One line through the kundli
Rahu and Ketu are never in the same sign because they are opposite ends of the lunar nodal axis.
If Rahu is in the tenth house from the lagna, Ketu is in the fourth. If Rahu is in the first, Ketu is in the seventh. The axis links two parts of life, such as public work and home, self and partnership, speech and hidden matters, or gains and loss. A reading checks both houses, the signs and lords involved, and which node is more prominent in the current dasha or transit.
Hunger and the cut are the same story
Rahu often increases attention toward the house it occupies, while Ketu may reduce attachment to the opposite house.
For example, Rahu in the tenth with Ketu in the fourth can increase concern with career while making home life feel less satisfying. Rahu in the seventh with Ketu in the first can place more attention on partnership while reducing interest in personal independence. These are examples, not fixed outcomes. A reading checks the signs, house lords, conjunctions, and dasha before explaining how the axis works.
Dasha of one still belongs to the other
A Rahu dasha does not remove Ketu from the interpretation, and a Ketu dasha does not cancel Rahu.
The opposite node continues to affect its own house throughout the period. Their transits also move as a pair and remain about eighteen months in each set of opposite signs. Jyotish therefore reads the natal axis, dasha, and gochara together. Rahu timing is incomplete without Ketu, and Ketu timing is incomplete without Rahu.
How this site reads the nodes
Rahu and Ketu are not treated as simple symbols of good and bad. A reading checks their houses, signs, nakshatras, dispositors, conjunctions, transits, and dasha periods as one axis.
Bring your date, exact time, and place of birth, then ask about the desire, detachment, foreign direction, family difference, or life change that concerns you. The answer uses both nodes and the rest of the sidereal kundli.
