Ketu Transit in Mula

Mula is Ketu's own nakshatra at the start of Sagittarius, with Nirriti as its deity and a bundle of roots as its symbol. Jupiter owns the sign and is Mars's friend, so by the Kujavat rule Ketu is welcome in both star and sign.

Around seven months pass in the stay, backward from the fourth pada to the first, which touches the gandanta with Jyeshtha. A direct spell of the true node can split the stay into two visits. Rahu stands in Ardra, its own star, for the first half, and in Mrigashira for the second.

The root cause, investigation to the bottom, medicine, destruction that clears and Nirriti's office of taking things apart are Mula's themes, and under Ketu the digging is thorough. Whatever has no root falls. A career built on a wrong premise, a belief never examined, and a relationship held up only by convenience all come down in these months. Asking why, and continuing to ask, serves a person well in these months.

• Libra, Cancer and Aquarius Moons receive Ketu in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika names favourable.
• Sagittarius Moons carry Ketu on the lagna and Rahu in the seventh; the hips, the thighs and the marriage need care.
• Gemini Moons have Rahu on the lagna and Ketu on the partner, and the partner may withdraw into a practice of their own.
• Capricorn Moons hold Ketu in the twelfth and Taurus Moons in the eighth, and the lagna is counted the same way.

The transit shows what a person is made of when the supports are pulled. Uttara Kalamrita gives moksha to Ketu, and Mula is where that karakatva works hardest.

The remedy is Ganesha and Om Kem Ketave Namah, with tarpana on the new Moon for Nirriti's dead. Parashara's dana for Ketu, a blanket, sesame or food for dogs on Tuesday, may be joined with medicine given to the poor.