Ketu the south node of the Moon known as the fierce; the terrible; the appalling and the smokey bodied to name a few. A certain characteristic of Ketu is to shorten one's appearance, whereas Rahu makes one lean, its Ketu that reduces one's height. Ketu is a fiery planet and directly linked to Ganesha the first born child of the universe. The symbol for Ketu is that of a flag, which underlines past events that we have conquered in previous lives. Mars is the planet that wants to conquer new territory it's Ketu that has mastered the flag. The connection between Mars and Ketu is pretty simple as Mars is the number 3 and Ketu the number 9. Through multiplying 3 x 3 = 9 interesting! Another correlation between Ketu and Mars is color as Mars rules Red light, whereas Ketu Infra Red Light, which connotes to Ketu's higher octave of Mars. Though both are revengeful with Mars being the soldier and it's Ketu that muster's up an entire army. Ketu connects us to our roots as shown by Ketu's rulership of Mula nakshatra and attaches us to our ancestor's lineage and present family members. Anyway, keep an eye out for the children of Ketu known as comets or the explosive sons of Ketu