Ketu, the shadow planet of mysticism and liberation, is in Pada (part) Three of Magha in the sign of Leo from May 31st to August 1st 2026.

Ketu has a bold and flamboyant tone in this nakshatra, where you dramatize your mystical quest and prefer a more public, performative style. Pada Three also relates to Gemini navamsha, which brings you an underlying rational quality, which is a useful balance to Ketu’s blind, intuitive nature. In a relationship, especially, the underlying Mercury rulership excites your mind, and you may connect with a new subject or explore the intellectual side of your spiritual path.

You move on to a kind of telepathic level with your closest partner, and have uncanny conversations where you anticipate each other’s thoughts. Magha’s Shakti, ‘The Power to Leave the Body’, sits well with Ketu’s otherworldly nature, where you aim for spiritual goals and sense a reality outside your own physical boundaries. Ketu in Magha affects your relationship with ego-driven ambition, along with past-life karmic ties related to your heritage and family status.

The fiery tone of this transit inclines you to make abrupt changes, where you tear away from old connections and forge a new sense of meaning. As always with Ketu, try to act according to a plan and don’t simply follow your instinct, which may lead you in the wrong direction, or nowhere at all. By June 15th, you operate in a more thoughtful way and have the ability to document and explain any mystical moment to others. Remain psychologically open and be careful not to over-analyse, or be too sceptical towards a ‘peak’ experience.