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| Direction: | North-West |
| Weekday: | Tuesday |
| Matures | at age 48 |
| Metal: | copper |
| Color: | transparency |
| Grain: | horse gram |
| Gem: | cat's eye |
| Nature: | Pitta |
| Guna: | Tamas |
| Deity: | Brahma | |
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Image of Ketu
The deity representing the south-node of the Moon is Ketu, which has many different forms. It is sometimes depicted riding a vulture (or a donkey), being smoky in color, having two hands, one holding a club and the other giving blessings. |
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Spiritual Significance
Ketu is the indicator of knowledge and final release (enlightenment). It's intellectual function is profound intuition and psychic cognition, the ability to fathom the greatest abstrations. |
Astronomical Ketu
Ketu is not a astronomical body, but a mathematical point in space. It is the point where the Moon crosses the Sun's path (ecliptic) on it's path from north to south. When the Sun and Moon are opposite each other, with either of them close to this point a Lunar-eclipse may occur. This point is always opposite to Rahu |
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