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Rahu devours the Moon.Total Lunar Eclipse today, 22:00 – 01:00 EST.The ecliptics of the planets are at different angles. The same goes for the Moon around the Earth, its ecliptic has its own angle.The intersecting points of the Moon’s ecliptic and Earth’s ecliptic are known as the North and South Nodes. In Hindu mythology they are known as Rahu and Ketu. Note the astrological symbolism in the mythology, Rahu is the head, and Ketu is the tail (of the slayed dragon asura).Although they have no rulerships of their own, the Sun and Moon had to suffer a punishment of being once in a while afflicted by them (the solar and lunar eclipses).Rahu and Ketu are part of the nine grahas (or external influences) in Hindu astrology. Graha means literally to “seize” or “grab hold of” in Sanskrit. The other seven grahas are Surya, Chandra, Kuja, Buddha, Guru, Sukhra, and Shani (the origin of the seven day calendar).