🪷 केतु · Ketu (Ketu (South Node))
Graha · Tejas (Fire, ash-like) · Tamas (mokṣa-leaning) · Neuter · No direction (mokṣa-axis)-direction · Vimśottarī 7 yrs
Krishna-aspect
Ketu is the south-node — the mokṣa-kāraka (liberation indicator). Krishna IS the goal that Ketu points toward. Ketu in chart = exactly where the soul has already-completed material karma and is ready for liberation. Ketu-experience is the BG 18.66 sarva-dharmān-parityajya invitation.
Today's transit (2026-05-14)
| Rāśi (sign) | Siṃha |
|---|---|
| Nakshatra | Pūrva Phalgunī · pāda 1 |
| Sidereal longitude | 134.8386° |
| Motion | Direct (mārgī) |
Engine: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate (Sūrya-Siddhānta Bhāskara-II 4-step iteration · Lahirī ayanāṁśa)
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Note: Ketu (South Node) is the descending (south) lunar node — a computed shadow-point, not a physical body. Always retrograde · 18.6-year cycle through the zodiac.
Classical attributes (per BPHS)
- Alternate names
- Śikhī · Mokṣa-kāraka · Dhvajaḥ
- Ruling rāśi(s)
- —
- Exalted
- Scorpio (Vṛścika) [some say Sagittarius]
- Debilitated
- Taurus (Vṛṣabha) [some say Gemini]
- Friends
- Mars · Venus · Saturn
- Enemies
- Sun · Moon
- Neutrals
- Mercury · Jupiter
- Special aspects
- 7th + houses 5 & 9 (Parāśara dṛṣṭi)
Significations (kāratva)
- Mokṣa · vairāgya · detachment
- Past-life saṁskāras · siddhi
- Maternal grandmother · paternal grandfather
- Sudden events · accidents · unexpected gains
- Spiritual insight · jñāna · viveka
Mantra
oṁ sraṁ srīṁ srauṁ saḥ ketave namaḥ
Remedy summary (śānti-upāya)
Gaṇeśa-stotra · cat's-eye (lehsuniyā) · Tuesdays · serving sādhus · BG paṭhana
Cross-references
- BG 10 Vibhūti Yoga · all of Krishna's named excellences
- Krishna-as-Paramaatma · BG 7 manifest
- Compute your own birth-chart
- API: today's krishna-tattva (Ujjain reference)
📚 See Also
- Scorpio (Vṛścika) [some say Sagittarius] · Ketu (South Node)'s exaltation rāśi · Where Ketu (South Node) attains maximum strength
- Mars · a friend-graha of Ketu (South Node) · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- Venus · a friend-graha of Ketu (South Node) · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- Saturn · a friend-graha of Ketu (South Node) · Friendly graha per BPHS classical relationships
- BG 10 Vibhūti-Yoga · grahas as Krishna's tejo-aṁśas · Krishna IS the grahas (BG 10.21-22)
- Jyotiṣa Reference · all 89 elements · Complete encyclopedia of grahas · rāśis · nakshatras · tithis · karaṇas
- Birth-Chart Calculator · See Ketu (South Node)'s position + dignity + house for YOUR chart
- Why we can compute 1.6M BCE → 429K CE · The Sūrya-Siddhānta engine moat
📖 References
- Bṛhat-Parāśara-Horā-Śāstra (BPHS) · Maharṣi Parāśara — Classical authority on graha attributes · the source of Ketu (South Node)'s significations · dignities · aspects
- Sūrya-Siddhānta · Anonymous (~500 CE) — Computational treatise on planetary motion · the engine behind every position-calculation
- Bhagavad-Gītā BG 18.66 — Krishna's explicit identification with this graha-aspect