Perseus frees Andromeda by Rubens
A group of American Quakers are operating what they
call a “new underground railroad” to help a few LGBT Ugandans flee their
country, where a recent law imposes harsh penalties for homosexuality.
The Friends New Underground Railroad (FNUR), based
in Washington
state, sees itself as continuing the work of Quakers who historically helped
slaves escape the American South. As of this Monday, they say they have worked
with unnamed Ugandan “conductors” to fund and coordinate passage out of the
country for 107 lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender Ugandans, nine of whom
have reached Sweden, while several dozen others are “being processed for asylum
status in countries around the world,” according to the group’s FAQ page. Newsweek;
July 11 http://bit.ly/1qQTU2G
The chart
for the current New Moon at Seattle ,
Washington is shown here. The New
Moon [5cn37] occurred on the star Tejat [5cn30] of Gemini – the Twins.
The identical brothers were inseparable, and
had a deep affection for one another, for which reason they were often
worshipped as gods of homosexuality. [1]
In China ,
the star was part of the asterism Tsing
“The Well”. This asterism dealt with digging new wells, cleaning, reinforcing
the old, assuring clean water; washing
and by extension, cleansing of crime, moral uprightness, law and order.
[2]
To the
foregoing if we add Robson’s [3] delineation
of the star Tejat we can understand why a skewed understanding of law and order
and moral uprightness has led to a witch hunt for the LGBT Ugandans.
Listed under Dirah "Seed" or
"Branch" in Robson's book, Fixed stars and Constellations;
"Symbolically called the Abused or Beaten One". [Robson, p.163.]
The
intolerance can be understood by the fact that Auriga’s whip hand is here. Diana
Rosenberg lists the following issues of hatred, intolerance and bigotry under
the Twins [2].
These stars were transited in 1099 when the
Crusaders conquered Jerusalem and slaughtered Moslems and Jews in a ghastly
blood-bath; at the St. Bartholomew’s Eve massacre of the Huguenots, Paris 1572;
at a July, 1619 SolEcl one month before the first African slaves were brought
to Virginia; at the birth of ardent, violent anti-slavery activist John Brown
(hanged), at the murderous, largely race-motivated 1863 anti-draft riots in New
York city during the US Civil War; in 1865 when the Ku Klux Klan was founded in
Tennessee; at the May 1966 SolEcl when Mao Tse-Tung inaugurated China’s
calamitous “Cultural Revolution”. This was the Moon at the assassination of
Martin Luther King Jr and many others.
But fortunately
positive influences come from Neptune [7pi31] and Venus [4ge32] which are trine and
semi-sextile the New Moon [5cn37]. Neptune is
conjunct stars of Aquarius (as well as healing goddess Gula, his ancient
predecessor) so that here we must make a great choice: whether to remain aloof
to the anguish of others (or cause it!), or to learn sensitivity and compassion
through our own painful experiences, becoming “wounded healers” who develop an
impulse to help, save and restore. [4]
Venus is
conjunct the star Menkib, xi Persei, [5ge10]. This is a star in the
constellation Perseus, the Rescuer. [5] (see image above)
[2] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, 356-360)
[3] Fixed
Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923].
[4] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p.705-06)
[5]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies, Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p.232)
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