Astrological studies of Air disasters

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We all shocked by Malaysia airline ’s MH17 flight has been shot down in east Ukraine on 17 July , this is the second time Malaysia airline ’s air disaster of this year . Early this year,  MH370 took off from Kuala Lump was disappeared and find out crash indian ocean , so far no one would dare to say this plan was crashed as we don’t have many information .

This make me think about several years ago  Air France AF447 missed on the way from Brazil to Paris. I did a whole astrological study on that accident include Astro Map, on that time I had also a quick review of Air France 4590  Concorde crashed on July 2000   , so  I would like share my work and compare these events here .

 

When I study these events , It involve  with Eclipse , Ingress , take off chart , company chart and Astro Maping skill for all this chart which includeACG , ACG in Geodetic mode and local space.

 

EVENT Chart – Take off chart

When a even occurred Astrologers usually record event time and cast a chart , my experience is we can not totally rely on the time that report announce when the airplane lost contact , as by that time the event already happened . However I saw lots colleagues use this time and can not find out a clue.

 

I usually find that take off time are much reliable we can usually find the exact take of time from Airline company and Airport website information. Please do check both schedule time and real departure time  as some time delay of flight can cause different chart configuration, although we never know that whether the flight has leave terminal on time but been hold until take off  .

 

AF4590: Air France 4590 concord crashed on 25th July few minutes after take off near paris . The take of time as 4:34PM . In this chart has Jupiter conjunct Saturn near Descendent  . Jupiter opposite Pluto on Sagittarius, and Mercury semi square saturn .  other technique , Sun Mercury Jupiter Neptune parallel aspect near 0S40 . Sun’s Antiscia on 27 Tarsus conjunct Saturn and Fixed Star Algol  . Mars ’s Antiscia on 4 Gemini exact on Jupiter . Neptune antiscia on 24 Scorpiio on Asc.

Fixed Stars : Mercury on Siris . Mars on Procyon , Pluto on Antares.

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AF447  : Air France ’s AF 447 was take of on 31st May 2009 7:00 PM from Rio de Janeiro destination to Paris.  The real take off time is 7:29 pm . 7:00 PM chart has Pluto right on Asc, the take off time Pluto move 10 degree away from Asc . Uranus on  26 Pisces 7 degrees away from IC . Mercury 22 degree station square Chiron Neptune Jupiter . Only Uranus ancitscia on 3 Libra on Mc.

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MH370 : MH370 was lost contact few hours after take of on 8th Mar 2014 0:41am from Kuala Lumpur ,the take off chart as Neptune conjunct IC Chiron  conjunct the Sun also near IC, Mercury square Saturn , Jupiter square Uranus . Mercury’s speed was very slow as it’s just turn direct couple days ago. Uranus was right on Sun ’s contra antiscia of 12 Aries .

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MH 17: MH17 crushed on 17 of July 2014 , it has been shot down near East Ukraine . The take of chart has Mercury Venus on MC, Moon near Dsc. Pluto near IC. Sun Mercury Jupiter parallel and all contra parallel .

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Take off Astromap

I usually find the take off chart did not really offer enough information , that ’s why I am more rely on Eclipse and Ingress for this kind event, also take off chart could be see as a trigger of Eclipse and Ingress . However I usually find ACG map and Local space map can give a clues , usually there are some planets line near where plane crushed , also I usually find airplane take route on the unfavourable planet’s local space direction.

 

AF4590 flew on its Local space Saturn and Jupiter Line

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AF447 flew on Pluto Ascendent line and crushed on Pluto Ascendent line. On Geodetic map we have Jupiter Chiron Neptune Mc and Pluto Ds near where AF447 crushed .

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MH370 was suppose to fly to Beijing , however we found debris near Indian ocean which near Neptune local space line and Neptune IC and Chiron IC line. Also on Geodetic map has Pluto MC pass Kuala Lumpur and where debris has been found .

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MH17 flew alone take of chart’s local space  Mars line , also Mars As line was very close to Donetsk where Airplane has been shot down. .

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Eclipse

One thing about Air disaster airplane crash is difficult to draw a chart , both Air France AF447 and Malaysia Airline MH370 were disappear without exact point in the Sky. Most astrologer record the time of incident but can not find location to cast the chart so the only way is too guess .

 

Although i do believe that Event time when accident occurred are  important , however I prefer to use take off chart  for study air disaster event, also I will not see the air disaster as an independent event in the area or country , I will suggest using any kind of Mundane astrology skills for this study, include Cardinal Ingress, Eclipse and Lunation.

 

Usually disasters happened when planet trigger the Eclipse or Ingress chart , and we can observe that eclipse chart near events on the both location of departure and destination has obviously disaster significators such us Mars Uranus Neptune Pluto and Chiron near the angle or these planet related to Sun Moon  Jupiter and  9th house.

 

I suggest we take a look of  both departure cities and destination cities as both place will have most people involve in this event and shock and  grift will be observed .

 

AF4590: the Eclipse chart on 1 July 2000 in Paris has Mars exact on Des and quincunx Pluto , LunaEclipse on 16 Jul 2000 Paris has Uranus on IC quincunx Mars . Take off chart has Mars on 25 Cancer right on Luna Eclipse point .   ACG map has Uranus Ds line near Paris.

