have returned.
The position of Rahu will show in which sphere there will be a relentless pursuit, attempts to satisfy all desires, inevitably leading to disappointment.
To change this tendency, one must first become aware of their patterns and conditioning.
Rahu leads us astray from the right path, but does so purposefully. It encourages us to seek happiness in the material world and understand through personal experience that this is impossible.
Rahu creates situations through which we grow, understand, and accept ourselves—beginning to truly love ourselves. Rahu helps us change our destiny.
Ketu illuminates the path when a person steps onto the road of inner transformation, seeking and changing their negative qualities.
Ketu shows the area where a person experiences illusions. It can bring very harsh lessons, removing things, people, and situations from one's life.
Ketu's task is to support our aspiration to understand and accept our destiny, which is essentially the path to enlightenment.
The Rahu/Ketu axis reveals the inner conflict and contradictions between fears and desires that reside in the subconscious.
Rahu is responsible for the present life, while Ketu is for the past lives. Often, we are unaware that our current experiences are shaped by past experiences and actions.
Initially, the axis creates disharmony, but gradually, by understanding how these energies work, we learn, develop spiritually, and thus overcome our difficulties.
And of course, knowing the meanings of your Rahu and Ketu positions helps to achieve inner harmony more easily and quickly.