M44 Beehive Cluster
For
many people, the best start to the day is a nice, fresh cup of joe. Now,
researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on October 15
find that honey bees find caffeinated beverages--er, nectar--irresistible too. In
fact, it appears that bees may select caffeinated nectar over an uncaffeinated
but otherwise equal-quality alternative. As a result, the researchers say,
plants may be lacing their nectar with caffeine as a way to pass off cheaper
goods.
Shown here is
the chart for the current New Moon of October 12 at Cambridge, Ma from where the
Cell Press journal Current Biology is
published. Notice the Venus-Mars-Jupiter-Saturn-Neptune T-square straddling the horizon.
Among other
things the Venus-Mars combination is associated with reproduction exactly what
the plants have in mind when they attract bees to their nectar. Neptune is
linked both to “deceit” as well as “addictive
substances”. Ken Johnson and Ariel Gutman, in their book Mythic Astrology, make a strong case that the astrological
Neptune’s secondary archetype is Dionysus. Dionysus was god of wine and ecstasy
and by extension anything that is addictive. Here the asteroid Dionysus [14le] is on the IC [9le]
conjunct Praesepe , M44 Cancri, the “Beehive Cluster” which Diana Rosenberg
links to “studies and events related to bees” [1]. So essentially the New Moon
chart has all the elements of the news!
[1] Secrets
of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg
(v.1, p.488-90)
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