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AF447: the Solar Eclipse on Jan 2009 of Rio de Janeiro has Retrograde Mercury conjunct Mars on Ascendent . Uranus on this chart semi square Eclipse point , Saturn on 9th cusps and sesquiquadrate Eclipse point . Same Eclipse chart in Paris has Eclipse point right on Horizon, also Chiron  Neptune near Ascendent too .

 

 

 

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airse16 The take off chart has Mars on 0 Taurus also trigger Jan 2009 Solar Eclipse ,  Moon on take of time also conjunct Eclipse Saturn on 9th house .

 

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Geodetic on Rio has Sun Moon and Neptune Chiron Jupiter  Mc lines very close. airse13-1 ACG Geodetic   map on Jul 2009 Solar Eclipse has Saturn Asc line around Paris

 

 

 

MH370: On Solar Eclipse  Nov 2013  of  Kuala Lumpur  has Neptune Chiron conjunct MC opposite Mars on IC, Saturn conjunct Eclipse point . Mars and Eclipse Sun Moon both quincunx Uranus form a Yod .  Same Eclipse chart in Beijing (Destination) has Pluto right on Dsc . Lunar Eclipse on Oct 2013 has Saturn conjunct Asc in Beijing . Sun Moon T square Jupiter .

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The Mars on take off chart right on this Oct 2013 lunar Eclipse chart ’s Sun Moon axis of 25 degrees Aries Libra  .

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The Lunar Eclipse on Apr 2014 also has sun Moon Eclipse point on 25 Aries  Libra which also trigger by Mars .

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ACG map of Nov 2013 has Chiron Neptune Mc line near Kuala Lumpur and Pluto near Beijing , Geodetic map have Pluto IC line near Kuala Lumpur also Pluto As line near Beijing .

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ACG map on April 2014 Solar Eclipse has Saturn IC line near Kuala Lumpur and Chiron near Beijing .

 

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As this event are very close to next Eclipse we also can see Saturn on IC  of Solar Eclipse of Apr 2014 . Sun Moon Mercury on 9th , Mars rules 9th form a Grand Cross with Jupiter Uranus Pluto .

 

 

MH17:  Basically this event share same Eclipse as MH370 and again Mars is on 25 Libra trigger 2014 April Lunar Eclipse chart ’s Sun Moon .  There is no planet on Angle of April Solar or Lunar Eclipse charts of Amsterdam . However Solar Eclipse on October 2014  has Uranus on Mc opposite retrograde Mercury T square Pluto  and Chiron on 9th house . October Luna Eclipse chart has Uranus conjunct on Moon .

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We already know that ACG map on Nov 2013 Eclipse has Geodetic Pluto near Kuala Lumpur. Geodetic Pluto Dss line right above Donetsk.

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Cardinal Ingress

 

Eclipse charts give us an idea what we can expect around this area this year but Cardinal Ingress usually give flavour of season , when it has Outer planets on the angles it suggest that area maybe have to deal with difficult event, upheaval , riot , disaster , social division , political straggle etc .

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If we look year 2000 Cancer ingress for AF4590 crush we have Jupiter Saturn conjunct on Ascendent square by Uranus.

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The 2009 Aries Ingress chart for PARIS before AF447 crushed , we have Uranus conjunct MC and Mercury and Square Moon on Descendent.

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For MH370 Chiron was near IC on the 2014 Aries Ingress chart Moon conjunct Saturn in 11th . 2013 Capricorn ingress chart have Mars opposite Uranus near Asc Dsc axis , if we move location to Beijing this Mars Uranus opposition is even closer to Ascendent axis and Jupiter right on Mc.

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If we look at Cancer ingress chart in Amsterdam for MH17 event , we have Chiron on Descendent .

 

 

 

Company Chart

 

Don’t forget when a air disaster happened , airline company will be hit most , we could study by company charts , and first trading chart of company stock . I use Sun rise chart for company .  we also need compare with Transit or any forecasting skills we use . I usually find easy to spot these kind huge event on Solar Arc direction , as Sun suggest important and to be seen , easily to observe  .

 

 

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Air France found 7 Oct 1933, Solar arc of Air France  of 31 May 2009 has Chiron Neptune Jupiter on 26 Aquarius square company Venus on 25 degree Scorpio and company Moon 24 Taurus . Solar Arc Venus conjunct Natal Uranus .

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Interestingly Astromap of Air France company chart  has Chiron Mc Neptune Asc near Rio and where AF 447 went missing .

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Malaysia Airlines

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Malaysia Airlines found 1 May 1946. Solar Arc of this year we have Venus conjunct company Pluto , Solar Arc  Pluto conjunct company Chiron. ACG map for  Malaysia airline has Mars Dsc line pass Donetsk. Mars IC, Pluto IC , Mars and Pluto Local space lines all pass near where MH370 disappeared .

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I am not trying to say we can predict any kind of air disaster according these skills  and all these skills are very ordinary , been used by astrologers everyday . However if we put all theses skill together we can see how chart and Astromap  can give us a clues .

I suggest we study air disasters as  same as other Mundane event  but I do find the Astromap ACG Geodetic and Local Space lines really useful on this kind event.

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We can see that on Company chart ‘s Astro map usually shows those airplane crush area where already has malefic planet lines pass.

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Flights which crushed usually take route on malefic planets ACG or Local space lines of take off chart .

 

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Eclipse chart and It’s Astro-map usually will give us a sign of grift and huge lost of those area affected (Departure and Destination cities).

