Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 Trouble in the fourth house Sadashiv Nene ---- ---------- I never believed in occult pursuits, except during my college days when an interest in palmistry provided the odd chance of holding lovely feminine hands. But when women who were nothing to write home about forced me to hold their hands and unfold their future, my stint with Cheiro and Co was over. Years rolled by till Ramakant appeared, introduced by my colleague at Air HQ, Kanad Rishi Bhatnagar, sometime in 1970. ``He is an astrologer,'' my friend said, ``but no fees, of course.'' That put me at ease. I drew my planet position diagram with date and time of birth and presented it to Ramakant. He gazed at it, calculated on his fingertips, mumbled something and after two or three routine observations fired his first salvo. ``Sir, during your schooling, did you fail in the fourth or fifth standard?'' I was shocked. I had always thought of myself as a brilliant student and my teachers somehow agreed with me. So I replied with some heat, ``I got a double promotion in the third standard, and you suggest...'' ``That settles it,'' said Ramakant. ``Your Ketu in the fourth house indicated a gadbad in your schooling around that year. And for an astrologer failure or double promotion mean the same a gadbad! Then followed an Allan Donald delivery. ``Do you have trouble with your name, Sir? I mean is it often wrongly spelt or pronounced?'' I was clean bowled. I always had problems with my name, but how could Ramakant have known? Although I have the simplest possible surname amongst the Tatyas, it was generally misspelt in Air Force routine orders, circulars and notices as Nane, Nena, Neen and Naine. Even the official Air Force List of 1964 printed it as Nane. My representations brought forth no correction in the next edition. Another effort resulted in a promise of correction. Yet, in the fresh edition I saw that my name now read Neue! In my case, not only the Air Force List, but even the parchment signed by Rashtrapatiji has my middle name wrongly written in Devanagari as Shrudhar, instead of Shreedhar .I narrated all this to Ramakant. He was delighted. ``Take it easy, Sir. It will always be like this. It's your Ketu in the 4th house that's doing mischief and you can do nothing about it.'' My wife, too, has had a taste of my Ketu's exploits. Once, while she lay in her berth in a train, the conductor asked: ``Aap lete hain?'' She was puzzled. ``Jee, hum lete hain, yeh hamari berth hai.'' This time, looking at his chart the conductor asked in English, ``Are you Mrs Lete?'' The penny finally dropped, and Mrs Nene took it with good grace. Showing her ticket, she said, ``Hum Mrs Nene hain, lekin abhi hum lete hain.'' Everyone roared with laughter. Do planets have a sense of humour? I must ask Ramakant.After I retired, I settled at Nasik. I thought my woes were over. I was in my native state and Marathi-speaking persons would have no problems with my simple surname. But Ketu had different ideas and now he added phonetic humour. Most of my country cousins pronounced `n' as in `Anna' and with two `n's in Nene, three inflections resulted: toned-normal, normal-toned and toned-toned. The original normal-normal inflection is almost forgotten. With occasional nasal overtones, they really made a sur-shringar of poor Nene.Last week, strolling in the evening, my wife noted some activity in a neighbouring bungalow, which had been long unoccupied. Curious, we approached the gate. An elderly gentleman was coming out. Seeing us, he folded his hands and said, ``I am the new occupant here. My name is Keshav Tumsare. They call me Ketu. Where do you live, Sir?'' I had almost fainted. Composing myself, I gulped and replied, ``Just nearby. Yours is the fourth house from mine.'' Ketu in the fourth house! In person! What's in store for me now? Oh Ramakant, where are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 19, 2000 Report Share Posted July 19, 2000 All kidding aside ;-) some of these do indeed strike one as the effect of ketufusion. Ketu represents smoke. Even Ramakant ended up inhaling some! >rhodes10 >gjlist >gjlist >[gjlist] ketu in 4th house!!! >Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:52:07 -0000 > >Trouble in the fourth house >Sadashiv Nene >---- >---------- > >I never believed in occult pursuits, except during my college days >when an interest in palmistry provided the odd chance of holding >lovely feminine hands. But when women who were nothing to write