Mysteries of Spider Silk Strength
Unraveled
Jan. 27, 2013 — Scientists at ASU
are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes
the fiber that spiders spin -- weight for weight -- at least five times as
strong as piano wire. They have found a way to obtain a wide variety of elastic
properties of the silk of several intact spiders' webs using a sophisticated
but non-invasive laser light scattering technique [1].
As in the
previous post [2], we begin by looking at the 13th November 2012
solar eclipse at 21sc57 conjunct Unukalhai,
of the poisonous serpent ruling poisons and all manner of poisonous
creatures. A spider would fit in perfectly here. To home in on the
arachnid we look at the chart of the
Total Solar eclipse at Phoenix , the location of Arizona State University
Regular
readers would be aware that an eclipse is significant for a place if planets occupy
the angles and especially if the angles (horizon or meridian axes) align with
several planets in aspect as in this case. Notice the T-square of Pluto-Uranus-Hades-Kronos on
the angles with each leg forming a hard aspect to the eclipse [..the poisonous
creature]. The star alpha Reticulum
[7ar37] is placed on the Ascendant conjoining Uranus [4ar59] and forming a sharp
square to Pluto [7cp45] and
sesquiquadrate to the eclipse [21sc57]. Pluto-Uranus is associated with
technological breakthroughs, amongst other things.
Reticulum means a netlike formation
or structure; a network. A reticle was a scientific instrument used to measure
star positions, a grid of fine lines in the focus of an optical instrument,
used for determining the scale or position of what is being looked at. The grid
lines of meridians and parallels lines on a map is sometimes referred to as a
net.
"In Ancient Rome a class of
gladiator, the retiarius, was armed with a net which he used to immobilize his
opponent by entangling him in the meshes, thus placing him at his mercy",
"Nets may also be compared with the web in which spiders lurk for
prey" [Penguin Dictionary of Symbols] [3]
Eclipse
charts give their results when by progression the angles go over significant
points. Shown below is the progression of the chart for 27th January,
the date of the news item. Notice that the elements of the T-square once again
occupy the angles!
[1] Arizona State University
[2] Unukalhai
and the poisoned Borneo elephants http://bit.ly/Xd34Wb
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