Ketu in Cancer
What you came in already knowing. · The protector.
Core meaning
When Ketu moves through Cancer, the Past lives, detachment, spirituality, mastery, isolation domain takes on Cancer qualities. Cancer is Water, Cardinal, ruled by Moon — so this transit colours Ketu's expression with those filters.
Opportunities
Ketu in Cancer favours: action expressed in the Cancer style. Native areas — Past lives, detachment, spirituality, mastery, isolation — find a fresh approach shaped by Cancer's strengths: Loyal, Empathetic, Intuitive, Protective, Imaginative.
Watch-outs
Watch the shadow: Ketu in Cancer can amplify Cancer's downsides — Moody, Clingy, Easily hurt, Holds grudges — applied to Past lives, detachment, spirituality, mastery, isolation. The discipline is to use the energy without indulging the reflex.
Duration
Ketu transits one sign at the pace of one sign per 1.5 years (retrograde always).