Rahu and Ketu in astrology are the demons who want to taste the nectar of the world, for that they can do anything. In hindu mythology the story of churning ocean of milk is which is related with our subconscious mind. Rahu and Ketu are lunar nodes which play a very important role in evolving the human consciousness, there is always in our mind a internal dialogue going on what is right or what is wrong, Rahu, Ketu are the confusion, illusion, smoke and split thought of the mind. They always help to evolve consciously. They are always on the axis, they are always 180 degrees apart.
Rahu is the head who wants to eat. It is an obsession, and it is our inner present life desire with us. Rahu is an obsession for those things where it is placed in the chart. Ketu is the body without a head; it is our past life experience. It is already filled with those things, detachment, disinterest for those things where it is placed in the chart. Although they are not the physical planet, they are the most influential forces in the chart. It is the Rahu/Ketu axis that the main force of karmic desire can be seen.
So what happened when Rahu/Ketu axis fell in the 1st and 7th house. House is an area of life. Rahu placement in the house shows the area of life in which we need to develop mentally and Ketu shows the area of life where we withdraw ourselves.
The 1st house is the house of identity, physical body, appearance, overall general health. And the seventh house is the house of other people, spouses, and dealing with others. Here Rahu is obsessed with their own identity and Ketu withdraws from others.
Rahu in the 1st house (Rahu (North Node) in Lagna) shows that these people think no one understands them very well. Here the native withdraws from others because other people criticize them too much. These people like to define their personality on their own; they don't like someone else defining their personality. Rahu is rebellious because the native don’t like other people's criticism and make him alone and unusual in behaviour and they try to find the answer about their own identity. Because of this they suffer in married life. The native suffered due to compromise with the partner and they did not feel satisfied with their own spouse and may wander.
Ketu is a planet greatly involved in the spiritualization process and the 7th house primarily stands for spouse and relationships. Ketu in the 7th house usually indicates that the spouse may be a difficult person with some problems and relationships are very strained. But with time these people learn how to live alone or live in solitude. This nature makes them introspect and learn about themselves. If unevolved the native can be very egocentric but if evolved the person is very spiritual. These people need to listen to others to overcome their shortcomings and try to self understand about their shortcomings and should improve themselves.
With time they learn to develop their own initiative and believe in their own personal power. These natives relied too much on other people in the past, and have been dependent on or dominated by others. Now they explore their own destiny, through his own efforts and his own actions. They will gain confidence and self-reliance. Life put them into situations where they need to act under their own will. They should develop a personality that the public identifies as being individual and they need to take a personal stand on things.
Ketu (south node) in 7th house makes person's overly idealistic image of a partner. Ketu is to criticize things where it sits. Due to idealistic expectations from partner marriage get disturbed. As these people grow they signify their personal values are more important than general public or partnerships. Individuality is self-propelled and they do not take heavy partnership responsibility. In reality, the partnership activities are often a drag for them in many ways, but they have to learn to cope with that. Strong aggressive tendencies are developed, and the personality can be action-oriented.
Rahu in 1st and Ketu in 7th house shows that these individuals submerged their identity in the affairs of others in past lives. Marriage and partnerships are so deeply rooted in his way of doing things that his search of self is constantly viewed through other people's eyes. They must escape from living in the shadow of other people's lives. These people must ultimately learn how to lead gracefully the role of leadership.
Summary: Rahu (North Node) in the 1st house is obsessed!!! about the identity and Ketu (South Node) in 7th house indicates detachment from spouse and relationships are strained.
Rahu in (North Node) Aries and Ketu (South Node) in Libra sign Axis:
Rahu and Ketu in sign. The sign shows the psychological thinking in how we think, temperament and according to that we take action or behave.
Rahu in Aries sign:
Rahu (North Node) in Aries is very impatient, eager, child-like. Rahu is already immature and childlike here in Aries and it has become more childlike. Very competitive with others, very courageous and not hesitate to go forward and take daring action. Rahu (North Node) in Aries is very self assertive, progressive independent and stands on their own conviction. Rahu in Aries sign shows the person is pioneer in a sense to be innovative, inspiring, independent they come to learn how to be independent and develop their own self-awareness. In past life the native was very indecisive not able to develop its own self will. They need to be careful not to be reckless, careless, impulsive, self-centered and Impatient with others. Rahu always amplifies the energy in which it is sitting. They know how to get things because Mars is a very competitive sign. These people act first and think later. These people are more self interested and self inspired.
Ketu in Libra sign:
Ketu (South Node) in Libra shows that in their childhood or in past lives there has been too much emphasis on learning from others and letting life run by others. These people are highly susceptible to flattery, they judge their happiness by the success or failure of those close to them. They don’t like to live alone, they are not confident enough and confused by the other . These people have some unrealistic desires which makes them susceptible to depression. Ketu in Libra shows these people are good in diplomacy, good in cooperating with others creating beauty and harmony. But now here is time for these people to learn and must make decisions of their own will whether they are right or wrong. Growth comes through self own experience. They must learn to overcome their sensitivity to all others' disharmonious needs of those around them. As the time passes they become self aware of their own thoughts. Thus these natives will achieve their greatest potential after they learn to serve willingly without desiring any reward beyond their own self growth. But they need to be careful not to get into the negative side of Libra sign, these being dependent on others, giving power away to others, over compromising.
We all have some immaturity in our mind; Rahu is mainly obstruction in areas of life where we are most immature. It wants us to teach a life lesson by making a person mature and evolved consciously. Ketu is maturity, overconfidence, when we are overconfident we make mistakes. Ketu teaches don’t be overconfident. We should try to listen and learn from others, so we can improve ourselves
