Kethu Dasa Results and Remedies

In the earlier post I have discussed about the general tendencies and nature of Kethu in his main period . Although Kethu is considered as a malefic planet it is not a planet that inflict injury always. As commonly known the Chaya grahas or shadowy planets do not have their own qualities and as such it is believed that kethu and Rahu bestow the results of their dispositor or the one with which it is associated or of the one which aspects it. If you see the intricate results this statement holds good mostly which is why we cannot predict the results of kethu or Rahu by simply considering their placement, the house which they occupy or the bhava with which they are associated. A good reading on the dasas of Rahu and Kethu calls for much more detailed examination and analysis.While it is not my intention to go here to the minutest details of the cusp and the stellar placements of these planets which obviously do have a say in the results , basic details such as the dispositor, the planet with which it is placed, the aspecting planet and the house which it occupies and the strength of all these planets are definitely a matter of great importance for a realistic reading on the effect of Kethu dasa. Classical texts suggest that Kethu acts like Mars and Rahu like saturn. While this may be true to a limited extend the fact is that Kethu is a planet of wisdom and Jnana( Enlightenment) Mars is a fiery action planet representing very mundane activities of life . We all know that impulsiveness and action do not go together with patience, Jnana wisdom and like qualities. The learned scholars might have made the parallel here with only certain limited areas of life in view. In matters of diseases and other injury to the physical body Kethu may resemble Mars . However the results of Kethu is not as intense as Mars as I have observed in my 25 years of astrological research. (To be continued).