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The
North Node of the Moon is called RAHU in Vedic astrology
and the South Node is called KETU. They are called dark
or shadow planets, because of the Nodes' association
with the phenomena of eclipses.
They have no sign ruler ships, although
they are said to favor Mercury and Jupiter's signs according
to some authorities, while others claim that Rahu favors
the sign of Aquarius and Ketu the sign of Scorpio. Rahu,
the North Node of the Moon means to conceal, engulf
or hide in Sanskrit.
This Graha is associated with the world
of material manifestation and worldly desire. Rahu is
associated with the spiritual process of involution,
or the engrossing of spirit in materialization. Rahu
is a karaka, or indicator, of worldly desire, fame,
greed, high intelligence, manipulation, obsessive behavior,
foreigners, mass disease, dementia and inertia. The
nature of this Graha is Vata, or Airy.
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