A seasoned western politician bemoaned that the math is not adding up and in this imbroglio about 90% of the qualifying students found themselves bracketed. When all of us share the same solar system and the same stock of DNA, then what affects the West, will not affect east, south and Northern hemispheres also? This Universal truth hit ChintaMany like a tsunami and, dunked him under water.
He was not worried about the erroneous multiplication affecting the conversion of $$ into other currencies or vice versa but regarding the poor standards they will apply in accounting these wrong numbers. Becoming alarmed, ChintaMany decided to figure out a solution for this mathematical mess.
There was no other system to perform these functions without maths and he asked himself, “Why not invent a numberless and equation less system?” Though he wanted to assure those kids that they are not alone in struggling with maths, he realised that numbers can be real or imaginary but maths without numbers and equations? Instantly, he shelved the idea as impractical.
If there is another way to deal with this mess, he was determined to find it. To be impartial, he spent some time studying how the student community fared in his own country. Not to leave the adult population in a limbo he included the grownups also in his mathematical survey, who willfully disobey addition and multiplication rules while trying to reach the realms of deep debts. If there was a hope, he resolved to find it and offer confidence to these unfortunate fellow travellers.
He looked heavenwards with the hope that the world of Vedic astrology, the key planetary combinations and conditions may reveal the answer for this mathematical quagmire. Under similar planetary spells, the native kids and adults may well find themselves sailing in the same boat!
The merciless Sun roasts any planet that dares to come too close and strips it down to its boxers. The planet’s strength and ability to do good is vapourised. ChintaMany wondered, “Is the Sun miffed at the ignominy of being considered as a mere planet, instead of a star and the kingpin”?
In general, all the planets, including the Sun, suffer the malady of debility due to natural enmity, inimical aspects or stay or transiting as an unwelcome guest. Smarting already with an ignominy, the Sun suffers a double whammy. The lunar nodes, cash in their perks for being shadow planets and go scot-free!
In Vedic Astrology, Mercury is praised or blamed for proficiency or lack of it in mathematics. ChintaMany had only pity for the planet Mercury. Somehow it should anticipate the day of imminent birth at least 90 days in advance. Employing its own maths skill, it has to get out of the house where the Sun, Saturn, Rahu or Ketu reside and from its house of debility (Pisces) using up to 4 weeks. It has to come out of retrograde motion (3 weeks) and avoid house number 6 or 8 or 12 (1week) by spending another 4 weeks. One to two weeks to manoeuvre into a favourable house preferably the zodiacal signs Gemini or Virgo
In the remaining days Mercury has to study the curriculum vitae of the houses and their natural owners and appeal and receive the good graces of Jupiter and Mars. There is no room for error and miscalculation due to its eccentric orbit and the uncertainty on the rising of the 1st house, which depends on the time of birth! The remaining time, maybe it spends in fervently appealing to the higher powers that the blame for poor showing in maths does not reflect on it! Favourable factors impel with the development of logic, calculations, and intellectual ability of the student.
Though mankind had set foot and travelled on its soil the Moon, waxing or waning, continues to discharge its planetary (a promotion!) duties without any let. As the ruler of the mind, a weak or afflicted Moon could also join in the act to influence the houses related to education and intellect by affecting stability of mind and concentration making it difficult to focus on subjects like mathematics. How can Rahu and Ketu be separated from the Moon? When these lunar nodes get involved, the learner lands in a complex mathematical forest. Thoughts get distorted and clarity in analytical skills get hindered.
Mercury, coming under the influence of Saturn leads to slow learning or concentration issues, but with hard work the individual may become proficient later in life. ChintaMany hoped that it would not be too late for the individual! ChintaMany wondered, could it be a weak Moon afflicted severely by a not-so favourably inclined Saturn the reason, why even adults struggle with numbers? Is Saturn living up to the saying ‘from cradle to grave’, as far as mathematical abilities are concerned because, as an exception, Mercury is not involved? Unfavourable key planetary combinations and conditions that weaken the potential of Mercury, impedes with the development of logic, calculations, and intellectual ability of the student.
He did not fail to notice the surprising omissions. Mars and Venus have been denied the opportunity to meddle with mathematical ability, when most of the other planets have been blamed for a poor performance, and what credentials these sidelined planets lacked, why? Why, the planet Jupiter doles out benevolent influence at times as a moderator and on some other times shows a closed fist?
