Effects and Influence of Rahu, Ketu and Neptune on Human Life

Rahu --This planet rules the feet. It travels a sign in about 11/2 year.  It is lord of Capricorn. It gives good results when located in Ardra, Swati and Shatbhisha It is a female planet with tamasic qualities. Its exaltation sign is Scorpio and debilitation is Taurus. Some learned people   take Taurus and Gemini as its signs of exaltation-Rahu’s friendly signs are Gemini, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Pisces. Its inimical signs are Cancer and Leo. It behaves in a Rajasic way with Venus and inimically with the Sun and the Moon. It aspects fully the house 7th from ft. Its daily motion is 3 kalas and 11 vikalas. It is 90 crore miles away from the earth. Its diameter is 3 lakh miles. It revolves 360 degrees in 18 years, 7 months, 18 days and 15 ghatis. After 93 years Rahu occupies the same sign and nakshatra which it originally occupied Under Vimshottari-system, ft has a dasha-period of 18 years  In its various positions in the nativity Rahu is studied for power, industry, wrestling, fatness, courage, daring, valour, sinful deeds, expenditure, enmity, loose living, sorrow, worries, bad luck and injustice. It is considered as the strongest of planets. It is considered as yoga-karak for Taurus and Libra acendants.

Ketu -- It controls the lower portion of the feet. It traverses a sign in about 1 1/2 year. It is lord of Aries and is considered strong and giver of liberation (moksha). Its own nakshatras are Ashvini, Magha and Moola. It is a Eunch planet and has Tamasic qualities. It has Taurus and Scorpio as signs of exaltation and debilitation respectively. Ketu’s friendly signs are Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn and Pisces. Cancer and Leo are its inimical signs. It behaves with Jupiter in a Satvik but with Sun in inimical way. Ketu aspects fully the 7th house from its own location. The daily rate of motion of Ketu is 3 kalas and 11 vikalas. It is 90 crore miles distant from the earth. It has a diameter of 31 lakh miles. Like Rahu it completes, a revolution of the heaven in 18 years, 7 months, 18 days and 15 ghatis. Like Rahu it also comes to its original sign and nakshatras after 93 years. Ketu is always in the 7th house from Rahu. Under VImshottari-system it has a dasha period of 7 years. In its various positions in the horoscope, Ketu is studied for fearful and strange dreams, accidents, fall from height, injury through water, imprisonment, death, boils and eruptions on the body, leprosy and bad motives.

Varuna or Neptune -- Modern astronomers have discovered two new planets, thus making the total of planets as 11. Neptune is one of them and is called in India as Varuna. It traverses a sign in 14 years. It is the  lord of Pisces. It has been considered as strongest when placed in watery signs. Neptune is 227 crores miles away from the Sun. It is 83 times as big as the -earth. It completes the revolution of 360 degrees.