Rahu Ketu transit 2027: the Capricorn-Cancer axis, by Moon sign.
There is no Rahu-Ketu sign change in 2027. The nodes hold the Capricorn-Cancer axis for the whole year, Rahu in Capricorn and Ketu in Cancer, computed with True Pushya Paksha ayanamsa. The table below gives the house the nodes fall in for each Moon sign.
Rahu and Ketu by Moon sign in 2027
Houses in Vedic transit reading are counted from the Moon sign, not the ascendant, for the general public read. Find your Moon sign to see which house Rahu (in Capricorn) and Ketu (in Cancer) occupy for you through 2027. Ketu always sits six houses from Rahu.
| Moon sign | Rahu (Capricorn) | Ketu (Cancer) |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | Rahu 10th house | Ketu 4th house |
| Taurus | Rahu 9th house | Ketu 3rd house |
| Gemini | Rahu 8th house | Ketu 2nd house |
| Cancer | Rahu 7th house | Ketu 1st house |
| Leo | Rahu 6th house | Ketu 12th house |
| Virgo | Rahu 5th house | Ketu 11th house |
| Libra | Rahu 4th house | Ketu 10th house |
| Scorpio | Rahu 3rd house | Ketu 9th house |
| Sagittarius | Rahu 2nd house | Ketu 8th house |
| Capricorn | Rahu 1st house | Ketu 7th house |
| Aquarius | Rahu 12th house | Ketu 6th house |
| Pisces | Rahu 11th house | Ketu 5th house |
The dated ingress window
The nodes are slow. Rahu spends roughly eighteen months in each sign. The current leg began when Rahu crossed from Aquarius into Capricorn, and Ketu from Leo into Cancer, on 27 December 2026. That leg runs unbroken through the whole of 2027 and ends on 15 July 2028, when Rahu moves to Sagittarius and Ketu to Gemini. So unlike a fast planet, the nodes give 2027 a single, stable axis rather than a sequence of ingress dates. There is no intra-year Rahu-Ketu sign change to track.
The eclipse-axis connection
Eclipses occur on the Rahu-Ketu axis by definition, which is why the 2027 eclipses land on the Capricorn-Cancer band the nodes hold all year. The annular solar eclipse of 6 February falls in Capricorn near Rahu, and the great total solar eclipse of 2 August falls in Cancer near Ketu. Two solar eclipses bracketing the nodal axis in the same year is a strong activation of that band. The Capricorn-Cancer degrees stay sensitised into the second half of 2027, so slow transits crossing them, Saturn approaching Aries and Jupiter walking Cancer to Leo to Virgo, meet an already-activated axis. The dated 2027 eclipse calendar sets out the five eclipses and their signs.
How Tempora reads a nodal transit
Rahu in Capricorn is read as amplified ambition around structure, status and worldly systems, and Ketu in Cancer as detachment from home, roots and emotional anchors. These are the weather of the axis, not a script. The Tempora workflow is conditional: identify which house the nodes fall in from the Moon, check whether the Capricorn or Cancer degree band is sensitive on the chart being read, and cross-check whether a slow transit or an eclipse activates the same band. Only when the nodal axis meets an already-stressed chart does the window carry forecast weight. Tempora's reproducible astrology piece sets out the effect-size discipline, and the dated calls that use nodal logic sit on the public tracker.
Frequently asked questions
Where are Rahu and Ketu in 2027?
Through all of 2027 Rahu transits Capricorn and Ketu transits Cancer, under the sidereal zodiac with True Pushya Paksha ayanamsa. Rahu entered Capricorn on 27 December 2026 and remains there until 15 July 2028, when it moves to Sagittarius and Ketu to Gemini. So the entire 2027 calendar year sits under the Rahu-in-Capricorn, Ketu-in-Cancer axis.
When does Rahu change signs next?
Rahu leaves Capricorn for Sagittarius on 15 July 2028, and Ketu leaves Cancer for Gemini on the same date. The nodes always move retrograde through the zodiac and always sit exactly opposite each other, so a Rahu sign change is always mirrored by a Ketu sign change in the opposite sign on the same day. There is no Rahu-Ketu sign change during 2027 itself.
Which house do Rahu and Ketu transit for my Moon sign in 2027?
It depends on your Moon sign, since the houses are counted from the Moon in Vedic transit reading. For an Aries Moon, Rahu in Capricorn is the 10th and Ketu in Cancer the 4th. For a Cancer Moon, Rahu is the 7th and Ketu the 1st. For a Capricorn Moon, Rahu is the 1st and Ketu the 7th. The full per-Moon-sign table is above; Ketu always sits six houses from Rahu.
Why do the 2027 eclipses matter for the nodal axis?
Eclipses happen on the Rahu-Ketu axis by definition, so the 2027 eclipses fall on the Capricorn-Cancer axis the nodes occupy all year. The 6 February solar eclipse is in Capricorn near Rahu and the 2 August total solar eclipse is in Cancer near Ketu. These reinforce the axis, sensitising the Capricorn-Cancer degree band for the second half of 2027, so later transits crossing it register more sharply.
What is the Vedic reading of Rahu in Capricorn and Ketu in Cancer?
Rahu in Capricorn is read as amplified ambition around structure, status, career and worldly systems, with a pull toward overreach in institutional and hierarchical settings. Ketu in Cancer is read as detachment from home, roots, emotional security and the mother-significations, sometimes as a sense that domestic anchors feel provisional. Tempora treats this as the weather of the axis, not a deterministic script; the natal strength of the nodes and their dispositors sets how a given chart meets it.
How is the Rahu Ketu transit calculated?
The node positions are computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the True Node, which tracks the actual oscillating lunar node rather than a smoothed mean node, then projected to the sidereal zodiac with the True Pushya Paksha ayanamsa. Sign-ingress dates are the days the True Node crosses a sign boundary. The computation is deterministic and reproducible from the ayanamsa; only the sidereal sign label depends on the ayanamsa, not the underlying date.
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Node positions are computed from Swiss Ephemeris using the True Node and projected to the sidereal zodiac with the True Pushya Paksha ayanamsa by PVRN Rao. The nodal-axis framing is Tempora's conditional-trigger method; planetary cycle correlations describe tendencies, not certainties. No commercial, financial, legal, medical or personal action should be taken solely on the contents of this article. Internal audit log maintained.