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I also find that  Mars or other malefic planets in take off chart  usually active Eclipse of that year by aspect .

5. Ingress chart are extremely important , it works like Eclipse can give us some warning of this season.

 

2014 Cardinal Grand Cross and Eclipse

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On the 15th April we will have a lunar Eclipse, lots of people have heard about blood moon or Eclipses falling on two important Jewish festivals: Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot. Many people believe that will bring some important issues for the Jewish community. I am not really sure about that . As an astrologer I think about the importance of the Solar Eclipse and the Lunar Eclipse, this April 2014 As Mars and Jupiter both join Uranus Pluto square to form a Cardinal Grand Crosse , so in the following article I will focus on how this Cardinal grand cross affects us.

Grand Cross

A Grand Cross is when more than 4 planets form a square to each other in 4 different signs of the zodiac, usually the signs that the four planets fall in will share same quality. Some astrologers think that a grand cross is a bad aspect pattern but I prefer see it as a difficult partner, and difficult does not mean bad.

I suggest that when we analyse aspect patterns we should not only guess their effect from their name, such us “grand cross,” “Finger of God“ or “Thor’s Hammer” etc … As these names were given by astrologers who used their imagination when they saw the aspect line appearing as something they know rather than representing the exact experience when facing this pattern. A grand cross will not make you become Jesus, a Thor’s Hammer will not make you look like Chris Hemsworth or hurt you .

If we want to learn how Aspect pattern effects us we have to analyse it in two part. The first part is aspects, what kind aspects form this pattern, this give us a idea of how planetary energy flows, is it smooth ? Is it blocked ? How flexible could this pattern be? No chance ? Half- half ? The second part is theme, which we learn from the planets who participate in this pattern. For some aspect patterns we also have to consider signs on the zodiac such as T square Grand Cross and Grand Trine . As they usually fall in same element or quality signs and this can bring an important message.

 

Cardinal Grand Cross

A Grand Cross usually fall into 4 signs which share same quality , Cardinal , Fixed or Mutable, this suggest we can spot this quality on recent event if this grand cross is currently transiting or on people who have this aspect pattern on their chart.

In April 2014, Mars in Libra ( retrograde ) Jupiter in Cancer , Uranus in Aries and Pluto on Capricorn . Four planets fall into four Cardinal signs . As we know that cardinal signs give us a clear time about the changing of seasons. Aries started Vernal Equinox when the Sun project right on Equator, Cancer is when Sun’s projection on Earth comes to its most northerly point, 23 N 26 . This suggest summers comes to the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the south. Libra starts with the Autumn Equinox as the Sun is back to Equator again and make equal length of day and night and Capricorn is when the Sun comes to the most southerly point, the start of Winter in North Hemisphere.

The word Cardinal come from Latin Cardilis or Cardo, it means the greatest importance, it is pole of axis , four corners of the sky or roman cities, it also means the key point and centre of something . The cardnal sign in our chart usually makes us feel centred , if you have a planet in cardinal use it when you need to know where you are, use it as an original point when you need understanding yourself (measure yourself). It give us a sense of importance. Cardinal planets give us strength to move forward and therefore ancient astrologers also called cardinal Movable sign, usually cardinal planet is also fast acting and focuses on recent issues. In another way we can understand Cardinal planet will not wait and see , they prefer to find out whats going on and to go and solve the problem. They will not let things stop them, depending on the planet they may behave differently. A Cardinal Venus may pass you by saying ‘sorry I am in a hurry’, a Cardinal Mars, Uranus or Pluto may “UPROOT” you even if your are the Ayers rock in Australia .

Now I think we have a little idea about the Cardinal grand cross we are going to face. It forms with four sets of square, square aspect bring tensions and blockage, usually giving a pause in our life making us stay in a place and doing something until it’s perfect. This aspect pattern also includes two sets of opposition, we usually say conflict or challenge , however it is also about seeing and awareness , more awareness of our projection maybe will help turn the conflict to co-operation.

The Dynamic of this aspect pattern holds you in a place and asks you to finish something until it is perfect, meanwhile it asks you to realise that the conflicts that you struggle with not only make you do the perfect job it also brings more self awareness. The difficulty of this aspect pattern is too many things happening at the same time and everything is urgent (Cardinal = greatest Important), it also suggests that we want to put our fingers in every pie. As we only have limited time and energy this could exhaust us.

Cardinal grand cross is like high volume energy being blocked in a closed circle, the moveable natural of Cardinal planet will not just sit and stay , it jumps and will keep crashing into things. Finally they will break out and change everything.

 

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The themes of aspect pattern is more about what planet is involved in this pattern. This needs a good idea of the planet meaning, when I was student of astrology I usually had difficulty explaing an aspect which has more than three planets involved, teachers usually told us that they influenced each other. It seems like a famous Chinese dish “chapsui“ you mix everything together. What if we rearrange it and give a structure? for example:
Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto : we can say they influence each other, someone may ask who influences who? who is stronger ? No the problem is who get influenced? if Mars get influenced, The Mars theme of survival, fight, of issue with Man will receive influence of other there planet.

Mars ( Fight ) = Jupiter (Expend ) Uranus ( Independent ) Pluto ( Super Power, colonial country , survival issue )
This suggest the grand cross form by Mars Jupiter Uranus Pluto could suggest a kind of fight .
If there is a fight happen this moment, it could be seen as a reclaim of independence from super power’s control , it does not matter if it is personal or between countries.

