Water Element
Kapha types have the largest frame of the three types, so they will be bigger, wider and heavier set. They will have large soft eyes, full lips, curly or wavy hair. Their temperament is usually laid back and loving, but also emotionally volatile.
Kapha is made of up of water and earth element and so has a heavy, slow movement like mud giving the body and mind stability and endurance. They are generally slower learners but have strong long term memory. Kapha also pertains to all sticky, gooey substances in the body that lubricate and provide ease to the movement and comfort to the body.
In modern science this would be the mitochondrial functions, or what is referred to as the batteries of the body. Kapha builds bodily tissues so excess weight and excess growth of any type is associated with it.
Disease tendencies for Kapha are usually related to congestion, phlegm, asthma, sinus congestion, edema (water retention), and high cholesterol. Kapha is aggravated by too much eating, especially fatty, sweet, watery foods, lack of discipline (flowing like water in any direction), and lack of stimulation and exercise. Over sentimentality, hyper emotionality also increases Kapha.
The head (Rahu) is the doorway to this world. When our heads fall off in Ketu dasha planetary periods, the lines blur between the physical and metaphysical world, as do the blocks (Rahu) that keep past-life memories and experiences (Ketu) from spilling over and merging into the current life. Ketu planetary periods are most inexplicable and indescribable because we no longer know where the present life begins and the past life ends. As the boundaries between the physical and spiritual world disappear, there is much confusion and anxiety, but also a potential for total freedom.