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Neptune New Moon pierces through illusions

Devotees at Sri Anjaneya Swamy Devasthanam in Kondagattu


Pisces is an era of storms and of wholesale disintegration. But Piscean winds of destiny may impel men of vision and courage to discover many a "new world," as much as they do destroy or suffocate the many who stubbornly resist change. Pisces is an era of often sharp and violent repolarization. It is an era of purgation and cleansing. Man  must learn to stand alone and to rely only upon his own inner Voice. Transcendence, overcoming, piercing through illusions and false security, severance of social ties, embarking for the great adventure with utter faith and in denuded simplicity of being: all these things are to be learned in Pisces. Man is here face to face with himself, and with that Greater Self which he names: God. He can refuse such a confrontation. He can cling to oppressive and decadent cities. He can bundle up with refugees and moan forever before the Wailing Walls provided by dying religions and bloated social "Saviors." But then, he will be plouged under, as manure for the spring sowings. - Dane Rudhyar

At least 53 passengers have died after a state-run Road Transport Corporation (RTC) bus fell off a ghat road in Telangana. The accident took place in Jagitial district today. The bus carrying passengers from famous Kondagattu Anjaneya Swamy Temple slipped into a gorge near Shanivarapet village under the district at around noon. Sept. 11 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/telangana-bus-accident-jagitial-1337557-2018-09-11



The Full Moon of Sep. 9 was opposite Neptune and square the horizon axis at Kondagattu. Neptune makes hard aspects to the Mars-Uranus  square– a combination linked to accidents. On the Ascendant is the asteroid Phaethon (car or bus) amid stars of Auriga, the Charioteer and Lepus, the Hare. For this area, Diana Rosenberg writes “disasters caused by excessive speed or impatience (Lepus: speed)”.




A chart for noon – the reported time of the accident – has the Sun  - Neptune  opposition aligned with the meridian implicating the aspect in the tragic event

But more importantly, the accident brings home the cosmic call of Neptune in Pisces. The Neptune archetype represents our collective dreams, illusions, and spiritual longing for redemption. This is the urge to merge with something greater than ourselves, whether in terms of God or God-substitute ideas, such as religion, society, politics, and even science. Almost anything can be turned into a God substitute, but they’re all ultimately illusory. Many of our deepest delusions come from the cultures in which we live and the institutions we associate with.  Neptune appears to blur the line between reality and illusion, but what it’s really doing is revealing the illusion so you can see through to the reality beyond.  Ultimately  our own private “spirituality” may be the only “religion” that can save us and till we reach this realization we may need to go through difficult experiences  much as the pilgrims to the temple had to.

PS:
The rape accused Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal is hiding to avoid police action. The rape victim's family is likely to move the Kerala High Court demanding the bishop's immediate arrest. A protest was earlier carried out by a group of Catholic nuns near Kerala HC demanding the accused's ouster.
In an unrelated incident, with a similar Full Moon horoscope Christians in Kerala are facing disillusionment with their clergy.

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