US
swimmer Ryan Lochte told NBC's Matt Lauer it was his fault that a fabricated
story about a robbery caused an international Olympics scandal."I
over-exaggerated that story and if I had never done that we wouldn't be in this
mess," he said in a snippet of the interview aired on NBC on Saturday
evening.
"None
of this would have happened," he added about the aftermath in which three
of his fellow swimmers were questioned by Brazilian police and one was ordered
to donate nearly $11,000 to a Brazilian charity. Aug.21 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/20/sport/us-olympics-swimmers-reported-robbery-future/index.html
The news from CNN comes just as the Moon moves into its
waning Gibbous phase. A chart for the Moon phase at Washington, DC has
Mars-Saturn-Neptune-Nodes T-square straddling the horizon axis.
Mars and Saturn on the Ascendant are conjunct the royal star
Antares, alpha Scorpii – the heart of the Scorpion. Antares was the
Sumero-Akkadian Dar-lugal, “The Great
One, The King,” reputed to confer high position, honor and riches but as with
the other royal stars, there is danger of fall from high position. In India, it
was part of the lunar mansion Jyeshta.
Jyeshta symbolizes that which has seniority in many ways, the oldest, the most
powerful, the most praiseworthy. In our news story here, this star would
therefore refer to the winner or champion.
Stars of Hercules connect this area to sportsmen and since the Dragon also dwells
here, there is potential for greed and selfish and destructive malevolence. A
few here become “representatives” of their nation and/or culture. But overconfidence
and arrogance can get them into trouble for they may go overboard and come to
believe themselves infallible. In their anxiety to be noticed, admired and
promoted, they may become hypocritical and/or make wrongful accusations [1].
Mars-Saturn make a square to Neptune on the nodal axis. If
as we saw above, Mars-Saturn with Antares and Jyestha is referring to a champion,
Neptune in Pisces adds the element of water so we have a swimming champion. But
Neptune in Pisces is also associated with deceit, lies and treachery so that
the news is about a fabricated story!
Can it be a coincidence that as the news story on the disgraceful
behavior of American swimming champions appears in the news, columnist Martin
Berger’s article entitled Modern America: The Empire of Lies
appears in the press?
[1] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.2,
p.321-23)
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