What Rahu actually describes
Rahu is not a physical planet. It is the north node of the Moon, one of the two points where the paths of the Sun and Moon intersect.
In a janam kundli it may show foreign work, unusual status, technology, innovation, ambition, obsession, or a direction that differs from family expectations. Rahu in the tenth differs from Rahu in the fourth. Its dispositor, nakshatra, conjunctions, aspects, and relation to the lagna lord show whether its appetite becomes productive or disruptive.
Rahu is also called a shadow graha
Chhaya graha means shadow graha. In the older picture, Rahu is the head of the node and has no body of its own.
That image is a teaching device, not a moral verdict. Rahu can also describe migration, research at the edge of a field, a life that cannot follow the old family path, or public attention that arrives in an unusual way. People search Rahu when a desire will not settle, or when life has left the expected course. A reading that only repeats the word poison has not read the chart. The house from the lagna, the nakshatra, the dasha, and the aspects of other grahas give the actual result.
Rahu dasha and the years that want more
In Vimshottari dasha, Rahu's mahadasha lasts about eighteen years. It may increase ambition, foreign connections, technology, social reach, or interest in an unconventional path.
It can also increase confusion or obsession. A Rahu period connected with a strong tenth house differs from one that afflicts the Moon. The whole janam kundli shows where growth is possible and where clearer limits are needed.
How this site reads Rahu
A reading checks Rahu's house from the lagna and Moon, its nakshatra, dispositor, nearby grahas, the opposite position of Ketu, and the dasha now running.
These facts show whether Rahu is important to your present question. Bring your date, exact time, and place of birth so the north node can be placed correctly, then ask about the ambition, foreign connection, technology, uncertainty, or unusual direction you are experiencing.
