Astrology Glossary Part 3
Astrology glossary is here for our readers. It covers both Western Astrology and Vedic Astrology. Astrology Glossary will be updated regularly.
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Ketu
Ketu, the shadow planet in Vedic Astrology, is the south lunar node in Astronomy. Lunar nodes are points that mark the intersection of the Moon’s orbit around the Earth with the ecliptic (the apparent path of the Sun in the sky). Thus, the nodes are merely the interception of these two orbit lines and the south node is the point where the orbit of the moon crosses to the south (or descending) of the ecliptic. Read Ketu
Rahu
Rahu, the shadow planet in Vedic Astrology, is the north lunar node in Astronomy. Lunar nodes are points that mark the intersection of the Moon’s orbit around the Earth with the ecliptic ( the apparent path of the Sun in the sky). Thus, the nodes are merely the interception of these two orbit lines and the north node is the point where the orbit of the moon crosses to the North (or ascending) of the ecliptic. Read Rahu