Ketu Transit in Uttara Ashadha

Uttara Ashadha spans two signs. Its first pada lies in Sagittarius, owned by Jupiter, Mars's friend, and the other three in Capricorn, owned by Saturn, who is neutral. The Sun rules the star and is Mars's friend, so Ketu, acting like Mars, is received kindly by the lord. Its deities are the Vishvadevas, and an elephant's tusk or the planks of a bed its symbol.

Because Ketu moves backward, it enters through the Capricorn padas and leaves from the Sagittarius pada. Around seven months pass, sometimes in two visits when the true node runs direct. Rahu stands in Pushya for the first half and in Punarvasu for the second.

The lasting victory, duty carried to its end, dharma upheld in public and the elephant's patience are the themes, and Ketu arrives after the work is done. A long project completes and the person sets it down without ceremony, and the title stops meaning anything. In the Sagittarius pada the same duty is seen as dharma. Setting it down becomes an offering.

During the Capricorn padas, Scorpio, Leo and Pisces Moons receive Ketu in the third, sixth and eleventh, Phaladeepika's favourable houses. Capricorn Moons carry Ketu on the lagna and Rahu in the seventh, and Cancer Moons have the reverse. In the Sagittarius pada, Libra, Cancer and Aquarius Moons gain, and Sagittarius and Gemini Moons hold the nodes on the lagna and the seventh. Aquarius and Gemini Moons hold Ketu in the twelfth and eighth for the Capricorn months.

Ketu here asks whether a person worked for the result, and shows what remains of the effort once the result is gone.

The remedy is Ganesha and Om Kem Ketave Namah, and a duty finished quietly for the Vishvadevas. Give a blanket, sesame or food for dogs on Tuesday, and give the credit away.