Ketu Transit in Cancer
Ketu in Cancer (Karka). Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Now
- Ketu is in Cancer, since 2 May 1915, 02:36, until 29 Jan 2047, 13:19.
- Typical stay
- about 131 years 9 months
Ketu in Cancer: every entry and exit
8 stays between 1900 and 2100, to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 1915, 02:36 | 18 Nov 1916, 05:32 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1915 |
| 6 Dec 1933, 13:38 | 25 Jun 1935, 16:34 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1933 |
| 13 Jul 1952, 00:54 | 30 Jan 1954, 03:51 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1952 |
| 17 Feb 1971, 12:14 | 5 Sep 1972, 15:10 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1971 |
| 23 Sep 1989, 23:52 | 13 Apr 1991, 02:49 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1989 |
| 30 Apr 2008, 11:18 | 17 Nov 2009, 14:15 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 2008 |
| 5 Dec 2026, 22:48 | 24 Jun 2028, 01:45 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 2026 |
| 12 Jul 2045, 10:21 | 29 Jan 2047, 13:19 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 2045 |
What Ketu in Cancer means
Cancer is the Moon's sign, and Ketu is the shadow that darkens the Moon at an eclipse. Ketu in Cancer works on home, mother, feeling, memory and the sense of belonging for about a year and a half. It works by subtraction. Attachment to the familiar is loosened.
Rahu stands in Capricorn, driving the person toward career, status and the wider world. Ketu in Cancer lets go of home comforts and emotional demands. The person may live away from family, or live with them and feel far away. The distance is the teaching.
The nakshatras are Punarvasu, Pushya and Ashlesha, crossed backward. Ashlesha, ruled by Mercury, opens the stay with the shedding of an old emotional skin. Pushya, ruled by Saturn, is the middle third and the steadiest, where Ketu's detachment becomes quiet care without clinging. The transit ends in Punarvasu's last pada with a return of some faith.
Ketu's favourable transit houses, the third, sixth and eleventh from the Moon, fall to Taurus, Aquarius and Virgo Moon signs. Cancer Moons carry Ketu in the first house and feel emotionally flat, detached from home and unsure of their roles. Capricorn Moons have Rahu in the first and Ketu in the seventh, where a partner withdraws. Sagittarius Moons meet Ketu in the eighth and Leo Moons in the twelfth, and the same count runs from the lagna.
What is shown is attachment to comfort of the heart. Ketu in Cancer reveals that the security one sought in home and mother was a picture of a security that lives within. The mother's health and the condition of the house need practical attention.
The remedy is care without possession. Serve the mother, keep the home in order, worship Ganesha and recite Om Kem Ketave Namah. A blanket or food given to the needy on Tuesday is Ketu's dana in Parashara's graha shanti. Sit by water and let the mind settle.