Thousands of ducks swarm road in Thailand

A bewildered onlooker filmed the veritable tidal wave of ducks as they flocked down the road en masse. Efforts by drivers to make their way along the narrow country road proved futile as thousands of the birds flooded down the lane like a river while their collective quacking produced a deafening chorus that drowned out pretty much everything else. It isn't clear what the circumstances are in the video however it is possible that the ducks were being deliberately herded by farm workers from one place to another. June 20, Thailand http://bit.ly/UMrquW

The author of the news does not mention where exactly in Thailand the incident took place except for saying that it was on a narrow country road. We will, therefore,  draw the relevant maps for Bangkok, Thailand. The first map presented here is that of Mercury retrograde conjunct the Sun – this phenomena occurs at the midpoint of the retrograde cycle and defines what is termed as the Mercury Synod. Notice that for Bangkok, the Mercury synod occurred exactly conjunct the Ascendant on June 20 (Thailand time). Mercury retrograde is well known to cause traffic jams as the following references indicate.

Retrograde Mercury is the most commonly known astrological signature for Murphy's Law ("If something can go wrong, it will"), and is one of the first features intermediate astrology students learn about. Say it to a seasoned astrologer and you'll likely get an amused smile and some delightful stories about how things can get quite unexpectedly unhinged.

Computers crash, software develops unexpected glitches, traffic jams ensue, telephone service snarls up, letters get lost in the mail, machinery breaks down, new projects fail. Ah, yes, the trickster Mercury is up to his old pranks again.

http://astrology.richardbrown.com/mercrx.shtml

As Mercury gets closer and closer to Earth (this happens during Mercury retrograde), the bridges and wires have to deal with increased traffic. When the traffic gets too intense, there is a traffic jam, a wire frays, or a bridge collapses. Hence the negative judgment about Mercury retrogrades.

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But why was the traffic jam caused by a flock of ducks?  To understand the reason for that we look at the chart for the Last Quarter Moon that took place just about 4 hours before the Mercury synod. The Moon  was placed at 28pi24 almost exactly square the Mercury synod [28ge34] and conjunct the star Azelfafage,  pi Cygnus [28pi29]. The constellation Cygnus [1] is often shown as a Swan. Swans (genus Cygnus) belong to the Anatidae family, which also includes geese and ducks!

[1] http://www.constellationsofwords.com/Constellations/Cygnus.html