Ketu Transit in Virgo
Ketu in Virgo (Kanya). Times are Nepal Time (GMT +5:45).
- Now
- Ketu is in Virgo, since 25 Mar 1912, 20:44, until 24 Dec 2043, 07:23.
- Typical stay
- about 131 years 9 months
Ketu in Virgo: every entry and exit
8 stays between 1900 and 2100, to the minute.
| Enters | Leaves | Duration | Year page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 1912, 20:44 | 12 Oct 1913, 23:40 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1912 |
| 31 Oct 1930, 07:45 | 19 May 1932, 10:41 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1930 |
| 6 Jun 1949, 19:01 | 24 Dec 1950, 21:58 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1949 |
| 12 Jan 1968, 06:20 | 31 Jul 1969, 09:17 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1968 |
| 18 Aug 1986, 17:58 | 6 Mar 1988, 20:55 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 1986 |
| 25 Mar 2005, 05:23 | 12 Oct 2006, 08:21 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 2005 |
| 30 Oct 2023, 16:52 | 18 May 2025, 19:50 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 2023 |
| 6 Jun 2042, 04:25 | 24 Dec 2043, 07:23 (retrograde, re-enters) | about 1 year 7 months | 2042 |
What Ketu in Virgo means
Virgo belongs to Mercury, and its precision suits a graha that cuts, so Ketu is not uncomfortable here. For about a year and a half it works on health, service, work, debts, detail and daily routine. What was held for control is loosened.
Rahu stands in Pisces, pulling toward dreams, foreign lands and escape. Ketu in Virgo withdraws from routine and from the small duties of a life. The person may lose interest in the work that pays and in the body's needs. The axis asks for a practice with a timetable.
The nakshatras are Uttara Phalguni, Hasta and Chitra. Ketu moves backward, so Chitra, ruled by Mars, opens the stay with a sharp eye for what is flawed in any structure. Hasta, ruled by the Moon, is the middle third and the gentlest, with healing and craft heightened by Ketu's intuition. Uttara Phalguni, the Sun's nakshatra, closes the transit with duty done for its own sake.
Ketu's favourable transit houses, the third, sixth and eleventh from the Moon, fall to Cancer, Aries and Scorpio Moon signs. Virgo Moons carry Ketu in the first house and feel detached from work, anxious about health and drawn to spiritual life. Pisces Moons have Rahu in the first and Ketu in the seventh, where partnership carries illusion and distance. Aquarius Moons meet Ketu in the eighth and Libra Moons in the twelfth, and the lagna is counted the same way.
Ketu in Virgo shows the wish to control every detail. It removes the illusion of control and reveals that service without anxiety is the better worker. Digestive complaints and debts left unattended are the outer risks.
The remedy is service without worry. Serve the sick, worship Ganesha, and recite Om Kem Ketave Namah. Parashara's graha shanti gives Ketu dana, and a blanket, sesame or food for dogs is the traditional form. Keep the diet clean and the daily schedule fixed.