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    Iceberg disintegrating in storm at sea   The solar eclipse of April 30 is conjunct Uranus and semi-square Neptune bringing our attention to the Uranus-Neptune cycle that began in 1993 in Capricorn. Capricorn refers to the domination of all social activity by the state, organized religion, the corporations or other large institutions or even by some dominant personage (or nation). Neptune correlates with the “myth of the world”. What this means is that for each epoch of history, there are distinct attitudes and assumptions that permeate social customs. Uranus, meanwhile, promotes rebellion, innovation and individuation. So with this cycle, we see a new vision (Uranus) of the myth of the world (Neptune) passing through the familiar eight stages of development. From the initial conjunction, (slavery to institutions) we have now reached (2017-19) the 1st semi-square stage of this cycle. The new vision challenges the old , but without yet seeming substantial enough to be a threat

At least 11 people died and 15 others were injured after electrocution during a chariot procession at a temple in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district early this morning, police said. Police said the incident occurred when the temple palanquin or temple car they were standing on came into contact with a high-transmission line at Appar Madam temple in Kalimedu. April 27 https://bit.ly/3Lgpt3H     In mundane astrology, the cardinal ingresses of the Sun (entry into the four cardinal signs/ constellations, i.e. 00 deg of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn ) have a traditional reputation as important mundane events. We are now in the Aries quarter. Presented is the chart for the Sun’s entry into Aries drawn for Thanjavur, India (a. As always the planetary combinations brought to the angles (horizon and meridian axes) are the ones to focus on. Here we have the Mars-Uranus-Poseidon T-square aligned with the angles.   The following tables from Blake Finley [1] provide bullet points that

  Russia has suspended natural gas deliveries to Poland via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, Polish news portal Onet reported on Tuesday, citing sources within the Polish government and state energy company PGNiG. The information has not been officially confirmed by Moscow or Warsaw. According to the publication, a crisis group has been set up in the Ministry of Climate Affairs. Sources claim that Russia did not inform the Polish side of the halt to deliveries in advance. https://www.rt.com/business/554554-russia-stops-gas-poland/     Regular readers are aware that a mundane chart drawn for the midpoint of the capitals of countries is a good indicator of relationship issues especially when it aspects the angles. Shown here is the chart for upcoming lunar eclipse drawn for the midpoint between Warsaw and Moscow. The eclipse axis makes a T-square with Saturn on the MC. With South Node in watery Scorpio square Saturn in airy Aquarius, people are being asked to recognize the dysfunctional

  Perseus freeing Andromeda (Rubens) Twitter is in discussions over Elon Musk’s acquisition bid and could finalize a deal as soon as this week, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. Earlier this month, the billionaire unveiled a $43 billion offer to take the microblogging platform private, which could become one of the biggest internet acquisitions ever. https://www.rt.com/business/554463-twitter-elon-musk-takeover/   We are now in eclipse season. Both the solar and lunar eclipse will carry a South Node in watery Scorpio square Saturn in airy Aquarius. We are being asked to recognize the dysfunction with traits that need to be purged. This can show up as a maladaptive way of approaching life hurting or trying to control others because we are hurt. Saturn seeks depth in the social and technology oriented air sign Aquarius - a sign easily associated with a “digital market square” where people meet and share ideas.   In a previous post

      Pratītyasamutpāda commonly translated as the law of dependent origination, or dependent arising, is a key doctrine in Buddhism shared by all schools of Buddhism. It states that all dharmas (phenomena) arise in dependence upon other dharmas: "if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist". The basic principle is that all things (dharmas, phenomena, principles) arise in dependence upon other things.   Does astrology support Pratītyasamutpāda or dependent origination. Indeed it does! How? Regular practioners of astrology would have noted that a natal planetary combination triggered by transits or progressions (together referred to as directions) regularly throw up instances where we are confronted by a person or event that is well described by the combination. In fact Vedic astrologers are able to describe the general outline of a relative (e.g. father, mother, partner, children etc) just from looking at a person's chart. Refl

  Ceres: Roman goddess of food There have been 16 major fires that have erupted at key food industry facilities in the U.S. since the beginning of 2022..Can anyone explain why absolutely massive fires just keep erupting again and again at critical facilities all over America? The tragic destruction by fire of the headquarters of Azure Standard in Oregon shocked millions of people, and since that news broke quite a few readers have been reaching out to me about the long string of unusual blazes that we have been witnessing from coast to coast in recent months. https://bit.ly/3Mt1DBM If people really wanted to know the reason for the fires, they could try looking at the heavens. More specifically, I am referring to the upcoming solar eclipse of April 30. Here is the eclipse chart drawn for Washington DC. As always, we begin with looking at the planets brought to the angles. Here the dwarf planet Ceres [24ge] is placed prominently on the MC square Neptune [24pi] with both making a sem

  Pluto Full Moon Tornado Another classic spring storm will bring severe thunderstorms and heavy rain to parts of the Plains, Midwest and South through the weekend.... The greatest chance of a few severe storms Wednesday is from central and eastern Oklahoma into southeast Kansas. https://bit.ly/3jWhj4i     This is the result of the Pluto Full Moon unleashing its destructive powers. How so? Take a look at the map for the Full Moon at Oklahoma City. Notice its significant alignment with the meridian. And here is Richard Tarnas on Pluto:   And finally Pluto: the archetype of primordial energy, the universal life force which impels all evolution and transformation. Pluto represents the principle of power itself, of elemental force, of primal libido and aggression, and is essentially identical to Freud's notion of the id. It is the Dionysian energy of life, the Serpent power, the Kundalini. It compels, empowers, overwhelms, transforms; it destroys and resurrects. Pluto governs the i

