Rahu Transit in Gemini

Gemini belongs to Mercury, Rahu's friend in the usual lists, and some texts place Rahu's exaltation here. Rahu is comfortable in this quick, clever sign. For about a year and a half it amplifies communication, trade, technology, media and the appetite for information. Cleverness increases, and so does the temptation to deceive.

Ketu stands in Sagittarius, the sign of dharma and the guru. Rahu fills the mind with data, and Ketu withdraws faith. The person may doubt old teachers and follow new voices that speak well with little knowledge behind them, so the work of the axis is to test every claim against a text and a teacher of proven worth.

Rahu enters Gemini at Punarvasu, since it moves backward, and leaves from Mrigashira. Punarvasu, ruled by Jupiter, opens the transit on sound ground. Ardra is Rahu's own nakshatra, and its third is the most turbulent, with storms in the mind and sudden changes of plan. Mrigashira, ruled by Mars, ends the stay with a restless search.

Aries, Capricorn and Leo Moon signs receive Rahu in the third, sixth and eleventh, the houses Phaladeepika counts as favourable. Gemini Moons carry Rahu in the first house and feel nervous energy, ambition and a scattered mind. Sagittarius Moons have Ketu in the first and Rahu in the seventh, where a partner from far away appears. Scorpio Moons meet Rahu in the eighth and Cancer Moons in the twelfth, and the lagna is counted the same way.

Rahu in Gemini feeds the mind's hunger for stimulation and piles up information. Reading slowly and speaking less is how a person gains from this transit.

The remedy is the discipline of speech and study. Recite Om Ram Rahave Namah, worship Durga, and give dark cloth or sesame on Saturday, as Parashara's remedy chapter allows for Rahu. Keep one teacher, finish one course, and avoid gossip and gadgets late at night.

Rahu in Gemini 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.