Ketu in Purva Phalguni ~ Spirituality with steel

Ketu, the shadow planet of mysticism and spirituality, is in Pada Four of Purva Phalguni from July 20th to September 21st, 2025.

Ketu in zodiacal Leo adds a fiery quality to your desire for escape, and there is also a performative side to your spiritual life that you can use creatively. Uttara pada one relates to Scorpio navamsha, which integrates well with Ketu’s search for transformation and may inspire you to dive deeper into your psyche and emotional sharing. You can apply Ketu’s otherworldliness to mystery, research, and sexuality, where your boundaries come down and you have a potentially transcendent experience in a relationship.

Purva Phalguni is a leisurely, fun-loving nakshatra whose relaxed attitude masks a stronger desire for nature under its surface. Relationships especially see you with a love for intense, meaningful exchange, and you and your partner being positively moved by your interaction. Uttara’s Shakti of ‘Procreation’, also gives you the promise to be fruitful, either creating children or ideas where you can grow and profit. This subtle Mars-ruled nakshatra pada emphasizes Ketu being of nature of Mars and also aligning with Mars itself up to July 29th – the first period of this transit has a particularly driven and relentless style.

Following a strict plan is the best policy to counteract Ketu’s headless and unfocused nature, especially around the two eclipses through this transit, first the lunar on September 7th, then the partial Solar Eclipse on September 21st. These events bring a phase of activity to a climax with a clearing and finalizing effect, as an obstacle or long-standing desire is removed in an abrupt and karmic way. Take care through both of these points, where an apparently innocuous action may trigger you out of proportion to the actual moment.