home >about forced me to hold their hands and unfold their future, my stint >with Cheiro and Co was over. > >Years rolled by till Ramakant appeared, introduced by my colleague at >Air HQ, Kanad Rishi Bhatnagar, sometime in 1970. ``He is an >astrologer,'' my friend said, ``but no fees, of course.'' That put me >at ease. I drew my planet position diagram with date and time of >birth and presented it to Ramakant. He gazed at it, calculated on his >fingertips, mumbled something and after two or three routine >observations fired his first salvo. > >``Sir, during your schooling, did you fail in the fourth or fifth >standard?'' I was shocked. I had always thought of myself as a >brilliant student and my teachers somehow agreed with me. So I >replied with some heat, ``I got a double promotion in the third >standard, and you suggest...'' ``That settles it,'' said Ramakant. >``Your Ketu in the fourth house indicated a gadbad in your schooling >around that year. And for an astrologer failure or double promotion >mean the same a gadbad! > >Then followed an Allan Donald delivery. ``Do you have trouble with >your name, Sir? I mean is it often wrongly spelt or pronounced?'' I >was clean bowled. I always had problems with my name, but how could >Ramakant have known? Although I have the simplest possible surname >amongst the Tatyas, it was generally misspelt in Air Force routine >orders, circulars and notices as Nane, Nena, Neen and Naine. Even the >official Air Force List of 1964 printed it as Nane. My >representations brought forth no correction in the next edition. >Another effort resulted in a promise of correction. Yet, in the fresh >edition I saw that my name now read Neue! In my case, not only the >Air Force List, but even the parchment signed by Rashtrapatiji has my >middle name wrongly written in Devanagari as Shrudhar, instead of >Shreedhar .I narrated all this to Ramakant. He was delighted. ``Take >it easy, Sir. It will always be like this. It's your Ketu in the 4th >house that's doing mischief and you can do nothing about it.'' > >My wife, too, has had a taste of my Ketu's exploits. Once, while she >lay in her berth in a train, the conductor asked: ``Aap lete hain?'' >She was puzzled. ``Jee, hum lete hain, yeh hamari berth hai.'' This >time, looking at his chart the conductor asked in English, ``Are you >Mrs Lete?'' The penny finally dropped, and Mrs Nene took it with good >grace. Showing her ticket, she said, ``Hum Mrs Nene hain, lekin abhi >hum lete hain.'' Everyone roared with laughter. Do planets have a >sense of humour? I must ask Ramakant.After I retired, I settled at >Nasik. I thought my woes were over. I was in my native state and >Marathi-speaking persons would have no problems with my simple >surname. But Ketu had different ideas and now he added phonetic >humour. Most of my country cousins pronounced `n' as in `Anna' and >with two `n's in Nene, three inflections resulted: toned-normal, >normal-toned and toned-toned. The original normal-normal inflection >is almost forgotten. With occasional nasal overtones, they really >made a sur-shringar of poor Nene.Last week, strolling in the evening, >my wife noted some activity in a neighbouring bungalow, which had >been long unoccupied. Curious, we approached the gate. An elderly >gentleman was coming out. Seeing us, he folded his hands and said, >``I am the new occupant here. My name is Keshav Tumsare. They call me >Ketu. Where do you live, Sir?'' I had almost fainted. Composing >myself, I gulped and replied, ``Just nearby. Yours is the fourth >house from mine.'' Ketu in the fourth house! In person! What's in >store for me now? Oh Ramakant, where are you? > > > ______________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2000 Report Share Posted July 20, 2000 Hi! Interesting narrative! I too have Ketu in the 4th house and simmilar experiences. Joined school but had to leave due to health problems. Then after a few years was admitted to 4th standard directly! In all my certificates my name is spelt differently (and wrongly!), which causes me lots of irritation at times..explaining people that I am the same person. Presently I am in London and to make things easier for people here, I have shortened my name to Vishy (from viswanadham) and guess what it gets twisted to ... 