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Vimshottari Dasha - Rashi - Gochara - Bhava - Graha - Ratna - Nakshatra - Amsha - Karaka - Varga - Bala

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  3. [Ketu in classroom-3]
  4. [Ketu in classroom-4]
  5. [Ketu in classroom-5]
  6. [Ketu in classroom-6]
  7. [Ketu in classroom-7]
  8. [Ketu in classroom-8]
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  1. [Ketu-Mesha]
  2. [Ketu-Urisha]
  3. [Ketu-Mithuna]
  4. [Ketu-Karkata]
  5. [Ketu-Singha]
  6. [Ketu-Kanya]
  7. [Ketu-Tula]
  8. [Ketu-Vṛścika] = [svakshetra]
  9. [Ketu-Dhanus]
  10. [Ketu-Makara-Draco]
  11. [Ketu-Kumbha]
  12. [Ketu-Meena]

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OM shram shreem shroum sah ketave namah

OM Ekadantaya Vidmahe Vakkratundaya Dheemahi -

Tanno Danti Prachodayat

केतु ketu

Professor Ketu

शिखिन् śikhin = comet, reaching peak knowledge

आकाश ākāśa = ether, space, vacuity

कावन्ध kāvandha = appearing as a headless trunk

रुण्डक ruṇḍaka = headless body

विशिरस्क viśiraska = headless

छिद्रकारक chidra-karaka = agent of cutting-off

occupies

Mithuna - Jaimini

मिथुन mithuna = pair, couple, copulate, twins

जितुम jituma = Greek δίδυμοι didymoi

द्वंद्व dva-n-dva = couple, pair, two-by-two

युग्म yugma = yoked-pair, double, brace-embrace

South Lunar Node

cauda draconis = tail of the dragon

caesura = cut

यति yati = pause, stop, break in recitation

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καταβιβαζόν kata-bibazon = catabibazon

= κᾰτᾰ = down +‎ βαίνω = go

= go down, descend = descending-node

resides in

Gemini - Jaimini

Dvini - Twini

deconstructed mental narrative

nebulized scripts

liberation from mental chatter

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California Fan Palm Oasis

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Ketu-Mithuna = sorted by NAKSHATRA-PADA

[bargaining-contractual, middleman-representative, diplomatic-adjusting Mriga-3] = TULA navamsha

[masked-undisclosing, eruptive-shocking Mriga-4] = VRISCHIKA navamsha = [navamsha Ketu-Vṛścika-uchcha]

[doctrinal-preaching, optimistic-dogmatic, philosophical-principled Arudra-1] = DHANUS navamsha

[governing-regulatory, class-conscious, hierarchical Arudra-2] = MAKARA navamsha

[profitable-friendly, systematic-futuristic Arudra-3] = KUMBHA navamsha

[visionary-conceptual, charitable-fantasizing, theoretical-broadscope Arudra-4]

= MEENA navamsha

[inventive-conquesting, innovative-heroic, dominating-pioneering , competitive-champion Punarvasu-1]

= MESHA navamsha

[heritage-vocal, financial-accumulating, musical-sonorous Punarvasu-2] = URISHA navamasha

[publishing-explaining, collaborative-mercantile, photographic-publicizing Punarvasu-3]= MITHUNA navamsha= [vargottamsha

EXAMPLES

[Ketu in Bhava-1]

[for Mithuna indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[disregards obsolete commercial identity conventions] [scattered businesslike personality] [eccentric gesturing movements]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitious brokering inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-7 philosophical advisers, believing bargainers, opportunistic equal-partners]

[incoherently communicative appearance] [empty individualized chatter] [collaboratively liberating disconnected behaviors]

[Ketu in Bhava-2]

[for Urisha indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[eccentric management of collected resources] [may signal disregard for traditional pricing conventions] [banking documents disburse stored accruals]

