Ketu Transit in Anuradha

Anuradha is Saturn's nakshatra in Scorpio, with Mitra as its deity and a lotus or an archway as its symbol. Mars counts Saturn neutral, and Ketu takes the Kujavat relationships, so Ketu is neutral toward the lord. Mars owns the sign. Ketu is at home in it.

The stay runs around seven months, backward from the fourth pada to the first, and the true node's direct spells sometimes split it into two visits. Rahu stands in Rohini for the first half and in Krittika for the second.

Friendship, devotion, discipline held within a group, success far from home and the loyalty Mitra presides over are Anuradha's themes, and Ketu here thins the circle. Friends drift. Groups lose their hold, and the person stops attending gatherings that once felt necessary. Bhakti deepens in the same months, since devotion that went to people now has nowhere to go except its source.

Virgo, Gemini and Capricorn Moons receive Ketu in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika gives as favourable. Scorpio Moons carry Ketu on the lagna with Rahu on the partner, and the reproductive organs, the colon and the marriage need care. Taurus Moons have Rahu on the lagna and Ketu in the seventh. Sagittarius Moons hold Ketu in the twelfth and Aries Moons in the eighth, and the lagna is counted the same way.

The transit shows whom a person loved for their own sake. Ketu in Anuradha removes the company and leaves the love.

The remedy is Ganesha and Om Kem Ketave Namah, with a fixed hour of japa kept with one friend. Parashara prescribes mantra and dana for Ketu, and the traditional gifts are a blanket, sesame or food for dogs on Tuesday.