Ketu Transit in Leo

Leo is the Sun's sign, and Ketu is the shadow that swallows the Sun at an eclipse. For about a year and a half Ketu in Leo works on authority, pride, children, creativity and the heart. Whatever was held for the sake of being seen loosens.

Rahu stands in Aquarius, pulling toward groups, technology and mass movements. Ketu in Leo withdraws from personal glory, and the person may step back from leadership or lead without wanting credit. Leaders and governments feel this axis as a loss of authority that brings humility.

The nakshatras are Magha, Purva Phalguni and Uttara Phalguni. Ketu moves backward, so Uttara Phalguni, the Sun's nakshatra, opens the transit with a plain test of integrity in power. Purva Phalguni, ruled by Venus, is the middle third, where pleasure loses its hold, and Magha is Ketu's own nakshatra, and its third closes the stay at full strength, with ancestors, lineage and inherited duty in view.

For Gemini, Pisces and Libra Moons the transit falls in the third, sixth and eleventh, the favourable houses. Leo Moons carry Ketu in the first house and feel detached from ambition, uncertain of their place and drawn to the spiritual. Aquarius Moons have Rahu in the first and Ketu in the seventh, where partners withdraw. Capricorn Moons meet Ketu in the eighth and Virgo Moons in the twelfth, and the lagna is read the same way.

Ketu in Leo shows how much the ego needs a stage, and it quietly takes the stage away for a time, so the person sees what remains when nobody is watching. Children's affairs and the heart need attention.

• Offer water to the Sun at dawn and worship Ganesha, the joint remedy for this transit.
• Recite Om Kem Ketave Namah and give a blanket or food to the needy on Tuesday.
• Lead where no one sees, and honour the ancestors during the Magha phase.

Ketu in Leo for each Moon sign

Counted from the natal Moon, following Phaladeepika. Read the ascendant the same way. Vedha and the birth chart can change the result.