ChintaMany wanted to dig in a little deeper and pay a closer look at the specific zodiacal signs, not conducive to education and intellect. He took out the layout and inspected the houses that might trouble the transiting planets. He was disheartened to find out that almost 50% of the houses had red painted door at the entrance.
Afflicted first house or its ruler affects the brain, overall capabilities and impacts the native's academic performance. The second house or its ruler under similar conditions affect speech, understanding, and concentration, impairing the ability to grasp concepts clearly. If the fifth house, governing intellect and memory, and its ruler are not favourably positioned, the learning ability suffers. In addition, a blanket ban existed on the 6th, 8th, or 12th houses in the birth chart.
ChintaMany wondered why there are so many weak houses in astrology, like dilapidated buildings? Is it by design to throttle the surge of learning in general and mathematical excellence in particular? Now he understood the tremendous pressure on Mercury and why about 90% of the students struggled!
Thinking about influences, ChintaMany had his own doubts. If the book on mathematics, close at hand could not influence the student to excel in mathematics, then how the faraway planets residing or transiting through the light-years distant zodiacal signs could become responsible? What about those who did not believe in astrology, per se? Who knows, maybe, they are busy searching for a clue, for their mathematical limitations, to blame the comets and interstellar visitors!
The world of politics and related financial management dumped a fresh
load of doubts - how mathematical skill or lack of it fared in the hands
of the ruling class?
With a meagre knowledge about how the political parties think, he bravely stepped in to find out the why and the how? One thing became clear at the outset that the why could be in the guise of a welfare measures to cling on to power or as a pre-poll promise to claw back to power. Once the why became clear it was easy to guess the how. By borrowing, as if there was no tomorrow, and running up a mountain of debt as outstanding.
Maybe, in the birth charts of these freebies-Netas the solar system has severe afflictions, occupy enemy houses and, for good measure, are threatened by malefic planets from the Local Group of Galaxies when it comes to a state or country's finances! The mathematics gets tossed overboard and revenue income finds its way into an expenditure black hole, never to see the light of a break-even. The saving grace for them is the afflicted birth chart of the rest of population in the nation and the freebies will continue to enjoy the rollercoaster ride!
ChintaMany could not digest the fact that the politicians who get it 100% right on winnability, personal wealth and number of kith and kin in need of an uplift, failed to grasp the mathematics of debt!
He was equally puzzled about the sort of exotic and odd astronomical influences operate to force the army of seasoned and intelligent bureaucrats with acute mathematical acumen to assist and handle the astronomical debt figures notched up by these political extravaganzas!
Unmindful of this willful wantonness and the overwhelming afflictions and collusions, the account under the head of freebies, kept on counting without a pause. this singular dedication of these numbers to count their progenies in billions, trillions, zillions and beyond. The numbers have decided to drown us all in debts!
This shocking revelation brought ChintaMany, literally to his knees. Which generation would be paying off these piles of debts? Will that generation of youngsters be born without the planetary, comets, interstellar and inter and intra galactic afflictions in their birth charts, to master mathematics and not be scared of numbers with 12 or more digits?
He hoped for a better sense to prevail in the heavens and for their own sake these future generations take birth with top-notch mathematical skills to handle the bequeathed, huge debts!
These ancient texts and treatise on astrology solely relied on the planets in the solar system and the authors had not foreseen such incomprehensible events taking place, long after their demise. They had failed to rope in the comets and interstellar objects with extraordinary special aspects and include them to cause this national affliction. Or they lacked the will or computation skills to include extra-galactical objects to explain the unforeseen? ChintaMany felt pity for those authors for missing out on this trail blazer of an opportunity.
If they could easily miss the
big elephant in the room, then what about him? To reassure himself, he wanted to
check that only the usual planets, all in friendly mood and in friends’ house
wearing anti-inimical vests resided in his horoscope!
His inner voice griped, “Why to trouble an astrologer, just look at the marks you had scored! Don’t take risks. Who knows whether the astrologer is sound in maths or just sounding off of maths?”
After a
little break, may be as part 2 exploration, he decided to find out what the
western astrology had is store for those hapless students of mathematics in the
western hemisphere.
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