There are moments in one's life when the known world fades, and a whisper arises from the shadows-uncertain, smoky, and yet strangely intimate. This book is born from one such whisper.Rahu, the North Node of the Moon, has long been shrouded in myth, fear, and fascination. A graha without physical form, Rahu is not a planet in the conventional sense-it is a shadow, a point of eclipse, and yet its impact echoes through lifetimes. In the ancient Vedic mind, Rahu is the illusion that makes us chase what we think is real, only to find ourselves at the mouth of mystery.This volume-Series XV in the Inner Sky series-attempts to unveil the veiled, to gaze into the smoke and find not only chaos and confusion but also the sacred fire that burns within illusion. Rahu is not evil. It is not inherently malefic. It is the dragon's head-insatiable, hungry, restless. But in that hunger lies the seed of transformation. For Rahu is not the end. It is a passage.In this book, we journey through Rahu's multiple dimensions-its physical symbolism, its psychological blueprint, its karmic signatures. We explore Rahu in various bhavas-its rise in the Upachayas, its distortions in the Dusthanas, its potency in Kendras, and its mysterious silence in the Apoklimas. We trace Rahu's dance with other planets, in combinations both destructive and divine. We explore Rahu's association with herbs, body parts, mantras, professions, and diseases-not as superstitions, but as living metaphors drawn from the subtle body of the cosmos.This is not a textbook. It is a pilgrimage.Each chapter is crafted not just with information, but with a story. There are tales here-of desire mistaken for destiny, of eclipses internal and eternal, of serpents that guard nectar but also poison. These stories are mirrors, meant to awaken memory-not just of past lives, but of the deep present, the soul's longing to understand its own shadow.Rahu teaches through temptation, but heals through transcendence.This book is dedicated to the seekers who have wandered, questioned, rebelled, and returned. To those who feel like strangers in their own bodies, misfits in their own cultures, and yet carry a fire that refuses to go out-this is for you. Rahu lives in your questions. And your questions are holy.May this book be your lantern when you find yourself in Rahu's smoke. May it offer clarity not by removing the shadow, but by helping you see in the dark.Let us walk together, where the mind fears and the soul remembers.