Astro-Meteorology of the Canada floods

At least three people have been killed and more than a 100,000 forced to flee their homes as floods triggered by torrential rain hit western Canada. Officials have ordered the evacuation of the centre of Calgary, Alberta, after both rivers that flow through it, the Bow and Elbow, overflowed. The floods have washed away roads and bridges, cut-off electricity and submerged hundreds of homes.

The  rules for judging the weather using Ingress charts  are outlined in  ‘A Basic Guide to Astro-Meteorology’  by Kim Farnell [1].  Readers may like to revisit the  posts on the Prague floods [2] and the Kedarnath disaster [3] to see the similarity with the current post.

 “Pay close attention to planets which are conjunct angles [and stars too!]. These are very important ….”

Applying these rules notice that the Cancer Ingress of the Sun which took place on June 20 has Venus [22cn06] and  Mercury [22cn02]  are on the descendant [19cn57]. Venus , as the ruler of the fourth house, is directly connected with the weather.

In ancient China alpha and beta (Castor and Pollux) and rho Geminorium  [19cn25, 23cn23, 19cn15] were Pe-Ho, the Northern River. Four tiny stars (1,6,11, +1 more: 21cn18, 22cn26,26cn41,?) in Canis Minor  were called Choui-Wei, the Situation of the Waters, which governed the overflowing of rivers. The astrologers said that if this asterism was clear and tranquil it was a good omen, but if it faded or seemed to drift and combine with the Milky Way, the rivers of the Empire would overflow and flood the lands [4].

Kim Farnell  adds that lunation charts and the four phases of the moon each month - new, first quarter, full, and last quarter should be looked at for weekly trends. The first quarter moon of June 16 has Neptune [5pi21] placed on the descendant [3pi07] at Calgary.

Neptune [5pi19] is conjunct the star Fomalhaut [4pi03] in the constellation of the Southern Fish. This is an important, first magnitude star, the 17th brightest star in the sky and the most southerly star visible at 50°N. Fomalhaut, (from the Arabic Fum al Hut, 'the Fish's mouth'). The area in which it lies has an heavy emphasis upon constellations with watery imagery, the goat-fish (Capricorn), the whale (Cetus), the water-pourer (Aquarius), the fishes (Pisces), and the dolphin (Delphinus) all located nearby, obviously earmarking this region as one that related to the rainy season of the ancient year, by which many of its stars are associated with floods or troubles at sea. The Southern Fish is usually depicted on star maps at the feet of Aquarius, where it swallows up the water poured from his urn [5].

[1]  http://www.skyscript.co.uk/meteorology1.html

[2] Astro-meteorology of the Prague floods. http://bit.ly/14be5Ns

[3] Astro-Meteorology of the Kedarnath disaster. http://bit.ly/16ivO4Y

[4] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg [v.1, p.703]

[5] http://www.skyscript.co.uk/pis_aus.html#formalhaut