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Rahu in Vedic Astrology

a natural malefic in BPHS; the text also states that the lunar nodes act according to their position, association and dispositor rather than from an independent fixed disposition. BPHS describes Rahu as smoky in appearance, blue-mixed in physique, forest-dwelling, formidable, windy in temperament and intelligent. Core field: intensification of the house it occupies, unconventional or outsider conditions, appetite for experience, complexity, foreignness and the tendency to take on the colouring of associates and dispositor. For Rahu, dispositor, conjunctions and aspects are not optional details. BPHS specifically directs the astrologer to judge the nodes through position, association and dispositor.

How to use these placement pages

BPHS requires the lunar nodes to be judged through position, association and dispositor. These pages therefore avoid imposing a disputed fixed exaltation scheme and give unusual weight to the sign lord and planets joined with Rahu.