Rahu Transit in Krittika

Agni is the deity of Krittika, the Sun its lord, and a razor or a flame its symbol. The nakshatra begins in the last pada of Aries and runs through the first ten degrees of Taurus. The Sun is Rahu's enemy in the usual lists, and the eclipse is the old story of these two. In a star of fire Rahu is rarely quiet.

The stay runs around seven months, backward from the fourth pada in Taurus to the first pada in Aries, and a direct spell of the true node can split it into two visits. Cutting, cooking, purification, sharp speech and the father's authority are the themes. Rahu enlarges them into sudden severance, scandal around those in power, fever and a hunger to be seen.

Ketu stands in Anuradha for the first half of the stay and in Vishakha for the second, which takes in the Aries pada. The axis pairs a Rahu that wants to burn what is stale with a Ketu that has lost interest in loyalty.

From the Moon, the Taurus padas favour Pisces, Sagittarius and Cancer, who hold Rahu in the third, sixth and eleventh. Taurus Moons carry it in the first, Scorpio Moons have Ketu there, and Gemini and Libra Moons take the twelfth and eighth. For the Aries pada the favoured signs become Aquarius, Scorpio and Gemini, and Aries Moons carry Rahu in the first. The lagna is read by the same count.

The transit shows how a person uses the blade, and whether a cut was needed or made in anger, which can take a year to mend. Care for the eyes, the face and the digestion.

Worship Durga. Offer ghee to Agni at the evening lamp, and recite Om Ram Rahave Namah. Parashara prescribes mantra and dana for Rahu, and the traditional gifts are dark cloth, sesame and oil on Saturday. Avoid intoxicants and hot words alike.