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Cain and Abel in Nevada


Cain and Abel


NEVADA, Mo. — The Vernon County sheriff has released the names of a mother and two sons whose bodies were discovered Friday inside a home near Nevada following what investigators determined was a double murder-suicide. The bodies were identified as those of Fay F. Besaw, 77, and her sons Charles K. Besaw, 52,  and Harold Besaw, 54.

Sheriff Jason Mosher said all three were shot to death with a semiautomatic handgun recovered at the house on a cul-de-sac off Quail Road about three miles south of Nevada. He said Charles Besaw, who lived at the address with his mother, is believed to have killed her and his brother, who was visiting from California, before turning the gun on himself. July 7; The Joplin Globe http://bit.ly/1rLjwQn





To understand this news we will look at an unusual phenomena that occurred on July 8. This was the occultation of Saturn by the Moon. An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer.  In astronomy this occurs when the two objects coincide in longitude and declination. A chart drawn for the  Saturn-Moon occultation at Nevada,Missouri where the incident took place has it located on the MC. The Saturn-Moon forms a Yod with Uranus in Aries and Venus in Gemini.

The Moon [17sc]  and Saturn [17sc] are in tropical Scorpio in the head of the Serpent and in the foreleg of the Centaur. This is an area known for attempts  to dominate and resistance to domination and cowardly malevolence. The Centaur is dominated by animal impulses which may overcome virtue, judgement and Man’s higher nature as apparently in the case here. [1]


Venus [17ge] is conjunct stars of the mighty  Orion, stern, proud Cepheus and the Bull with it head down charging with its horns to the fore. A sudden toss of Bull’s horns can bring upheaval and chaos. Proud, stubborn, enclosed within themselves, these people act on their beliefs and do not listen or relate easily, often failing to see the outcome of their actions. Harsh, warlike and ambushing they may impose tyranny. As Orion is a hunter so  there are hunter-stalkers and guns and weapon-fanciers here. Stalking, sneak attacks and arrogant  or heedless use of violence are issues.[2]


The third leg of the Yod is occupied by Uranus [16ar] in Aries.  Uranus is wild and audacious, so is Aries. The combination can be volatile and explosive. A Uranus-Saturn aspect like the quincunx here can be highly stressful since the self-willed Uranus can feel very restricted by Saturn.


On the descendant with Jupiter are the stars Procyon, alpha Canis Minor [26cn03]  and 85 Geminorum,[27cn15]  Pollux’s right arm with a club.

About Procyon we have the following reference:

Associated with vigorous activity verging on violence. [Larousse Encyclopedia of astrology].

Meanwhile, Pollux is the evil brother of the archetypal  Twins, Castor and Pollux. The club in his hand indicates the possibility of violence. The Cain-Abel story is one version of the archetype of two brothers, often twins, who are opposites of each other. The archetype plays out in a number of different versions, in several of which the brothers are in conflict with each other, a conflict often ending in the killing of one brother by the other, as Cain, the farmer, killed Abel, the herdsman, out of jealousy for the attention of God.[3]

[1] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2,p.205-08)
[2] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1,p.286-87)

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