Deitie(s) : Ganpati, Bhairav
Caste : Low Caste
Sex : Hermaphrodite
Temperament : Tamasik
Element : Airy
Direction : North west
Type : Node
Colour :Smoky Grey
Gemstone : Cats eyes
Metal : Alloys
Beej Mantra : Om sraam sreem sraum se ketuve namah
Articles for donation : Til, gold, musk, blanket (black & white), sugar, satnaja, lead, saffron, part of food to black-white dog (on sunday morning)
Own Sign : Na
Mooltrikona Sign :
Mooltrikona degree : degrees
Mooltrikona nakshatra :
Exaltation sign : Scorpio
Exaltation degree : 20 degrees
Exaltation nakshatra : Jyestha
Debilitation sign : Taurus
Debilitation degree : 20 degrees
Debilation nakshatra : Bharani
Average daily motion : 3 mins (min = 1/60 degree) (retrograde)
Duration in one sign : 18 months (approx)
Days in one nakshatra : 260 days
Days in one pada : 66 days
Ketu is dark in complexion, smokey colour, tall and inhaling smoke easily excitable. He rules maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother. Malefic , religious, sectarian, principles, pride, selfishness, occultism.
Astrologically Ketu represents spirituality, the lord of the sign where its posite, Moksha , martial and spiritual planet, mysterious, deceptive, secretive and intriguing.
Indicator of Moksha, lunacy , imprisonment, life in foreign land, leprosy, salvation, sucide, eyes, fastidious, bitchy and poisonous speech, long stature, smoky color, chain smoker, wound, spot on body, lean and thin, malicious, perpetrator, fallen, intrigues, occultism, philosophy, detachment, government fine, dreams, sudden death, evil spirits, poisonous bites, religion, astrology, final emancipation, medical practitioners, adulterer, arrest , bankruptcy, injury, intercourse, kidnapping, murder, poision, punishment, worms, wounds, fire accident, assassination, miser, intrigues.
Rahu rules gaese
Snake
Places ruled by foreign lands,mortuary, slaughter houses, foul smelling dirty place
Ketu has control over belly
Diseases caused by Ketu are intestinal worms, smallpox, cholera and other epidemics.
Enlargement of spleen, cataract , hydrocele, lung trouble, fever, stomach pain, pain in body, diseases from unknown causes, undiagnosed diseases, epidemic, eruptive fever, cuts, wounds, itches, boils, skin diseases, feet burning , sensation in body
Ketu is the karka for maternal grandfather, consumption, pain, fever, wound , witchcraft, causing trouble to enemies, horned animals, dog,cock, birds with spots or of variegated colour, Moksha.
Ketu has three aspects i.e. it aspects the house which is 5th, 7th & 9th from itself (where it is placed) and the planet placed in that (5th, 7th & 9th) house.
Ketu considers
Friend : Venus, Saturn,Mars
Neutral : Mercury,Jupiter
Enemy : Sun,Moon