The Rahu

Rahu is the point in the zodiac where the paths of the Sun and the Moon cross Rahu or Dragons Head or North Node represents, foreigners, foreign countries, foreign travel, engineering and the technical trades, smoke, old men, grand parents, theft, gambling, drinking, nonconformists, the underworld and the bad elements in the society.Rahu takes approximately one and half years to travel a sign and hence completes the round of the zodiac in eighteen years. It is believed that either Sun or Moon is conjunct with Rahu or Ketu, a solar or lunar eclipse takes place. In astronomy Rahu is considered the dragon's head and is also known as the north node of Moon. Rahu and Ketu are not real luminaries and are regarded as shadow planets. They do not have ability to cast aspects, as other planets do, they do not rule any zodiacal signs and are not characterized as male or female. Because they are related to Moon as its north and south nodes, they reflect the basic bipolarity of energy within the cosmos and the individual. They are both regarded as malefic half-planets and they bisect the natal chart of the horoscopes of all individuals.

Vedic astrology Nature Serpent Exalted Taurus Debilitated Scorpio Friends Mercury, Venus, Saturn Enemies Jupiter Body Part Nerves Mahadasha !8 Year Gem Gomeda Numerology None Mantra Om ram rahuve namah