Many people generally ask a question about what is my purpose in life, who I am and what I am going to do. Rahu and Ketu are two points who defined the karmic fate of a person. Rahu and Ketu are the points where the Sun and Moon orbit line cross each other. Rahu and Ketu are the great forces which are within us. They are our subconscious minds who work to evolve us and to understand about life. In the story of ocean churning milk, they are the demons and serpents which were cheated by Gods. They are the enemy of the Sun and Moon. They want to eclipse the Sun and Moon. Sun and Moon rules the Ajna chakra and Rahu and Ketu are serpent energy (Kundalini). When Kundalini rises Rahu and Ketu become one. Then the person gets moksha from physical life.
These are our subconscious forces and want to teach us lessons of life where we are lacking. They are confused forces. One is confused because it doesn’t know anything and the other is confused because of overconfidence. One wants to learn things very fast and the other criticises things because they already know it. They create the smoke of illusion (maya) from which we have to pull ourselves out. We cannot see Rahu and Ketu generally, but we can see them on eclipse day when Sun, Moon and earth come in one line and there is shadow of the Moon. They act like a magnetic field, we cannot see the magnetic field but if any iron object comes into the magnetic field they attract the object. They are the real force who compel us to come on this earth or leave this world forever.
So when it comes to finding out about destiny or purpose of life, Rahu and Ketu can be very strong indicators. The Rahu and Ketu nodes are the karmic fate of the person. These show one of the most interesting things. Rahu and Ketu are the indicators to help you remember why you are here and from where you come. Rahu and Ketu nodes do a really good job of reminding us of our purpose in life. Rahu and Ketu are the life force which shows what area of life we need to work on and what area we don't need to.
North Node (Rahu) of the signs quality and then you learn in this life, other side the South Node (Ketu) are the qualities that we are good at and the qualities that we can always fall back on. In astrology, the South Node is our past life's qualities we have already mastered in our past lives. Ketu shows mature areas of life and Rahu shows what areas of life we are immature and need to do work on.
How to understand my soul purpose?
Depending on the sign and house placement of the Rahu and Ketu one can understand thier life purpose or their desire. Why they incarnate in this world and what is their karma in this lifetime. And if they are placed with any planet it means the person needs to work on those qualities also.
Let’s say if someone has Rahu and Ketu axis fall in the 1st and 7th house it means the person needs to work on the 1st house qualities and they don’t need work on the 7th house qualities. If Rahu sits next to the Moon it means, a person needs to work on Moon related qualities. Moon is the mind and emotions. It shows the person is very weak in managing their emotion and here the person needs to learn about the emotions.
To understand your purpose and karma of life please check Rahu and Ketu axis in house and sign placement in the birth chart.
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