Nearly
4,000 years ago, a landslide sent boulders and sediment tumbling into a valley
of the Yellow River. The carnage created a massive earthen dam some 660 feet
(200 meters) tall, cutting off the river for months. When that dam finally
burst and the river broke free, a massive flood raged across the
countryside—and potentially altered the course of Chinese history. That’s the
story told by sediments and archaeological remains described Thursday in a
provocative new study published in Science. If correct, the geologic evidence
provides a kernel of truth to one of the country’s most important legends: a
great flood that paved the way for the Xia, China’s semi-mythical first
dynasty. August 4; http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/08/china-yellow-river-great-flood-xia-dynasty-yu/
This story of an ancient dam burst comes to us just as the
Sun triggers the Saturn-Neptune square. Presented are two charts drawn for the
co-ordinates of the Jishi Xia Gorge. The first chart is for the exact mundane
trine of Sun to Saturn (Aug. 2) and the second is for the exact mundane
quincunx to Neptune (Aug.3). Notice that both have the complex Saturn-Neptune-Uranus
combination aspecting the angles.
We often think of Saturn as a boundary, a wall
or a resistance while Neptune symbolizes water. Here, in addition Neptune
[11pi] is conjunct stars in the Water Pourer’s Urn. Do we have the image of a
dam? Uranus[24ar] is the harbinger of change and shatters the crystallised form
of Saturn. But interestingly here Uranus
is also conjunct the star Acamar. Theta (θ) Eridanus, Acamar, is a star in the
River (see image) [1]. Uranus is square the Moon [25cn48]. And the Moon is conjunct (a) alpha Canis Minor (Procyon –
25cn57) which was part of Nan-Ho, the
Southern River (b) Chi Geminorium (Pollux’s cap – 27cn24) which was the ancient
Chinese asterism Tsi-Choui, The Accumulated Waters or the Massed or
Swollen Waters [2].
We now have a clear image of a dam bursting. The philosopher
Plotinus said, “Things are signs”. To the ancients, the world was the
expression of a vast web of harmony. Symbols reflect a multidimensional view of
life itself and they have the potential for interpretation on many different
levels simultaneously. In other words, they reflect a deeper play of universal
principles. If we can apprehend them through a metaphoric mode of consciousness
there arises a possibility of sorting out problems in our own personal lives and begin to live in
tune with those principles.
[2] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg
(v.1, p.703)
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