Are Ketu and Moon, or Rahu and Sun, conjunctions in the 7th house considered bad?

In Vedic Astrology, Rahu and Ketu play major roles as shadow planets. They are called moon nodes, created at the intersection of the orbits of the sun and the moon. In Vedic texts, when Lord Vishnu offers Amutra that sacred nectar to planetary deities, the demon Rakshasha, who has a dragon body stool it. Angry Vishnu God cut the demon into two pieces. They became Rahu and Ketu; causes amutra, or amrita, can make one eternal. Rahu and Ketu always stay opposite, so they are called the karmic axis.

In Kundalini Yoga, it represents kundalini energy, and planetary periods called dasa period on Rahu and Ketu can awaken Kundalini Power. In traditional personal astrological counseling, Rahu tells about the grandfather, and Ketu represents the grandmother. Our grandparents have experience in life. So Rahu and Ketu used to identify the karmic plane more complex way. The Rahu and Ketu axis says about deep karmic forces that influence this lifetime. Major and sub-periods of each other, these shadow planets heavily affect our life from a karmic point of view, such as the Rahu main period and Ketu sub-period.

Mystery world of Rahu and Ketu

When Rahu or Ketu stay in the 7th house, these two imaginary or shadow planets don't give physical appearance, but rather influence in the mental plane, such as habits. So when determine spouse's appearance, Ketu can be a lean body with illnesses that are difficult to cure, and Rahu can be a wandering person who chases popularity. Spouse may like drinking and smoking when Rahu fall on seventh house. Rahu will give a fat body or gym-fit muscles, but a lack of strength.

North Moon Node – Rahu

Rahu is implying a very old grandfather, older than Saturn. Rahu tells about foreign journeys, travels, money expenses, lust, and the swaying nature of the mind. He has objections to meditation. It represents the lower chakra of kundalini power. When you go foreign he will help you, but in the mother country, he will make objections. Saturn and Rahu’s planetary periods tend to catch black magic. Rahu helps to research and analyze. Hanuman God is close to the shadow planet Rahu.

Effects on Rahu and Sun Conjunction in the 7th House

So when the sun conjuncts with Rahu, it creates an eclipse’s nature, so in the natal chart, it tells a personality disorder. Rahu influences our minds, covered with illusion and the chase for popularity. So Sun and Rahu’s conjunctions create success in politics. Rahu is moving planets, so the Rahu and Sun conjunction has an effect on greed for authority and power. So when we talk about the 7^th house, we come to the point of married life and social relationships. When Sun and Rahu conjoin with the 7^th house, it creates a malfunction in marital life. Your partner may have a personality disorder, such as suspecting everything. He or she will accuse you of having an affair with another person. If the 7^th lord is located in 6 – 8 – 12, then the problem can worsen into divorce. Also, a person with a natal chart that has Rahu and the sun in the 7^th house, their partner may be eager to be popular in social life. Sometimes partners may have links with politics. That person wants to marry the person who has the same combination in the 7^th house. At least one of the sun or Rahu must stay in the 7^th house.

Rahu absorbs the authority and power of the Sun and thinks of himself as a great person. This illusion creates problems in interpersonal skills. A person who has a natal chart of Rahu and Sun conjunction may stay in his own world and think others want to accept what he thinks. So this can create enemy troubles. In family life, the same thing can happen. People who have such personality disorders must worship the Shiva God and ask for blessings to remove them from illusion.

South Node of the Moon – Ketu

Ketu implies the upper chakra in kundalini energy. Ketu belongs to Maha Brahma. In traditional astrology, it is called the grandmother, so Ketu has a feminine character. Ketu likes reading books, meditation, Moksha, and spiritual development, giving advice as a grandmother from her experience, and clearing our minds, rather than mere rituals that go on the spiritual path. On the negative side, Ketu makes us lazy, creates phobias in our minds, and easily causes mental illnesses. Ketu is the planet that tells about psychic development.

Effects on Ketu and Moon Conjunction in the 7th House

Moon clearly tells about the mind. When the karmic axis goes on the 7^th house, you will meet a spiritual type of life partner. They have a spiritual bond in many lifetimes, so rather than sex, they will work on their spiritual development together. However, when Ketu stays in the 7^th house, your partner easily catches mental illnesses such as phobias. Genes-related mental illnesses come with Ketu. Sometimes your partner has psychic abilities, such as they can read their wife’s or husband’s mind. So this effect of having mind reading partner. The moon increases such mental powers. A person who has a natal chart of Ketu and Moon in the 7^th may meet a partner, such as your mother, but can’t cheat on them. If both of them go on a spiritual path and have good precepts, then married life will be nice. If you look for a sexually active partner, then don’t marry someone who has Ketu in the 7^th. To reduce such malfunctions, they can perform traditional rituals such ask a blessing from the Maha Brahma God.

Why Rahu and Ketu Spoil Marriage Life

Rahu is an enemy of the Sun, and Ketu is friendly with the Moon. So Ketu and Moon’s conjunction is better for the 7^th house rather than Rahu and Sun’s conjunction. The karmic axis falls on the 1^st house, and the 7^th house implies that there has been something in past lifetimes to resolve. Rahu is researching the planet, so people with Rahu in the 7^th house tend to use modern-day sex toys and pornography in their sex lives. A lot of the time, they don’t satisfy conventional sexual intercourse. On the other hand, Ketu is a more spiritual planet, so these people who have Ketu in the 7^th house find the spiritual type of love. Sex is not important to them.

However, the planet that resides in the particular house may not help to give a good or bad married life. House lords are important; if house lords reside in blissful houses such as the 5^th or 9^th, they can overcome malfunction in Rahu or Ketu conjunctions. It looks like people who reside in the house may not be house owners; sometimes, they stay in a rental period. So, for a clear picture, you should consider house lords and the bhava-chalit chart too. The effect of the bhava-chalit chart helps to determine whether both planets stay together, really stay in the 7th house, and how close they are to each other in degrees. Also, it is better to look at a divisional chart such as D9 or Nawamsa chart, its 7th lord, planets in the 9th house, Rahu and Ketu location.

Remedies to Reduce this Combination

For cure malfunction, chart owners may worship Hanuman and Maha Brahma Gods daily. They can play divine stotra related to such deities in their house daily in the evening or chant as they can with correct pronunciation. It is better to practice some precepts and participate in the pilgrimage. You can gather a group of people who have financial problems and support them to go on a pilgrimage to temples belonging to the Hanuman God. We have a marriage delay removal yantra that can remove Rahu and Ketu malfunctions in your birth chart.