Back
in November, when the world-record crude inventory glut was still in its early
innings, we showed what we then thought was a disturbing image of dozens of oil
tankers on anchor near the US oil hub of Galveston, TX, unwilling to unload
their cargo at what the owners of the oil thought was too low prices.
Little
did we know that just a few months later this seemingly unprecedented sight of
clustered VLCCs would be a daily occurrence as oil producers, concerned by
Cushing hitting its operating capacity, would take advantage of oil curve
contango to store their oil offshore indefinitely. However, while the
"parking lot" off Galveston has since normalized, something shocking
has emerged and continued to grow half way around the world, just off the coat
of Singapore. May 20
In
the cluttered backyard of an unassuming stilted house just down the road from
the Killing Fields on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, archaeologists are digging
up a relic of the country’s historical high point: a kiln that once furnished
stoneware pottery across the Angkorian empire. May 20
Here we
present examples of how the same planetary configuration can manifest in
different ways so as to appear completely unrelated. However, if we understand
the core essence of the planet’s
meaning, we will see how they represent two different manifestations of the
same principle.
On May 22,
Mars which has been retrograde since April 17 reaches its opposition to the Sun – the midpoint of
its retrograde cycle. Charts for the Sun-Mars opposition at Singapore and Phnom
Penh are shown here.
Being roughly at the same longitude, the charts are more or less
identical for the two places. But as we shall see they are showing two
different manifestations that are related. The Sun-Mars opposition takes place
very significantly on the horizon axis and highlights the Zeus-Admetus sesquisquare through hard aspects. Martha
Wecott provides the following delineations for the TNPs.
ZEUS: Restrained or
creative fire/energy;
enthusiasm; controlled & directed forces (thus both planning and
controlling strong emotions;) guns, power tools, machines, motors, fireplaces, fuels; excitement; to
incite; military; blood pressure; inflammation; ability to harness energies for
accomplishment .
ADMETUS: Facing blockages; biding your time; encountering delays,
frustrations, complications or the need for something else to happen BEFORE
success or progress; dealing with raw materials (including stone, lumber, etc.,) packaging, inventory and
storage; having cramps or other indications that reveal a tightening to
endure/persevere/hang in there; issues with self-containment, shunning; literal
and behavioral “cold.” Narrowing or specialization.
I am sure readers are already able to piece the two news
events from the definitions of Zeus and Admetus. In any case, here is my
explanation. In the first case, Admetus represents inventory or storage while
Zeus represents fuel so that we have a pile up of crude oil ships …standing,
delayed, going nowhere so that essentially the Zeus fiery energy has been
blocked by Admetus (here world industrial recession) .
In the second news story from Cambodia, archaeologists have
dug up a relic of the country’s historical high point: a kiln that once
furnished stoneware pottery. Here Zeus energy is the fire that burns in the
kiln which acting on clay during its retention time in the kiln (delay) produces
beautiful stone (Admetus) pottery [1]. In the first case the oil tankers in
Singapore are held up by a delay with the frustrated owners waiting for
industrial activity and consequently oil prices to go up. In other words, biding
one’s time and storing the oil for now gives them a more valuable or desirable
product later.
So is there a psychological message here? Indeed there is and
reference [2] puts it simply.
Mars energy has been blocked but the retrograde period is not entirely useless. If used properly the final product may be both beautiful and valuable.
The
slow burn of Mars retrograde can either be psychologically depleting and
corrosive, or it can free up frustrated energy. Pockets of anger may flash and
surprise us during Mars retrograde, and repressed rage and passions could bring
knee-jerk reactions. Sometimes we lose our inspiration when Mars is in
retrograde, but it always resurfaces with new and more realistic goals after
Mars turns direct (30 June).
[1] The Orders of Light; Martha Wescott (p.112)
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