[second marriage, if any, may be prone to mentalized wandering, manual distancing, or discursive spiritualized ennui] [typically no second marriage, yet potentially unlimited number of sibling-like placeholder alliances]

[typically disconnected from commercial family-of-origin] [peculiar talkative scripted discourse ] [speaks quickly but can be speech-impediment]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitious revolutionary inspirational, expediently doctrinal Rahu-Dhanus-8 philosophical healers, believing explorers, optimistic transformers]

[ambivalent interpretation of family heritage values] [incoherently communicative hand-gesture] [may find airy food-and-drink to be distasteful]

  • Annunciazione 1452-1519 Renaissance light Leonardo daVinci [inventive-conquesting Punarvasu-1]

  • Psycho 1899-1980 film noir Alfred Hitchcock [eruptive-shocking Mriga-4] = [navamsha Ketu-Vṛścika-uchcha]

  • General Electric 1935-2020-CEO Jack Welch [dominating-pioneering Punarvasu-1]

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[Ketu in Bhava-3]

[for Mesha indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[disregards instructional discourse conventions] [eccentric commercial communications] [scattered management mentality]

[incoherent teamwork meetings] [empty explanatory announcements] [liberating abstract procedural discussions]

[may be passively fixated upon ambitious, inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-9 indoctrinators, father-figures, preachers, patriarchs, public spiritual guides]

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[Ketu in Bhava-4]

[for Meena - Antya indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[communicatively dispersed homeland roots] [commercially scattered cultural foundations] [chatty absentee mother-caretaker]

[neutral witness to management of the local settlements] [business journeys away from the home-folk] [wandering conversations anchor the basic education]

[disinterest in the customary phrasing of liturgical worship]

[may be passively fixated upon ambitiously opportunistic inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-10 leaders, commanders, iconic-figures, bosses, hierarchs]

  • POTUS-01 American Revolution 1732-1799 George Washington [masked-undisclosing Mriga-4] = [navamsha Ketu-Vṛścika-uchcha]

  • 49th Nizari Ismaili Imam 1936-2025 Agha Khan-4 Karim al-Husseini [diplomatic-promising Mriga-3]

[Ketu in Bhava-5]

[for Kumbha indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[unconcerned with speculation on business] [liberated from romantic mentality] [disregard for theatre of empty talk]

  • [material relationship to children, especially but not exclusively the eldest, may mentally or communicatively dissolve. The spiritual relationship remains intact. Outcome depends upon any other graha-in-5]

[scattered messaging intelligence] [disengaged witness to commercial politics] [neutral observer toward the marketing drama of information technology]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously opportunistic inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-11 friends, socialites, earners, awarders, revenue-makers, economists, distributors, associates, community-links]

[may be disconnected from journalistic eldest child]

[Ketu in Bhava-6] = [Ketu-Mithuna]

= [liberating location for Ketu = papa-upagraha in maha-dusthamsha]

[beneficial placement for Makara - Draco indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[unconcerned with quarrels about detailed instruction] [disinterested in unbalanced conversation] [scatters the commercial conflicts]

[disengaged witness to unfair business practices] [liberated from disagreements with process managers] [disregard toward the complaints of the administrators]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously opportunistic inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-12 phantoms, dream-images, intuitive imaginings, symbolic teaching, ancestral guidance, private understanding]

[adversaries accuse one of empty information] [dismisses the discomfort of manual ailments] [apathetic toward transactional arguments]

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[Ketu in Bhava-7]

[for Dhanus - Haya indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[absence, disappointment, disorientation within fairly-bargained, process-managing relationships] [dispersed engagement with business partnership] [dissolution of commercial advocacies]

material relationship to spouse, especially but not exclusively the first spouse, may mentally or communicatively dissolve. The spiritual relationship remains intact. Outcome depends upon any other graha-in-7]

[surrenders useless publishing contracts] [dispassionately forgives the trespass of disoriented chattering companions] [abandons unsustainable detailed deals]

