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Neptune-Pluto: The master sculptors of Nature



Sculptor





Geologists have discovered the secret that gives dramatic natural sandstone monuments their shape: gravity. By studying cubes of sand in the lab, they showed that areas squeezed by vertical stress are protected from erosion, while others wash away. The process had proved difficult to study, because natural slabs of sandstone erode over millions of years. The key to the experiments, published in Nature Geoscience, (July 20) was an unusual "locked sand" dug from a Czech quarry.  The study's first author, Dr Jiri Bruthans from Charles University in Prague, said the new study revealed the "Michelangelo" behind some of the world's most famous rocky landmarks. "The stress field is the master sculptor - it tells the weather where to pick," he told BBC News. Erosion by wind and water, it seems, is merely the sharp instrument. The remarkable shapes are controlled by internal stresses and strains within the rock, applied by the pull of gravity. BBC; http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28365410





The study was published on July 20, just a day after the Last Quarter Moon phase, the chart for which is shown here at Prague. The following points in the chart deserve to be noted in the context of the news.

Neptune, [7pi12] the planet associated with the environment in general and more specifically with water and the atmosphere (“wind and water”) is on the MC [11pi54] which makes hard aspects to both the luminaries of the Last Quarter Moon. Neptune is conjunct the stars beta [7pi26] and gamma [7pi12] Sculptoris – in the the constellation of the Sculptor! [1]

On the descendant [12cp29] is Pluto [11cp56] in hard aspect to  Admetus [28ta52] – the TNP linked with “rocks”. Pluto is associated with the principle of elemental power that over geological time causes the breakdown and  decay of our solid Earth and the rocks of which it is composed. We also understand Pluto as the internal stresses that produce outer change much like the pressure inside the earth that causes volcanoes to erupt. Its Sabian symbol is extremely revealing in our context.

Phase 282: An illustrated lecture on natural science, reveals little-known aspects of life
Keynote: The ability to explore unfamiliar realms and discover the laws underlying the complex processes of nature.



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