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EXALTED DEBILITATED - RAHU KETU

Rahu-Ketu neechcha-uchcha
nichha- * uttamaRashi of Debilitation and
Exaltation
Graha * Amsha

see also: nichhauttama- of the 7

visible graha

There is no agreement in
the Jyotisha classical
literature regarding:

Exaltation rashi and

debilitation rashi
(zodiacal sign) of RahuKetu
Ownership rashi
(zodiacal sign) of Rahu-

Ketu.

Shri B.V. Raman writes in A

Catechism of Astrology (p
47) that according to
Parashara:

In Gems and Astrology

(1994) Dr. G. S. Kapoor
writes:

Rahu owns Kanya

(swakshetra)
Ketu owns Meena
(swakshetra)
uttamamza of Rahu =
Vrishabha
uttamamza of Ketu =
Vrischika

according to BPHS: " Rahu is

exalted in Taurus and Ketu is
exalted in Scorpio.

Therefore, if an exalted
Rahu or Ketu is posited
in a quadrant or trine
and its dispositor Venus
or Mars is an auspicious
planet for the concerned
birth chart and if well
disposed,
Rahu and Ketu will give
very beneficial results. "

In Light on Relationships,
modern Jyotisha writers Hart
deFouw and Robert Svoboda
state that

"Rahu might be exalted in

Scorpio. "

Furthermore, there is a very

well established Dravidianregion tradition that

Rahu co-owns Kumbha while

Ketu co-owns Vrischika. I
follow this tradition.

Parashara says -- and this

designation is widely
accepted:

Rahu = exalted in Vrishabha

rashi

In practice, an uttama- Rahu

located in bhava 3, 6, 10, or
11 is generally a good
predictor of capital wealth
acquisition from Rahu-type
activities:

USA Pres-43 George W. Bush =

uttama-Rahu the Rakshasa =
acquisitive Vrishabha in gainful
11

smoky, oily, gassy

materials
greyish-brown
environments, such as
bogs and pollution
clouds (smog)

Mr. Bush certainly comes from

an acquisitive (Vrishabha)
family, and is very well
connected to oily (Rahu)
earnings (11) throughout the
global economy (11).
Rahu = kamakaraka +

An assortment
of opinions
about RahuKetu, their
results and their
associations:

fraudulent,
pretentious, or
camouflaged
activities
pollution either
chemical or social
persons of low or no
social rank
persons of low
morality (criminals)
persons and activities
outside the social
norms
persons and activities
which feature social
risk
any expression of
disregard Shani's
rules for slow, triedand-true, careful,
step-wise, lawful
progress up the
ranked hierarchies.

Vrishabha = urgent need to selfelevate using economic

connections, specifically
marketplace income generated
from "smoky, oily, gassy"
commodities = artha, dhana
as to whether this wealth is
gained by criminal activity or
affiliation, or by collaboration
with persons who operate
outside the social norms, Rahu
significations may be
considered valid.

Here are a few scholarly opinions:

B.V. Raman,
A Catechism of
Astrology. part
II,

"Q. 69 Can we have a nichha-bhanga Raja-yoga of Rahu and

Ketu?
Ans.

p. 47

If we can have nichhabhanga Yogas for Mars, Saturn

and others, I do not see why we should not extend the
same to Rahu and Ketu.
Parasara is very clear in declaring that
o Virgo is to be owned by Rahu and Pisces is
to be owned by Ketu.
o the exaltation sign for Rahu is Taurus and for
Ketu, Scorpio.
o Here also views differ but one that is given
above is more authoritative."

B.V. Raman.
(1992, 4th ed.).

Q. 38: Is it good to have an evil planet debilitated in a good

house? Or, to have an evil planet weakened in a bad house?

A Catechism of
Astrology.

Ans.

Part I,p. 33:

A weak evil planet in a good house or a bad house,

wherever he may be,
o will spoil the house more than a strong evil
planet.
Here, the general principle to be borne in mind is this.
o
o

Evil planets, wherever they may be, spoil the

house they occupy.
The weaker they are, the more so it will be.

from ~~ Dr. G.
S. Kapoor.
(1994). Gems
and Astrology .
Ranjan
Publications,
New Delhi.

