Ketu — descending node
release, severance, and inward turning
Ketu is the complementary shadow graha associated with severance, release, and inward or spiritualising movement. We place it near the navel as a central turning point; this is a comparative graphic choice and not a universally standard body assignment.
Point 9 of 9 in Jyotiṣa Astrology Body Map
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Bṛhat Parāśara Horā Śāstra (primary_canonical)
Ch. 3, natural significations (naisargika kārakatva) for the grahas; chapter and terminology follow the Santhanam edition.
Hart de Fouw and Robert Svoboda, Light on Life (scholarly_modern)
Modern scholarly-practitioner synthesis of Jyotiṣa graha significations and medical astrology, used here to clarify variant lists without treating them as anatomy.