[absent from empty information-exchange alliances] [provisional administrative arrangements] [disregards obsolete explanatory discourse conventions] [eccentric clerical-secretarial communications]

[may be passively fixated upon ambitiously opportunistic inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-1 fabulously inspirational physiques, sanctified athletes, righteous warriors, believing exemplary bodies]

  • Navamani Malai 1879-1950 Bhagavan Shri Ramana Maharshi of Arunachala [heritage-vocal Punarvasu-2]

  • Pope-266 Francis 1936-2025 Jorge Bergoglio [diplomatic-adjusting Mriga-3]

[Ketu in Bhava-8] = [liberating location for Ketu = papa-upa-graha in dusthamsha-12]

[energizing-identifying lagnesha co-ruler for Vṛścika indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[eccentric management of undisclosed assets] [may signal disregard for conventional emergency response] [explanatory documents disburse confidential information]

[typically ambivalent about keeping proprietary commercial secrets] [airy windy environments may dissolve the mental concentration]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously opportunistic inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-2 treasuries, store-holds, family-members, bankers, singers, memory-collectors, warehousers, knowledge-preservers, or additional marriages]

[in-laws of the first marriage, if any, may be remote or oddly mentalized] [wandering transactional approach to identity-change]

[peculiar scripted initiations] [incoherently communicative hand-gesture toward the elephant-in-the-room] [ambivalent interpretation of dangerous catastrophe]

[Ketu in Bhava-9]

[for Tulā indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[declines detailed discussion of the credenda] [dissolution of ideological communications] [restlessly apathetic toward meeting agenda with patrons]

[may abdicate explanatory guidance roles] [surrenders ineffective defining life-principles] [forgives the trespass of chattering father and guru-figures]

[abandons unsustainable religious propaganda] [absent from discussions about empty beliefs] [walks away from outdated doctrinal instruction]

[disregards obsolete sermonizing announcements] [eccentric gestures of episcopate may symbolize their disoriented worldview ] [presbyters may signal erratic mentality]

[has the mental skills and the broad understanding - yet barring yuti-graha in 9, Keu-9 = disinterested in informational preaching]

[may be passively fixated upon ambitiously opportunistic inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-3 sibling-cousins, cohort, neighbors, messengers, managers, writers, reporters, projects, plans, publicity]

[Ketu in Bhava-10]

for Dhanus - Haya indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[dispersed engagement with mercantile leadership] [dissolution of commanding communications authority] [restlessly anarchic toward high-ranking teamwork roles]

[may abdicate top administrative position] [surrenders useless organizational projects] [apatheticly forgives the trespass of executive handlers]

[abandons unsustainable elite propaganda] [absent from empty state-regulated instructional delivery] [disregards obsolete announcement conventions]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously opportunistic inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-4 parents, householders, property-owners, gardeners, stewards of Earth]

[eccentric gestures may symbolize a disoriented regime ] [reputation for erratic formal proclamations] [has management skills and dignified status, but walks away from public empowerments]

[Ketu in Bhava-11]

[for Simha indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[dispersed engagement with commercial earnings] [dissolution of business profits] [restless apathy toward marketplace transactions]

[surrenders management revenues] [apatheticly forgives the talktive trespass of sibling-cousins] [abandons unsustainable conversational friendships]

  • [may be passively fixated upon ambitiously opportunistic inspirational-dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-5 children, celebrities, idealists, creative artists, politicians, speculators]

[absent from empty chattering connections] [disregards obsolete detailed community gatherings] [eccentricly articulated achievements]

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[Ketu in Bhava-12] = [liberating location for Ketu = papa-upa-graha in dusthamsha-12]

[beneficial placement for Karkata indriya-lagna]

  • check Budha + Budha-drishti to source Ketu's spacey sentences, vague instructions, disinterested discourse

[disengaged from invisible management roles] [few/no boundaries within communicative private spaces] [no barriers to commercial movement between foreign lands]

