केतु
KETU
पलाशपुष्पसंकाशं तारकाग्रहमस्तकम् । रौद्रं रौद्रात्मकं घोरं तं केतुं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥
I revere Ketu, who has the aura of the Palasha flower; who guides comets and constellations, and who has a fearsome nature born from the energy of Rudra (Lord Shiva).
ॐ स्रां स्रीं स्रौं सः केतवे नमः
Om Srām Srīm Sraum Saḥ Ketave Namaḥ
Mantra to invoke the blessings of Ketu, the South Node of the Moon.
element
FIre
अग्नि
The shadow planet (The Descending Lunar Node) that embodies detachment, spirituality, freedom, and karmic accumulation.
Disengagement, Spiritual Awareness, Past, Division, Freedom, Yielding, Inner Knowing, Esotericism, Non-attachment, Dissolution, Release from Karma, Insight
Ketu is a spiritual force that separates you from attachment and turns attention inward. It guides solitude, renunciation, inner freedom, and deeper self awareness that softens ego.
It also signifies meditation centers, ashrams, silent retreats, detox or sabbaticals, cave hermitages, and isolated or abandoned places, along with esoteric relics like antiques, manuscripts, malas, yantras, and occult items tied to sudden insight and progress toward moksha.
Sign - राशि
Scorpio
वृश्चिक
Lunar Mansions - नक्षत्र
Ashwini
अश्विनी
Magha
मघा
Mula
मूल
BALANCED
Spiritual insight, detachment, intuition, liberation from materialism
IMBALANCED
Disconnection, aimlessness, dissociation, unexplained losses, confusion
Ketu sprang from the same wound that made Rahu but took on a different, more shadowed form: the severed, tail-end remnant, an animal-like, spectral torso blurred between beast and ash. Cast out after the churning, he drifted into the nether margins: scorched riverbanks, ruined shrines, and ash-strewn cremation grounds where ordinary life dissolves.
Ketu is often depicted as a serpent-bodied figure (sometimes human torso with serpent tail). This ties him to naga/serpent symbolism and chthonic, hidden powers in myth.