  The modern scholarly consensus for the dates of the Buddha, since c. 1906 CE, has been c. 563 - c. 483 BCE based on external evidence such as Jain texts, Ashoka's reign, and astronomical calculations as well as probable dates for the founding of Buddhist schools of thought.   There is a strong tradition that Buddha was born on a Full Moon day in May. Based on a general agreement among most scholars that the Buddha was born in 563 BCE, in her book Secrets of the Ancient Skies , Diana Rosenberg gives May 11, 563 BCE OS; 6:51 am UT as data for the May Full Moon. Here is the chart for the Full Moon drawn for Lumbini where the Buddha was born. Notice the conjunction of the Sun with Pluto and the TNP Poseidon on the MC.   Pluto-Poseidon is a combination that is associated with a complete transformation of spiritual ideas. This is certainly a concept we can link with the Buddha who was against rituals and the prevailing ideas about the worship of deities for salvation.   The Sun

  On January 13, 1980, a new political party, The Greens, was founded in the central European nation (Germany). The Greens emerged from a wave of new social movements including environmentalism, anti-war, and anti-nuclear power. Suddenly, the anti-nuclear movement had a face. Since the party’s inception, The Greens have been concerned with the immediate halt of construction and operation of all nuclear power stations. As an alternative, they have promoted a shift to non-nuclear renewable energy sources such and solar and wind power.   Politicians, CEOs, and other powerful figures fly their private jets to summits around the world each year to condemn the fossil fuel industry as a vile plague that must be destroyed at all costs. It matched the utopic vision that had been forced on me since I was a kid: if we drop fossil fuels tomorrow, the world becomes a better place. The thing is, reality doesn’t give a damn about what ‘could be’ and what ‘should be’. Reality doesn’t give a damn abou

  Using astrocartography (or relocation charts) we can find where on the globe, planets inolved in current directions are on the angles. Those places can become critically important in issues that we face. This is more true for a national chart rather than an individual’s. For example, the US national chart, the Sibly, is going through its Pluto return. And don't forget that the current Full Moon of April 16 has just activated the US Pluto.  Here is the US Sibly drawn for Moscow, Russia. Notice that the Sibly Pluto is very significantly placed on the MC! In other words, Russia is sort of cosmically chosen to be one country that is likely to teach the US the lessons of its Pluto return. What are those lessons?  Even if you are not a huge believer in astrology, the U.S’s 2022 Pluto return is something I encourage you to take notice of because it could finally mean that the U.S. gets knocked off its “impenetrable” high horse. Maybe America will finally be humbled and face the c

    “Like a boat over the river, take us across for our welfare, O Fire, let our sins depart from us.”   -- Rig Veda   “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”  ― C.G. Jung     LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — A wildland fire that forced some residents north of Lyons to evacuate their homes on Friday and Saturday is now fully contained. https://bit.ly/38RxLAF   AHMEDABAD,India April 11 (Reuters) - A massive blaze touched off by an explosion at a chemicals plant in India's western state of Gujarat charred to death at least six people before it was brought under control, authorities said on Monday. https://reut.rs/3El1626   ELURU, India April 14: A fire at a chemical factory in southern India killed at least six people and injured 13, a government official said on Thursday, with more casualties feared in the second such accident this week.Pictures of the scene provided by government officials showed Wednesday's massive blaze, wit

  The New Moon and the following Full Moon form a syzygy (pair). Astrologers like to think of the New Moon as containing a seed message which reaches fruition at the Full Moon. If we are up to it we reach a sort of enlightenment, failing which a disintegration (death) is likely to follow. To understand this recall the ancient legend of Buddha Purnima (Full Moon). This is the biggest day for Buddhists because on this day, it is believed three important events of the Buddha's life took place: his birth, his attaining enlightenment, and his death, Paranirvana.    In my analysis of the current New Moon [1], I explained how at the early stages of our development the focusing one's energies upon cultural values excludes far more than they include (me vs you). Later, there arises in the consciousness a desire to reformulate at a new level much that had been taken for granted because it indeed originally had been an evolutionary necessity.   As we mature, we need to cast off previ

  Bootes-Virgo   Astrology King has this to say about the Full Moon.  The full moon in Libra on April 16, 2022, square Pluto brings tests and challenges of an extreme and intense nature. So the spiritual meaning of the full moon April 2022 astrology is addressing your darkest feelings, habits, and reactions. There are also positive influences on the April 2022 full moon. This means you can free yourself of bad habits, obsessions and compulsions. This will lead to healing from a positive transformation of your emotions and relationships.   Full Moon square Pluto can lead to compulsive and destructive behavior as deeply buried feelings are exposed. Emotional power struggles are possible and may become quite ruthless. Jealousy, manipulation, guilt-tripping, bullying, sexual abuse, or domestic violence may be involved. Such intense emotions and reactions may become difficult to control and lead to a personal crisis. This aspect is also associated with spying and other invasions of privac

  Perseus freeing Andromeda (Rubens) The upcoming solar and lunar eclipses emphasize the Saturn square the South Node. Saturn is in platonic and idealistic Aquarius clashing with the South Node in intense and passionate Scorpio, creating a crisis from which a new level of consciousness could arise. Terrible dark events from the past often arising from our unwillingness to accept the primitive and shadow side of human nature may have frozen us producing an atmosphere of seriousness, loss of perspective, gloom and suspicion in relationships.   With the South Node in Scorpio, we are being asked to recognize the dysfunction with traits that need to be purged. It can show up as a maladaptive way of approaching life armor first, hurting others because we are hurt, or simply a protracted sense of woundedness or shame that keeps us stuck, unable to fully embody ourselves in relationships.   Here Saturn which seeks depth in the social air sign Aquarius conflicts with the taboos of t