How Ketu works through Punarvasu
Punarvasu is the return of the light, with Aditi as its deity and a quiver of arrows as its symbol. Jupiter rules it, and Ketu counts Jupiter as a friend. So this is a comfortable seat for the node of letting go: you tend to leave and come back, more than once, and each time you carry less.
Most of the star falls in Mithun and its last quarter in Karkat. In Mithun, Ketu takes the shine off cleverness, and you may lose interest in being the smartest person in the room. In Karkat it touches home and feeling more directly.
Study and philosophy
Very good. Scripture, Sanskrit, philosophy and languages may feel oddly familiar. You may be largely self-taught, and you may keep a practice long after leaving the institution that taught it. Finding one good teacher still saves years.
Ambition
Unusual. Ordinary ambition fades after each return. You may reach a position and then wonder why you wanted it. This can puzzle your family, and it helps to explain it to them before you resign.
Public success
It depends on the rest of the chart. Rahu falls opposite in Purva Ashadha or Uttara Ashadha, so success may come in a form you did not exactly choose. You can take it without believing in it, which keeps you steady.
Money and possessions
Needs care. Ketu loosens your grip on what you own, and Punarvasu brings back what was lost, so money tends to go and return rather than build in a straight line. You may give away things you no longer use without a second thought, or leave a well paid job for a smaller one that suits you better. The hard part is the gap between one return and the next. Savings you cannot reach on impulse carry you through it, and a plain record of what comes in keeps the unease about money from turning into fear.
Marriage and home
Good, if you choose well. Punarvasu is a star of coming home, and with Ketu here you may move house, city or country more than once and still keep a few close ties. A partner who does not need you to want more than you do suits you best. You can seem far away at family gatherings, so a plain word of thanks to the people who keep the house running matters more than it would for most. In Karkat, the last part of the star, home and mother move closer to the centre of your life.
In the dasha of Ketu
Ketu’s mahadasha lasts 7 years. Ketu counts Jupiter as a friend, so study, teachers and spiritual practice tend to flourish in these seven years. Ordinary ambition may fade, and that can puzzle your family.
Strengths and challenges
Strengths
- An easy way with scripture and philosophy
- Ability to start again with little
- Freedom from ordinary ambition
- Inner steadiness after setbacks
Challenges
- Puzzling your family by walking away
- Loss of interest just as things go well
- Unease about money
When Ketu passes through Punarvasu
Ketu enters Punarvasu at 3:50 am on 22 April 2028 and leaves at 6:29 pm on 29 December 2028, moving from Karkat into Mithun along the way. It last passed through in 2009 and 2010, and it returns in 2046.
| Enters (IST) | Leaves (IST) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2028, 3:50 am | 29 Dec 2028, 6:29 pm | Coming |
| 27 Nov 2046, 3:23 pm | 6 Aug 2047, 6:02 am | Coming |
Add 15 minutes for Nepal time.