So that we can see the Crimea and East Ukraine is a clear example . You may be surprised that the Crimean war, Europe against Russia invading Crimea in 1853 happened in the end of last Uranus Pluto conjunction.
Once you single out a Planet from aspect pattern and use other planet involved in the pattern to describe the quality of this event . This mean we can also apply it on Jupiter Uranus and Pluto too.

Jupiter ( Social develop, Growth , Lucky things, Hope ) = Mars ( action , fight, blood) + Uranus ( Cut off , electric , technic ) + Pluto ( secret , invisible, genetic or cancer )
This may suggest a theme about Improvement Development ( Growth) of Surgery, techniques of cancer or genetic illness.

Uranus ( Change ) = Mars (fight )+ Jupiter ( expansion ) + Pluto ( threaten )
People fight for Change people feel an increased threat .

Pluto ( Crisis , Fear ) = Mars ( survive ) + Jupiter ( future , hope ) + Uranus ( change )
Could this describe that at this moment We are fear change will bring a future survival problem?

This just demonstrate how much Mars Jupiter Uranus Pluto in an aspect pattern can bring us .

When we put this theme with the dynamic together we can have a whole view about this moment . A urge to fight against being controlled by super powers meanwhile you feel trapped.

In another way , we should be more aware of the similar subject of these planets , by comparing two planets , are there any similar subjects? Both Mars and Pluto have survival issues, both Mars and Uranus link to Cut off and Surgery , both Uranus and Jupiter are related to Freedom, Future and Space . These themes will be more easily to spotted during this time.

Eclipse

I spent a long time talking about this grand cross as it will have long lasting effect as it occurs in a Lunar and Solar Eclipse this year. What happens in the Eclipses chart will have at least 6 months influence (3 months before and 3 months after) .

Lunar Eclipse map suggest the area of tension are more liking in Mid east Israel , East Europe ( Ukraine of course ) Thailand Malaysia Indonesia and Australia , Brazil and West coast of US .

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Solar Eclipse Astro map suggest we should be more care for with US west coast , Mexico , Brazil , Spain , West coast of Africa , Pakistan , South and East China and Again Thailand Malaysia Indonesia and Australia.

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Something about Japan 2014

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Soon the Sun will move into Aries , it is a begin of new cycle from astrological view. On 21st of March the Sun will cast it light right on Equator , this make day time and night are equal , we call it Vernal Equinox. Astrologers do believe that strong energy bring coming down to Earth from Universe on this day . We better get ready for new things, carry out our new plan. In astrology when Sun move into Aries called Aries ingress, it is important date of the year, same as Autumn Equinox , Summer and Winter Solecists , Mundane astrologer use these dates to forecast event for this year along with Eclipse chart . In 2014 Japan Aries ingress chart we can see a good powerful economic force as the second house ( house of financial ) is strong , we can expect great develop of economic however there is Pluto right on Horizon, It indicate a huge reformation and most astrologer will suggest people in this area should be more careful of unpleasant event either natal disasters or political power struggles . Astrologer Sue Tompkins suggest the Pluto on angles of Mundane chart are not easy , it some how bring a wipe out energy  which make me worry.

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In another way we can also combine other Mundane forecast skills to clarify our worry or confirm our concern . Ancient people do believe that Eclipses are bad omens , that ’s why ancient astrologer do play an important role in the court. One of their job is predict when will be Eclipse and suggest his King to do something to avoid bad luck.

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Today we know that Eclipse are New Moon or Full Moon occur near North Node or South Node but we still see it as an important event . Our next Lunar Eclipse will happen in 15th April and Solar Eclipse will happen on 29th April . As we are experience the strong outer planets T square (Jupiter Uranus Pluto) at the moment and it will form a grand cross with Mars soon , I will suggest we should not ignore message sent from Eclipse charts . If we caste both Lunar and Solar Eclipse charts on 2014 in East Japan area we will spot that Uranus are on Descendant , if we use this chart to make Astro Map , Mars Uranus Jupiter Pluto line are cross each other near Japan , would it suggest some powerful manifestation? From political view it maybe society division ? or Power struggle in government ? Uranus usually related with electric and technic industrial , would it be some critical time for there business ? Descent also represent relationship with other counties , would Japan face a sudden challenge in diplomatic relationship? As Uranus represent some powerful suddenly energy could it be Nuclear issue or natural energy release like Earthquake or Volcanically eruption ? It is possible for many thing , Astrologers can only rise concern and suggest everyone be more careful for next 6 months.

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Not only Eclipse , I do find that full moon and new moon charts are strongly related to Mundane event , the full Moon on 17th of March are very like Vernal Equinox chart ( not in a good way) also suggest possibility of upheaval . Mars on 9th also suggest potential argument with another countries. Pluto again on Horizon repeat the possibility of wipe out situation cause by human or natural disaster. As an Mundane astrologer , if I saw both Eclipse and New Moon Full Moon charts all strongly suggest unsettle planetary energy in this area , I will give my concern to people who living there, and for this couple months I will suggest people who living in Japan more aware about safeties .

