The first formal meeting between the Pakistan
government and a Taliban-nominated team has begun at an "undisclosed
location", officials say. They are due to start charting a
"roadmap" for peace talks to end a decade-long insurgency. The
government side has entered the talks "wholeheartedly", the interior
ministry tells the BBC. 6 Feb 2014
Shown here
is the chart for the lunar eclipse of 19 October 2013 at Islamabad . On the Ascendant which also forms
the empty leg of the T-square opposite Uranus, are the stars of Bootes, the
armed herdsman sometimes depicted with a spear as well as the stars of the
peace loving Virgin. In China
lambda Bootes [7li] was part of Tchao-Yao,
“The Brandishing of Arms” so that here there is a tussle between a desire
for domination and peace. Initially
people can be drawn to conflict and military glory but as they mature they may
hear the Virgin’s call and combined with an overlay of tropical Libra become
peacemakers. The Virgin’s love of peace does sometimes win the battle for souls:
these stars were transited at the 1998 Belfast Irish Peace accord; at the
birth of US President Jimmy Carter,
architect of the 1979 Camp David Peace
Accord; US President Bill Clinton,
a persistent advocate for peace, Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, both military men who became active workers for peace,
both assassinated. [1]
Equally
often the stars of Bootes overpower the Virgin. It is said that Justica (Virgo)
flew off to heaven because she could no longer bear the depravity of mankind;
so that this area is linked to fanaticism, persecutors and those suffering from
persecution. These stars were transited in 1948 when Mahatma Gandhi, on his way
to a prayer meeting, was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic; at the lunar eclipse
of September 1996, when the Taliban
triumphantly entered Kabul
and declared an Islamic state.
The two
extremes of expression of stars in this area remind us that nothing is fated
and that the outcome depends on the maturity of a person or a nation. However,
hope stems from the Uranus-Pluto square in the T. This square can stimulate the
motivation to adapt quickly to radical change and to create innovative
solutions to emerge from or to rise above destructive scenarios and emotional
turmoil. It may stimulate the creation of new modalities of thought motivated
from structural systems and societal modalities that simply no longer work. [2]
Progressing
the eclipse chart to 6 Feb 2014, the day the peace talks have begun, we see
that the eclipse luminaries align with the meridian axis while Uranus-Pluto aspects
the horizon. On the descendant is delta Columba, [8cn35] in the
peace loving Dove’s wing.The eclipse Moon is conjunct the stars of Cepheus, the Fishes and
the chained Princess Andromeda. Here the brilliance of Cepheus and sensitivity
of the Fishes can work their magic to alleviate the frustrations imposed by
Andromeda’s chains. The Sabian symbol for the eclipse Sun (26li) is “An eagle and a dove quickly change into
each other”. Meanwhile on the progressed Ascendant the Sabian for Pluto
(10cp) is “An Albatross feeding from the
hand of a sailor”. A culture of harmlessness generates trust that can bring
together the most disparate lives. What
perfect symbols for the dove of peace being given a chance!
The chart
for Pakistan (23 Mar 1956;
7:05 am Karachi )
has its Ascendant [12Aries] – Descendant [12li] axis straddled by the
Uranus-Pluto square that symbolically represents a time when the nation must
change.
[1] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies; Diana Rosenberg (v.2, p.50-53)
[2] http://lunarplanner.com/Uranus-Pluto-Square/index.html
P.S.
As we have
seen before there is never just one indicator of a major event. Here we look at
the 26 April 2013 lunar eclipse at Islamabad
placed square the horizon axis and therefore carrying a very significant
message for the place. Mars opposite Saturn easily symbolizes the violent
standoff between the Taliban (Mars) and the Government (Saturn). The following
excerpts from Nick Fiorenza on the stars involved give us a perfect picture of
what is happening in Pakistan .
The Sun and
Mars are conjunct Caph, beta Cassiopeiae
Caph, the palm of Queen Cassiopeia’s hand, holds a
stern yet gentle and tender ability to be a true guiding and stabilizing force.
Caph provides an in-between or holding place, and indicates the need for
arbitration, meeting, and compromise in the midst of the heat of battle. A
truce, honoring perhaps even un-resolvable differences, is required. Calm,
composure, level-headedness, and emotional balance are required to come to this
place between, and, the dramatic conflict we have been in is most always a
necessary prerequisite.
Other
conjoining stars are Sharatan, Mesartim and Hamal of Aries.
They support new beginnings, adventure,
transmutation and great rewards; but they are of opportunities that may quickly
open and close, and thus require our immediate response to grasp them without
hesitation when they occur.
Echoing
very much the same thing are the stars on Moon and Saturn. These are the stars
of the Centaur, the Cross and the Virgin about which Diana Rosenberg says:
“Under the Virgin (“Justica”), the redemptive
Centaur, and Crux, the Southern Cross, all anger, suffering and sorrow may be
healed, all sins forgiven.
As
expected, progressing the eclipse chart by the PSSR method brings the meridian
to align with the eclipse axis on 6th Feb.
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