Rahu

Rahu is the north node of the Moon — a shadow planet, the diametric opposite of Ketu. Where Ketu contracts, Rahu expands. The head of the cosmic snake carries a distinctive territory: the karaka of foreign matters, alcohol and artificial foods, the lungs and abnormal growths, the localised 85% pattern of cancer, and unconventional life paths. As the agent of Saturn at mass scale, Rahu shapes aerospace and international careers, inter-cultural marriages, mass events, and the 18-year Dasa.