Benefic exalted Ketu in the second house in Scorpio can bless the native with a post of authority in government through job or through politics, depending on his overall horoscope. Taking an example, suppose benefic exalted Ketu is placed in the second house of a horoscope in Scorpio. Benefic exalted Rahu is placed in the eighth house in Taurus. Venus is placed in the ninth house in Gemini, Mercury is placed in the tenth house in Cancer, Sun is placed in the eleventh house in Leo and benefic Saturn is placed in the twelfth house in Virgo. In this case, the native may join some type of secret services or intelligence services run by the government of his country. He may get selected for a good rank and he may witness success and recognition through his profession. The native may engage in some high-profile missions during his career and he may also be posted in some foreign countries, in order to gather intelligence.
If benefic Mars is placed in the eighth house in Taurus with Rahu, Jupiter is placed in the seventh house in Aries and benefic Moon is placed in the third house in Sagittarius, the equation may become better. In this case, the native may get selected for the highest possible direct rank in a secret agency of the government, which gathers intelligence from foreign countries, and which also carries out secret operations in foreign countries. The native may enjoy a good career and he may come across very good amount of success and recognition as a secret service officer. He may carry out many covert operations on foreign soils and he may achieve success in most of them. Depending on the finer factors and running times, the native may stay in a single country for many years, in order to gather intelligence. In such case, the native may get married to a woman from such country, he may obtain the citizenship of that country and he may live there for many years.
Benefic exalted Ketu in the third house of horoscope can bless the native with a post of authority in government through job or through politics, depending on his overall horoscope. Taking an example, suppose benefic exalted Ketu is placed in the third house of a horoscope in Pisces. Benefic Rahu is placed in the ninth house in Virgo, benefic Saturn is placed in the first house in Capricorn, Sun is placed in the second house in Aquarius, benefic Venus is placed in the fourth house in Aries and benefic Mars is placed in the eighth house in Leo. In this case, the native may become a revenue officer, administrative officer or army officer, depending on his overall horoscope and running times. He may get selected for a high rank and he may witness good amount of success, recognition and authority through his profession.
If Mercury is placed in the first house in Capricorn with Saturn, Jupiter is placed in the eleventh house in Scorpio and benefic exalted Moon is placed in the fifth house in Taurus, the equation may become better. In this case, the native may achieve success in civil exams and he may get selected for the highest possible direct rank in revenue services. The native may enjoy a very good career and he may come across a lot of success, recognition and authority as a revenue officer. He may work on several high-profile cases and he may achieve success in most of them. Depending on the finer factors and running times, the native may work as a revenue intelligence officer, instead of working as a regular type of revenue officer. If the finer factors and running times are supportive, the native may serve as the head of his department before retirement.
The placement of exalted Ketu in the fourth house of horoscope is a difficult to handle placement, even when it is benefic. The fourth house is one of the most sensitive houses of horoscope. It represents most important spheres like mother, mind, home and safety among other things. Ketu is an intense fiery planet and the placement of this planet in such a sensitive house often causes problems for the native. In case such exalted Ketu is benefic, such problems may be small in number as well as in quantum. However if such exalted Ketu is malefic, such problems may be big in number as well as in quantum.
Even benefic exalted Ketu in the fourth house of horoscope generally doesn’t indicate good results for mother though it may provide good results related to many other significances of the fourth house. The exceptions are seen in cases where native’s mother is an astrologer, tantric, religious teacher, spiritual teacher, healer, doctor or some other likewise professional who helps the suffering ones or who guides people towards higher paths.
Taking an example, suppose benefic exalted Ketu is placed in the fifth house of a horoscope in Scorpio. Rahu is placed in the eleventh house in Taurus, Jupiter is placed in the tenth house in Aries, benefic Mars is placed in the eighth house in Aquarius and a benefic combination of Sun and debilitated Mercury is placed in the ninth house in Pisces. In this case, the native may become an astrologer. The native may spend many years in study and research of various aspects of astrology and he may start practicing as an astrologer after the age of 30. He may witness good amount of success, authority and recognition as an astrologer. Along with astrology, the native may also be interested in spiritual growth and he may continuously work towards achieving more spiritual growth.
If benefic exalted Venus is placed in the ninth house in Pisces with Sun and Mercury, Saturn is placed in the third house in Virgo and benefic Moon is placed in the sixth house in Sagittarius, the equation may become better. In this case, the native may possess very good knowledge of astrology and he may come across a lot of success, money and recognition as an astrologer. The native may start practicing after the age of 30, he my witness good results till the age of 40, very good result between 40 and 50, and wonderful results after the age of 50. He may write several books on various topics of astrology and he may achieve fame as well as recognition through them. The native may also write a couple of books on topics related to spiritualism. He may appear on television shows and he may travel to several countries of the world, for professional purposes. Depending on the finer factors and running times, the native may teach astrology after the age of 50.
Benefic exalted Ketu in the sixth house of horoscope can also bless the native with a post of authority in government, through job or through politics, depending on his overall horoscope. Taking an example, suppose benefic exalted Ketu is placed in the sixth house of a horoscope in Pisces. Exalted Rahu is placed in the twelfth house in Virgo, a combination of Jupiter and Mars is placed in the seventh house in Aries, benefic Saturn is placed in the fourth house in Capricorn and Venus is placed in the second house in Scorpio. In this case, the native may join the army. He may get selected for a high rank in the army and he may enjoy good amount of success and recognition as an army officer.
If benefic Sun is placed in the third house in Sagittarius, Mercury is placed in the second house in Scorpio with Venus, and benefic Moon is placed in the seventh house in Aries with Mars and Jupiter, the equation may become better. In this case, the native may achieve success in competitive exams and he may get selected for the highest possible direct rank in the army. The native may come across very good amount of success, recognition and authority as an army officer. He may be known for his aggressive as well as instinctive approach.
He may lead several army operations and he may achieve success in most of them, primarily because of his bravery and instinctive approach. It means that the native may proactively take the right call in difficult situations and he may have an advantage over the enemy. He may come across very good amount of success, authority and recognition. The native may lead and win army missions on foreign soils. He may receive formal awards for bravery and courage in the battlefield and he may be a well-respected army officer.
The placement of exalted Ketu in the seventh house is a difficult to handle placement, even when it is benefic. Such exalted Ketu generally needs support from benefic planets and overall positive horoscope as otherwise, it may not produce good results related to marriage, even when it is benefic.
As already mentioned, Ketu in general is not interested in materialistic pursuits and marriage is the peak of materialism in human life. It is through marriage that a family is built; and several new ambitions, goals, responsibilities, conditions and restrictions are born. All these may create hindrances on the path to spiritual growth. Hence exalted Ketu in the seventh house generally doesn’t indicate good results related to marriage on its own, even when it is benefic. A common outcome is late marriage which gives the native ample time to pursue several other goals, and spiritual growth may be one of them. However when good results related to marriage are indicated by other planets, such benefic exalted Ketu poses no resistance and the native may enjoy various types of benefits related to, or through marriage.
Himanshu Shangari