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Jupiter Square Uranus

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Year 2014 is a wonderful year to study outer planets impact . We have whole year Uranus square Pluto , in the end of 2014 we have Jupiter square Saturn getting in orb and Saturn square get into orb , both have huge impact to our world especially in Economic , we should not underestimate these planetary influence as past experience told us both Jupiter Saturn waning square and Saturn Neptune waning square related to economic depression. We should talk about this around summer .

 

Today we focus on another outer planetary cycle which is more exciting , Jupiter Uranus cycles . These cycles are more about develop of capitalism and globalization.  During 1980’s global financial industry has fast develop as restrictions has been removed after US government passed The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary control Act in 1980 , this was happened when last time Jupiter Square Uranus. Banker enjoy the result for a long while and finally everyone in this world pay the bill for their gambling . After Pluto move into Capricorn and while the Uranus Pluto square we realized the banker gone too far , The result of greedy money game is economic crisis from 2005 until today . People ask government control the banker ‘s risk taking, especially those bank which received money  from tax payers for bail out .  Just when we almost getting better from the depression , the gambler come back and urge to play again . British prime minister told as couple days ago we are all better off now . We can hear the bankers getting star to push  government to release the restriction to allow them back to good old day.

Another side of Jupiter Uranus are related to technique develop , such as computer industrial , technology of aircraft and spacecraft. Steve Jobs release first first iphone on January 2007 while Jupiter square Uranus, the begging of Space race between US and USSR was in 1957 when Jupiter sextile Uranus . we maybe going to hear another cut edge technic product coming or heard  some develop or decision of some  counties‘ space explore .

 

Comet in Astrology

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Comets
Many people call 2013 “the International Year of Comets” as there will be two comets visiting us this year. How do astrologers regard comets, an astronomical object which has an unpredictable orbit? Will these objects bring forth disasters and catastrophes like the old tales tell? Where do these old tales come from? Is it true that comets would never be associated with something positive? I always wondered what comets mean to astrologers. In my twenty years of astrology study, this question had once haunted me for a short while.  Journalists also raised questions related to comets when I wrote an astrology column. However, I couldn’t find out the answers from my teachers or any publications. However, in the beginning of 2013, when the news reported that there would be the chance to observe two comets this year, one of which would be very bright, that old question came up once again – how do astrologers regard comets?

Comets in astronomy
In astronomy, a comet is an object which has an elongated elliptical orbit. Some comets are visible in the sky at regular intervals within a short period of time for example, the famous Halley’s Comet is visible from earth every 75 to 76 years), and some of them have a long orbital period. Some comets come to visit the sun every hundreds of thousands of years.

According to astronomy research, comet nuclei are composed of ice, dust and frozen gases such as carbon monoxide, methane and ammonia. Comets are from the distant, cold and dark space, approaching the Sun under the effect of gravity. When comets come near the sun, they enter our observable range. Temperature increases as comets get nearer to the sun, and tails start to appear under the effect of radiation and solar wind as the frozen gases and ice start to evaporate , resulting in an illuminating tail – this is a comet’s trademark. Many comets will be burnt and then split into pieces or even disappear when they go passed the Sun, and great comets will split into several smaller ones, some of which will disappear after they go pass the perihelion.

In Western languages like French (comète), German (Komet) and English (comet), the word “comet” is derived from the Latin word “cometes”, which is the latinisation of the Greek κομήτης (komētēs). It means “comets”, but its literal meaning is “long hair”. This Latin word originates from the Greek word κόμη (komē) whose original meaning is “the hair on one’s head”.

Views of ancient astrologers
How do ancient astrologers regard comets? Ancient Greek held various points of view towards the object. Although different schools all treated comets as certain abnormal phenomenon, these scholars, including Aristotle, were keen to find out the reasons behind this, and they often held a special view on comets. Most of them believed that comets were just some illusions caused by disturbances that happened in the upper layers of the atmosphere. They thought it was due to extremely hot, arid and windy weather and this is why ancient astrologers often attributed the occurrence of hurricanes and droughts to the appearance of comets in their observation. Because of its brightness and its association with hot, arid weather which led to hurricanes, rainstorms and droughts, ancient astrologers often regarded comets as “big fire” in the sky. Another early astrological study suggested that comets appeared when several planets formed a conjunction. Whether comets were disturbance in upper layer of the atmosphere or gathering of astronomical objects invoked arguments and discussions.

In Roman Times, the philosopher and statesman, Seneca, opposed all these suggestions. He believed that comets are a kind of star although it was not possible to predict or measure their movements or locations, and they were some object that astrologers did not have the ability to predict. It is just that comets were discovered one day.

According to the records of ancient astrologers, comets brought forth many other phenomenon besides hot and arid weather. In BC 340-341 and AD60, there were hurricanes when comets passed by, and in BC 373-372, there were earthquakes and tsunamis as comets slid through the sky. Aristotle believed that when there were several comets appearing with a year, it would usually be an arid and stormy one – he believed that comets were an indicator of climate.

However astrologers argued about the causes or reasons behind comets, and the only consensus was that comets were regarded as a symbol of natural disasters such as meteors, droughts and severe winds. Manilius, a poet, described meteorites as “a token of doom”.

From the Roman Empire onwards, comets became the symbol of another kind of disaster, the human-related one – death, riots, wars and slaughters; the death of a king or a noble would be the one among them which caught most attention. It is said that the family of Aeneas, the son of Aphrodite, witnessed a meteorite in the sky before the Trojan War and treated it as a warning for them to leave their homeland. They left Troy and, as a result, escaped the war that destroyed their homeland.

