The Ketu of Comets
I. Introduction
Comets are an interesting astronomical phenomenon that is not often considered for its astrological implications. Perhaps the lack of discourse surrounding comets owes to their rarity and obscurity as a phenomenon, compared to annual eclipses, and the visible lights of sun, moon, and planets.
A fundamental conception of astrology is that it derives phenomenological and epistemological value from the observation of astronomical phenomena. This means astrology will naturally be focused on the most observable of astronomical phenomena. What is within the spectrum of visibility is more proximate to us, physically and energetically. This is why astrology is known in India as jyotisa, “the study of light”. Therefore, comets as observable and lighted phenomenon holds meaning and influence. And influence of comets becomes meaningfully relevant to us when it passes close enough to the Earth to be visible to the naked eye.