Dewdrops on a line - hidden strands of meaning
What makes astrology supremely relevant
is that it discloses an unsuspected dimension of the world we think we know so
well. It is as though we have become accustomed to see only the horizontal yarn
of the weaving, the weft, and are largely unaware of the warp. We are
accustomed to break down our world, in order to understand it, into certain
categories, recognizing what belongs to this category, what belongs to that.
That is ‘scientific’. However, astrology is about learning to think in new
categories. It embodies a system of new categories that are as different from
the ones to which we are habituated, as the warp is from the weft. In this
system objects and events that at first sight appear to have nothing whatever
to do with each other are shown to be intimately connected. Conversely, things
we naturally tend to associate may be distributed otherwise in the astrological
scheme. Understanding the world around us depends on our power to perceive
patterns of meaning, to make the right connections, recognize what belongs with
what. It is not easy. Unaided, it is as if we are looking at the weaving from
the wrong side, and it seems a mess, but with the help of astrology we can see
the design as it is meant to be. As the shuttle of the cosmic loom ceaselessly
weaves its intricate design, astrologers have the responsibility, or rather the
awesome privilege, to work towards restoring to humanity the sense of high
meaning it has all but lost.”
Dennis Elwell, The Cosmic Loom
Over 1,500 years ago, the Gupta emperors ruled
large parts of India. They helped consolidate the nation, but they also
popularized India's caste system, making it socially unacceptable for people to
marry outside their castes. Now, a new analysis of genetic variation among
contemporary Indians has revealed that this social shift left a distinctive
genetic signature behind. A group of
researchers in India conducted this analysis by comparing the genomes of
hundreds of Indians from throughout the country. As they write in a paper
published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, samples came
from "367 unrelated individuals drawn from 18 mainland and two island
(Andaman and Nicobar Islands) populations selected to represent geographic,
linguistic, and ethnic diversities." Previous studies had suggested that
today's Indians came from two ancestral populations, but the new analysis
revealed four distinct "haplotypes," or bundles of genetic elements
that travel through generations in a package. People with the same haplotypes
likely came from the same ancestral groups. The researchers also found a fifth
haplotype among people of the Andaman archipelago. Jan. 25
Renting a flat in urban India is no easy task,
specially for single women and men. Signboards prohibiting "bachelor
tenants" are not an uncommon sight in the capital Delhi and its
neighbouring suburbs. Landlords usually have preferences like "vegetarian
only", "government officials only" and "Hindus only". But
they also have a long list of reasons to not rent their properties to single
people. The finding on how the caste system has left its mark on Indians comes
at the Full Moon amidst the stars. Jan. 26
Two news
items, apparently unconnected but as we shall see both emanate from a common
theme contained in the Full Moon chart at Delhi. Notice that the Full Moon
straddles the horizon axis and is
therefore very significant for the place. It is placed amongst the stars of Cancer. Conjoining stars include Al Tarf and
Tegmine of Cancer. The stars of Cancer, the Crab, with its hard protective shell,
are linked with a desire for protection and security. With its connection to
the womb Cancer is linked to the mother and family of origin.Therefore, it is
not too much of a stretch to understand why it is associated with culture,
tradition, genealogy, ancestral origins and a desire to preserve and protect
family and tribal customs. Ruled by the Moon, Cancer relates to tribal
instincts and ethnic origins, and there is often a clan-like attitude to one's
own community and family structure. Cancer can becoming too dependent on the
need to preserve traditional rules and regulations that invariably divide
people and fail to recognise when it is appropriate to loosen the bonds.
Notice
that the Sun and Moon make aspects to the TNPs Kronos and Hades in the mundane
6th house which among other things stands for tenants [1]. Martha Wescott
interprets the combination Kronos-Hades as follows:
Hades-Kronos: to note disgust with regulations which cause
embarrassment and are experienced as degrading; to recognize polarization
between the perceived “aristocracy” and the common man; to see that some people
put themselves “up” by putting other people “down” (Note: isn’t this the very
basis of the caste system?)
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