Comets played a special role in Rome in BC44 when Julius Caesar was assassinated. Augustus, who succeeded to the throne, announced that the soul of Caesar had already ridden on the comet towards heaven. Since Augustus would not be able to take the throne without Caesar’s death, he saw comets as his lucky star, and he even put the symbol of the comet on his gold coinage. However, whenever there was a comet in the sky, Augustus would become very sensitive, and he forbade any predictions from astrologers regarding comets.

Comets’ implication regarding the death of an emperor could be influential to the nobles, and could be a useful tool to insurgents. During the reign of Nero, who was a famous tyrant, insurgents would announce or expect that it would be Nero’s turn whenever there was a comet. Seneca, who I previously mentioned, was the motivator behind such force. He longed for the death of the tyrant whenever comets appeared, but the truth was that Nero not only had not died, but he also slaughtered his political opponents; and Seneca was eventually killed by Nero after announcing a disrespectful prediction towards the king.

From ancient times to the medieval, comets were seen as the symbol of evil power which brought forth natural disasters, human-related disorders and slaughters, and history deepens people’s fear towards comets’ infamy.

In AD684 when Halley’s Comet passed by, a rainstorm sustained for around three months, and there was an outbreak of Black Death.

In AD1066 when Halley’s Comet passed by again, Harold II, the King of England at that time, fought with William I, the Duke of Normandy, for the throne and died in the famous Battle of Hastings; this is how William the Conqueror succeeded the English throne. Halley’s Comet kept on bringing forth its implication regarding “the death of an emperor” in this way.
Even in 1910 when a comet visited, there was a rumour spread around about comets releasing toxic gases; as a result, many people tried to invent different methods to avoid such circumstance. Although the tail of a comet would release carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, there were no reports of direct victims yet.

However, it does not mean that we should deny comets’ implication of human-related and natural disasters. We can still observe the happenings of catastrophes when comets passed by. In 1882 when a great comet passed by, a cyclone in the Arabian Sea caused flooding in Bombay harbor, leaving about 100,000 dead; and there were two comets witnessed in January and April of 1910 when Jack Johnson, an African boxer, defeated a White opponent which in turn triggered riots across the States. In December 1927, a comet visited the Earth, and there was a sudden flood along the Thames a month later which killed 14 people, followed by an unpredictable hailstorm which killed another 11 people. In 1966, Uranus was in conjunction with Pluto and formed an opposition with Saturn and Chiron when Comet Hyakutake passed by. It was when the bloodiest Cultural Revolution took place in China in which several million people were killed and Chinese cultural and historical relics were destroyed. In April 2013, we could still see the comet when the Boston Marathon bombings happened.

Comets are associated with taboos in people’s heart. Whenever people see comets, they immediately believe that something unlucky, disastrous and extreme is going to happen. However, what do astrologers consider when they give predictions regarding comets?

How ancient astrologers predict a comet’s influence?

First, consider the sign and its element which the comet passed by. For example, fire signs are usually associated with fire hazards, wars and slaughters, water signs with rainstorms and tsunamis, earth sign with droughts and food shortage, and Air signs with hurricanes.

Second, consider fixed stars or the image of the sign. For example, Taurus could be related to issues related to cattle, Pisces could be about issues with oceans and fishery, and Sagittarius could be about wars. Comets’ effect could also be related to what the sign or fixed stars they currently located symbolise. Traditional astrologers even believe that every country has its own representing sign; therefore, when comets are in certain sign, countries represented by that sign could suffer disasters. For example, when a comet was in Taurus in 1678, William Lilly [Lillies New Prophecy, Or, Strange and Wonderful Predictions relating to the year, 1678.  As well as from the Great Blazing-Star [London] 1678, 3-4] pointed out that it would affect Poland, Russia, Sicily, Norway, Algeria, Lorraine and Rome.

Third, consider which planet(s) form a conjunction with the comet. For example, when a comet passed by Mercury, it may bring forth issues related to transportation and bridges.

Fourth, consider which house the comet visits. This is a rather special case, in which astrologers need to cast a chart when they witness the comet. For example, the famous astrologer Tycho Brahe cast a chart by this method and predicted a disaster which would kill thousands of people.

Fifth, consider the colour. When astrologers observe comets, they would pay attention to their colours and thus determine their properties. If it has the same grey tone like Saturn, astrologers would believe that this comet would bring forth incidents which have similar themes or properties of Saturn. Sometimes, comets would change colour from time to time, like from white to grey. In 1680, William Knight documented that the comet he observed that year had a grey tone like Saturn initially, thus leading to issues related to lack of resources and politics. Several months later, it turned bright and it implied themes and issues related to Jupiter. Although no suffocating stress or pressure was related, there was a rise of problems related to religion and law, and this was not the last time this comet changed its colour. It finally turned red, and Knight believed it was an obvious implication about thefts and robberies. Tycho Brahe also applied such skill on observing comets.

Finally, consider the direction which the coma points to as it often implies the direction where disasters happen. Sometimes, the tails may point to two directions. If it points to a sign on the zodiac, the country it represents may also be involved.

The shape of comets differs from one another. Sometimes it looks like a fireball with a short coma. It was described as “a long sword” implying war and assassination when it has a long coma. Sometimes, the tip of the coma is described as a “dagger”, and it was said that a great person would be borne when a comet was as bright as the sun.

