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Issues behind the price of Onions in India




Farmer Ranganath Watpade made a killing last year by putting off selling his onions until four months after he harvested them. This year, the same trick has backfired.The country has produced a record harvest, but many farmers in the onion bowl of Maharashtra have lost a large share of their crop damaged in storage, adding to the country's inflation woes. A doubling in retail prices across major cities is especially troubling for staples such as onions, an ingredient that is present in just about every Indian meal. Unseasonal weather, hoarding and price manipulation have in the past led to dramatic price rises, and the new administration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is anxious to avoid the political fallout that has hit other governments over the cost of the food. Business Today; July 9




This news item is best understood if we start with the Lunar Eclipse of April 15 and progress the angles to July 9, the date of the news. On that date the horizon axis coincides with the eclipse axis so that the essential message of the eclipse should be felt on that day give or take a couple of days. Readers are referred to Nick Fiorenza’s monthly Lunar Planner for the eclipse to better understand the issues involved. A summary extracted from Nick is given below.


The April 15 Total Lunar Eclipse occured just into sidereal Libra conjoining Ceres and Vesta opposite the Sun-Juno-Eris conjunction.  The Lunar focus is Ceres and Vesta under the Archturian directive—focus, dedication and commitment to the fundamental nourishment required to support all life on Earth and for our evolutionary fulfillment. The quality of our environment and of our biological condition must become a priority over amassing power and resources to dominate and control life based upon personal motive. [1]


Martha Wescott gives us the following keywords for Ceres and Juno and a delineation of the combination.


CERES: The need for nurturing; food; the relationship between mother & child; issues of "taking care of" people, herbs and grains.

JUNO: Partners; question of rights and fairness/compromise; enforcement of fairness; price or cost of things


Juno/Ceres: you may be aware of things like the cost of food or  the grocery bill.

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