Ketu is represented by a Sadhu, a begging ascetic monk, who rejects the world and its vanity, instead of seeking only the essential truth. Ketu indicates the areas in which the detachment should be developed, areas that will cause some suffering in order to spiritualize, seeking the very essence of life. Ketu is considered a very important planet for spiritual evolution because it represents the capacity for renunciation, the detachment from the ephemeral and the search for the truth and the essence of life. He also represents Moksha, the liberation of the cycle of births and deaths and the realization of enlightenment.
A predominant Ketu can be seen in the lists of monks, ascetics, renunciates and psychic and clairvoyant people. Ketu’s position on the natal chart indicates areas that have been experienced excessively in past lives, which now causes feelings of dissatisfaction and rejection.
The ketu can cause damage and restrictions in the areas it affects, but it is also a form of spiritual learning.
An unwanted ketu can cause breaks, tears, accidents or illnesses, but it can also bring an intuitive knowledge of past life experiences.
Ketu Namavali:
om ketave namah | sthula-sirase | siro-matraya | dhvajakrtaye | navagrahayuttaya
| simhikasuri-garbha-sambhavaya | maha-bhiti-karaya | citra-varnaya |
pingalaksaya | phala-dhumra-sankasaya || 10 ||
tiksna-damstraya | mahoragaya | rakta-netraya | citra-karine | mahasuraya | tivrakopaya
| papa-kantakaya | krodha-nidhaye | chaya-graha-visesa-kaya | antyagrahaya
|| 20 ||
maha-sirsaya | suryaraye | puspavad-grahine | vara-hastaya | gada-panaye | citravastra-
dharaya | citra-dhvaja-patakaya | ghoraya | citra-rathaya | sikhine || 30 ||
kuluttha-bhaksakaya | vaiduryabharanaya | utpata-janakaya | sukra-mitraya |
manda-sakhaya | gada-dharaya | naga-pataye | antar-vedisvaraya | jaimini-gotrajaya
| citra-guptatmane || 40 ||
daksina-mukhaya | mukunda-vara-patraya | mahasura-kulodbhavaya | ghana37
varnaya | lamba-devaya | mrtyu-putraya | utpada-rupa-dharine | adrsyaya |
kalagni-sannibhaya | nara-pithakaya || 50 ||
graha-karine | sarvopadrava-karakaya | citra-prasutaya | analaya | sarva-vyadhivinasakaya
| apasavya-pracarine | navame-papa-dayakaya | pancame-soka-daya |
uparaga-gocaraya | purusa-karmane || 60 ||
turiye-sukha-pradaya | trtiye-vaira-daya | papa-grahaya | sphotaka-karakaya |
prana-nathaya | pancame-srama-karakaya | dvitiye-asphuta-vag-datre | visakulita-
vaktrakaya | kama-rupine | simha-dantaya || 70 ||
satyepy-anrtavate | caturthe-matr-nasaya | navame-pitr-nasakaya | antye-vairapradaya
| sutanandana-bandhakaya | sarpaksi-jataya | anangaya | karmarasyudbhavaya
| upante-kirti-daya | saptame-kalaha-pradaya || 80 ||
astame-vyadhi-kartre | dhane-bahu-sukha-pradaya | janane-roga-daya | urdhvamurda-
jaya | graha-nayakaya | papa-drstaye | khe-caraya | sambhavaya | asesapujitaya
| sasvataya || 90 ||
nataya | subhasubha-phala-pradaya | dhumraya | sudha-payine | ajitaya | bhaktavatsalaya
| simhasanaya | ketu-murtaye | ravindu-dyuti-nasakaya | amaraya || 100
pidakaya | amartyaya | visnu-drstaya | asuresvaraya | bhakta-raksaya | vicitraphala-
dayine | vicitra-phala-dayine | bhaktabhista-phala-daya || 108 ||