[potentially unfettered awareness in cloistered explanatory settings] [release from conversational imprisonment] [unencumbered meditation upon dematerialized essence of inner gestures]

[unlimited talkative fantasy worlds] [unafraid of imagined information annihilation] [may perceive non-verbal intuitive instructional guidance]

[may be passively fixated upon ambitiously opportunistic, inspirational, dogmatic Rahu-Dhanus-6 believing enemies, uplifting animals, philosophical assistants, wise servants]

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Ketu-Gemini provides the ease of No Resistance = No Barriers regarding announcement, reports, and communicative relationships.

Ketu represents "surrender" = "Islam" .

Ketu surrenders to whatever experience is provided and when in Mithuna that experience is dualization, polarization, and bifurcation of twin-pair sets.

The twin-pairs may be physical or mental, but only rarely emotional or spiritual.

Mithuna is highly sexualized as well as a highly intellectualized, producing duplicate "mirroring" relationships in numerous subject-object contexts.

In Mithuna, Ketu surrenders to the flow of transaction, writing, communication, publication and announcement.

Thus if the nativity shows an otherwise concentrated development of the communicative energies [Budha] the Learner may perform at high levels of media and publications skill.

One may disregard the need to protect the hands-arms-shoulders, leading potentially to some negligent damage in these areas.

One may ignore the conventions of discussion, explanation, conversation - again fragmenting Chandra's natural protections, but also generally few or no consequences. The public may simply assess the articulatory style as odd, droll, or peculiar.

Shri Ganesha ensures that one is no longer attached to the publication process, and this detachment liberates both the enemies and the supporters. One's ability to broadcast the contents of one's own mental narrative is both unlimited and unimportant.

Thus with Ketu-Mithuna is relatively easy to achieve and hold the role of articulator and spokesperson for a particular cultural narrative.

Yet ironically because of the absence of egoic-mind attachment one is unlikely believe that one's success in matters of making announcements and delivering instructions is terribly important.

Ketu-Mithuna connotes a mentalized ennui * been there, done that * which may seem apathetic and detached even when the relative absence of obstacles has eased the process of verbal and written expression of the mental talk.

Deconstructed narrative = Denials

Mithuna = constructed narrative, or script. Ketu = detachment from the construction. One might be a very active communicator, but there is minimal attachment to any inherent meaning within the narrative.

EXAMPLE

Apple Computer 1955-2011 Steve Jobs [optimistic-dogmatic Arudra-1] + [Puna-Guru-yuti-Ketu-Arudra]

  • In 1979, SPJ invalidated [Ketu] his fertility, to avoid liability for fathering his first daughter born of romance [fertility Guru-yuti-Ketu].

  • SPJ claimed in his anti-paternity lawsuit that [1] he was infertile and [2] paternity tests were inaccurate [Ketu]. Yet, in 1979, the tests had 95% proven validity.

  • Years later, SPJ did grudgingly accept his first offspring, including her in his brood of four children. [A remarkable achievement for an unaided infertile man.] She reported that SPJ = distant father, and not always pleasant.

Talk though one might - write, lecture and prognosticate - one has a deep sense that truth is absolutely inexpressible by human language . Therefore all of this chatter means absolutely nothing.

Ketu-Mithuna does not prevent one from nattering on. If Budha is well disposed, one may write, talk, deliver speeches, pontificate at great length. But it is obvious to the Witness that one is not likely to connect with any essential truth by using the vehicle of human communication.

In Mithuna, Shri Ketu's dissociating detached witness behaviors acquire Budha-like communicative characteristics.

Similar to Ketu in bhava-3, but less specific mental-narrative detail. Ketu is absorptive and Budha is absorptive, so this combination tends to be extremely vulnerable to public projection.

Ketu-Mithuna may become a blank screen upon which is projected glorious or demonic qualities, according to the needs of the collective unconscious.

