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Astrology of the Notre-Dame Cathedral Fire



To the magus, there exists no accidental happening…everything is established solidly by that law which the wise man discerns in happenings that appear accidental to the profane. The curve observed in the flight of birds, the barking of a dog, the shape of a cloud, are occult manifestations of that omnipresent, coordinator, the source of unity and harmony - Karl  Seligmann 


Ara – the Altar


A major fire has engulfed the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, one of France's most famous landmarks. The 850-year-old Gothic building's spire and roof have collapsed but the main structure, including the two bell towers, has been saved, officials say. Firefighters are still working to contain the blaze as teams try to salvage the artwork stored inside. President Emmanuel Macron called it a "terrible tragedy". The cause of the fire is not yet clear. April 15 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47941794


In my previous posts, I have attributed several “accidents” reported in the news to  to a phenomena known as Moon Wobble which we are currently passing through.

Moon Wobbles were discovered in the 1930's, when research by astrologer Carl Payne Tobey (1902-1980), the original editor of Astrology Magazine, revealed that disasters occur in cycles associated with the conjunction (0°), opposition (180°) and square (90°) from the Sun to the Moon's Node. These powerful contacts occur when the Sun and the Node are in the same sign, or the opposing sign, or when the Sun is in a square aspect to the nodal axis.

During Moon Wobble the instability factor is high, resulting in more accidents, fires, plane crashes, freak accidents, floods, feats of nature, bizarre weather patterns, earthquakes, tornadoes, violence, Terrorism, riots, and political and personal upheavals. These Cycles bring suppressed energies in people and Mother Nature to the surface, erupting and disrupting. Remember, if you are not working through your subconscious issues you are more likely to fall prey to your emotions.



Any celestial phenomena becomes significant for a place when mundane horoscopes (e.g. ingress, lunation, exact planetary aspects etc.) bring them to the angles. Shown here is the chart for the exact Venus – Jupiter square  at Paris on April 16, just a day after the incident. Notice how the Moon Wobble Grand Cross aligns with the meridian. In her book, The Orders of Light, Martha Wescott delineates the combination Pluto-Zeus as “events associated with fires” among other things.

Turning our attention to the horizon axis, we notice that the Ascendant [17sa] and  Jupiter [24sa]  are square Neptune [17pi] and Venus [24pi] respectively. For all practical purposes, the Ascendant-Jupiter combination is square the Venus-Neptune conjunction.

Jupiter [24sa] is conjunct the star beta Arae – in the Altar’s flame!  Like all cathedrals, Notre Dame too would have an altar.  An altar symbolizes the spiritual center of the world. It is a place of divine presence, thanksgiving. As a raised place for sacrifices and sacred acts it embodies ascent. Fire is the ascending way to the higher world, passing from death to immortality , from darkness to light; it is a place of integration symbolizing new beginnings.


Phoenix Bird

Neptune [17pi] is conjunct the star Ankaa, alpha Phoenix. Diana Rosenberg links this star with fires and writes:

Stars of Phoenix, the Firebird were transited in 1194 when the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Chartres (itself built on a Druid shrine that had burned) was partly destroyed by fire (rebuilt); at the start of the 1666 Great Fire of London; at the terrible Tokyo, Yokohama8.3 quake, tsunami, fire of 1923 that left 143,000 dead; at a 1960 Guatemala City asylum fire (225 dead, 300 injured); at a fire at the Dumont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, PR in 1986; at a 1996 disco fire in Quezon City, Philippines  that killed more than 150 and several others.


More broadly, the square between Jupiter in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces reflects a crisis that is pushing us to transcend (Neptune in Pisces)  orthodox religion (Jupiter in Sagittarius).  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 that we 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 like those who are agonizing over the destruction of 800 year old Notre Dame Cathedral.

Confirming our analysis,  here is the April precession corrected lunar return chart for France [1]. Can it be a coincidence that here too the Moon Wobble aligns with the meridian?!




Finally let us recognize that the destruction of the cathedral of Notre-Dame has a deeper symbolic meaning. Martin Luther King, Billy Graham, St. Bernadette, St Thomas Becket, Abdul Bahai are some several greats born under the stars of the Altar.  Ara the altar signifies ever new beginnings. It is reported that French President Macron has promised to rebuild the cathedral. That of course would be an empty act. Would he be ready to step down and allow a new era to begin which is what the  Yellow Vest movement is asking for!






PS:
A fire broke out at the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem just as flames ravaged the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. April 15 https://www.newsweek.com/notre-dame-fire-aqsa-mosque-1397259


Coincidence!

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