Ketu, the shadow planet of mysticism and liberation, is in Pada (part) Two of Magha in the sign of Leo from August 1st to October 3rd, 2026.

Your mystical quest has a more public, performative quality in this nakshatra, which calls for a balance with Ketu’s naturally quiet and otherworldly style. Pada Two also relates to Taurus navamsha, which brings you a reliably romantic approach in life, where you see fine qualities in your partner and give them a special image to live up to. In relationships, the underlying Venus rulership gives you balance and wisdom, where you understand friends’ quirks and find people coming to you for company and sympathy.

You may also reach a kind of psychic bond with your closest partner, and an unspoken rapport or a desire to support each other on a soul level. Ketu’s spiritual nature sits well with Magha’s Shakti, ‘The Power to Leave the Body,’ and you investigate deep experience in a realm that can be hard to measure and explain. Ketu works when you operate to a plan, however, and don’t blindly follow your instinct, where it is easy to mistake impulse for positive action.

Ketu combining with the Sun from August 17th to September 17th softens your egocentric attitude and gives you a desire to help. You may be involved with a cause or spiritual program at this point where you reach for a heightened state of mind. This transit also takes in two eclipses, the Solar event of August 12th, and the Lunar eclipse of August 28th, where Ketu is especially influential.

These are powerful moments for yoga, meditation, and affirmation, where you set goals, clear obstacles, and get more than usual reward for working on yourself.