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Rāhu

Rāhu is the north lunar node, treated as a graha.

What the word means

Rāhu, the seizer: the one that takes hold of the lights during an eclipse.

How it is calculated

A calculated point that moves backwards through the zodiac in about 18.6 years. Vedaz uses true nodes.

History

The eclipse story of the churning of the ocean explains Rāhu and Ketu as two halves of one being.

Energy

Amplifying, restless, boundary-crossing.

Physical description

Not a body. A crossing point in the sky.

Interpretation

Read for desire, innovation, obsession and what a person is reaching toward.

Vedaz's interpretation

Rāhu stands for desire. Vedaz reads it as the pull toward the unconventional, and never as a curse.

This is a symbolic pattern, not a prediction. Nothing in a chart removes your agency. Vedaz content is reflective and is not medical, psychological, legal or financial advice.