Introduction
This post explores the effects of Ketu in Capricorn and Rahu in Cancer in Vedic astrology. These series are dealing specifically with Rahu and Ketu (the North Node and the South Node, respectively) sign placements. If you are curious where your Rahu and Ketu are placed, please click HERE to calculate your chart. I also offer past life readings on my ETSY STORE, in which I go more deeply into interpreting these planets. The following is an overview with general ideas about Ketu in Capricorn and Rahu in Cancer.
The Purpose of Rahu and Ketu
In Vedic astrology, Ketu shows the focus of our recent past lives, what we perfected in previous incarnations. This is, however, the area where we feel stuck or uptight by not allowing variety and flexibility. Ketu is our safe and familiar castle. The purpose of Rahu is to reveal limitations we impose upon ourselves because we are overly attached to the false sense of security represented by Ketu. Rahu symbolises a jungle where we feel unsafe and vulnerable. Essentially, it is a field of our inexperience that we need to explore in this life.
Ketu in Capricorn
Having your natal Ketu in Capricorn shows that in your past lives you attempted to create security by trying to stay alive physically, getting your basic material needs met, and weathering through the storms of life. Your thought that in order to be secure in this world you must survive physical pain and stress. As a result of this development, you are a natural-born survivalist and you know how to get through life on a material level.
In your past lives and your childhood, emphasis was placed on your physical well-being with little or no emphasis placed on your emotions and psychological happiness. Therefore, this security paradigm did not provide you with the expected happiness. It is important to understand that surviving through life physically is not enough to make one happy.
Rahu in Cancer
Therefore, you need to embrace the opposite placement of Rahu in Cancer and work more on fulfilling your emotional and psychological needs. You might feel vulnerable when you start paying attention to your feelings and psychological needs, so sometimes you may feel like it’s just easier to manage your basic material needs. It will be challenging for you to understand what you need to pursue in order to feel emotionally fulfilled. You may subconsciously attract friends or partners who are unable to get your emotional needs met.
However, leaving your comfort zone is a necessary step towards a healthy balance between your Rahu and Ketu placements. You will need to put yourself out there in emotionally vulnerable situations to develop this missing part of your life. It will be crucial for you to understand that working on securing your material well-being is only a stepping stone to something much more important – becoming emotionally fulfilled, happy, and healthy.
More Information
If you would like me to interpret your placement of Rahu and Ketu in greater detail, please consider checking out the past life reading on my ETSY STORE. This is unique, fully personalised, and very detailed information that you will not find anywhere else. In addition to that, purchasing this report allows you to ask me any questions you may have about the topic. If you also want to understand your Saturn placement, there is a KARMIC BUNDLE PACK, combining both reports.