Auspicious Rahu brings sudden progress, foreign travel, technological breakthroughs, politics and extraordinary ambition — it intensifies the house in which it is intensified. The afflicted Rahu gives confusion, addiction, deception, sudden loss, mental disturbance and Kalsarpa-dosha. Rahu is a shadow planet, it has no sign of its own; Its high/low is disputed in the scriptures (some consider Taurus/Gemini to be exalted).
To pacify Rahu, chanting 'Om Ra Rahve Namah', Durga/Bhairav-Puja, Saraswati-Aradhana and Saturday service are best. Gemstone Hessonite in Silver/Panchadhatu — Fast-effective, so don't wear it without consultation. The donation of blue-brown clothes, sesame, coconut and urad, service to lepers/poor and quitting addictions are especially beneficial.
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Rahu carries intense desire and unconventional rise in a chart. Its actual result depends on the house it sits in, the sign it occupies, the dashas it runs and the aspects it casts — each has its own detailed page below.
In the 12 houses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12
In the 12 signs: Aries · Taurus · Gemini · Cancer · Virgo · Libra · Scorpio · Sagittarius · Capricorn · Aquarius · Pisces
Dasha periods: Rahu Mahadasha (full guide) · -Ketu · -Venus · -Sun · -Moon · -Mars · -Rahu · -Jupiter · -Saturn · -Mercury
Aspects and conjunctions: Rahu's aspects · Mercury–Rahu · Moon–Rahu · Jupiter–Rahu · Mars–Rahu · Saturn–Rahu · Venus–Rahu · Sun–Rahu
Its nakshatras (Vimshottari lord): Ardra · Swati · Shatabhisha
Transit, article and remedies: Rahu in today's gochar · Detailed article · Remedies · See this planet in your own kundali