Though the shadow planet Ketu is perceived to be a malefic planet, the placement of Ketu in third house will bring both pleasing and adverse impacts while on the other part, third house also gets affected by the planet Mercury and Mars while the Ketu is a natural enemy to them. So on the impacts of this placement entirely depends upon the other planetary placements in the horoscope chart.

If the placement of Ketu in 3rd house becomes benefic in the third house then, the native would be blessed with good children and would be a generous and kind person from the core. He/she would be spiritual in his/her beliefs. Apart from this, the placement of Mars in the 12th bhava will affect the Ketu in 3rd house house and will bring a son to the native before his/her 24yrs of age, who would become a reason for the good life and that is for the long period of life of the native.

The placement of ketu here brings a profession including much traveling to the native while the malefic placement of Ketu will make the native wander & travel useless and pointless.

Besides this, the malefic placement of Ketu in 3rd house will bring some financial losses to the person with some part lost in legal matters. The native could go apart form his/her spouse or sister-in-law/brother-in-law besides this, the native would receive troubles from his/her brother’s side and will possess much distress and agony as there would be much difficulties in his/her life path and lack of peace would prevail.

In the end, the native should put tilak/mark of saffron everyday over his head, he/she should wear something of gold and should offer jaggery and rice in flowing water to the almighty. These rituals will help the native win over the malefic effects of this placement to a good extent.