Rahu or Ketu in the Eighth House
Sutras 22-23-If Rahu or Ketu is in the eighth house, the native will be very sickly and the life span of the native will be of 32 years. It will be of 45 years if Rahu or Ketu is associated with a benefic. It will be of 60 years if the lord of the eighth house is strong or is in his sign of
exaltation.
Other Views
Phaldeepika: Rahu-The native will be in distress, will suffer from rheumatic troubles, will have few children, will be short lived and will indulge in evil deeds.
Ketu-The native will be separated from his near and dear ,ones, will be quarrelsome and short lived. He will get injured from weapons and will face obstacles in all his undertakings.
Chamatkar Chintamani: Rahu-The native will suffer from windy troubles. He will be deprived of paternal property and will be declared as an outcaste by his relations. He will be respected by the king and learned men but members of his family will have little regard for him.
Ketu-The native will suffer from piles and will have danger to life from falling down from a horse. He will be short of funds but there will be accumulation of wealth if Ketu is in Scorpio, Virgo or Aries.
Rahu or Ketu in the Ninth House
Sutra 24-If Rahu or Ketu is in the ninth house, the native will be childless, will have intimacy with low-born women, will depend on others for his livelihood and will be irreligious.
Other Views
Phaldeepika Rahu-The native will speak with bitterness and will not perform any charitable deeds but will be a leader of village or town.
Ketu-The native will be sinfully disposed, will perform un-pious deeds, will be fatherless, unfortunate and poor.
Chamatkar Chintamani Rahu-The native will be full of good qualities, fond of pilgrimages and kind hearted.
Ketu-The native will be anxious to get children and will earn wealth with the help of non-Hindus.
Rahu or Ketu in the Tenth House
Sutras 25-28-The native will have sexual contacts with widows and will live in slums. He will live in good places if Rahu or Ketu is associated with a benefic. The native will also be interested in poetry.
Other Views.
Phaldeepika Rahu-The native will have few children, will not perform good deeds but will be fearless and famous.
Ketu-The native will indulge in sinful deeds but he will be famous for his courage.
Chamatkar Chintamani Rahu-The native will waste money on drinking and do cruel deeds. He will prefer the company of non-Hindus and enjoy beautiful women.
Ketu-The native will be unfortunate and will live in distress. He will have no happiness from father. He will destroy his enemies if Ketu is in Aries, Virgo or Scorpio.
Rahu or Ketu in the Eleventh House
Sutras 29-30-The native will be blessed with children and be wealthy.
Other Views
Phaldeepika Rahu-The native will be wealthy and long lived but will have few children. He will suffer from ear troubles.
Ketu-The native will accumulate wealth and will enjoy all kinds of comforts. He will get success in all his undertakings.
Chamatkar Chintamani-Rahu-The native will acquire wealth through non-Hindus. He will have happiness from children.
Ketu-The native will have all kinds of gains. He will be fortunate, learned and well dressed. His issues will be unfortunate.
Rahu or Ketu in the Twelfth House
Sutras 31-32-The native will have few children and suffer from eye troubles. He will go to hell after death.
Phaldeepika Rahu-The native will incur lot of wasteful expenditure and indulge in sinful deeds.
Ketu-The native will commit sins secretly and incur expenditure for evil purposes. He will also suffer from eye troubles.
Chamatkar Chintamani- Rahu-The native will be poor and will be unsuccessful in all his undertakings. He will have friendship with evil minded persons.
Ketu-The native will be like a king. He will incur expenditure on charities. His enemies will be vanquished and he will suffer from eye troubles.
Comments-We would recommend to the readers to also study the effects of Rahu and Ketu in favourable and unfavourable positions, which are given in sufficient detail in Kalidas’s famous classic ‘Uttara Kalamrita. In view of the controversy about the role of Rahu and Ketu who are only shadowy planets there is a strong school of thought that they should not be considered as owners of any signs.
According to this view Rahu and Ketu act as agents to the planets to which they are conjoined. If they are not conjoined with any planet, they give the results of the planet who aspects them. Only when they are neither conjoined with, nor aspected by any planet, they represent the lord of the house in which they are posited.
Uttarakalamrita gives following further information about Rahu and Ketu:-
(1) Rahu and Ketu – if endowed with strength, produce effects similar to the planet owning an inauspicious house and in whose house they are posited or with whom they are conjoined. The lords ofKendra and Kona houses, if not conjoined with the two nodes, produces beneficial results. The effects will be contrary, if they be other node these two nodes in spite of their malefic nature becoming benefic by virtue of their position in certain houses or association with certain planets.
(2) If one of the two nodes and the lord of a Trikona be posited in the 9th or 10th, or if one of them be in the 9th or 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 trikona will prove beneficial. In the above circumstances the paras of these two nodes as well as these of the planets conjoined with them will prove happy. If there be a planet who is inauspicious associated by a sum of Sambhandha (relationship) with either of the nodes, then the Bhukti of the yogakarka planet will prove adverse. (3) The two planet.- Rahu and Ketu become auspicious when they occupy a Trikona or Kendra position or when they are associated with the lord of that particular kendra or kona house in which they are posited. They also prove beneficial when they conjoin with the lords of any Kendra or Kona house. If the lord of the 9th were to own the 8th or 12th as well, or if the lord of 9th and the 10th in the above circumstances were to conjoin with the lords of the 9th or the 12th, then the auspiciousness of the Yoga is lost.