'vichy'. I do not really know anything about the cause of all this. I am just a student of Astrology for the past one and half years only. Is there anyone who can throw some light on this point of Ketu in 4th house? Thanks & regards vishy --- rhodes10 wrote: > Trouble in the fourth house > Sadashiv Nene > ---- > ---------- > > I never believed in occult pursuits, except during > my college days > when an interest in palmistry provided the odd > chance of holding > lovely feminine hands. But when women who were > nothing to write home > about forced me to hold their hands and unfold their > future, my stint > with Cheiro and Co was over. > > Years rolled by till Ramakant appeared, introduced > by my colleague at > Air HQ, Kanad Rishi Bhatnagar, sometime in 1970. > ``He is an > astrologer,'' my friend said, ``but no fees, of > course.'' That put me > at ease. I drew my planet position diagram with date > and time of > birth and presented it to Ramakant. He gazed at it, > calculated on his > fingertips, mumbled something and after two or three > routine > observations fired his first salvo. > > ``Sir, during your schooling, did you fail in the > fourth or fifth > standard?'' I was shocked. I had always thought of > myself as a > brilliant student and my teachers somehow agreed > with me. So I > replied with some heat, ``I got a double promotion > in the third > standard, and you suggest...'' ``That settles it,'' > said Ramakant. > ``Your Ketu in the fourth house indicated a gadbad > in your schooling > around that year. And for an astrologer failure or > double promotion > mean the same a gadbad! > > Then followed an Allan Donald delivery. ``Do you > have trouble with > your name, Sir? I mean is it often wrongly spelt or > pronounced?'' I > was clean bowled. I always had problems with my > name, but how could > Ramakant have known? Although I have the simplest > possible surname > amongst the Tatyas, it was generally misspelt in Air > Force routine > orders, circulars and notices as Nane, Nena, Neen > and Naine. Even the > official Air Force List of 1964 printed it as Nane. > My > representations brought forth no correction in the > next edition. > Another effort resulted in a promise of correction. > Yet, in the fresh > edition I saw that my name now read Neue! In my > case, not only the > Air Force List, but even the parchment signed by > Rashtrapatiji has my > middle name wrongly written in Devanagari as > Shrudhar, instead of > Shreedhar .I narrated all this to Ramakant. He was > delighted. ``Take > it easy, Sir. It will always be like this. It's your > Ketu in the 4th > house that's doing mischief and you can do nothing > about it.'' > > My wife, too, has had a taste of my Ketu's exploits. > Once, while she > lay in her berth in a train, the conductor asked: > ``Aap lete hain?'' > She was puzzled. ``Jee, hum lete hain, yeh hamari > berth hai.'' This > time, looking at his chart the conductor asked in > English, ``Are you > Mrs Lete?'' The penny finally dropped, and Mrs Nene > took it with good > grace. Showing her ticket, she said, ``Hum Mrs Nene > hain, lekin abhi > hum lete hain.'' Everyone roared with laughter. Do > planets have a > sense of humour? I must ask Ramakant.After I > retired, I settled at > Nasik. I thought my woes were over. I was in my > native state and > Marathi-speaking persons would have no problems with > my simple > surname. But Ketu had different ideas and now he > added phonetic > humour. Most of my country cousins pronounced `n' as > in `Anna' and > with two `n's in Nene, three inflections resulted: > toned-normal, > normal-toned and toned-toned. The original > normal-normal inflection > is almost forgotten. With occasional nasal > overtones, they really > made a sur-shringar of poor Nene.Last week, > strolling in the evening, > my wife noted some activity in a neighbouring > bungalow, which had > been long unoccupied. Curious, we approached the > gate. An elderly > gentleman was coming out. Seeing us, he folded his > hands and said, > ``I am the new occupant here. My name is Keshav > Tumsare. They call me > Ketu. Where do you live, Sir?'' I had almost > fainted. Composing > myself, I gulped and replied, ``Just nearby. Yours > is the fourth > house from mine.'' Ketu in the fourth house! In > person! What's in > store for me now? Oh Ramakant, where are you? > > > > > ------ > Find long lost high school friends: > http://click./1/7080/1/_/913692/_/964018341/ > ------ > > > gjlist- > > > ===== Viswanadham (Vishy)H.S, MBA(Electronic Business), City University Business School, London. Phone: +44 (0)79 46 48 52 48 Get Mail – Free email you can access from anywhere! / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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