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Alps Avalanche Kills 5 Foreign Legionnaires



Five French Foreign Legionnaires were killed Monday during a training exercise in the French Alps, the second mountain tragedy in France in less than a week. Another six soldiers were injured near the resort of Valfrejus, with one in intensive care in hospital after suffering hypothermia. They were among a group of about 50 soldiers taking part in the skiing exercise. Jan.18





The cardinal ingresses of the Sun have a traditional reputation as  important  mundane events. Of these the Capricorn Ingress has a special place and is considered by many to be the  annual chart. Shown here is the sidereal Capricorn Ingress chart for Valfrejus. Notice the Uranus-Pluto square straddling the meridian. Richard Tarnas associates Uranus-Pluto with “the unleashing of the elemental forces of nature in various senses” and this includes volcanoes, earthquakes, avalanches among other manifestations. The ingress took place on Jan.15 and the avalanche took place precisely three days later on Jan. 18 when the progressed MC conjoined Uranus.







As always there is invariably more than one indicator for an event. A chart for the First Quarter Moon at Valfrejus has the Uranus-Pluto square on the horizon axis and thereby resonates with the Capricorn Ingress chart.

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