A
suicide car bomb, sowing panic as it plows toward Peshmerga positions. An ISIS
fighter who ambushes Kurdish troops from a concealed tunnel before blowing
himself up. These were the early indications of how dedicated and single-minded
Mosul's ISIS occupiers can be -- and how bloody and grinding Iraq's battle to
liberate the city may prove. Following
swifter-than-expected progress in the advance on Mosul on day one, the diverse
coalition of Iraqi Security Forces troops, Kurdish Peshmerga allies and
thousands of Iraqi irregulars pressed forward with their assault Tuesday to
liberate Iraq's second city from two years of ISIS rule. Oct.18 http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/18/middleeast/mosul-isis-operation-iraq/
The Iraqi military action against ISIS in Mosul comes just a
couple of days before the Disseminating Moon. In his October blogpost, Nick
Fiorenza describes the dynamics of the Moon phase as below:
The Disseminating Moon
occurs on October 19 conjoining Aldebaran of Taurus. The Moon fills the Saturn
Lunar Nodes T-square, forming a brief Grand Square. The Disseminating Moon
opposite Saturn-Antares in Scorpio can impart somewhat of a conflictual or
paradoxical energetic, especially square the Lunar Nodes. It may bring conflict
to surface regarding what is long established but not supportive of the
wellbeing of home and family, and thus impels demonstrable action to address
this paradox.
Mars conjoins Pluto on
our Demonstrable Moon (a few hours after). Although not in a direct aspect to
the Disseminating Moon, the Moon does move a bit into an inconjunct aspect as
the Mars-Pluto conjunction occurs. This can impart an assertive drive to use
force to make things happen, backed by strength, stamina and determination.
Pluto has been making
passage through sidereal Sagittarius since December 2005, and is currently
under the auspices of Lyra. Generally, Pluto in Sagittarius becomes a revealer
of truth and reveals the corrupt quest for the pursuit of power. Mars, after
making its conjunction with Saturn and Antares recently in August, entered
Sagittarius in mid-September. Mars continues its passage through the stars of
the Zen Archer through October. Mars, is strong in Sagittarius, both fiery,
meaning Mars impels assertive action from a place of autonomy and strength. It
impels a passionate pursuit for something greater, for a higher meaning,
purpose, vision or truth. It impels action in leadership to enthusiastically
fight for our principles or ideals. Conjoining Pluto, Mars can impel the
pursuit of power for a greater vision or ideal, but also impels audacious
action to deconstruct that which is in power or believed to be corrupt powers
impeding greater truth, freedom and justice.
The highlighted sections clearly explain what is driving the
Iraqi government action. But here let us take a little diversion to ancient
Chinese astrology which adds remarkable detail to the situation in Mosul. We mentioned above that the Disseminating
Moon is conjunct the star Aldebaran. In
China this was part of the asterism Py, the Net, representing a hunting net. The purpose of the hunt was to eliminate
dangerous “ beasts”. Under this asterism, traitors and deserters would be
recaptured and punished [1].
[1] Secrets of the Ancient Skies ; Diana K. Rosenberg
(v.1,p.696)
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