Mumbai (CNN) Toxic moonshine has killed 99 people
and seriously sickened scores of others of drinkers from a Mumbai slum, Indian
police say. Forty-six others have been hospitalized, with many in a critical
condition, after consuming the illegal homebrew, Mumbai police spokesman
Dhananjay Kulkarni told CNN. Authorities said four men and two women had been
booked over the deaths, on charges including culpable homicide, poisoning and
abetting a crime. Eight local police have also been suspended for negligence,
he said, while the suspect liquor has been sent for testing. The incident took
place near Laxmi Nagar, a large slum in Mumbai, India's financial capital. Deaths
from cheap, illegally brewed liquor -- often containing toxic methanol -- are
not uncommon in India. June 23
The
incident occurred on June 21, the very day the Sun moved into tropical Cancer,
a very important event in mundane astrology. A chart for the Cancer Ingress of
the Sun at Mumbai is shown here. The Sun-Mars conjunction in the 5th house (pubs &
taverns) [1] is in an upper quincunx (death) aspect to Saturn on the MC.
On the
descendant we have a conjunction of Venus[14le]
and Jupiter [20le] in a paran with Saturn on the MC. A Venus-Jupiter
combination is linked to overindulgence in the good things of life. Jupiter is
conjunct stars that make up the Chinese asterism Tsieou-Kí , Signboard of the
Wine, a sort of a pub sign to show where wine could be had [2].
On the MC[24sc]
is Saturn[29sc] conjunct stars of Lupus, Hercules and Serpens. Lupus was “The
Beast of Death” and Manilius linked Hercules, among other things, to “those trapped in alcohol or drug
dependency”[3]. With mu Serpentis of
the Serpent also here, is it surprising that we have deaths due to alcohol
poisoning?
[2]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p.709)
[3]
Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2, p.240-52)
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