Ketu
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Ketu is one of the nine major astrological bodies in Hindu astrology, regarded as a shadow planet associated with spirituality, karmic lessons, and liberation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ketu canonical | 10 |
| South Node of the Moon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7352059 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ketu Context triple: [Navagraha Temple, hasDeity, Ketu]
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A.
Shani
Shani is a major Hindu deity associated with the planet Saturn, karma, justice, and the dispensation of rewards and hardships.
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B.
Shesha
Shesha is the cosmic serpent in Hindu mythology who serves as the divine couch of Lord Vishnu and symbolizes eternity and the foundation of the universe.
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C.
Varuna
Varuna is an ancient Vedic god primarily associated with cosmic order, moral law, and the waters, often regarded as a sovereign guardian of ṛta (universal order).
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D.
Varuna
Varuna is a large, rapidly rotating trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its elongated shape and classification as a likely dwarf-planet candidate.
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E.
Rahu
Rahu is a shadowy celestial deity in Hindu astrology and mythology, associated with eclipses, karmic obstacles, and one of the nine planetary influences (Navagraha).
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ketu Target entity description: Ketu is one of the nine major astrological bodies in Hindu astrology, regarded as a shadow planet associated with spirituality, karmic lessons, and liberation.
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A.
Shani
Shani is a major Hindu deity associated with the planet Saturn, karma, justice, and the dispensation of rewards and hardships.
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B.
Shesha
Shesha is the cosmic serpent in Hindu mythology who serves as the divine couch of Lord Vishnu and symbolizes eternity and the foundation of the universe.
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C.
Varuna
Varuna is an ancient Vedic god primarily associated with cosmic order, moral law, and the waters, often regarded as a sovereign guardian of ṛta (universal order).
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D.
Varuna
Varuna is a large, rapidly rotating trans-Neptunian object in the Kuiper Belt, notable for its elongated shape and classification as a likely dwarf-planet candidate.
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E.
Rahu
Rahu is a shadowy celestial deity in Hindu astrology and mythology, associated with eclipses, karmic obstacles, and one of the nine planetary influences (Navagraha).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hindu astrological entity
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astrological body ⓘ navagraha ⓘ shadow planet ⓘ |
| alsoConsidered | spiritual benefic ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dragon’s Tail
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South Node of the Moon ⓘ
linked to:
Ketu
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| associatedWith |
detachment
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intuition ⓘ isolation ⓘ karmic lessons ⓘ liberation ⓘ loss of material attachments ⓘ moksha ⓘ mysticism ⓘ occult sciences ⓘ past life karma ⓘ psychic abilities ⓘ renunciation ⓘ spiritual enlightenment ⓘ spirituality ⓘ sudden events ⓘ unexpected changes ⓘ |
| astronomicalBasis | mathematical point on Moon’s orbit ⓘ |
| belongsToTradition | Jyotisha ⓘ |
| considered | malefic planet in astrology ⓘ |
| field |
Hindu astrology
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Vedic astrology ⓘ |
| governs |
inner transformation
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past life tendencies ⓘ spiritual growth ⓘ subconscious patterns ⓘ |
| influences |
detachment from worldly life
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interest in spirituality ⓘ intuition in a birth chart ⓘ mystical experiences ⓘ |
| notIdenticalTo | any physical astronomical planet ⓘ |
| numberInNavagraha | one of nine ⓘ |
| oppositeOf | Rahu ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Rahu in charts ⓘ |
| partOf | Navagraha ⓘ |
| position | descending lunar node ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
completion of karmic cycles
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liberation from material world ⓘ past life debts ⓘ separation ⓘ |
| type | lunar node ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ketu Description of subject: Ketu is one of the nine major astrological bodies in Hindu astrology, regarded as a shadow planet associated with spirituality, karmic lessons, and liberation.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ketu