HOW TO KNOW IF RAHU STRONG AND GOOD IN OUR HOROSCOPE, MY VIEW WITH A TWIST
The definition of good and bad Rahu is not an easy and straight forward one. It is not only with rahu but also with any planets of our horoscope.
In general, we consider a planet as good when it is favoring us and not giving challenges in our life and giving results of our desire. This is a simple definition of a good planet of our horoscope.
Now one need to understand the nature of desire and define it.
The desire can be a good / positive or bad / negative kind. In both the kinds of desire when rahu is giving the results as per our desire we consider that rahu is good / strong / favourable.
ONE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE NEGATIVE / BAD DESIRED RAHU RESULTS WHICH A NATIVE ENJOYS DURING ITS ACTIVATION PERIOD AND WHAT IS THE AFTER EFFECTS OF IT.
In general, a person does not recognize a bad desires as bad / wrong. He feels what ever he does is correct and right and there is nothing wrong about it and it is acceptable.
This is the reason why one fail to understand the good rahu / planets.
General tendency of rahu is to take short cut routes and when one gets success in that path then they feels that path they have chosen is correct and tends to follow the same and makes it a habit.
But when the activation period of rahu ends and some other planet takes over and it do not support that short cut path then the native who is habituated with short cut habits experiences a set back and that could be very very very heavy sometime and can bring about 360 degree turn in ones life from good to worse.
So should one consider that bad desired rahu period favorable results as good or bad rahu results.
I always say that astrology is full of understanding and not taking things as it is. One need to go in the deep to understand the results and not understanding it superficially.
Rahu is a liar and this one of the negative natures of rahu and if a person gains by this negative nature during its activated period, then it will and can give pain / punishment during activation period of other planet which will not support this negative nature. The nature of pain / punishment depends as per the nature of lie.
The positive side of rahu will not give challenges in life and will not be very negative and so I did not discussed it as it is logically understood when a planet do not gives challenges and a person also gets success in his positive desire is a good rahu / planet.
So in a nutshell one need to understand the nature of desire / success and study how rahu is influencing him / her. If it is influencing in a positive way then its good and can be termed as good / strong rahu but if it negative then Bhagawan bachae usko . . . . . ( God save him ) . . . .