Rahu (North Node, obsession) and Ketu (South Node, let go) are the soul purpose of life. Rahu is the future and Ketu is the past. Rahu shows what we want, it is obsession over those things where it is placed in the birth chart and it is our inner present desire of this life. Ketu is our past mind conditioning and it shows where we already dealt with and we don’t want anymore. Rahu and Ketu axis shows that, in which area a person is immature and needs to be matured. Where Rahu and Ketu axis fall in the birth chart it shows the most spiritual growth for the person in this life. Rahu and Ketu are the points where Sun (soul), Moon (mind), and earth (body) intersect in the sky. This point is very powerful and it forces us to think about who we are and what life is about. Rahu and Ketu are the forces which connect us with the divine power. These Nodes are telling you where you need balance to be one with the universe.
Rahu (North Node) and Ketu (South Node) in astrology are the demons. In hindu mythology the story of churning ocean of milk is related to our subconscious mind. Rahu and Ketu are the lunar nodes which play a very important role in evolving the human consciousness. Rahu and Ketu are the confusion, illusion, smoke and split thought of the mind. They always help to evolve consciously. They are always on the opposite axis therefore and they are always 180 degrees apart. Although they are not the physical planet, they are the most influential forces in our life. Rahu/Ketu axis is the main force of karmic desire.
Ketu is the body without a head; it is our past life experience. Detachment, disinterest for those things where it is placed in the birth chart. The house that Rahu located in the birth chart determines where there is impulse to explore new possibilities and where to engage in new experience to assist your greater growth and life purpose.
So what happened when the Rahu/Ketu axis fell in the 1st and 7th house. Houses are the practical areas of life. Rahu placement in the house shows the area of life in where you will face your future karma need to be mature about that and Ketu shows the area of life where you withdraw yourselves because you are already done with it.
First house is the house of self, personality, identity, physical body, appearance, and overall general health.
Seventh house is the house partnerships like marriage, business relationships, contracts, legalities, negotiations with others and agreements.
Rahu in the seventh house is obsessed with others and Ketu in the first house withdraws from its own identity.
Ketu (South Node) in the 1st house: Ketu in 1st shows that a person in their past life or in childhood focused fully on themselves. Isolate from others, focused on their skill and therefore their personality is fully developed. One other hand, these people in their recent past lives or in their childhood get a lot of importance and are treated special by others from family members or friends. But Ketu wants perfection. These people know about their own flaws in their own identity and what they felt a lack within themselves and they are never satisfied with their identity. The feeling of to know, to be right, and to be in power, only increases the dramatic, intense and overly emotions of past life. Now their soul tries to move away from all those things in this present life. So they stop focusing on themselves and start focusing on others.
On the other hand if Ketu is not in good dignity it shows a karmic past life connection with any kind of trauma. You may be carrying over guilt from previous lives and now blocking you on a psychological level and causing you to blame yourself for others actions and you have to learn to let go of that. These are past life issues, and bringing them into this life will not give any answers. You should not see yourself from a completely negative point of view. Often in compensation, identity and fulfillment is expressed wholly through partnerships. You may have come into contact at an early age with people whose negative behavior towards you had a lasting impact. Ketu in the 1st gives an ability to hold on to things, and you still feel and remember past events which you should let go. You really need to have an emotional clear out of everything, otherwise you may find yourself suffering physically or psychologically.
Rahu (North Node) in 7th house makes obsession with relationships and partnership and they are developing their relations with others in this lifetime. Rahu in the 7th house indicates that although you are in some ways a loner, relationships will dominate your life. This could lead to dissatisfaction with relationships regardless of how many relationships you may experience. On the positive side you become less self-centered and try to find tranquility and peace in life through relationships. Therefore they like to cooperate with others and are supportive for keeping relationships together. Actually this can be quite a good thing but sometimes they lose themselves in relationships. Especially in long term partnerships and business associates bring feelings of illusion and confusion which later help the person to find their own identity that they feel is lacking in them.
Rahu in Libra sign: These people need to work on cooperating with others, creating beauty, balance, and harmony with others. But they should not be overly dependent, giving their power away to others, and over compromising.
Ketu in Aries sign: These people are very independent, have strong sense of self-awareness, pioneer, innovative, and inspiring. They need to be careful of the negative aspects of Aries: recklessness, carelessness, impulsive, being self-centered and being Impatient.
Soul Purpose: They need to learn to calm down, release tension and allow all forms of beauty and harmony to heal themselves. Release addiction to passion, ambition, anger and replace it with creative things in life like in dance, singing and should enjoy nature.
Ketu (South node) Rahu (North Node) Life Learning in Astrology
Soul Purpose in Life (Rahu and Ketu) in Astrology
Rahu and Ketu nodes of Moon in Astrology
Venus with Rahu (conjunction) in Astrology
Venus with Ketu (conjunction) in Astrology
Rahu in 1st and Ketu in 7th axis in Astrology
Rahu in 2nd and Ketu in 8th house Axis in Astrology
Rahu in 3rd and Ketu in 9th House Axis Astrology
Rahu in 4th and Ketu in 10th Axis Astrology
Rahu in 5th and Ketu in 11th Axis in Astrology
Rahu in 6th and Ketu in 12th Axis in Astrology
Rahu in 7th and Ketu in 1st Axis in Astrology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketu_%28mythology%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_node
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_%28astrology%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navagraha
http://en.mimi.hu/astrology/north_node.html