Rangaraj chakravarthy

Rahu is a permanent retrograde planet which signifies reverse tendencies just like a reverse gear in an automobile . Rahu also signifies excessive use of brain and sensory organs . This leads to incisive thinking and critical statements about people , systems or organizations which would lead to social isolation . People are unable to reply rationally to Rahu dominated person but at the same time , they do not like the bitter truth spoken by him . It is like a scientist ( Galileo) who speaks fact but normal people find it too difficult to accept his views . During Rahu Mahadasha , Osho started criticizing his own religion Jainism and then other religions also , that made him the enemy of traditional followers of religions. He even criticized people in government . He interpreted them in a logical way which was liked only by a small section of intellectuals . But the bright side of this Mahadasha is that total strangers , foreigners will come to  help you , they will...

 Ketu is the karaka for moksha, simply because it is the only planet out of the 9 used in Vedic astrology which craves only one thing, which is the 'amritam' or the nectar of immortality.   Rahu and Ketu are the head and torso of the demon Swarbhanu whose head was cut by Lord Vishnu at the time of churning of the milky ocean. Before his head was cut, Swarbhanu was able to gulp a little of the nectar, but it could not reach the body. So, the nectar could not get assimilated in the system. Lord Vishnu threw the head (Rahu) towards the north and the rest of the body towards the south. Ever since that time, they are always circling the sky always being 180 degrees apart from each other. What does this myth represent? It suggests that for liberation or moksha to happen, one needs to drink the'amritam' like the devas or the gods were able to, at the time of the churning of the ocean, but Swarbhanu could not. The question is why did Lord Vishnu not allow the demon Swar...