Rahu isnt the end game of it all by any means. We have our first lord, as well as the sun and jupiter and 2nd house, which are all indicative of where we are going and how we are going. For me, those tend to be more important in the end, whilst rahu in say capricorn in my case isnt always manifest. It could also be that the necessary conditions and platform for that to be so isnt manifest either, to that end you might seriously look into astrocartography.
@ernst Hi ernst, if rahu's sign also happens to be the sign of your earth's shadow, does that mean it's easier for you to do that rahu sign through the agency of the house as opposed to someone who doesn't have rahu connected with their earth's shadow?
The house gets activated first and then the sign. So it's the planets that are the cause of the activation, is that correct? So the planets are the conscious entities that activate the house, which then activates the sign?
Then if Rahu is present with the planets, it delays the activation of the house, which in turn delays the activation of the sign? If so, is that because of fear of the unknown, or just because one does not know the path to take and so time is lost in trying out different paths to figure out which one to take? I guess while doing so, Ketu gets resolved in the process.
The signs are the differentiated circle, so they are differentiated God. Once they are differentiated, they are enmeshed in the world of opposites, and thus the lords of the signs are friendly, inimical, etc. to each other and planets get dignities and avasthas. But each sign is a perfect differentiation of the divine, an Aditya as were the signs called in ancient India. So its for us to use the signs perfectly, we can't be perfect, but we can use a sign perfectly, as a differentiated soul. Rahu in a sign means, you have not spent enough time in that s ign to use it well. The avasthas of the planets in that sign or its lord, show if we approach using that sign in a way that works or not. If its not a way that works, we are in trouble until we heal the avasthas of the planets that are indicating it not working. at that point, things will just work.
The house does not matter. It seems to matter because we are so much into THINGS. But its irrelevant, its only relevant cause we want that THING, so when we heal the avashtas and the rasi works, we will get that thing. The house is just the thing where we experience the problems of that avastha impacting that sign.