EXAMPLE

Apple Computer 1955-2011 Steve Jobs [optimistic-dogmatic Arudra-1] + [Puna-Guru-yuti-Ketu-Arudra]

  • A thrillingly inspirational [Rahu-Dhanus-9] master showman, SPJ was mythologized as the singular genius inventor of the Smart-Phone and related technologies.

  • In fact, as with all scientific discoveries, many engineers had been working simultaneously on this civilization-changing product. While a similar device was being finished at Xerox Park, SPJ's business [3] development [Guru] entered the marketplace with a barrage of consumer-focused advertising [Mithuna] .

  • The first-generation product [3] had numerous [Guru] dysfunctions due to missed connections [Ketu] It took many iterations to meet the advertising hype + [Puna-Guru-yuti-Ketu-Arudra][3]

Outcome depends on how Induja functions in the overall nativity.

"been there, done that" parallel life pull

Ketu may be drawn by [akashic memory]

  • into the worlds of story-telling and publications,

  • where one may mingle with writers, advertisers, publishers and producers as one used to do in a previous life;

  • Yet, in the current life, the thrill of conversation and commercial exchange is long gone.

  • Ketu-Mithuna seeks to quickly disperse the collected narratives, handily scattering them like particles of dust in an ephemeral dust-cloud

Sexual-energy transfer, too, may have largely lost its charmr.

Even while other factors may cause the Learner to promote large-scale humanistic ideals, one tends to disregard the details necessary to materialize those ideals. One may have a rather disinterested attitude toward information-transaction events such as human conversations, mass marketing, publications media.

One minimal comment: when occupying Mithuna rashi, Ketu may blur the mental-communicative sensitivities of Mercury, making the Learner dissatisfied with mundane communications and likely to twist, evade, mystify, or ignore the media-image-projection or communicative conventions of one's culture by displaying out-of-boundary signals.

Ketu encourages the Learner to believe that mental wellness (3, mithunaya) and communicative accuracy [Budha] = irrelevant to spiritual advance. Ketu does not invest the solar egoic-mind membrane energy toward developing clear, descriptive communications. Thus, communications may be foggy and unconcerned with sourced intelligence.

Rather one relies on a few phrases or imagistic devices, and does not make the effort to articulate his speech or gestures. One may live at the mercy of media handlers (Mithuna hands) or image-projection professionals in the advertising or public relations industry

  • Devdas 1973- drama-fashion Aishwarya Rai [optimistic-philosophical Arudra-1] + [Arudra-Ketu-yuti-Shani-Arudra] [11, revenues, social network, materialized goals]

Similarly, when there is misrepresentation in the press or one's ideas have been misinterpreted by a hostile media faction, one may feel dissolved toward action and do little to correct the error

  • elepathy 1880-1949 esoterica Alice Bailey [systematic-futuristic Arudra-3] + [Arudra-Ketu-yuti-Surya-Mriga] + [Arudra-Ketu-yuti-Budha-Arudra] [9, doctrinal guidance, preaching]

  • Germany Bundeskanzlerin 1954- Angela Merkel [competitive-champion Punarvasu-1] + Punarvasu-Ketu-yuti-Budha-Arudra] + [Punarvasu-Ketu-yuti-Guru-Arudra] [9, doctrinal guidance, preaching]

  • Israel-PM 1898-1978 Our Strength Golda Meir [collaborative-mercantile Punarvasu-3] [3, information process, lungs - chronic smoker]

  • Knowledge of Higher Worlds 1861-1925 Rudolf Steiner [team-working Punarvasu-3]

  • Ave Maria 1935-2007 tenor Luciano Pavarotti [musical-sonorous Punarvasu-2] {8}

Collapsing Ketu + svakshetra Budha = the Learner's verbal and written communication may be unclear or difficult to understand although he may be multi-lingual or work in a media job! Often the Learner's pronunciation is unclear. A congenital speech defect may be the culprit.

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