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Castor inaugurates World Economic Forum





Business leaders, heads of government, entrepreneurs and even the odd celebrity will be rubbing fur and down-quilted shoulders at Europe's highest altitude town, Davos, for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting this week [January 20 to January 25]. As is traditional, the theme of its annual meeting in Davos is sweeping and, at first glance, somewhat opaque: "The Reshaping of the World: Consequences for Society, politics and Business." The WEF says the theme "reflects on the disruptions that societies face on a global scale driven by rapid technological and scientific innovation, accelerating social change and a shifting global economic order."


The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse [25ar45] of 19 October formed a T-square with Jupiter [19cn] which was conjunct the star Castor [20cn] of the Gemini Twins ruled by the god of business and trade Mercury. [1] 

Global commerce is the essence of Castor and Pollux--the Twins. While Jupiter is associated with global resources because money is a mobilizing agent, and Jupiter's quality mobilizes and expands. [2]

Progressing the chart to 20 January, the start of the WEF meeting brings the Ascendant in line with the eclipse axis which in astrological terms means that this is one important date when the meaning of the eclipse is triggered. With Jupiter conjunct Castor the message is related to global commerce.



Mercury is a major Roman god, being one of the Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon. He is the patron god of financial gain, commerce, eloquence (and thus poetry), messages/communication (including divination), travellers, boundaries, luck, trickery and thieves; he is also the guide of souls to the underworld. He was considered the son of Maia and Jupiter in Roman mythology. His name is possibly related to the Latin word merx ("merchandise"; compare merchant, commerce, etc.), mercari (to trade), and merces (wages).

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