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Dorado and the discovery of gold in the stars




Dorado – the Golden Pompano Fish




July 17: The beauty of gold shrouds its violent origins.

Astronomers have for the first time observed a distinct glow in the aftermath of a violent collision of the cores of two dead stars that they say could explain the origin of all the gold in the universe. Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in the US today said the glow from an event called a short gamma ray burst (GRB) they observed last month has signatures of heavy elements, including possibly gold.




The chart for the lunar eclipse of 25 May, 2013 at Cambridge,MA is shown above. The eclipse is obviously very significant for the place since it is placed on the meridian axis. In addition it is square Neptune [5pi20]. Diana Rosenberg  associates this area with  “major scientific and technological discoveries” [1].  On the Ascendant [8aq] is the star 30 Doradus [6aq] in the constellation Dorado – the Gold Fish [2]. The word dorado is past participle of dorar, from Latin deaurare, 'to gild', from de- + aurare, 'to gild', from aurum, 'gold'. Latin aurare comes from the Indo-European root *aus-2. 'Gold'. Derivative: aureate (golden color).  From this was also derived El Dorado -  a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water. [3]



Finally, if we progress the eclipse chart to 17 July, the date of the news, the Ascendant [6ta] is conjunct the stars of the constellation Fornax (the Furnace) and  gamma Doradus [6ta]! [4]



[1] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2; p.692)
[2] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2; p.565)

[4] Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1; p.138)

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