 

2013’ comets

If we pay attention to Comet Panstarrs which glided through the sky in early 2013 when we work on our mundane astrology study, we would once again discover the existence themes and issues related to comets. We could witness Comet Panstarrs with our eyes from 12th February 2013 which went through Aquarius and Pisces and entered 0 degree of Aries on 9th March. When we found it for the last time in the sky, it was in Aries.

  • 12th February, North Korea carried out its third nuclear test which triggered another North Korean crisis. North Korea and South Korea terminated their cooperation, this was when the comet was in Aquarius, a sign related to shock, split and isolation.
  • 15th February, a meteorite hit southern Ural region of Russia, which injured about 1500 people and damaged about 4000 buildings.
  • 28th February, when the comet was about to enter Pisces, the Pope Benedict XVI suddenly resigned with unknown reasons.  3days later Comet Panstarrs passed his Asc on 16 degrees Pisces and his Mc ruler Jupiter on 20 degrees Pisces.
  • 5th March, Hugo Chavez died.  Comet Panstarrs hits his MC.
  • 13th March, the Catholic Church elected the new Pope. A new leader was born on the day when the comet was at its brightest and in Aries. Several days later, the Cypriot financial crisis broke out. Pope Francis I have Moon in  10 degrees Aquarius , and His Venus ( Mc ruler ) in 7 degrees Aquarius also affected by by the comet Panstarrs.
  • End of March, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated.  She has Moon Jupiter Venus Sun in 8, 9, 10 deg Aquarius, Mars (chart ruler) in 0deg Aries, Saturn ruler MC in 1deg Aries all are affected by the comet Panstarrs.

These incidents and events correspond with the discussion of astrologers in the past.

Let’s observe the predicted path of Comet Ison. Approximately from 10th November to 29th December, the comet will glide through Libra, Scorpio to Sagittarius, and the planets affected include Mercury and Saturn, the North Node in Scorpio will be the next. We should pay attention to: transportation and bridges governed by Mercury; government, institutions, law and mining governed by Saturn judiciary and marriage governed by Libra; death, scandals, oil and financial Corporations governed by Scorpio; and law and religion governed by Sagittarius. According to William Lilly’s definition, we should pay attention to Austria, Portugal and Spain, Catalonia in particular ( a Spanish region which longed for independence). China, on the other hand, is a country of Libra. Perhaps we should pay special attention to issues related to these themes and places.

I personally have some interesting experience related to comics. Comet Panstarrs started to be seen by people on 12th February, and that was just before my birthday. The comet was in the beginning of Aquarius where my natal Venus locates. My love life coincidentally confronted a tremendous shock, and an unpredictable new relationship started soon after it. In March when the comet passed through Pisces where my natal Mercury locates, I started to be attracted by comets, and I therefore sought opportunities to observe them and read a lot of studies and publications that documented their effects in astrology. However, to my chagrin these are very few in number. A television programme broadcast by the BBC that month, narrated some different interpretations of comets. Comets always bring new ideas to us.

Finally, after the discussion of Western points of views, I would like to share with you some Chinese’s thoughts regarding comets. Chinese called comets “the broom star” and usually associated them with bad luck, but we should remember that brooms are used to sweep away unnecessary stuff. Brooms are for the use of cleaning. We have to sweep away unnecessary stuff to find new room. We could say that such incidents are inevitable – new chances are brought forth through the destructive forces.

Chinese called comets “hui xin”. “Hui” is equivalent to “wisdom” in Chinese. Interestingly, in Chinese we always say “wield the sword of wisdom to cut away the attachment”. Wisdom is like a sword, and comets are obviously a symbol of a treasure sword. From images, symbolisation to what we observe in life, could it be possible that comets are an implication of the birth of new wisdom? Could it be an indication about where we should impart our wisdom? Could it be a chance for us to cut certain bonds and attachments so that we can let new things come into our lives?

 

Appendix 1 – Comet Panstarr (C/2011 L4) date and position generated by Nasa HORIZONS System

 

 

