The world's second-largest gem quality diamond has
been discovered in Botswana, the Lucara Diamond firm says. The 1,111-carat
stone was recovered from its Karowe mine, about 500km (300 miles) north of the
capital, Gaborone. It is the biggest diamond to be discovered in Botswana and
the largest find in more than a century. The 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond was
found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones, many of which
are in the British Crown Jewels. Nov.19 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34867929
The news
of the discovery of the Botswana diamond comes at the First Quarter Moon in
which both the luminaries aspect Venus. A chart for the Moon phase at Gaborone
has the Uranus-Pluto-Zeus-Venus T-square straddling the horizon axis implying that these energies are significant for the place. In the extract below astrologer Linda Jonson explains the
dynamics of the current Pluto transit through Capricorn. But here I urge readers to unfocus their mind’s
eye and think about what she writes in a
broader metaphorical sense, to see a connection with what follows.
On a collective level, the bottom line
intention of the Pluto transit through Capricorn is to evolve the existing
structures of countries that are preventing their evolutionary needs. When
these evolutionary requirements are met with fear, insecurity and resistance by
individuals, there can be a lot of overwhelming pain because of the
evolutionary pressure to transform. The pressure has to reach a very intense
point in order to induce the necessary changes because of the high degree of
emotional security linked with the past. Before the new can begin, there must
be a death of the old. Pluto brings death and new life to Capricornian
structures and conditioning patterns around man-made laws, politics, family,
nationalism, traditions, social status, and the structure of consciousness
itself.[1]
Diamonds are
formed deep within the Earth about 100 miles or so below the surface in the
upper mantle. Obviously in that part of the Earth it's very hot. There's a lot
of pressure, the weight of the overlying rock bearing down, so that combination
of high temperature and high pressure is what's necessary to grow diamond
crystals in the Earth. The diamonds that we see at the surface are ones then
that are brought to the surface by a very deep-seated volcanic eruption. It's a
very special kind of eruption, thought to be quite violent, that occurred a
long time ago in the Earth's history [2]
Symbolically
Pluto refers to the bowels of the earth while the Uranus-Pluto square is the
evolutionary pressure to transform and change. Among other things the TNP
Admetus is linked to stones and rocks while
TNP Zeus is associated with heat. Notice
that all these entities are connected by hard aspects in the chart along with
Venus, the planet which rules diamonds [3]!
[3] http://www.bluestone.com/article/diamond-astrology-and-famous-diamonds-17.html
P.S.
Most events under the same aspects can be connected
metaphorically. Shown here is a chart for the First Quarter Moon at Moscow.
Notice that the significant T-square discussed above occupies the meridian axis
here with Venus on the MC conjunct Putin’s radix Sun! Has the world discovered
a new “diamond” here!! The following news articles appear to be saying just
that.
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