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Collarwali: Remembering India’s ‘super mum’ tigress

 

Ebb and Flow on the River

One of the most famous tigers in the country, Collarwali died over the weekend aged 16. She played a big role in changing the fortunes of the sanctuary where she lived - Pench Tiger Reserve in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. So named because of the radio collar she wore, she gave birth to 29 cubs in eight litters over her lifetime - a "prolific" legacy, according to one expert. She became one of India's best-known tigers after starring in the BBC Wildlife documentary, Spy in the Jungle, which tracked the lives of four tiger cubs over two years. Collarwali died on Saturday evening (Jan.15) due to complications caused by old age. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-60020410

 

 

Ancient wisdom teachings tells us that, fundamentally, everything is energy in motion, and that everything is part of a larger process or flow. Things are either growing and expanding or contracting and fading away. Nothing is absolutely still. One astrological cycle that marks the end of things is that of Sun and Pluto. On Jan.16, the Sun was conjunct Pluto, the planet of death, and a chart for the event drawn for the Pench Tiger Reserve is shown here. Notice that the dwarf planet Ceres (associated with mothers and nurturing), which had just stationed direct, is placed on the MC forming a square to Jupiter (abundance) on the descendant. A Ceres-Jupiter combination can therefore refer to a “super-mum”. Further confirmation of the same concept comes from Ceres in Taurus, the sign of “fertility and procreation”. 

Completing the picture are the following asteroids also on the angles: 

Orpheus [6sa]; Ceres [28ta]; Artemis [29aq]; Jupiter [4pi] 

Martha Wescott defines the asteroids as: 

Ceres: Mother or mothering

Artemis: Animals

Orpheus: Death

Jupiter: abundance, plenty etc. 

So it is not too difficult to see that the combination here is referring to the death of an animal super-mum.

 

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