Date (UTC) Magnitude Position in Zodiac
 2013-Feb-12 00:00 5.14 1 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-13 00:00 5.02 3 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-14 00:00 4.90 4 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-15 00:00 4.77 6 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-16 00:00 4.64 8 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-17 00:00 4.51 10 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-18 00:00 4.38 13 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-19 00:00 4.24 15 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-20 00:00 4.10 17 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-21 00:00 3.95 19 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-22 00:00 3.81 22 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-23 00:00 3.66 24 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-24 00:00 3.51 27 Aquarius
 2013-Feb-25 00:00 3.35 0 Pisces
 2013-Feb-26 00:00 3.20 2 Pisces
 2013-Feb-27 00:00 3.04 5 Pisces
 2013-Feb-28 00:00 2.88 8 Pisces
 2013-Mar-01 00:00 2.72 11 Pisces
 2013-Mar-02 00:00 2.57 13 Pisces
 2013-Mar-03 00:00 2.41 16 Pisces
 2013-Mar-04 00:00 2.27 19 Pisces
 2013-Mar-05 00:00 2.13 21 Pisces
 2013-Mar-06 00:00 2.02 24 Pisces
 2013-Mar-07 00:00 1.92 26 Pisces
 2013-Mar-08 00:00 1.84 28 Pisces
 2013-Mar-09 00:00 1.79 1 Ares
 2013-Mar-10 00:00 1.78 3 Ares
 2013-Mar-11 00:00 1.80 4 Ares
 2013-Mar-12 00:00 1.86 6 Ares
 2013-Mar-13 00:00 1.94 8 Ares
 2013-Mar-14 00:00 2.05 9 Ares
 2013-Mar-15 00:00 2.18 10 Ares
 2013-Mar-16 00:00 2.32 11 Ares
 2013-Mar-17 00:00 2.47 12 Ares
 2013-Mar-18 00:00 2.63 13 Ares
 2013-Mar-19 00:00 2.78 14 Ares
 2013-Mar-20 00:00 2.94 15 Ares
 2013-Mar-21 00:00 3.10 16 Ares
 2013-Mar-22 00:00 3.26 16 Ares
 2013-Mar-23 00:00 3.41 17 Ares
 2013-Mar-24 00:00 3.55 18 Ares
 2013-Mar-25 00:00 3.70 18 Ares
 2013-Mar-26 00:00 3.83 19 Ares
 2013-Mar-27 00:00 3.97 20 Ares
 2013-Mar-28 00:00 4.10 20 Ares
 2013-Mar-29 00:00 4.22 21 Ares
 2013-Mar-30 00:00 4.34 21 Ares
 2013-Mar-31 00:00 4.46 22 Ares
 2013-Apr-01 00:00 4.57 23 Ares
 2013-Apr-02 00:00 4.68 23 Ares
 2013-Apr-03 00:00 4.79 24 Ares
 2013-Apr-04 00:00 4.90 24 Ares
 2013-Apr-05 00:00 5.00 25 Ares
 2013-Apr-06 00:00 5.09 26 Ares
 2013-Apr-07 00:00 5.19 26 Ares
 2013-Apr-08 00:00 5.28 27 Ares
 2013-Apr-09 00:00 5.37 27 Ares
 2013-Apr-10 00:00 5.46 28 Ares
 2013-Apr-11 00:00 5.54 29 Ares
 2013-Apr-12 00:00 5.62 29 Ares
 2013-Apr-13 00:00 5.71 0 Taurus
 2013-Apr-14 00:00 5.78 1 Taurus
 2013-Apr-15 00:00 5.86 1 Taurus

 

 

Appendix 2 – Comet Ison (C/2012 S1) date and position generated by Nasa HORIZONS System

 

Date (UTC) Magnitude Position in Zodiac
 2013-Nov-10 00:00 6.97 3 Libra
 2013-Nov-11 00:00 6.8 5 Libra
 2013-Nov-12 00:00 6.62 7 Libra
 2013-Nov-13 00:00 6.43 10 Libra
 2013-Nov-14 00:00 6.23 12 Libra
 2013-Nov-15 00:00 6.03 15 Libra
 2013-Nov-16 00:00 5.82 18 Libra
 2013-Nov-17 00:00 5.59 21 Libra
 2013-Nov-18 00:00 5.36 24 Libra
 2013-Nov-19 00:00 5.11 27 Libra
 2013-Nov-20 00:00 4.84 0 Scorpio
 2013-Nov-21 00:00 4.55 4 Scorpio
 2013-Nov-22 00:00 4.22 7 Scorpio
 2013-Nov-23 00:00 3.85 11 Scorpio
 2013-Nov-24 00:00 3.41 15 Scorpio
 2013-Nov-25 00:00 2.88 19 Scorpio
 2013-Nov-26 00:00 2.18 23 Scorpio
 2013-Nov-27 00:00 1.14 27 Scorpio
 2013-Nov-28 00:00 0.86 2 Sagitarius
 2013-Nov-29 00:00 4.07 8 Sagitarius
 2013-Nov-30 00:00 0.17 6 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-01 00:00 1.55 6 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-02 00:00 2.36 5 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-03 00:00 2.93 4 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-04 00:00 3.36 3 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-05 00:00 3.7 3 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-06 00:00 3.98 2 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-07 00:00 4.21 2 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-08 00:00 4.41 1 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-09 00:00 4.58 1 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-10 00:00 4.73 0 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-11 00:00 4.86 0 Sagitarius
 2013-Dec-12 00:00 4.98 29 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-13 00:00 5.08 28 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-14 00:00 5.17 28 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-15 00:00 5.26 27 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-16 00:00 5.33 27 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-17 00:00 5.4 26 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-18 00:00 5.47 25 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-19 00:00 5.54 24 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-20 00:00 5.6 23 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-21 00:00 5.66 22 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-22 00:00 5.73 21 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-23 00:00 5.79 19 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-24 00:00 5.86 17 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-25 00:00 5.93 15 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-26 00:00 6.01 11 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-27 00:00 6.09 7 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-28 00:00 6.18 0 Scorpio
 2013-Dec-29 00:00 6.27 21 Libra
 2013-Dec-30 00:00 6.36 6 Libra
 2013-Dec-31 00:00 6.47 15 Virgo
 2014-Jan-01 00:00 6.57 22 Leo
 2014-Jan-02 00:00 6.68 2 Leo
 2014-Jan-03 00:00 6.8 18 Cancer
 2014-Jan-04 00:00 6.92 9 Cancer

 

 

 

© Rod Chang 24 July 2013 London UK