Ketu Transit in Aquarius
Ketu in Aquarius (Kumbha). Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Now
- Ketu is in Aquarius, since 25 Jun 1904, 06:05, until 24 Mar 2036, 16:34.
- Typical stay
- about 131 years 9 months
Ketu in Aquarius: every entry and exit
8 stays between 1900 and 2100, to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 1904, 06:05 | 12 Jan 1906, 09:01 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1904 |
| 30 Jan 1923, 17:04 | 18 Aug 1924, 20:01 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1923 |
| 6 Sep 1941, 04:19 | 26 Mar 1943, 07:15 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1941 |
| 12 Apr 1960, 15:37 | 30 Oct 1961, 18:33 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1960 |
| 18 Nov 1978, 02:58 | 6 Jun 1980, 05:55 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1978 |
| 24 Jun 1997, 14:37 | 11 Jan 1999, 17:34 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1997 |
| 30 Jan 2016, 02:05 | 18 Aug 2017, 05:02 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 2016 |
| 5 Sep 2034, 13:36 | 24 Mar 2036, 16:34 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 2034 |
What Ketu in Aquarius means
Aquarius belongs to Saturn, and Ketu shares Saturn's detachment. For about a year and a half it works on friends, networks, society, elder siblings and causes, and it works by subtraction. Attachment to the group is loosened, and the person learns to serve without belonging.
Rahu stands in Leo, hungry for recognition, authority and a stage. Ketu in Aquarius withdraws from crowds, committees and shared enthusiasms. The person may leave a movement, lose a circle of friends, or gain from unexpected quarters. Solitude within society is the shape of this axis.
The nakshatras are Dhanishta, Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada, crossed backward. Purva Bhadrapada, ruled by Jupiter, opens the stay with austerity and a turn toward the formless. Shatabhisha, ruled by Rahu, is the middle third and the most unusual, with research and secrecy heightened by Ketu's intuition. Dhanishta, ruled by Mars, closes the transit with gains that were not chased.
Ketu's favourable transit houses, the third, sixth and eleventh from the Moon, fall to Sagittarius, Virgo and Aries Moon signs. Aquarius Moons carry Ketu in the first house and feel detached from friends and causes and drawn to a private practice. Leo Moons have Rahu in the first and Ketu in the seventh, where partners withdraw as the self demands attention. Cancer Moons meet Ketu in the eighth and Pisces Moons in the twelfth, and the lagna is read the same way.
The need to belong is what Ketu in Aquarius shows. It reveals how much of one's identity was borrowed from a group, and leaves an individual who can still serve. Gains fall for a time and return in a new form.
- Worship Ganesha and recite Om Kem Ketave Namah, the direct remedies for Ketu.
- Give a blanket or food to the needy on Tuesday, as Parashara's remedy chapter allows.
- Serve one cause quietly and keep a daily hour of silence.