Numerology - Harish Johari

Ketu and Number 7
Ketu is the ruling entity presiding over people born on day 7, 16, or 25 of any
month, or whose destiny or name number totals 7. The qualities of Ketu
described below are most clearly visible in people who have 7 as a psychic
number.
Rahu and Ketu are two half-planets placed 180 degrees apart—exactly
opposite—from each other. They are the two nodes of Moon, also known as
the dragon’s head and the dragon’s tail. Rahu, the head, has already been
discussed on page 75. Now we will explore the dragon’s tail, Ketu, which is
depicted as a headless torso with the body of a fish. Although Ketu is
considered malefic, it is much less so than Rahu. This is mainly because Ketu
is considered to be a moksha-karak (cause of liberation). It bestows nonattachment
to worldly desires and spiritual tendencies. It gives wisdom, the
power of discrimination, and psychic abilities to its natives. Under its
influence, natives become highly sensitive and emotional; they feel aversions
toward material successes and become disinterested in the psychodrama of
life. They feel that they have no ambitions, no motivations. They become
interested in Gyana, the knowledge of the self, and try to achieve
enlightenment through the “true knowledge.”
Ketu is neutral in gender (although some astrologers consider it to be
feminine), tamasic in nature, and destructive and disruptive in character. It
makes its natives inert. It is powerful at night and easily irritable. When Ketu
is not in an astrologically favorable position, it makes its natives cripple.
They lose their power of discrimination and become crazy, in the worldly
sense. Sometimes they seem to be possessed by evil spirits and ghosts. On the