how effective is Rahu or ketu pooja during its mahadasha or during its influence?

one question that was asked last week was how effective is Rahu or ketu pooja during its mahadasha or during its influence?
yes poojas and remedies will to a large extent ward off the effect of Rahu or ketu but one more effective way to counter the Rahu effect is increasing the effect of Jupiter !

When influence of Rahu increases in your life, one needs to work on increasing the properties of Jupiter. In short Jupiter represents stability, positive, intelligence and wisdom. It is a defensive planet that protects us against the low forces and helps us to maintain balance. Now here if I need to talk about Rahu dasha and its impact, it somewhere brings down the property of Jupiter during its time and increasing the effect of Jupiter in a positive will defnitely help in a long run

Rahu represents confusion, illusion, delusion, mental distortion, distractions, tendency to waste time, tendency to imagine yourself as superior. And since it also represents high ambitions and desires, so alongside it will not be wrong to say that it represents less peace and more greed. Mostly all the karakatva of Jupiter seems to be getting affected during Rahu's period. As per astrology's very basic rule, good placement of Jupiter in a female’s chart represents good husband and marriage

. Ever thought why it is the only planet that indicates balance in married life and sustenance?

Because it represents peace and stability. If area of marriage is being influenced by strong Jupiter, girl will have a responsible partner by her side, with whom marriage will not be a struggle, it will somehow be a stable association. So in context of the question, it is important to increase the property of Jupiter, when Rahu's effect can be seen as growing and interfering with the course of life. When Jupiter is strong Rahu's energy will not be able to takeover your life. Jupiter represents clean thoughts and thoughtfulness and Rahu almost tries to kill it.
next question is how to make Jupiter strong ? there are number of ways to do so few of the things suggested are
as follows
Apply turmeric or sandalwood paste on forehead.
Donate bananas or sweets to old persons and orphans.
Try to wear more gold jewelry.
Help your siblings and cousins whenever possible.
Never bath or swim in open air , rivers or in oceans.
Stay away from non-vegetarian food and alcohol.
Take blessings of your parents before starting any new work and donate turmeric to any temple, 8 days in a row.
coming to effect of ketu apart from pooja and other related remedy pertaining to ketu let us under stand briefly about ketu
Ketu is a planet, which represents detachment and non materialistic version of life. When Ketu period hits, the best way to get rid of the the problem is to surrender rather than trying to take a control of any situation. In Ketu's period, Ketu Shanti Puja can help to some extent and there are so many remedies like •
Keeping a honey-filled vessel made of silver in your pantry is considered auspicious for natives affected by malefic Ketu.
• Another workable remedy for Ketu is to keep a ball made of silver in your wallet or purse when going to work

one remedy for ketu is feeding dogs. Ever thought, why it has to be dog and not any other any animal. Because dog can be seen as the only animal who knows to love in an extremely selfless manner. Ketu tries to put you in a zone, where you need to forget about yourself and be of service to others. Feeding dog subsides the damage caused during its period because native is coming in close contact with a being(dog) that is all about selfless love. Ketu tends to bring disability in the materialistic and worldly course of life and cuts off several matters, which were not really meant to go ahead, matters that you were trying to control but were somehow not meant to last etc. Ketu will attack worldly matters during its time and promote spiritual progress by putting you in a dark phase and stage of isolation. In short, Ketu dasha can be a tough phase to handle at times, so for that praying to Lord Ganesha is suggested. We look at bhagwan Ganesh as Vignaka. All the obstacles that are intended during its period will take its way, but by believing in the energy of lord Ganesha, one can seek blessings for lessening the trouble.

Rangaraj chakravarthy