|
According to the text of sacred texts, Vaidoorya or Cat's eye is the gemstone of
Ketu. This gem, with its band of reflected light across the middle looks like
the eyes of a cat. This unusual phenomena is called as Chatoyancy
Ketu is unbiased, hybrid, inactive, disfigured and troublemaking. He creates
disturbances in the physical bodies of its natives, causing them to lose
interest in life. Ketu is shown with a headless torso with a fish body, called
the dragon's tail. He holds a flag of self glory in his hand. Ketu is less
destructive than Rahu and leads its natives toward salvation from the bondage of
life and death making them passive.
Ketu is a headless half-planet, shadowy as Rahu and malefic, though not as
malefic as Rahu - and therefore he is known as the redeemer of souls and
therefore a moksha-karaka. It bestows spirituality, somberness and detachment
from worldly desires and ambitions. Ketu also bestows wisdom, powers of
discrimination and gyana - spiritual knowledge and knowledge of self. It gives
psychic abilities to its natives and makes them masters of the healing arts,
natural healing, healing herbs, spices, foods, tantric healing, healing of
persons possessed by evil spirits, ghosts and astral forces. Ketu natives also
have the ability to merge among commoners.
|