He weighs 260kg, has a bone-crushing bite and paws
the size of dinner plates, but Phevos the tiger is the latest victim of Greece 's
economic crisis - and this week (Dec.10) he left the country for a new home on
other side of the world. Most of the time Phevos is a gentle creature. I sat
with him the day before his journey, and he was quiet, content and passive. "He
reacts very well to being softly spoken to. He listens when I talk to him. He
twitches his ears, and he loves having his head rubbed," says David
Barnes, a former RSPCA inspector. Barnes has spent the past year arranging to
rescue Phevos from a small zoo in Trikala, central Greece , which has struggled to look
after its exotic animals in the face of the cuts which have hit every aspect of
Greek life. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30435069
The Moon’s Waning
Gibbous phase fell on December 10, the very day Phevos left for his
new home. Shown here is chart for the
Moon phase at Trikala. On December 8, Jupiter which had just stationed retrograde
is here on the descendant as part of a slightly skewed Grand Cross. The delineation
for elements of the Cross are provided
by Martha Wescott.
Admetus-Saturn :
Situations can best be described as being between a rock and a hard place; there
is sheer determination and pride in the ability to survive and
withstand hardship; there are delays
with separation…with Neptune : persisting in
goals or hardship despite weakness and sorrow.
Jupiter-Saturn :
Happy separation from difficult circumstances.
And here
comes the best part. Jupiter [22le] is not only in tropical Leo but also
conjunct the stars Algenubi, epsilon Leonis and Raselas, mu Leonis in the
constellation of the Lion! So how interesting, we have a tiger (a big cat)
separating from difficult circumstances!
But as we
know by now there are usually more than one indicator of important events. Here
is the chart for Jupiter’s station on Dec. 8. Notice that it has the same cross
straddling the horizon with Jupiter on the Ascendant.
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