Rahu is a shadow planet, and when it occupies the 12th house, a person’s expenses increase significantly. It is said that when Rahu is in the 12th house, the native may either experience imprisonment or hospitalization. However, if Venus and Jupiter are benefic, such a person may also undertake foreign travel.
From the 12th house, bed pleasures are judged. It has been observed that when Rahu is placed in the 12th house, marital relationships deteriorate, and the person becomes suspicious by nature. Rahu sitting in the 12th house can also cause negative entity disturbances. A person afflicted by Rahu often develops the illusion that someone is conspiring against them or that someone has performed tantric practices on them.
When Rahu is in the 12th house, a person’s expenditure increases excessively, and this spending tends to be more on inauspicious activities rather than auspicious ones. Because expenses exceed income, the person remains unhappy and suffers mental distress.
In Lal Kitab, it is written regarding Rahu in the 12th house:
“Sixth Rahu was like a rainbow,
In the twelfth it becomes smoke.
Wood is sweet and wind is sweet too,
But now the effect turns harmful.”
Meaning: when Rahu enters the 12th house, it spoils the results of both wood (Saturn) and wind (Jupiter).
Rahu in the 12th house is not the smoke of a blazing fire, but the smoke of a fire that has been extinguished. If, in such a case, Mars occupies the 8th or 12th house, the negative effects of Rahu are neutralized. This is because when Mars is in the 8th house, the fire (Mars) remains below while the smoke (Rahu) rises into the sky. Lal Kitab refers to Mars as the mahout and Rahu as the elephant.
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