Outside the dusty, one-road town of Kouremale on
the border of Guinea and Mali, underground gold deposits have attracted
thousands of young men looking to make a living from artisanal mining. Conditions
are tough and dangerous. In November last year an artisanal gold mine
collapsed, killing at least 14 people. Accidents are common. It is also
estimated that between 20,000 and 40,000 children work in Mali
To
understand this news we will go back to the last Solar Eclipse of April 29,
2014 which took place in tropical Taurus [9ta52]. A chart for the Eclipse drawn
for Kouremale has it significantly placed on the Ascendant [7ta15].
This New
Moon Eclipse conjoins Hamal of Aries; Schedar and Achird of Cassiopeia. Hamal
of Aries motivates action for improvement. It urges us to take responsibility for
the reality of our personal lives, to get out of the victim mentality that perpetuates
our human condition and the entrapments and use any available opportunity to create a new world paradigm.
The New
Moon Eclipse is conjunct the asteroid Toro. Key words for Toro [1] are:
TORO: Doing
hard, physical work; strength (muscular); muscle flexing-psychologically or
physically; challenging others; rough treatment; competitive; football;
prizefighting; toughness.
The
combination of the star Hamal with Toro, is suggesting that the new world
paradigm can be created through hard physical work.
But in
which area will this physical work be profitable? Here too the stars give us a
suggestion. Notice that the eclipse is also conjunct the stars Schedar and
Achird of Cassiopeia. Roman astrologer writing about the constellation
Cassiopeia said [2]:
“What products would a grand lady like Cassiope
prefer her sons to handle rather than those she could turn to her own
employments? And that material for such employment should not be lacking, she
bids men look for gold beneath the ground, uproot all which nature stealthily
conceals, and turn earth upside down in search of gain; she bids them detect
the treasure in lumps of ore and finally, for all its reluctance, expose it to
a sky it has never seen. Such are the inclinations which Cassiope will fashion
in those born under her" [Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, p.343.]
Finally, we
come to the timing of the news item. Why now? If we progress the eclipse chart
to September 29 we find that it has reached the progressed descendant triggering
its meaning.
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