"WHO SHOULD WEAR GOMEDHA AND CATS EYE

?

p. 118-120:

Rahu and Ketu are shadowy planets and are not lords
of any signs of the zodiac.
[according to R-K lord]
According to Dr. B. V. Raman (vide 'Hindu Predictive
Astrology'), "Rahu and Ketu are aprakash Graha or
lustreless planets and they give the results of the lords
of the houses they occupy".

Therefore,

if Rahu or Ketu occupies a house the lord of which

is an auspicious planet in a birth chart
and is well placed in it, Rahu or Ketu will give
good results of that planet.[gem...]
[according to house 3-6-11]
In spite of the fact that Rahu and Ketu do not own any
signs, they have been treated as full-fledged planets by
almost all of our ancient authorities (except Varaha
Mihir) and they have held that Rahu and Ketu act
differently in different houses of the horoscopes.
According to Phaladeepika, Rahu and Ketu being
first class malefics give adverse effects in all houses
except the 3rd, 6th and 11th houses. The favourable
effects in these three houses have been described as:
Rahu in the 3rd, 6th and 11th makes the native
honoured, wealthy and long-lived.
o
o

Ketu in the 3rd makes the native long-lived,

strong, wealthy and renowned.
In the 6th, Ketu makes the native generous,
full of praiseworthy qualities, firm, famous
and conqueror of enemies.

In the 11th Ketu gives the native wealth, good

qualities, all sorts of luxuries and comforts and
success in all his ventures.

[gem...]
According to Brihat Parashara Hora (translation by
Pt. Sita Ram Jha) Rahu is exalted in Taurus and
Ketu is exalted in Scorpio.
o
o
o
o
o

Therefore, if an exalted Rahu or Ketu is

posited in a quadrant or trine
and its dispositor Venus or Mars is an
auspicious planet for the concerned birth chart
and if well disposed,
Rahu and Ketu will give very beneficial
results.
[gem...]

According to Laghu Parashari and Uttara Kalamrita,

Rahu and Ketu function as Yogakarakas in a birth
chart [...]
o

[Laghu Parashari] According to Dewan Ram

Chandra, the famous and learned translator and
comment commentator of 'Laghu Parashari',
this sloka should be [understood to mean]:
if Rahu or Ketu is posited in a trine
with the lord of a quadrant,
or in a quadrant with the lord of a trine,
they become Yogakaraka.
[Uttara Kalamrita]
if Rahu and Ketu occupy dual signs
and if in these signs Rahu or Ketu are

conjoined with lords of quadrant or

trine houses,
the native will, during the Dasha
periods of Rahu and Ketu, get wealth,
power etc.
This means
if the two nodes (Rahu and Ketu) and
the lord of a trine are posited in 9th or
10th,
or if one of them is in the 9th and the
other in the 10th or vice versa.
the yoga will cause prosperity to the
native .
Even a conjunction of either of these
with the lord of a quadrant will prove
beneficial.
In the above circumstances, the Dashas
of these two nodes as well as joined
with them will prove happy.
If there be a planet who is inauspicious
associated I with either of the nodes,
then the sub-period of the yogaproducing-planet will be adverse.
[gem...]"

This chart is composed from the scholarly writing of Mylavarapu Venkateswara Rao

Authority

Node Rashi effects

Vriddha Samhita

Rahu Owns Aquarius

Jyotishamrita

Rahu Owns Aquarius

Vriddha Samhita

Ketu Owns Scorpio

Jyotishamrita

Ketu Owns Scorpio

Veemesaram

Rahu Owns Aquarius

Jatakachintamani

Rahu exalted in Scorpio; fallen in Taurus

Jatakachintamani

Ketu exalted in Gemini; fallen in Sagittarius

Veemesaram

Rahu exalted in Scorpio; fallen in Taurus

Veemesaram

Ketu exalted in Scorpio; fallen in Taurus

Jatakalankaram

Rahu exalted in Scorpio; fallen in Taurus

Jatakalankaram

Ketu exalted in Scorpio; fallen in Taurus

Syama Sangraham

Rahu exalted in Gemini and fallen in Sagittarius

Syama Sangraham

Ketu exalted in Sagittarius and fallen in Gemini

Sarvartha Chintamani Rahu exalted in Taurus; fallen in Scorpio

Sarvartha Chintamani Ketu exalted in Scorpio; fallen in Taurus
Bhavartha Ratnakara Rahu exalted in Taurus; Gemini and Cancer mulatrikona
Bhavartha Ratnakara Ketu exalted in Scorpio; Sagittarius and Capricorn mulatrikona