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Effects of Raahu and Ketu
When Raahu and Ketu are stationary, their effects become extremely extremely powerful.
From "Ancient Hindu Astrology for the Modern Western Astrologer." by James. T. Braha. In the chapter entitled "Effects of Retrogression."

Raahu in Lagna and Ketu in 7th or vice versa, it will spoil your mind, body, face, marital life.

Raahu when favorably placed, on the other hand, can cause a sudden upheaval of fortune or lotteries or travel ...definition for unpredictability... but realistically exists only in a materialistic plane.
While Ketu, when favorably placed, exists in a spiritual plane. Ketu when unfavorably placed causes suffering and then leads you into the spiritual plane.
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Raahu and Ketu depict meaning (focus) vs. dissolution (universality). The thing about the nodes though, is that they are imbalanced. This is because focus and dissolution are always dependent on each other. This is because with infinity, all things exist. The pieces all combine to create the whole. Existence always was, and always will be, a slice of an infinite pie. The mind is a focal point. Yet oddly, through this focal point flows the entire prism of the universe because the focal point is itself defined by the universe.

This is the kind of the goal of Raahu and Ketu, to attain a balance where one can see both the forest and the trees. If Raahu (which is what happens with Raahu is in Pisces) is too strong, the ego is so strongly attached to something that it can't get out of it's own way. The person is sort of suspended in motion and has a hard time giving into the flow of the universe. Everything is laced with meaning, all thoughts are too big picture - almost as if they are searching for a reason to give into the rest of the world - typically highly intelligent and highly philosophical. If Ketu (which is what happens with Ketu is in Pisces) is too strong, the person is a wanderer that is constantly searching for some sort of meaning in which they can give to their existence. They kind of lack a sense of self which they are constantly trying to find.

Balance occurs when you can see both the forest and the trees so to speak and realize they are both apart of the same creation. This is why the lords of the nodes are so important. The lords are where the energies of the nodes sort of flow through. This is why a relationship between the lords sort of is important as when they have a close relationship they overlap over each other, and one may actually have a very balanced viewpoint in which they can get out of their own way and effectively solving their major problems while accepting others as apart of their being.

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