Karner
blue butterfly
Formed nearly 12,000 years ago by a receding
glacial lake, the Albany Pine Bush Preserve in New York hosts a rare ecosystem,
one of only 20 inland pine barrens in the world. Its sand dunes hold a unique variety
of habitats, yet nutrient-poor soils, that support a diverse range of plants
and animals that thrive in an environment too barren to support competing
species. This unusual landscape, surrounded by development,
also holds within it an equally rare species: the endangered Karner blue
butterfly, named by lepidopterist (and "Lolita" author) Vladimir
Nabokov in 1944. And yet this U.S. National Natural Landmark seems always on
the brink of destruction. In the face of large-scale development in the area, grassroots
organizations like Save the Pine Bush have had to repeatedly rescue the park —
and the blue lupine flowers that feed the local community of Karner butterflies
— from annihilation. July 29; http://news.discovery.com/animals/insects/beautiful-karner-blue-butterfly-on-brink-of-revival-150729.htm
This news is
best explained if we go back to the chart for the lunar eclipse of October 8,
2014 at Pine Bush, NY . The eclipse lunar cycle began with the New Moon of 24
September 2014. In his post on the lunar cycle titled “Stewardship in the Tinyness of our Vastness” , Nick Fiorenza [1] wrote:
This New Moon and this lunar cycle invite us
to…participate in concert with and respect for all life and the creation process
itself. Makemake …..impels extraordinary feats of achievement to demonstrate we
are worthy to steward our beloved home, and to protect and care for all life.
The most
prominent event is the Total Lunar Eclipse conjoining Uranus on the South Lunar
Node occurring on October 8. The eclipse is placed powerfully on the horizon at
Pine Bush,NY and is also part of a T-square with Uranus-Pluto. A Uranus Lunar
Eclipse is significant and potent. It impels a radical departure from the
patterns and conformity of the past.
On the
Ascendant is Venus, the planet which symbolically represents beauty is placed
amidst stars of the Virgin’s wing and the Crow’s wing. David McCann in his
article “The Astrology of Colour” [2] informs us that the colour blue comes under the rulership of
Venus. So we are already homing in on “blue
wings”.
But let us go
one step further. The eclipse Moon along with Uranus is also part of a Grand
Trine with Jupiter[17le] and Mars [16sa].
Jupiter is conjunct the star Dubhe, alpha
(α) Ursa Major [15le]. Diana Rosenberg links this area with “issues relating to
the destruction or protection of animals and the environment”. Here Mars is
conjunct V801 Arae, in the Altar’s
flame. The Altar is part of a bigger picture that includes Centaurus and the
Beast. Centaurus-the-Punisher and Lupus, the Beast of Death are together often
prominent in acts of prejudice and cruelty. But the Centaur’s act of
sacrificing the Beast in Ara’s flames symbolically represents lighting the way
out of darkness towards loving forbearance and new hope for the future.
An Easter Sunrise
As always Sabian symbols can be very
illuminating. Here the symbol for Mars is “An
Easter Sunrise” pointing to a
resurrection or rebirth.
Progressing
the eclipse chart to July 29, the date of the news, once again aligns the
eclipse with the horizon axis triggering its meaning.
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